I just wanted to let you know that I think your CD's are great!!!

I've been a heavy smoker for the past 20 years (last year I was smoking 30-40 a day).

But thanks to your CD's I've been a non smoker since 13/08/04 & I feel 
fantastic!!!

I spent less than an hour each evening listening to your soothing voice tell me how to quit & I did it...... I'd tried loads of other methods, but yours worked for me.

Please feel free to print my comments, the more people who quit the better.

Jackie McLaughlin, Nottingham

'Just a few words of appreciation for your research and production of the CD, Eat Less, Lose Weight for Women.
You have combined interesting and not always known or fully absorbed information about our relation to food and eating. To be reminded that at one time our stomachs would signal hunger as well as tell us when we are full is helpful as we try to understand why we overeat, remodel our behaviour, and hear the signals from our body accurately.
Knowing that we have had a protective reason for overeating in the past and that with determination we can replace it with new behaviour and growing acceptance and expression of our emotions gives us hope. We can once again be the controlling force in turning our internal image of our bodies into reality. We can learn slowly to let the world get to know the slim person we really are. We can learn to enjoy the new role we have chosen for ourselves.
This is not an instant fix. This is for a lifetime.
The Baroque music during periods of relaxation allows the valuable information which follows to be taken in fully and digested with no disturbing thoughts from the outside world. I have found the technique to be very beneficial in comprehending and remembering the material.
I highly recommend Eat Less, Lose Weight for Women.'

Carolyn Joel Elva, MA (Psychoanalysis), psychotherapist and author of 
Proud to be Naked: Go Barefoot on the Road to Self Discovery. (December 2004)

"David's CD set "Eat Less, Lose Weight for Men" is more than a diet. It changed the way I feel about food at a very base level. It reaffirms what you already know but have lost touch with over the years, putting healthy nutritious food back to the centre of your mind. Well worth every penny! Thank you David."

Warren Lever, London

Freedom from Pain

"I was orignally diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma March 2003, which meant I had to have 3 months of chemotherapy. During the treatment I tried the "Freedom from Pain" CDs, which helped me to relax, forget about the treatment and feel more energetic.

Unfortunately, 9 months after finishing the initial treatment, the cancer has relapsed and I have to be given a higher dose chemotherapy. After the first dose of treatment I felt tired, had acid and my breathing felt heavy and irregular.

I started using the self hypnosis CDs again. This time round the CDs made a big difference, they helped my breathing feel normal, made me feel deeply relaxed and most importantly, are helping me to keep a positive outlook on things."
Mr Hitesh Arjan, Neasden

"Many thanks for your helpful CD. I find your CD very effective in helping me to relax and "let go" of the stiffness and pain associated with the rheumatoid arthritis I have suffered from for thirty years. Also, your breathing technique appears to help the bronchioctasis in my lungs, which is a great blessing."
Mrs Lynne O'Callaghan, Wembley.

"I am delighted about this product. Having heard it, I feel a bit drowsy, relaxed and in no pain."
Mrs Kaija Hinkley, London

"I have been skeptical about the value of hypnosis. I know Freud used it, as did many others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but many gave it up as a regular practice. However, Freud continued to believe in it and did personal research on hypnosis during his lifetime.

"During the past six months I have become unable to sleep well and found I was obsessing about the ongoing saga of trying to sell a flat. I was  anxious and my brain felt fragmented. I could not concentrate on anything  other than the agonies of the process I was involved in. This was not  rational but I could not get out of it, and I am a therapist who believes in  self-analysis.

"I came across David Botsford's self-hypnosis CD and thought it might be the right time to experiment. Waking up early one morning, while still in bed, I put the CD in my player with earphones and lay back to see what would happen. It took only a few minutes for David's voice and the Baroque music to put me in a tranquil state. I listened, or rather let the words and music wash over me, and before I realized it the CD had finished and I fell into a deep and delicious sleep for about an hour. I woke up with a smile of wonder at how I was feeling. Some of the images have stayed with me and come into my mind when I start to let worries overtake me.

"This morning a nagging problem was again disturbing my sleep and I repeated the process. Again I fell into a restful sleep for an hour and woke refreshed.

"I will continue to keep the CD by my bedside and I am recommending David's self-hypnosis collection to my clients. I am convinced his voice, words and the Baroque music are beneficial, helping you not only to breathe regularly, thus calming and relaxing your body, but also the self-hypnotic process realigns your fractured brainwaves, allowing you to think clearly."

Carolyn Joel Elva, MA (Psychoanalysis), psychotherapist and author of Proud to be Naked: Go Barefoot on the Road to Self Discovery.

Independent on Sunday , 11th April 2004