Sage Hypnotherapy

10/05/2026

“Your thoughts create your reality” - ask rachel@sagehypnotherapy.co.uk had hypnotherapy can help you shape your world, even your health by curating your thoughts 🙂

My prank demonstrated how our minds can adversely affect our health, and scientists are increasingly showing that negative thoughts can produce very real symptoms, says science writer Helen Pilcher

10/05/2026

Want to improve your self-talk? Contact rachel@sagehypnotherapy.co.uk 🙂

Reflections, what do you see when you look in the mirror?

Our reflection in the mirror is our likeness, what we see, and yet the word reflection also means our thoughts and musings.
When you look at yourself, be kind about what you see because sometimes we might find ourselves critiquing our looks in ways we would never do to another human being.

So when you look at your reflection today see yourself as a friend might see you.

Sometimes we reflect on every mistake or every awkward moment. Maybe every perceived failure. Every way we think we ‘should’ be doing better.
Maybe reflect and see you are someone doing their best. Even if your circumstances are difficult at the moment, be proud of yourself for coping as best as you can.

In hypnotherapy we talk about how positive interactions help us lead a more pleasant life. And interestingly, one of those interactions is the relationship we have with ourselves.

Perhaps confidence is about being able to look in the mirror and acknowledge the person looking back with kindness and respect.

Not because life is perfect.
Not because we always get things right.
But because we are human beings trying our best to navigate life as well as we can.

And sometimes that matters more than we realise.

If you think hypnotherapy might help you feel calmer, more confident, or more able to move towards the kind of life you want to lead, you’re very welcome to get in touch

09/05/2026

Suffering sleeplessness? Contact rachel@sagehypnotherapy.co.uk 🙂

Does hypnotherapy have a role to play in helping people with insomnia?

Sometimes insomnia relates to medical issues, shift work, or genuinely difficult life circumstances. Good hypnotherapists will always encourage you to consult your GP or appropriate healthcare professional first, especially if sleep problems are persistent or worsening.

Sleep difficulties are incredibly common, particularly during periods of stress, grief, anxiety, illness, hormonal change, or disrupted routine. And from a psychological point of view, that makes a lot of sense.

When our mind is busy negatively rehearsing the day we’ve just had, worrying about tomorrow, or scanning for possible problems, we can become stuck in a kind of ‘threat monitoring’ mode. In evolutionary terms, a brain that believes it needs to stay alert for danger is less likely to settle easily into sleep.

Sometimes better sleep starts not with fighting the mind, but with helping the mind and body feel a little safer, calmer, and more settled over time.

This is one area where hypnotherapy may be helpful for some people.

Approaches such as guided imagery, relaxation, focused attention, and even simple cognitive exercises can help redirect attention away from effortful sleep pursuit and repetitive worry, toward gentler, more neutral experiences. Some people describe this as giving the mind something safe and non urgent to focus on while sleep arrives in its own time.

For example, some people find simple mental exercises helpful before sleep, such as thinking of a word and then imagining objects beginning with each letter. Others prefer calming imagery, listening to music, breathing exercises, or guided relaxation. These approaches are not about ‘forcing’ sleep, but about reducing mental overactivity and helping our mind step away from constant problem solving.
If you would like to try Hypnotherapy for your sleep issues why not contact one of us?

05/05/2026

If you’d like try Hypnotherapy, online or in-person, contact rachel@sagehypnotherapy.co.uk 🙂

01/05/2026

Overcome your fears and take back control! Contact rachel@sagehypnotherapy.co.uk 🙂

Phobias are powerful fears that can get in the way of living the life someone wants.
They’re often described as ‘irrational’ but that doesn’t mean the person is. In fact, most people with a phobia know the fear doesn’t quite make sense.

What’s happening is that the brain has learned, often very quickly and usually outside of our awareness, to treat something as dangerous when it isn’t actually a threat. And once that learning is in place, the fear feels very real, often overwhelming.
We can get a phobia of anything, from spiders to thunderstorms.

It’s interesting that we can also develop a phobia of something that others, without the phobia, would also find dangerous.
Snake phobia for instance, people without this phobia would still steer clear of encounters with venomous snakes. Someone with this phobia might not read this article if I add actual photo of a snake.

Thunderstorm phobias, someone without this phobia would still go inside if lightening was close.
Similarly a phobia of alligators Herpetophobia, might stop the person from looking a photo of one.
Sharks, we don’t swim in areas known for sharks, but with a phobia walking on that beach, away from the water, may be too frightening.
Fire, we are all careful around fire, it’s a healthy awareness of risk, but someone with a phobia might not enter a room if there’s a wood burning stove in there.
Phobias cause intense fear and stress even when the object of the phobia isn’t present.
If you think you’re stuck with your phobia because other people also feel fearful of the same thing, but your fear is intrusive, stopping you from living your life in the way you want, if your fear causes you too much stress, read on and hopefully feel a little freer today.

