I attended the Weight Loss Seminar. The speaker spoke way too fast. Had a difficult time keeping up. The Hypnosis didn't work for me. I wanted to try the supplements but the were expensive. I did try the CD given to me for a week and it didn't help. I reached out for a refund and took the steps necessary to obtain it. Hopefully will be refunded in 30 days.
Response from Mark Patrick SeminarsFeb 18, 2019
Hi Kathryn,
This is Jennifer from Mark Patrick Seminars' customer care team. I'm sorry to hear the seminar did not work for you as we hoped. A member from my customer support team has sent you an email regarding this. If you need any help, please feel free to contact our customer support department at 609-660-8844 M-F 9am-6pm EST and Saturday 9am-5pm EST.
Kind regards,
Mark Patrick Customer Care Team
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Thomas
Worth the $
Could do without the hour sales pitch but the hypnosis was worth it. Stopped smoking that day. Has been 2 weeks. No cravings. Feel like I am done with smoking forever.
Response from Mark Patrick SeminarsFeb 15, 2019
Hi Thomas,
This is Jennifer from Mark Patrick Seminars' customer care team. Thank you for your feedback and congratulations on conquering this habit of a lifetime! We're happy to hear that you now have stop smoking though I’m not surprised, that’s what we do.
I would like to also suggest that you participate in our free one year coaching program just simply read the emails that you get weekly with tips on stopping smoking and staying a non-smoker. The free coaching is there for insurance purposes and only takes about five minutes per week, not a bad investment, is it? Five minutes a week, just to make sure you remain a happy healthy very attractive lifelong non-smoker!
Thanks for your feedback!
Kind regards,
Mark Patrick Customer Care Team
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Eric R.
Loose weight through Hypnosis and Control Eating Habits
Last night Jeff shared his story on the importance of losing weight. Jeff gave a great educational and hypnosis session.
One lady was so sleep I had to tap on her leg seven times to come back to reality!
My simple recommendations to improve it better would be have Jeff’s nephew introduce his Uncle by speaking on why he is the best in this business. Jeff should not lean on the table. I understand the motorcycle accident, consider a high back bar stool for the time in front of the group.
You will be in control of the group and still have our attention.
I have done many speaking engagements in front of large audiences and proper posture is key. Get your nephew to applaud in the beginning and the end to motivate others to do the same.
Eric Riedinger Independent Associate Legal Shield Des Moines, Iowa
Response from Mark Patrick SeminarsFeb 15, 2019
Hi Eric,
This is Jennifer from Mark Patrick Seminars' customer care team. Thank you for taking the time to give us constructive feedback. I cannot tell you how valuable it is to us to make the program better. We will be sure to share your suggestions with Jeff.
Thanks once again for the feedback.
Kind regards,
Mark Patrick Customer Care Team
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Mitchell H.
The quit smoking program has evolved…
The quit smoking program has evolved over the past decade and a half to include preliminary educational information about the physiology of nicotine addiction and methods this company suggests can overcome the addiction aspect of tobacco use. Granted, they do offer an opportunity to purchase dietary supplements aimed at the physical aspects of nicotine addiction, but they clearly state the supplements are optional; there’s no hard sell on the supplements, they are offered as a recommended option, but still an option. The first hour or so is about all this and other suggestions for overcoming the physical and mental aspects of nicotine addiction. After a short break the hypnosis process begins. If you understand hypnosis and guided meditation, you will understand the autonomic suggestions offered during this process. Yes, they use negative reinforcement imagery like imagining licking a dirty ashtray. This is pretty standard fare for such suggestions aimed at the unconscious mind through mental imagery of negative associations to the idea of smoking. Not uncommon or unheard of in hypnosis and guided meditation arenas. Especially for breaking bad habits like nicotine addiction. Our presenter, Joel, was energetic, funny, experienced, and seemed to actually care about the people there. My first experience in this aspect of quitting smoking cigarettes worked for me; I was able to quit smoking cigarettes for nearly five years. Unfortunately I picked them up again so I tried this method again. This seminar was much better developed than the previous one I had success with. The information provided was very helpful and the sales pitch for the supplements was not overbearing; it was just another support option. The hypnosis was good, and effective; I am having success so far, and I feel confident that the provided reinforcement support CD will keep me on track. Additional support CDs are available for purchase at the seminar and your receipt grants admission to any subsequent seminar should you find the need or desire, even if just to attend with friends who want your success too. I would have rated this seminar a five except that as a disabled person, I should have insisted on a comfortable chair (my fault, not theirs), so my experience was only tarnished by my own lack of assertiveness in that regard. Otherwise, I would like to see the support CDs be considerably less expensive. I am familiar with production and replication of similar material and $25 per CD is excessive in my mind. Additionally, all support material in downloadable format on the website for a significant discount should be a 21st Century standard for certified attendees (IMHO). Cheers! Mitchell!
