Doug Buckingham Blog

  • Sugar Free Me ?

    Sugar Free Me? As a child growing up in the seventies and eighties, I remember being highly hypnotised on a regular basis by the adverts on the television. I remember repeatedly hearing the messages that a certain chocolate bar would “… help me work, rest and play”, that another one is “…just enough to give Continue reading »

  • Past Lives & Regression Workshop

    Have you ever tapped into or experienced one or more of your ‪PastLIves‬ ? The chances are that you have; maybe you just haven’t actively considered the possibility of the experience being a soul memory from a past life. Perhaps you have been in a place that you’ve never been to before, yet you recognize Continue reading »

  • Hope

    Hope … plays such a potentially powerful role in life. It is much more than a rose-tinted view that “everything will turn out ok in the end”. It is more about believing that you that have both the will and the way to get where you need to go or accomplish whatever you need to Continue reading »

  • Hypnosis to Manage Social Anxiety

    Hypnosis to Manage Social Anxiety Social anxiety disorder is a very common form of anxiety. This could affect anyone at any time, and causes problems with everyday circumstances, from shopping to talking to people on the telephone. It is not out of the ordinary for social anxiety to cause problems at work and in our Continue reading »

  • Hypnosis Can Help With Low Self-Confidence  

    Hypnosis Can Help With Low Self-Confidence Most of us have experienced times where we genuinely feel more self-confident than others, but sometimes a bad encounter can knock our self-confidence and keep it low. Low confidence can make it difficult to cope in many areas, including work, social and stressful situations. Low self-confidence doesn’t always follow Continue reading »

  • A Remarkable Story of Forgiveness

    Amy Biehl was an American graduate of Stanford University with a strong social conscience. Her parents said that she was drawn to South Africa and admired the vision of Nelson Mandela, so in 1992 she re-located to Cape Town so that she could work in black communities and townships that had suffered under apartheid. She Continue reading »

  • Hypnotherapy can offer a reduction in stress

    Hypnotherapy can offer a reduction in stress Most people have experienced some stress in their lives but some of us have to endure the effects of it repeatedly. Of course stress related illnesses are rife in society. A hypnotic approach can be a helping hand to take command over this destructive emotion. There are numerous Continue reading »

  • PastLives

    PastLives An old article but a good read on reports of Children’s Past Lives And Birthmarks Related to Past Lives by Jim Tucker. Jim has taken over the mantle of Dr Ian Stevenson, who was probably the leading academic researcher into reincarnation. Stevenson researched reincarnation extensively and provided what is possibly as close as we Continue reading »

  • Soul Group Members

    Soul Group Members Kindred Spirits and/or Soul group members can support us or push us to live our lives to our very highest potential, so that we can find the inspiration and meaning that’s an essential part of our Soul Journey, and thus our everyday existence. Sometimes the reality of #Soulmates or Soul group members Continue reading »

  • Simple, Natural Hypnosis

    Simple, Natural Hypnosis The exact origins of hypnosis are unknown however there is a reasonable assumption that suggests a form of hypnosis was used in the sleep temples of ancient Egypt 3,000 or 4,000 years ago. The Egyptian sleep temples are also referred to dream temples and it is believed that they were used as Continue reading »

  • Do We Need a Revolution Before We have an Evolution?

    Do We Need a Revolution Before We have an Evolution? We either make ourselves miserable or make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. Carlos Castañeda.  Life is of course all about choices, and the choices we make govern our everyday reality and thus the passage of our lives. And when we make Continue reading »

  • Competition or Co-operation

    Competition or Co-operation        The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.   Bertrand Russell Human society is based upon the concept of peaceful co-operation, but finding a balance to ensure that all members and parts of society thrive or even peacefully co-exist is a challenge. Obvious imbalances and differences in the world around Continue reading »

  • Moving Beyond Limitations

    Faith dares the soul to go farther than it can see William Clarke Moving Beyond Limitations Russell Brand may not to be everyones taste but the essence of his words on the BBC Newsnight programme last week certainly carry an essential truth. Whilst mankind has made quite remarkable advances in some areas over the past Continue reading »

  • Remarkable Healing – Regression Therapy

    Remarkable Healing  “Whoever makes all cares into a single care, the care for simply being present, will be relieved of all cares by that Presence, which is the creative power.” Kabir Heminski In my opinion, one of the important goals for the spiritual seeker in this lifetime to get ourselves to a place in our Continue reading »

  • Simple Natural Hypnosis

    Simple Natural Hypnosis The exact origins of hypnosis are unknown however there is a reasonable assumption that suggests a form of hypnosis was used in the sleep temples of ancient Egypt 3,000 or 4,000 years ago. The Egyptian sleep temples are also referred to dream temples and it is believed that they were used as healing Continue reading »

  • Life Purpose?

    Life Purpose? The idea of there being a greater purpose to and of life, and if there is anything outside of this finite incarnational experience are questions that have been on the mind of humankind for a long time. We have investigated that through religions and various spiritual traditions and reflective experiences throughout history, seemingly Continue reading »

  • By judging something…

    By judging something… By judging something you only make it “worse”. By trying to stop the “bad” to make it all “good, by saying that this is acceptable and that this must be rejected, you simply empower that cycle of polarization that creates the problem in the first place. By denying or rejecting our own Continue reading »

  • What Would You Really Like to Energise ?

    What Would You Really Like to Energise ? Energy flows where intention goes. It is a basic reality of energy work and as everything in the Universe is energy then it is a reality of all of our every day lives. And it’s as simple as that really. So, need I say more? 🙂 Apparently Continue reading »

  • A Few Words on the Passing of Margaret Thatcher

    A Few Words on the Passing of Margaret Thatcher In the Eighties Margaret Thatcher was respected by some, and highly reviled by many others. Most of us who considered ourselves to be “cool” were in the latter camp even if we were only kids at the time. Even today on Facebook, I see people referring Continue reading »

  • Colour Up Your Life

    Colour Up Your Life I am blessed to be writing this newsletter from the sunny climes of South Africa where I am of course experiencing the Southern Hemisphere Spring (though those of us living in the UK would probably call it Summer). Having just come from the autumn of the UK, I feel even more Continue reading »

  • Opportunity Knocks ?

    Opportunity Knocks Hello Gorgeous Guys n Gals, I have been blessed for the past year or so to have had a wonderful virtual assistant (VA) who has been helping me out on the admin side of things. Recently, though I’ve been getting swamped with even more admin and unfortunately my VA has got busy in Continue reading »