Fear learning is fast and keeps us safe. If you have a phobia, it’s not your fault, any one of us can develop a phobia of almost anything.
With the right support, our brain can learn something new. People can begin to notice moments of calm where fear used to be, and build on those step by step.
Have a chat with your local about how might suit you?

30/04/2026

Contact rachel@sagehypnotherapy.co.uk with any questions or to book a consultation 🙂

Have you ever had the experience of walking into a room and completely forgotten why you went in there?
You pause, look around… and think
‘what did I come in here for?’
I often think ‘I must go and get my glasses, I left them in the study’ then I walk into the study and stand there thinking ‘what did d I come in here for?’
It’s very normal.

That’s something psychologists call the ‘doorway effect’

When we move from one space to another, from one room to another, from the study to the kitchen, from downstairs to upstairs, our brain sometimes resets what it’s focusing on. It’s a very ordinary part of how memory and attention work.

In hypnotherapy, we sometimes make use of that natural ‘doorway effect’ ability in a more helpful way.

So you might hear us say something like
‘imagine stepping through a doorway into a place that feels calm… peaceful… comfortable…’

And rather than forgetting something, you begin to notice a change in how you feel and a change in what you focus your attention on. Maybe a change to feeling more relaxed and a change from focusing on a particular issue or problem to letting your mind relax into something that resembles a gentle day dream state.

This is not because anything is being done to you, but because your brain is responding to a very familiar pattern, moving from one space to another, and adjusting as it does. You are always in charge.

It’s a good example of what hypnosis really is.

It isn’t some sort of mind control, you are just using your attention and imagination in a way your brain already understands, just a little more deliberately

If you’ve ever been curious about hypnotherapy, this is the kind of thing we’re doing working together with you, with your mind.
Please do feel free to ask us any questions about doorway effects or any hypnosis and hypnotherapy questions.

27/04/2026

How to Use Mindfulness as a Mental Health Tool
https://buff.ly/H3TMEUM

Your brain is always changing. 🧠
The question is, are you changing it by accident or on purpose? 🤔
Mindfulness is one of the most powerful tools you can use to improve your mental health and strengthen your brain. 💪
It can help you:
✨ Calm anxiety
🧠 Improve focus
💛 Regulate emotions
😌 Reduce stress
🌱 Build healthier thought patterns
And the best part is, it is simple and accessible to anyone. 👍
This book explains how mindfulness works and how you can use it in everyday life to create a healthier, happier brain. 😊

27/04/2026

For this and other techniques that boost emotional balance, contact rachel@sagehypnotherapy.co.uk 🙂

23/04/2026

Allow thoughts to come and go, like waves of the ocean.
We can believe the ones that we know are helpful.

Want to teach mindfulness to others?
https://certify.mindfulnessexercises.com/

23/04/2026

FInd out more/book a consultation to see how Clinical Hypnotherapy can help you better manage those ‘false alarms’. Contact rachel@sagehypnotherapy.co.uk 🙂🙂

Phantom Vibration
Have you ever checked your phone because you felt it buzz, but there was nothing there? No message. No notification. Nothing

It’s a real thing, called phantom vibration and some say if affects around 80% of people who are regular or heavy users of their phone.

Our brain can misinterpret a sensation, maybe you brushed up against something, maybe your muscles are tense as you’re stressed, maybe it’s just become such a a habit to check your phone that your brain is highly tuned in to possible phone notifications and ‘phantom vibration’ can occur.
Why?
Our brains look for patterns of what we repeatedly do and so expectation can create the experience.

This shows us something quite important, that just because something feels real doesn’t always mean it came from outside.
Sometimes it’s our brain saying

‘This might matter… I’ll flag it just in case.’

We can inadvertently train our brain to worry about something that may never happen.

It is not our fault. If this resonates with you, it’s worth repeating, it’s not your fault, you are not broken. No one gets up in the morning and thinks ‘how can I mess up my day?’

And once you notice that, you can start to get a little more choice about what you pay attention to. 💙

Is there a hypersensitivity to something you’d like to dial down? Maybe an over noticing of possible future problems that’s
causing you anxiety?
Maybe you feel you’re over using your phone? Maybe doom scrolling?
You’ll find Hypnotherapists compassionate listeners.
Hypnotherapy isn’t a universal panacea but maybe we can help? Why not get in touch?