Response from Mark Patrick SeminarsFeb 4, 2019
Hi Mitchell,
This is Jennifer from Mark Patrick Seminars' customer care team. Thank you for your feedback about the seminar, we take this program and what we do as an incredible honor to save people’s lives.
Smoking, as you know is a challenging thing to overcome, however with the “magic of hypnosis” it really makes it so much simpler. As you discovered, because, hypnosis addresses all the different activities that “trigger” you to have a cigarette, once, eliminated using hypnosis, quitting is made much simpler.
I would like to also suggest that you participate in our free one year coaching program just simply read the emails that you get weekly with tips on stopping smoking and staying a non-smoker. The free coaching is there for insurance purposes and only takes about five minutes per week, not a bad investment, is it? Five minutes a week, just to make sure you remain a happy healthy very attractive lifelong non-smoker!
Thanks once again for the feedback.
Kind regards,
Mark Patrick Customer Care Team
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Sara W.
scam and a waste of money
Of course Mark Patrick doesn’t actually host the seminars, at least not mine. Mine was hosted by someone named Pat, I believe, and this was on January 27, 2019 at 2PM in Beachwood. I have given this review to the company directly. They responded telling me they were trying to reach the many and why they cover “nutrients” the email from them doesn’t mention the vitamins they’re selling. I was not offered a refund for anything. It was clear they only want compliments. This is a total scam.
The majority of the 2 hours was used as a sales pitch to buy vitamins he only had “a few” left of. The sales pitch lasted 45 minutes. The actual “hypnosis” was not hypnosis. It was a relaxation exercise where he told us smoking is bad for us, pronounced “painful” in an odd way, and put in some brief aversion therapy by telling us to imagine licking an ashtray if we ever smoked again. The “hypnosis” lasted, he claimed 29 minutes, my phone said it was 35 minutes. He asked leading questions to get the attendees to agree they were “hypnotized” for only 10 minutes or so as “proof” they were hypnotized.
We also had a 15 minute break to smoke and to buy vitamins. And the seminar started at 2:15 to give the people that were late a chance to get there (no one got there after 1:50). Also, Pat is a fast talking man from NJ, he barely slowed down during the “hypnosis” and we weren’t allowed to ask questions because he’s answer them eventually.
It’s a scam. I’ll report this everywhere I can.
Response from Mark Patrick SeminarsJan 31, 2019
Hi Sara,
Thank you for attending the seminar and sorry about the misunderstanding of believing you have to buy the supplements in order to be successful. I hope that makes sense to you, but keep in mind, we offer one year money back guarantee with this program whether you buy the supplements or not, so it’s the program that we believe in. Have you ever gone to your doctor and they offered you a one year money back guarantee if what they did to you did not work? We really do stand behind this program, we also come back to each area 2 to 3 times per year on average and in addition to the money back guarantee we give you a lifetime guarantee to attend any program again should you ever start smoking again or need reinforcement or it didn’t work the first time. Think about that, it doesn’t get much fairer than that, does it?
On the other hand, do we think that the supplements are important? Absolutely! Why? Because… smoking is both of physiological and psychological challenge. Let me explain, first the psychological, how often do you go even a few hours without having a cigarette and then other times such as: coffee break, stress, get into car, having a drink etc. in turn cause you (trigger) to often have one cigarette after another? All the time, right? So psychologically certain things trigger you to have a cigarette the hypnosis is designed to break or disconnect that connection, that trigger.
