Donald Ryles PhD , Author , Paranormal Blogger

      Donald Ryles is known Worldwide and felt to be a trusted advisor to many. He is an author,poet,blogger and lifelong student/explorer of Alternative Mind/ Body Healing Methods as well as holding a great interest and lifelong connection to the Paranormal and Strange.
     Throughout his life Donald has always seemed to be the person that his family ,   friends and in many cases complete strangers turned to for advice. Even in his teen years he seemed to be felt as an "Old Soul". Most who know him or have met him feel him as a very comforting presence. He is by no means a stoic figure though as he has always considered laughter one of the best medicines and has been considered by many to be the "life of the party".
     He holds an alternative PhD in Transpersonal Counseling from the University of Sedona , a Bachelors & Masters Degree in Metaphysical Science from the University of Metaphysics and a Diploma as a Mind Science Healer from the International Metaphysical Ministry. He is also a Certified Hypnotist through the Hypnosis Motivation Institute and a Certified Paranormal Investigator through Flamel College.

      In a nutshell, I am a firm believer in the incredible power to change ourselves through mental re-programming. I believe most every behavior problem, phobia, habit , or perceived flaw or shortcoming in ourselves can be greatly improved or eliminated entirely using hypnosis, self-hypnosis, positive affirmations, visualizations , or subliminal programming.
      My personal interest and exploration into these methods began a little over 25 years ago when I received a catalog of subliminal cassette tapes through the mail. In the catalog was mention of a fascinating study done at the University of Chicago. A group of students who all had about the same ability at making basketball free throws was divided into 3 groups. One group was to physically practice free throws for an hour everyday for 30 days, one group was to mentally practice successfully making free throws an hour everyday, and a third group was to do neither. At the end of the month the students were re-tested. The group that had done nothing showed no improvement in their free throw success rate . The group that physically practiced showed a 24% increase in their success rate, and the group that practiced mentally showed a 23% increase. The group that never even stepped foot on the court showed an improvement practically equal to the group that had physically practiced all month!!! The reason for this is that the subconscious mind does not separate what actually happens and what we program it to believe happened. That convinced me that mind potential was most definitely something I wanted to use and study.
     My first experiment was tapes that I personally made of positive affirmations geared toward increasing my boosting my self-confidence and my ability to handle stressful situations (Something that many, if not most, people reading this would like to increase). I had been using my home-made tapes for a short time and felt I was making excellent success when I was to be put to a very unfortunate and extreme test of new programming. My father was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. A very stressful situation for the entire family and during the last 2 months of his life I was for the most part his primary caretaker. I most definitely believe that the programming had fortified me greatly. I had never been very strong in situations such as I was in and I found myself much stronger than many around me. One of my relatives even commented one day that they didn't know how I was able to hold up so well under the circumstances and said they knew that they would not be able to handle it near as well as I was.
    I have since used these methods several times to help fortify myself. Such as the stress of being in a tornado and stopping smoking .