The personal growth movement has spawned a booming industry in self-hypnosis tapes that promise to do everything from increase your bustline to clean up your karma from past lives. Outrageous claims notwithstanding, such cassettes can be powerful tools for helping to change old habits, and many are used in hospitals for stress management and to accelerate healing. Of the couple dozen brands I’ve sampled, The Love Tapes provide the best combination of strategies in the most easily accessible format.
Despite the name, the tapes are refreshingly neutral about pushing any particular ideological viewpoint. A wide range of topics, from
health and relationships to business, feature messages consistently well-grounded in modern psychological theory. The
