NEWS RELEASE

Thursday June 6, 2019

Hypnotherapist’s book explains how being overweight is nothing to do with food

Thousands of people around the globe have already benefited from acclaimed hypnotherapist Sheila Granger’s ‘Virtual Gastric Band’ weight management technique, and now many more will have access to it as Sheila’s new book, ‘No more diets! Believe in a healthier, better you’ launches on Amazon.

The UK-based hypnotherapy expert, who has recently won the ‘Hypnotherapist of the Year’ award from the International Association of Counsellors and Therapists, has trained more than 2,500 practitioners worldwide in her groundbreaking methods, with her best-known invention being her Virtual Gastric Band (VGB).

Sheila, who lives in Anlaby, near Hull, East Yorkshire, said: “My VGB methods have been used by accredited hypnotherapists across the globe to help thousands of people successfully manage their weight. My new book will give readers a deeper understanding of their own eating issues and an insight into how my VGB programme can help tackle them.”

The book looks at the different types of overeating that Sheila’s clients have experienced as well as their root causes, and explains how her VGB programme works to reset ingrained behaviours. Plenty of interactive exercises support the reader along their journey to identifying and understanding their eating habits, and the book features links to useful downloads and further information. People participating in the VGB programme are encouraged to eat three square meals a day and there is no obligation to step on the scales at any point.

“I pioneered this therapy in the UK because I wanted to change the narrative about diet and weight loss,” Sheila added. “I wanted to get people thinking about outcomes rather than the diet itself and I wanted them to believe it is possible to get to where they want to be in a way that actually lasts.

“It’s called VGB therapy because it has the same physical impact on what you eat as bariatric surgery, but it is achieved by changing your mindset, not rearranging your digestive system.”

Sheila believes that most weight problems don’t actually lie in food at all. She said: “They stem from an unhelpful mindset, which leads to people eating the wrong things. I have seen hundreds of clients with this issue. Most have tried traditional diets and seen their weight yo-yo backwards and forwards for years. Diets only deal with the physical results of our over-indulgence and don’t change how we think, so they don’t address the real problem.”

Her VGB increases a person’s awareness of their food, drink and activity habits, helping them to take control and stamp out the things causing their health problems. Sheila added: “It’s a popular misconception that practitioners like me place people into a trance to make them do things. In fact, the exact opposite is true. Most of us spend most of each day in a trance-like state. What hypnosis helps us do is break out of that subconscious state and take more conscious control of what our minds are making us do.

“As a clinical hypnotherapist, I am very aware of the power our minds have to influence our bodies, both positively and negatively. Using these techniques, we can make sure our minds are working in our best interests, rather than against us.”

Sheila regularly tours the world, contributing ideas to the development of hypnotherapy practice. Her business is called ‘Believe, by Sheila Granger’ because she believes that with help, people can change any aspect of their lives for the better, from poor eating behaviour to phobia management and self-confidence.

To order Sheila’s new book, ‘No more diets! Believe in a healthier, better you’ visit Amazon.

This isn’t so much a self-help book as the first stepping stone towards someone understanding root causes and switching their mindset. Sheila added: “I strongly believe that the best way of kicking a bad habit is with the help of an expert practitioner who can handhold someone through the process, backing up the inspiration within the book’s pages with therapies appropriate to their needs and progress so far.”

That’s why, throughout the book, readers will find signposts to help them find one of Sheila’s expert practitioners in their area of the world, who will be happy to fulfil that role.

For more information about Sheila Granger, visit www.sheilagranger.com

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Photos: Sheila Granger; images of Sheila’s book ‘No more diets! Believe in a healthier, better you’

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Notes for editors: about the author

Sheila Granger is an internationally renowned clinical hypnotherapist. She has trained more than 2,500 practitioners worldwide in her groundbreaking methods. Through this and her own practice, she has helped to improve the lives of tens of thousands of people, in countries ranging from the UK to Holland, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, and the United States.

The Virtual Gastric Band therapy featured in this book is, perhaps, her best known invention.

Sheila regularly tours the world, contributing ideas to the development of hypnotherapy practice, and has won awards for her work including, most recently, ‘Hypnotherapist of the Year’ from the International Association of Counsellors and Therapists, for her ‘outstanding support and dedication to the hypnosis community’.