I would like to extend a special “thank you” to all those who took the time to email letters of appreciation. Some of the names and email addresses have been deleted for privacy at the request of the sender.
If you see “(*Garry; with a comment)” written in this GREEN font color, in the middle of an email, please note that these are my comments. The purpose of these comments are to clarify the email sent to me.
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Olive came for hypnotherapy for many issues including, hoarding, uncontrolled spending, lethargy, sleeping issues, weight control, social anxiety and more!
From: Olive—@ymail.com>
To: Garry Gewant <garry@hyp4life.com>
Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:24 pm
Subject: My long overdue testimonial!
Dear Garry,
It has taken me most of this year to “process” our January session together. Since our session, I have sought the help of a professional counselor and have taken major strides in my life.
- I sleep more regular hours now – I no longer need an alarm clock to wake up in the morning. I’m not sure you remember, but I used to sleep from 5 a.m. until 10 a.m. every day. That was my horrid sleep schedule. Now I am in bed no later than 12 midnight, and I awake usually by 6 or 6:30 a.m. every morning eager to face the day.
- I am losing weight without any effort – I’m no longer eating junk food, am exercising at least 2 days per week, and am doing Yoga on a regular basis.
- I have regained over a dozen friends from my past – the farthest back being from my first day of Kindergarten!
- I am making progress in my relationship with money – this one is not so quick to be fixed, but I know I am following the right path
- My home is transforming from underneath the mountains of clutter – I have regained almost ½ of our basement space, and am diligently working to regain our office and master bedroom.
- The creative muse has risen within me like never before in my entire life! I have become inspired to write, which I haven’t done since college. I started my own blog, and write at least once per day – today was especially prolific, as I logged three entries! Last month I helped a friend of mine re-write the content of his campaign website, and wrote four non-mud-slinging political radio ads.
- After de-cluttering the rest of my home, I know I will pick up my art tools once again and be able to be joyful through artistic expression.
There is no way I can pinpoint exactly what you did for me, but I know my life would have stayed at a standstill without your help. You freed me from the fear and anger that gripped me like trying to swim through quick-dry concrete. I have given your info to a few of my massage clients who are curious to try hypnotherapy. I hope they called you!
Thank you so very much for showing me the way through my own personal hell toward a totally different future than I could ever have imagined for myself.
Eternally grateful,
Olive
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Sheri is a High Schoolteacher with a severe stutter and stammer. As you read in her email, it affected every aspect of her life. The end of the email, she refers to saying “Lasagna” and “Iced Tea”; these were two of many trigger words that she had never been able to say; her coping strategy was not to order them in public.
From: Sheri—@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 09:14 PM
To: garry@hyp4life.com
Subject: Re: Follow up
Hi Garry,
As a teacher, occasional stuttering/stammering difficulties at important meetings can be very embarrassing and shameful. It is very laboring to speak when you are constantly substituting words and lowering your vocabulary to insure fluent communication. After decades of battling this problem, I chose to take the route of hypnotherapy. Since our meeting 2 days ago, I have had an immediate change in my confidence when speaking. I feel a sense of happiness, honesty and almost as if I regained the carefree spirit that I had as a child. Things don’t seem as tough as they used to and I am focusing on the more positive aspects of life. I have stuttered/stammered 4x since our meeting, but I believe that I am more observant over my speech and I am looking for any difficulties (of course- everyone stumbles over a word here and there regardless…we are all human!). I love listening to your relaxation cd and will refer to your coping tools whenever I feel anticipation towards public speaking and controlling my stuttering/stammering. I am still nervous about meetings coming up at work, but I will remember what you have introduced to me. I will let you know how they work. I would highly recommend anyone with stress related stuttering/stammering issues to at least try hypnotherapy. It has given me a freedom that I never thought I could have…I said the word lasagna to my friend on the phone today and had to call my husband to say it a million times! Also, I ordered a regular lemonade/strawberry ice tonight- something I wouldn’t have done in the past! I don’t have to worry anymore!
