Burlington Hypnosis

09/24/2025

Dr Spiegel is one of the leading researchers in clinical hypnosis.

Is there such a thing as hypnosis? Stanford psychiatrist Dr. David Spiegel believes there is, and he has brain scans to prove it. Hypnosis has been stuck for

08/07/2025

This article explains how us humans establish habits and why it is so tough to consciously change them.

From toothbrushing to stress response, our lives are governed by habits, mindless routines embedded deep in the neural circuits of our brain. While changing hab

07/06/2025

New Hypnotherapists—Need a Little Support?

04/05/2025

🧠 "Your Brain’s a Parrot. Teach it wisely."

We usually connect habits and repetition with the stuff we don’t love about ourselves—
smoking, stress, drinking, overthinking, or eating like a trashcan panda when emotions hit.

But here’s the deal: repetition doesn’t judge.

Your brain is always in full mimic-mode. It doesn’t ask,
“Is this good for us?”
It just records.

Where do you think the phrase birdbrain came from?

Repeat anything—good or bad, healthy or not—
a thought, a reaction, an action…
and if it’s repeated enough?
Boom. It becomes automatic.

That’s how your brain works.
It’s not personal.
It’s biology.

And no, this isn’t some woo-woo, new age thing.
It’s neuroscience—specifically neuroplasticity.

Your brain literally rewires itself based on what you keep doing.

Walk enough? You get better at walking.
Worry enough? Congrats—you’re now a professional worrier.

We follow the path of our most dominant thoughts.
What we think—and how often we think it—shapes everything.

Your brain builds what you practice.
Physically. Emotionally. Automatically.

And here’s what no one really talks about:
You repeat good stuff too.

Laughing with people you love.
Showing up to work (even work you hate).
Brushing your teeth. Hugging your dog.

All habits. All automatic.
Because you repeated them.

So stop acting like your brain only memorizes dysfunction.
It’s just running a system.

You’re the one feeding it.

Now yeah—changing a pattern can feel slow.
Especially when you’ve been running the same loop for years.

That’s when we lean on willpower—trying to force change.

But here’s the catch:
Willpower is conscious effort.
Most habits live in the subconscious.

You’re trying to rewire the basement from the front porch.

That’s why diets crash and burn.
They try to override deeply wired patterns with short-term rules.

They might work for a while...
but eventually, it’s back to business as usual.

And that’s where hypnotherapy steps in and says:
“You want to speed this up?”

Hypnosis works with your subconscious—the part of your mind where your habits actually live.

Instead of yelling affirmations in the mirror and hoping they stick,
hypnotherapy gives you access to the control room.

You don’t just repeat a new habit.
You install it.

It’s not magic.
It’s strategic focus.

Hypnosis puts your brain in a relaxed, suggestible state.
That’s where you rehearse better patterns:

🌀 Calm instead of chaos
🌀 Control over compulsivity
🌀 Confidence instead of “ugh, not this again”

And because your brain learns by repetition,
hypnosis helps new patterns stick faster.

You’re basically handing your brain a better loop—
on a silver platter.

So yeah. Patterns run your life.
Always have.

The good news?

You get to choose which ones you keep repeating.

And if you want the shortcut, hypnotherapy is it.

🧠 The system isn’t broken.
It’s just waiting for better instructions.
Give it something worth repeating.

👀 Curious how this works in real life?
Drop a comment or DM me if you want to know more about how hypnotherapy can help you change the right things—faster.

02/18/2025

Just a few thoughts about what makes a good hypnotherapist.

Introduction If you stick around long enough in any profession, you start to notice patterns. After 25 years in hypnotherapy, I’ve seen what separates the ef

02/14/2025

This article describes how using hypnosis can quickly establish preferred healthy patterns.

Introduction Ever get the feeling your brain is running outdated software, where you find yourself hitting the snooze button ten times, munching midnight snack

01/25/2025

Hypnotherapy certainly targets specific goals but it can also offer unexpected relief, clarity or resolution in areas unrelated to what you are trying to fix.

As a clinical hypnotherapist for more than 20 years, I’ve had the privilege to guide many of my clients toward transformative breakthroughs. While many approa

01/21/2025

My top 10 reasons to enjoy hypnotherapy during the winter.

1 Winter Blues: Hypnotherapy can also help combat seasonal affective disorder by literally rewiring thought patterns and then building a sense of warmt

11/29/2024

Reviewing an exciting new approach to weight loss.

In the ever-evolving battle with obesity, where diets often fail and surgeries are invasive, risky, and frequently ineffective, Virtual Gastric Hypnotherapy (VG

11/26/2024

Hypnotherapy often offers pleasant unexpected benefits.

As a clinical hypnotherapist for more than 20 years, I’ve had the privilege to guide many of my clients toward transformative breakthroughs. While many approa

11/20/2024

Article on stage hypnosis; what it is and how they do it.

Stage hypnosis is an interesting combination of psychology, performance, and the power of suggestion. It impresses audiences because it creates an illusion of t

11/14/2024

A brief tutorial on how to do self-hypnosis, let me know what you think.