He is Britain's bestselling non-fiction author, having sold 3 million books in 3 years, and his TV shows and live appearances have been watched and attended by hundreds of millions of people in 42 countries around the world. If we override each 90- minute cycle instead of taking a break (often by swigging an espresso and forcing ourselves to concentrate), it puts our bodies under high levels of stress.

There is a blissful state of consciousness that teeters between waking and sleeping — that sweet spot that exists just before you drift off into a deep slumber, where your body feels warm, your limbs relax and you let go of any sense of worry. It is said that he, too, would sit in a chair holding a big key pressed between his thumb and his forefinger, which, when he relaxed, would drop with a clang and wake him up. Allowing your consciousness to ebb and flow throughout the day can result in you achieving more of what you strive for in life. I then immediately brought in a big, vibrant, colour memory of a good time with my dad and I put myself inside that, reliving those beautiful moments again. Now I’d like you to remember a time when you had a mildly upsetting experience – it could be an argument or a disappointment.

Using this amazing interactive 21 Day System, Paul will personally guide you to change your relationship with food. See through the eyes of your more confident self, hear your internal dialogue and feel how good it feels. Feeling like I had to try anything I was such a bundle of stress and anxiety, a build up over the years… within one listen of this and doing the first few exercises I felt immediately better and have continued to since.

Instead, we are conditioned to associate letting our thoughts wander with being lazy and unproductive. While Dr Emoto’s work has attracted controversy, it offers an insight into how things you say to yourself or out loud can impact you, not only emotionally but potentially even at a molecular level as 75 per cent of all biological tissue is water. Notice how much calmer you feel now that your internal voice has become kinder and has stopped giving you a hard time! Havening', as in a safe haven, is another way to reduce anxiety and distress associated with negative memories. This technique can be done at home in your own time and takes some repetition and practice but works wonders.You’ll probably find you need to do the following exercise the first few times you try selfhypnosis while you adapt. If you are struggling with a challenge, it might pop up with suggestions of other ways of doing things. You will quickly learn to no longer feel overwhelmed by stress, worry, fear and panic, so you can live a more joyful life. But when you are remembering things that are uncomfortable, traumatic or unhappy, you need to step outside of the memory – be someone on the outside looking in, like it’s happening to somebody else.

As someone who gets anxious about a lot of things, I found it useful that not only did the book have a lot of good information about how the author deals with any struggles he might have, it also offered a useful insight into our own psyches.Now, I’d like to arm you with another before moving on to techniques that will get you into the right frame of mind for achieving your longer-term life goals. Being able to remove tension from your own mind and body can have a profound impact on your ability to enjoy life. Go back to what your mother taught you': TV presenter Susannah Constantine on the six money-saving hacks that helped her cut energy use on laundry by a THIRD!

It is a one-minute technique which requires you to breathe deeply with your hand over your heart and allows a major reduction in feeling of anxiety. I asked my friends to clean my house instead of throwing me a baby shower - every mother-to-be should have a nesting party! At the end of my 20-minute trance, I will awaken having accomplished my task with a sense of refreshment. I told her: ‘I want you to remember your mother saying it, but make her voice sound like Mickey Mouse’s high-pitched squeak.

And now, three methods to allow you to hypnotise yourself into a restorative state of deep relaxation.