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Naha is a graduate of Juilliard and a professional violinist in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. She has been on many auditions throughout her career, starting in Middle school through The Juilliard School along with professional auditions and they were always extremely stressful for her. Using PARTS Therapy, we found where the source of her audition anxiety stemmed from and using self-hypnosis and positive visualization techniques, her anxiety was eliminated.
From: Naha G.
Sent: 2/22/2009
To: Garry@hyp4life.com
Subject: Thank-You!
I recently had the distinct pleasure of working with Garry in a hypnotherapy session to help me with performance anxiety. As a professional violinist in my 20′s taking a number of auditions a year in the hopes of building a satisfying career, my time with Garry gave me some very powerful tools in my pursuit of success. The winners of these auditions are not only the most musically prepared, but those with mental toughness and who can stay calm. Garry showed me an effective process to bring out the best of my performance ability, in the most, high-pressure of circumstances. He also sent me away with a clear understanding of how to practice these techniques on my own for continued reinforcement. I would highly recommend a session with Garry for anyone who struggles with performance anxiety in any form.
Naha G…
Violinist, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Alumni of the Juilliard School
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Alex is a Middle school student who was having anger management issues at school.
—–Original Message—–
From: Baratto, Giovanna [mailto:giovanna.baratto@spcorp.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 10:47 AM
To: ‘Garry Gewant’
Subject: Alex
Hi Garry,
How are you? Alex started school today! He was nervous but smiling.
I have a good feeling that he’ll do fine! He certainly looked great
with his new hair cut and clothes! I’ll send you a picture once I download it.
Please don’t forget to use me as a reference. You can use this e-mail.
The parent can e-mail me their phone number and I will call them in the
evening to answer whatever questions they may have about Alex’s experience
with you. I will make the time to look at your new website too and add a
blurb of my own. If you could also send me the dates to your next group
sessions to this e-mail too, I’d greatly appreciate it. At least then I
know I will receive them!
Take care, Garry! And again, thank-you!!!
Giovanna D. Baratto
Assistant to Dr.R Rodney, MD
Schering-Plough Research Institute
Global Clinical Development, Cardiovascular
2015 Galloping Hill Road, K15-3 3005
Kenilworth, NJ 07033
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Mary’s daughter, Samantha is a High School Athlete who benefited from hypnosis for sports performance; Mary wanted to see if hypnosis could help with a fear of driving.
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From: Mary
To: garry@hyp4life.com
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 01:59 pm
Subject: Samantha
Garry:
Just wanted to give you an update on Sam. She has practiced and or played 3x since she hurt her knee and had been hypnotized.
Her father said at practice she was back on track and did extremely well. Her first game, two gentlemen from an AAU team in Newark tried to recruit her to their team.
On Sunday, the head coach of Sparta High School approached my husband and her about playing for him in a year.
We think she is very excited and happy to be back. We are letting her do her thing . . .
I probably need to come back and see you. I’m better but not 100%. I am more interested in knowing if you can help our son in any way who is Dyslexic and has dysgraphia. I think you said you are dyslexic. We are fighting with our school district to get a certified Wilson instructor to teach him or get an out of district placement to Craig to help him. If hypnosis can help him that would be great.
Thanks,
Mary
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Sheila is the Director of the Performing Arts Department at Somerset County Vocational Technical High School and asked if I could work with her student that had performance anxiety.
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From: Sheila Buttermore <sbuttermore@scettc.org>
To: Garry@hyp4life.com
Date: May 13, 2005 10:32 am
Subject: Jackie’s performance!!!
Dear Garry:
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for all your help as a performance coach for Jackie. Her performance during the play was lovely and she was not nervous or showed not a sign of the “Stage Fright” that held her back from performing at the level she is capable of. She said that this was the first time she actually enjoyed performing on stage. I could not believe that there could be such an immediate positive change in her attitude towards her ability to perform on stage in only one hypnotic session. We all knew she had the talent, now she is able to exhibit it.
I know that you had to re-arrange your schedule to accommodate our performance and I truly appreciate your help.
Once again, Thank you.
Sincerely,
Sheila