Mike Mandel Hypnosis

Have you ever wondered how much of your memory is actually real? You might be surprised.

While memory shapes who we are, it’s not as reliable as we think. Every time you recall a memory, your brain rewrites it. This is known as memory drift, and it can alter the details, change emotions, or even replace facts with false memories. Ever had a “memory” that turned out to be someone else’s? It happens more often than you’d think.

When memories become distorted, it’s not always obvious. For example, I vividly remember cross-country skiing at the Toronto Zoo and encountering a tiger—except it never happened. It was actually my wife’s memory, but for a while, I could have sworn it was mine. This is a prime example of memory theft.

Curious to learn more about how your memories work—and why some of them might not be real? Visit www.mikemandelhypnosis.com.

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Mike Mandel Hypnosis

How can a practitioner typically identify the exact moment the Highest Wisdom State takes executive control during a session?

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What is the primary motivation or underlying goal of a person's Highest Wisdom State?

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Mike Mandel Hypnosis

The 19 Set is a personal metaphor story designed to induce curiosity — a state where sensory channels are wide open and the person is fully receptive. Mike’s father, a British army radio instructor during WWII, had taught on a Russian tank radio called the 19 Set, prized for staying on frequency even under heat when other radios of the era would drift. Years later in Canada, he sold some old radio equipment to an acquaintance, and during the handoff casually mentioned the 19 Set and said he’d love to own one again someday if the right one ever turned up.

Minutes later, returning the dolly to the underground parking lot, his father found a 19 Set sitting on a pile of garbage bags in the corner — working perfectly, tubes intact, already adapted for North American power. Nobody in the complex knew where it came from or how long it had been there. The story is told straight, without embellishment, precisely because its power comes from being true and witnessed firsthand. As a metaphor it opens the listener to possibility and wonder, which is the point — curiosity is the target state, and a story this strange lands there more reliably than any direct technique.

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Mike Mandel Hypnosis

A PGO spike is a rapid neurological impulse that fires through the pons, geniculate body, and occipital cortex — the brain’s orientation reflex triggered by shock, surprise, or novelty. When it fires, the mind goes momentarily blank and wide open, bypassing the critical faculty entirely. That window is what makes instant inductions possible: a sudden startle drops the subject into trance in seconds, not minutes, and the suggestion fired into that open state goes straight to the unconscious.

The REM induction is built on this principle. REM sleep naturally involves rapid eye movement with the body frozen still, and hypnosis appears to access something close to that same state. The hypnotist has the subject track a moving finger with their eyes while keeping the head and body completely frozen — replicating the two key components of REM. After a few seconds the eyes close and the subject continues tracking an imagined finger internally. Then a light touch to the back of the neck combined with “sleep” fires a PGO spike, and the subject drops into trance instantly. The whole sequence takes under a minute and produces a trance as deep as any long-form induction.

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Mike Mandel Hypnosis

Sciatica pain doesn’t have to control your life.⁠
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If you've ever dealt with the sharp, burning discomfort of sciatica, you know how it can take over daily tasks—from sitting to walking. But what if there was a way to turn down—or even eliminate—that pain without relying on medication?⁠
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Modern hypnosis and NLP (neurolinguistic programming) are changing the game. These drug-free techniques tap into how your brain processes pain and can offer real, lasting relief.⁠
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Find out how hypnosis works to reduce inflammation, calm the nervous system, and shift your brain’s perception of pain. Go to www.mikemandelhypnosis.com to learn more.

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How does an "introject" fundamentally differ from a genuine ego state?

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Mike Mandel Hypnosis

The Swish Pattern is an NLP technique for replacing an unwanted automatic behavior with a desired state. You start by identifying the specific trigger — not the behavior itself, but the moment just before it, like seeing the liquor cabinet before reaching for a drink. The person builds a vivid, associated image of that trigger, then a separate dissociated image of how they want to feel instead: victorious, free of the problem, celebrating. That second image starts small and tucked away, then gets fired in to replace the first one with a sharp mental "whoosh." Eyes open, break state, repeat — six times quickly.

Speed is the point. The brain learns fast, and running it rapidly prevents the conscious mind from picking apart the details and interfering. Opening the eyes between each repetition ensures you're always starting from the trigger image, never accidentally swishing back and forth in the wrong direction. Once done, you test it: try to recreate the original urge. If the pattern worked, the desired state fires instead and the urge is gone or dramatically weakened. Using your physical hands to "move" the mental images amplifies the effect considerably, which is a consistent theme across submodality work.

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In NLP, what are every single thought and memory ultimately made of?

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What do the letters V, A, and K stand for in the main NLP representational systems?

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