Using the wise words of Dr. Hamer himself, we gain an insight into the ideal future for human health and well being and our relationship with doctors and medicine.

There is also feedback from listener land and a very relaxing session of hypnosis to help you heal your body and mind.

This podcast was created on Gemma’s new Apple Mac which she doesn’t yet fully understand how to work.

But it was a good first attempt.

The key thing that strikes me when reading about this subject- and I have not yet decided or discovered how much “truth” there is in it and how scientifically well it stands up. Either way, I love the power and responsibility it offers us in taking greater control of our health, our mind and our emotions.

Dirk Hamer Syndrome came about when Dr R.G Hamer believed he had discovered a link between all cancers and submitted his findings to the University of Tübingen. He viewed disease as a “Special programme of nature.” And that every cancer originates with a DHS (Dirk Hamer Syndrome). A DHS is classed as a very difficult, highly acute, dramatic and isolating shock. Such as the death of a loved one, or the loss of something highly valued in ones life. Dr. R.G Hamer concluded this idea after studying cancer patients, including his own son (Dirk Hamer) who died as a result of the disease.

If the mind-body connection has ever been in question then Dr Hamer’s studies should put those questions to rest. CT scans show the impact on the brain during trauma, and Dr Hamer’s studies then also correlate this impact with actual physical symptoms on correlating areas of the body. For example, someone who has an emotional event that caused them to feel trapped, might experience trauma in the area of the brain related to movement. It’s almost as if the brain creates a metaphor or the symptoms of the negative emotion. Feeling trapped relates to (could be a metaphor for) being stuck, lack of movement and therefore the CT scan will show the trauma occurring in the part of the brain related to movement. The Physical symptoms could then manifest themselves in a part of the body most associated with movement, such as the hips or legs. I’m not necessarily giving you an accurate truth in my example, but you get the idea. What is also interesting in the findings of Dr Hamer, is that if the CT scan pick up trauma on the right hand side of the brain, the physical symptoms will occur somewhere on the left hand side of the body. This of course makes perfect sense, because the left hand side of your brain controls the right hand side of your body, and the right hand side of your brain controls the left hand side of the body.

The beauty of this knowledge is that if we can have such effects on our mind and body as a result of our negative emotions, then we must also have the potential to undo this work by adjusting the way we think and by resolving our significant emotional events and conflicts from the past. Some people almost like to put their lives in the hands of others, and find out if the doctor/new partner/medication/latest diet will help them to repair their sorrows and ailments. Isn’t it amazing to consider that by being in control of our own emotions, experiencing happiness on a more regular basis, and building our own resilience that we can then chose whether to get sick or not.

Lots of the course was made up of content previously at Practitioner and Master Practitioner level, but it was well worth attending just for the snippets of NLP gold that effortlessly fall from Richard Bandlers lips.

I’m also pleased to report that Dr Bandler was looking happier and healthier than he was when I saw him just before Christmas last year. This, he attributes to his new wife who is clearly taking good care of him. Thank goodness I decided to give him a second shot- after last year I thought he was a bit of a grumpy old man, but he was full of mischief and fun at the weekend and shared some very good metaphors and anecdotes from therapy.

I would recommend the advanced NLP training course to anyone who feels they need a refresher of the linguistic elements of their NLP training. However it is also useful to simply reconnect with others who have a similar interest to explore the many different ways each individual interprets and uses NLP.

Throughout the weekend, I wrote limited notes as my linguistics are pretty good and I remember most of the Meta and Milton model off the top of my head. The notes I did take were more key points, or useful phrases.

One such useful phrase was “feel some “Never again.”" Dr Bandler used this with a couple of ladies who were up on the stage, having volunteered when asked if there was some thought that they spent time thinking of each day, that made them feel bad.

Dr Bandler had them both in trance and adjusted the submodalities of the pictures they were creating by shrinking down the image of the old event and flickering from colour to black and white. He also played some silly circus music to get the women into a more giggly resourceful state.

