Richard A. (Rick) Foster
Certified Hypnotherapist
Smoking Cessation Specialist

About Your Hypnotherapist

Rick Foster is part of an international network of Smoking Cessation Specialists. Rick uses a system that has helped thousands of people all over the world stop smoking in one hour ... with an astonishing success rate of greater than 95%.

Rick was first certified as a hypnotherapist by the National Commission of Certified Hypnotists in 1993. He has since been certified by Smoke Free International as a Smoking Cessation Hypnotherapist, certified by the International Hypnosis Federation as a Smoking Cessation Specialist, and recognized by the International Hypnosis Federation as a certified Hypnotherapist.

Rick didn’t always spend his workdays turning smokers into non-smokers. He worked the majority of his adult life as a manager and executive within the mobile multiphasic health testing industry.

Reflecting on those years, he says, “Each year, our mobile teams of nurses, physicians and technicians would return to the same Fortune 500 companies and/or labor unions and run their employees or members through a comprehensive health screening. Our staff tested everything from eyes and ears to blood and all the major organ systems. It was like taking a snapshot of a person’s health every year and then laying out the pictures in chronological order to see how his/her health changed over time.

It was impossible to not notice the difference between the bodies of those who smoked versus the non-smokers. Watching a vibrant, healthy pair of lungs slowly gunk up from smoking tobacco was disheartening. Even more sad was talking with those individuals and hearing them say ‘I want to quit smoking, I’ve tried but’…”

After 24 years in the corporate world, Rick Foster joined the growing number of baby boomers who are trading in their corporate credit cards and fancy titles for a simpler life and an entrepreneurial adventure where they can make a difference.

Today, Rick helps smokers easily and quickly kick the smoking habit for good. Part of a network of specially trained hypnotherapists using the trademarked Stop Smoking in One Hour system™, Rick says “putting an end to the smoking habit doesn’t have to be so hard. We now have the means to help people stop smoking without all the horrible withdrawal symptoms and without their transferring the smoking habit to another bad habit, like over-eating, for example."

Inspiration

Part of the inspiration for Rick’s career change came from his wife, Donna McAdams, a Registered Nurse and licensed Acupuncturist who owns and operates the Escondido Acupuncture Center located in downtown Escondido.

“Each evening I watched Donna come home animated, thinking about all the people she had helped to heal that day," Rick says. "I wanted to feel that way about my work too! And now I do. I get to meet interesting people and help empower them to take more control over their health by quitting smoking fast and easy. The work is rewarding, a real win-win for me and for my clients.”