(Food-Beverage-News.Com, April 11, 2015 ) DARWIN, Australia -- Fifteen thousand Australians are killed every year from smoking related illnesses and disease and costs the country an estimated $31.5 billion annually, according to the Department of Health.*
Due to its addictive properties, smoking is a difficult habit to stop. Despite this, research has shown there has been a consistent smoking decline since 1993, due to an increased awareness of the positive benefits of quitting smoking. Quit smoking support is also more readily available for people ready to make the decision to stop.
With over 4000 chemicals sucked into the body with every puff of a cigarette, including carcinogens, it's no surprise that a multitude of health benefits come immediately after smoking cessation. Smokers can expect to experience:
o Vanishing side-effects after twelve hours
o An increased supply of oxygen to the brain, blood stream and other vital organs after 24 hours
o A return of the taste and smell senses after 48 hours
o An improvement in blood circulation to the hands and feet after two months
o A lowered risk of heart disease after 12 months
o A 50 per cent reduction to the risk of lung cancer after 10 years **
Darwin life coach and founder of ART Your Life, Catie Kirke says that a lot of people think of quitting smoking as a frustrating and futile process, because most of the available support only addresses the "physical urge to smoke".
"People go to great lengths to try and quit. I know smokers who have tried to stop through acupuncture and nicotine replacement, only to have it last a few days, weeks or months. They end up smoking again and beating themselves up for it and feeling like a failure," says Catie. "The truth is these common quit smoking methods just do not work in the long term because they're only addressing the physical urge to smoke. Most people know the positive benefits of quitting smoking, but they need to change the way they feel about smoking so they can finally curb those cravings, let go of the urge to smoke and give up the nasty habit for good." www.artyourlife.com.au
The ART Your Life Quit Smoking Hypnotherapy Program changes people's smoking beliefs and empowers them to become a non-smoker for life. Hypnotherapy is a completely natural, safe and healing state of awareness using the power of a person's own unconscious mind to reprogram emotional attitudes and reactions.
The program combines the most advanced hypnosis methods with proven Neuro Linguistic Programming techniques, and works at physical, conscious and subconscious levels. In just three sessions with the program's coordinator, Jo Osborne the smoker will have the tools and the strength to quit smoking without an increase in appetite or sugar cravings, or a need for expensive nicotine replacements. www.artyourlife.com.au
Kathy Mavros of Darwin, Northern Territory, says, "Hypnosis with Jo Osborne has worked a treat for me. The time had come for me to give up my smoking habit and this program is exactly what I needed. After numerous attempts to quit on my own, which would only last for a period of time resulting in failure again and again, falling off the wagon had become a pattern which I'd had enough of. With Jo's support, knowledge and insight, we got my habit under control.
"Hypnosis for me is such a valuable tool I now have for life. When the urge to smoke rears its ugly head, I have the resources within me to re-affirm my desire to be in control of my habit and not the other way around."
About ART Your Life: ART Your Life helps women across the world to learn to love themselves, their bodies and their lives through a transformational ART Your Life 7 Week Intensive.
ART is an acronym that company director Catie Kirke created to convey her signature in a fun and memorable way. Catie believes that life is like a canvas; it's our to paint and design in any way we choose. ART is also the acronym for Activate, Reshape and Transform, which is the amazing process that the ART Your Life participants go through to create powerful and permanent change in their lives.
The ART Your Life approach creates inner health and happiness from the inside out. Specifically designed to help women of all ages and backgrounds rediscover their appetite and passion for life, the program is fresh, real and raw.
To learn more about the ART Your Life mission, and to meet the team, visit www.artyourlife.com.au.
