You CAN Stop Smoking

10/30/2025

Mindfulness that actually works when you’re stressed about exams
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Mindfulness isn’t about forcing yourself to relax or pretending you’re not stressed. It’s about managing your focus and energy so you don’t burn out. Here’s ...

10/29/2025

Quitting smoking preserves memory and thinking skills, even later in life
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A major international study brings good news for longtime smokers: it’s never too late to quit. Researchers found that people who stopped smoking in mid-to-late adulthood had slower declines in memory and verbal fluency than those who kept smoking.

10/25/2025

🌤️ Rewiring from Within: A Gentle, Mind-Body Approach to Depression
There’s more to emotional recovery than medication.

Many who struggle with depression have been told it's a chemical imbalance — a fixed state. But the mind is more dynamic than that.

📉 In my practice, I often hear:
→ “I feel numb”
→ “I’ve lost motivation”
→ “I’m going through the motions, not really living”

🔄 Clinical hypnosis offers a gentle path forward — not by forcing change, but by accessing the subconscious patterns that shape thoughts, energy, and emotional response.

✨ In this new article, I explore how clinical hypnosis may complement emotional healing by helping to:
✔ Reframe limiting self-beliefs
✔ Calm nervous system dysregulation
✔ Rebuild trust in one’s own emotional resilience

📖 Read the full piece: 🔗 The Empowered Mind
https://www.hypnosissanfrancisco.com/post/the-empowered-mind-how-clinical-hypnosis-offers-a-natural-and-effective-path-to-overcoming-depressi

📞 Free consultation: (925) 215-4017
📧 info@josephgiove.com

💙 There’s no pressure and no judgment — just a compassionate, clinically grounded approach to supporting your healing journey.

10/25/2025

🌿 How Clinical Hypnosis May Help with Relief from IBS
IBS can make daily life feel unpredictable — affecting everything from digestion to sleep to your sense of control.

💡Hypnosis offers a gentle, research-informed approach that supports physical relief by working through the mind-body connection.

In a relaxed and focused state, your subconscious becomes more open to new patterns. With the right guidance, that can translate into real lifestyle improvements over time.

✨ Through clinical hypnosis, many people experience support with:

🧠 Calming the autonomic nervous system
🔁 Rewiring stress-related gut reactions
⚡ Reducing abdominal pain and tension
🌀 Improving digestion and regularity
😴 Increasing sleep quality and emotional resilience

It's not about “thinking your way out of it” — it’s about resetting the systems that drive it.

📞 Free consultations available: (925) 215-4017
📧 info@josephgiove.com
🔗 Learn more:
https://www.hypnosissanfrancisco.com/post/how-clinical-hypnosis-targets-the-gut-brain-axis-for-long-term-improvement

🌱 A calmer gut may begin with a calmer mind.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a chronic and often debilitating condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Traditional treatments often focus on symptom management through medication or restrictive diets. But an emerging and effective alternative—clinical hypnosis—offers drug-free, ...

10/21/2025

✨ “This Time, It Feels Permanent.”
“I decided that it was time to quit ni****ne.
Visited Joseph 2 years ago and I am still ni****ne free.
I was a decades-long smoker and had stopped many times,
but this feels different — this time it feels permanent!”
— C.O., California

💬 Most people don’t struggle to quit.
They struggle to stay quit.

That’s exactly why clinical hypnosis is different.
It doesn’t just suppress cravings — it rewires the subconscious patterns that drive smoking in the first place.

After decades of smoking, C.O. is now 2 years ni****ne-free. No pills. No patches. No white-knuckling.

📞 Book your free consultation: (925) 215-4017
📧 info@josephgiove.com
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🧠 When behavior change happens in the subconscious, that’s when it finally sticks.

Are you ready for it to feel permanent?

10/19/2025

Lafayette, United States, June 3, 2025 -- After over three decades of helping people break free from ni****ne, Joseph R. Giove has reached a major career milestone of helping 5,000 clients quit smoking, va**ng, or ni****ne dependence entirely through his clinical hypnosis program.
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https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/clinical-hypnotist-joseph-giove-marks-milestone-helps-5-000-people-quit-smoking-1034789377

10/19/2025

💊 Before You Start (or Stop) Antidepressants — Read This 💡
Thinking about antidepressants? Already taking them? You deserve more than a quick prescription—you deserve clarity, choice, and support.

Here are 5 things to know:
1️⃣ Side effects are more common than you think
2️⃣ The "chemical imbalance" theory isn’t proven
3️⃣ No one antidepressant works best for everyone
4️⃣ Higher doses can mean higher risk—not faster results
5️⃣ Therapy may be more effective long-term

🌿 Hypnosis offers a natural, empowering path to emotional well-being—whether you're on medication or not.

📞 Free consultation: (925) 215-4017
📧 info@josephgiove.com
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💙 Take back your healing—gently and intentionally.

10/19/2025

💡 Considering Antidepressants? Read This First.
🔗 5 Things to Know About Antidepressants

Whether you’re just starting, tapering off, or questioning the long-term effects of antidepressants — you deserve more than a prescription.
You deserve clarity, options, and real support.

💊 Here are 5 things I believe everyone should know:

1️⃣ Side effects can be serious — and are often minimized
2️⃣ The “chemical imbalance” theory? Not conclusively proven
3️⃣ No antidepressant is consistently more effective than another
4️⃣ Higher doses often = higher risk, not better results
5️⃣ Therapy + mind-body work often lead to deeper, longer-term outcomes

✨ Hypnosis can help where medication may not — supporting emotional resilience, rewiring subconscious patterns, and creating transformative healing from within.

📞 Book a free consultation: (925) 215-4017
📧 info@josephgiove.com

💙 No pressure. No judgment.
Just real, holistic care — when you're ready.

10/18/2025

Clients are first introduced to the concept of the subconscious after they learn to calm themselves through the use of hypnosis. Hypnosis is defined as a way of “using your imagination to help yourself,” and the subconscious is defined as “the part of your mind of which you are usually unaware.”
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Specific hypnotic techniques with the aid of subconscious resources can help patients improve or resolve their emetophobia (fear of throwing up).

10/16/2025

Self-hypnosis can be defined as “using your imagination to help yourself.”
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Interactions with the subconscious can be greatly enriching. Thus, learning how to engage with the inner self should be part of everyone’s life experience.

10/16/2025

Physiological processes can be affected by hypnosis.
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Why the power of the mind should never be dismissed.

10/02/2025

Ericksonian hypnosis uses indirect, respectful methods to engage the unconscious and empower change.
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Ericksonian hypnosis is a respectful, collaborative approach that trusts the unconscious mind and can transform one's experience as a client or hypnotherapist.