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Paul McKenna
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
May 27, 2007
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Paul McKenna. He is Britain's best known hypnotist and made his name on prime-time TV. Millions used to watch on Saturday nights as he mesmerised ordinary people into doing extraordinary things. But he has found an even larger audience - and riches to match - through his series of self-help books. With titles like I Can Make You Thin and Change Your Life in Seven Days he taps into the angst-ridden preoccupations of our age with promises of serenity, contentment and control.He is, he says, an example of his own success - having been a geeky, unconfident child who was bullied at school he has now taught himself to abandon those self-doubts. Human beings are like computers, he says, and sometimes need to be reprogrammed so they function better.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Movin' On Up by Primal Scream
Book: The Path of the Human Being by Dennis Genpo Merzel
Luxury: Collage of photos of family and friends.
Book: The Path of the Human Being by Dennis Genpo Merzel
Luxury: Collage of photos of family and friends.
Released:
May 27, 2007
Format:
Podcast episode
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