"We are what the programming in our subconscious perceives us to be," said owner Dawn Grant. "If this part of the mind views us as fat, we become fat. If it perceives that we smoke, then we smoke, and so on." Grant said hypnotherapy allows people to reprogram themselves to be whatever they wish to be. Grant, a certified hypnotherapist, also has a background in mental health. Grant has worked in Nassau County as a children's case manager for Sutton Place and as a victims' witness counselor for the State Attorney's Office. She will hold private and group sessions.HOME, BUSINESS EXPO The Amelia Island-Fernandina Beach-Yulee Chamber of Commerce has scheduled the 2001 Odyssey Expo, a home and business show, for Oct. 20 at the Atlantic Avenue Recreation Center auditorium. The event will have exhibitor booths inside the auditorium and outdoors for area businesses to showcase their services. Seminars and workshops also are planned. An 8- by 8-foot exhibit booth will cost $350 for non-members of the chamber, and $250 for members. The outdoor spaces will cost from $175 to $350 for non-members, and $125 to $250 for members. Exhibitors could set up as early as Oct. 19, in time for a chamber Business After Hours social from 5 to 7 p.m. that day.WORK PLACE SEMINAR The Amelia Island-Fernandina Beach-Yulee Chamber of Commerce will host a safety in the workplace seminar from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Friday at the chamber administrative office, 1897 Island Walkway, Suite 1. The seminar, presented by Metro Crime Prevention of Florida, will focus on how to protect yourself from workplace crime. The event is free to chamber members and $15 for non-members. Attendance is limited and reservations are required, call 261-3248.

If you have information for In Business, including promotions or other employee recognition, a company announcement, a remodeling, an expansion or a business opening, send it to Nassau Neighbors, P.O. Box 1745, Fernandina Beach, FL 32035, fax, 261-4183, or e-mail, srespess@jacksonville.com. Include a daytime phone number.