Physiologically, there are also physical triggers. Very different than the psychological (mental) but it’s really important to address the physical as well because otherwise the physiological trigger can overwhelm the psychological. Now, many people find that the hypnosis is all that they need but we’ve designed the program to address the many and when you think about it, after the thousands maybe even $10,000 that you spend per year for cigarettes it’s probably best that we design a program that addresses all the issues even if the cost a bit more.
We're really sorry the seminar did not work for you as we hoped. A member from our customer support team has already sent you an email with refund instructions. If you need any help, please feel free to contact our customer support department at 609-660-8844 M-F 9am-6pm EST and Saturday 9am-5pm EST.
Kind regards,
Mark Patrick Customer Care Team
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Wendy E.
Interesting
This was a great seminar with all the helpful parts that was needed. About the neutrons how the affect smoking and what happens when you do smoke. It was explained in layman terms so everyone should have understood it no matter what type of social level. The only thing that I couldn't understand was the music didn't help me, could have done without it. I know it was supposed to help relax but for me it was another distraction to go through with all the coughing going on.
Response from Mark Patrick SeminarsJan 31, 2019
Hi Wendy,
Thank you for your feedback about the seminar, we take this program and what we do as an incredible honor to save people’s lives.
Smoking, as you know is a challenging thing to overcome, however with the “magic of hypnosis” it really makes it so much simpler. As you discovered, because, hypnosis addresses all the different activities that “trigger” you to have a cigarette, once, eliminated using hypnosis, quitting is made much simpler.
I would like to also suggest that you participate in our free one year coaching program just simply read the emails that you get weekly with tips on stopping smoking and staying a non-smoker. The free coaching is there for insurance purposes and only takes about five minutes per week, not a bad investment, is it? Five minutes a week, just to make sure you remain a happy healthy very attractive lifelong non-smoker!
Thanks once again for the feedback.
Kind regards,
Mark Patrick Customer Care Team
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Joyce C.
5 Stars!
Very professional and informative. Anxious to put it all to work for my best results!
Response from Mark Patrick SeminarsJan 28, 2019
Hi Joyce,
Thank you for complimenting the program the way you did. We take great pride in what we do and though we are confident that we are “doing it right” it’s always nice to get reinforcement.
At this point, it’s not just great to hear how happy you are with the program and the success you’re having, what’s really much more important to us is your “long-term success” though likely with other programs you haven’t had long-term success with hypnosis it really should be significantly different, because for the first time we address all the psychological programming that’s been making you behave in a way that’s averse to losing weight.
The programs such as: “clean your plate starving children in Africa” or “clean your plate and then you get a treat” and so many others programed often as little children have now been replaced with hypnosis. It’s because of this that you can expect probably for the first-time long-term success.
Please over the next 10 years give us some additional feedback as to how you're keeping the weight off once you reach your goal.
Thanks once again for the feedback.
Kind regards,
Mark Patrick Customer Care Team
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Arlene
Disappointed
I attended your seminar to lose weight two different times and neither time worked for me. Is it because I didn't buy any of the products you were selling? I was hoping hypnosis would have worked on me.
Response from Mark Patrick SeminarsJan 24, 2019
Hi Arlene,
Thank you for taking the time to review our program, if the speaker didn’t make it clear to you that the supplements are not necessary and just an aid we're very sorry. We would like to ask if you can do us just one small favor if you could click on this link http://www.generalsciences.com/trim-am/ and watch the video and after watching the video imagine if you were conducted the seminar would you feel not only obligated, in fact, required to share the information that the speaker did?
We tried to make it very clear that it’s not a requirement but at the same time we try to balance it out with the facts, supported by 219 scientific references.
Bottom line, we will do “whatever it takes” to make you happy. What can we do to make you happy? Keep in mind, with the seminar you attended you will receive free for one year physiological and psychological coaching to help you succeed.
The physiological addresses all of the different physical aspects that you need to address in order to be successful and the psychological addresses the mental aspects, very unique and why we’ve had such great success long-term with our seminar attendees.
Thank you so much for your feedback.
Kind regards,
Mark Patrick Customer Care Team