It’s also important to note that before beginning any work with them, he asked them how much time they were spending on the bad thought each day. Then he multiplied that by 10 years and told them how much time they would have wasted- basically it was great leverage. He asked the women what else they could consider doing with the thousands of hours they’d wasted on feeling bad. (Gets them planning for the future and in a more resourceful state.)

Then towards the end of his work with them, he asked them to feel some “never again.” Never again is the feeling that explains the saying “the grain of straw that broke the camels back.” It’s the feeling you had when you realised that you were too old to have hangovers anymore and so you would no longer mix your drinks on a night out. It’s the feeling you have after being treated badly and suddenly decide to walk away or face up to what ever it is that you have been allowing yourself to feel bad about.

Then when you tap into that feeling, you can apply it to whatever problem you want to stop spending your time and energy on. Voila! Problem solved- What problem?

You might be wondering after reading the title of this article why it is that I’m presupposing a major catastrophic event. That in doing so I am sending a signal out to the universe to create one for myself, and you could be right. But I also want to be realistic about what life has to offer. I went recently to see a very well respected Past Life Regression therapist and spiritualist. It’s not the way I normally approach resolving issues but I thought it would be enlightening and good practise- and it was. What was interesting is that the therapist, who is very highly regarded in the UK, said “Every time we think we have got rid of our stuff (technical term for negative emotions that are still causing a problem and are related to significant emotional events of the past) new stuff happens, new challenges come up and create more stuff. Unless you are on a mountain meditating all day, it’s very difficult to go through life without some degree of stuff there.”

The “stuff” in question doesn’t have to be related to a major catastrophic event, but it could be. That purely depends on your perception of it. Those who have experienced major catastrophes, quite often think back on them later, and see them as a Turning Point, an indication to change life in some way or even a blessing. I was watching The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (see Who Were Lovin’ section) and was listening to Olivia Newton-John describing her breast cancer as a blessing. There can’t be many who feel that way about cancer, and whilst that might not have been her in-the-moment thought about it, that is certainly her perception now. By reframing the meaning of cancer, it has in a sense become a blessing. What others may perceive as a major catastrophic event, for her was a blessing.

Now let’s just think about the nitty-gritty of that. Even if a cancer came and went, which frame of it would have you feeling better in the moment of now. “I recovered from cancer (thank god) and it was a major catastrophic event in my life” or “I recovered from cancer (thank god) and can now see its presence was a blessing.” Of those two thoughts, which one still has fear attached to it? Which one says “if it comes back I already know I’ll be ok” which one says “it will shake up my life with some negative implications” and which one says “it will shake up my life and good things may come from it”? Therefore which one has the most power? For me, it’s the blessed one. I know that won’t be true for everyone, some people feel more armed for a good fight if they are anticipating a major catastrophic event. And that’s ok, there is certainly a lot of adrenaline for fight in fear. I just happen to think that fighting a major catastrophic event shouldn’t be done from a place of fear. I’m not even sure you should fight. How would it be to dance with a major catastrophic event and all the while know that ultimately you will be ok, you are loved and good things will come from it eventually?

Like I said, one day these works will come back to bite me on the arse on a day when I am experiencing what at that moment in time I consider to be a major catastrophic event. Someone will send me an email/write something on Facebook etc saying, “but Gemma, this isn’t a major catastrophic event, it’s just your perception of it!” And I’ll probably call them a smarty pants and grumble for a bit. But knowing what I know, I always say to my clients it’s all about time, energy and frequency. It’s ok to react, feel bad etc after all we’re only human. I’ll let myself off the hook as long as the amount of time feeling sorry for myself is not too long (measured only on a scale of my own grumpiness) the amount of energy I spend feeling bad isn’t too much and that I don’t return to indulging in the catastrophically bad thought as much as I could do.

By Gemma Bailey
www.NLP4Kids.org