Transformational Hypnotherapy: The-Focused-Mind

12/28/2023

Yoga Flow at Crystal Beach Park!

Who wants to start out the year with some Yoga? I will be teaching a one hour class at Crystal Beach Park, right across from the pier at 11 am.

Suggested contribution $5

Looking forward to seeing you there - bring your mat and your smile. :-)

02/18/2022

Hypnotherapy using Zoom?

More and more services are offered over Zoom and using Zoom as a platform to conduct hypnosis sessions has become very common ever since the pandemic started.

Personally I used to say that nothing can replace an actual in-person visit and while I still very much enjoy helping people in person in my office to create positive transformations in their lives, I have come to see the advantages of a Zoom session.

People are most comfortable in their own homes and since hypnosis is all about relaxing and being comfortable, there is a clear advantage of receiving hypnotherapy in the privacy of your own home.

Another big advantage is that there is no travel time involved. The only time frame you need to set aside is the time of the actual appointment.

Over the last couple of years I have come to realize that my clients get the same positive results whether they come into my office or whether I see them on Zoom, with the added benefit that it does not matter where you are located in the world.

If you have been thinking about using hypnotherapy to help you overcome a current issue or bad habit - and create new and healthy habits and set new goals for yourself - reach out and schedule a session in person or using Zoom.

As a professional Hypnotherapy practice, we help our clients to achieve their goals, transform their lives and enable them to enjoy life to the fullest.

09/12/2019

Today Transformational Hypnotherapy is sharing a Higher Self Meditation with you.

How about taking 30 min out of your day today to connect deeply to your higher self to feel inspired, motivated and connected to your higher purpose?

Enjoy and feel free to share this meditation :-)

In this guided meditation you are getting in touch with your higher self and receive guidance, while enjoying a strong connection to your higher self which i...

09/05/2019

Have you ever thought about starting a meditation practice, but find it hard to do this on your own?

Transformational Hypnotherapy has a special treat for you today - a fully guided chakra meditation that will leave you feeling refreshed and recharged.

Chakras are energy centers in the body and as we focus on them individually, we help to raise their individual vibrations, ultimately bringing our whole being into feeling more aligned.

Just find out for yourself - it is free.

And if you enjoyed it - let me know :-)

This meditation focusses on the seven major chakras (energy centers in the body) and raising your frequency leaving you refreshed and recharged.

08/14/2019

Did this ever happen to you?

You were cut off in traffic and mad at the other driver and it kept affecting your mood and stress levels moving forward in your day?

Now think about it - an event that came and went in seconds and thoughts and emotions lingering for possibly hours... life gets much easier and less stressful when we do not let little annoying events affect us after they have passed - it makes a huge difference - give it a try :-)

08/02/2019

People often ask me: “What do my childhood issues have to do with my current bad habits?”

To respond to this question, I am giving an example of a session I recently had with a weight loss client that was transformative for her with her eating habits.

Maria (name changed) had been coming for a couple of sessions already, was listening to her hypnotic recording every night at home, and had already lost some weight, but she was still struggling to stay away from chocolates.

I had explained to her that our eating habits are formed when we are very young and that we all have an inner child that often has a very „loud voice“ wanting something, even if we have decided that it is not good for us.

So Maria agreed to check back with some of her early childhood memories to help re-educate the child within her.

Once in hypnosis she went back to a memory where her parents had a big fight and she was scared and crying and felt helpless and then she remembered that once the fight was over, her Mom would give her chocolate to make her feel better and soothe her. As it turned out this was a repeated pattern and Maria „learned“ back then that chocolate was the only thing that would make her feel better when she was in distress!

Maria gained an understanding of what was going on and why a part of her kept wanting to eat chocolate, and was able to re-educate her inner child, offer love and a feeling of safety without the help of chocolate, which really had just been a placeholder for feeling safe and at peace.

It was her breakthrough to move forward in life sticking to her weight loss regimen and transforming herself and her body to who she really wanted to be.

08/01/2019

Ready to find out what hypnosis is all about?

JUST ANNOUNCED! FREE EVENT!

Seating is very limited! Tell a friend/family member who deserves to be happier!

Breaking Through Barriers to Happiness: How Hypnotherapy Helps Focus the Mind to Rewrite Our Own Personal Story.

If you've ever wondered about whether - and how - your negative thought patterns may be in the way of your goals and hopes, this seminar could change YOUR life because once we reach 10 participants, I will lead a hypnosis demonstration that will leave you relaxed and in a peaceful state - without any side-effects, co-pays, (or even a change of clothes).

Date: 8/25/2019
Time: 3 pm
Location: Palm Harbor, FL
Cost: FREE
Register by calling or texting: 727 560 8209

Bring your goal for lasting happiness.

07/30/2019

JUST ANNOUNCED! FREE EVENT!

Seating is very limited! Tell a friend/family member who deserves to be happier!

Breaking Through Barriers to Happiness: How Hypnotherapy Helps Focus the Mind to Rewrite Our Own Personal Story.

If you've ever wondered about whether - and how - your negative thought patterns may be in the way of your goals and hopes, this seminar could change YOUR life because once we reach 10 participants, I will lead a hypnosis demonstration that will leave you relaxed and in a peaceful state - without any side-effects, co-pays, (or even a change of clothes).

Date: 8/25/2019
Time: 3 pm
Location: Palm Harbor, FL
Cost: FREE
Register by calling or texting: 727 560 8209

Bring your goal for lasting happiness.

07/26/2019

Do you ever have conflicting voices in your head?

Maybe one voice keeps telling you it is time to make healthy lifestyle choices and then there is another voice chiming up that really wants to overeat on ice cream, or smoke a cigarette or drink a whole bottle of wine... the list is endless.

Sometimes this conflict can drive us crazy and the inner battle keeps preventing us from reaching our goals.

In hypnosis it is possible to get in touch with these inner voices, also called parts. For example getting in touch with a part that always wants to eat sweet treats.

Time and time again I have seen people get in touch with these counterproductive parts and finding all the different reasons why this part of them is constantly sabotaging them, and what it is truly about.

Sometimes these parts of us have been with us for a long time, for example if you had always been given a treat as a child to feel better, then a part of you took over this role in adulthood to make sure you have treats to feel better.

It is the goal of a parts therapy hypnosis session to help bring parts of us in alignment. To re-educate and transform any parts that have been working against our higher good for a long time.

It is exciting to create this inner shift, which not only supports peoples ultimate goals, but also creates a sense of peace and calm within.

Do you have any counterproductive parts?

07/19/2019

People often ask me: „How do I know if I am hypnotizable?“

When people ask this question, some really mean to ask if they would be clucking like a chicken on stage when being hypnotized.

So to answer this question let us first explore, if anyone can get into a hypnotic trance state to create positive changes for themselves - and the answer is yes.

In fact we all slip in and out of hypnotic states during the day for example when we are daydreaming or watching a good movie. Or have you ever been on the highway and missed your exit? Then you were in highway hypnosis - your subconscious mind had taken over.

Another time where we all pass through a hypnotic trance state is when we fall asleep at night. Our brain waves are slowing down from waking beta state to alpha (light hypnotic trance), down to theta (deep hypnotic trance) to move all the way down do delta - the sleep state.

This means we can all get into a state where our subconscious mind is wide open to receive suggestions to our benefit - but we also do have the choice to reject suggestions. So when it comes to stage hypnosis only some people are good candidates. There are in fact people that are highly hypnotizable - easily access the trance state and perceive suggestions as true, which makes for great entertainment in a show.

But even if you are not one of those people, you can certainly use hypnosis for your personal benefit. When you come into my office, we will start out with a thorough conversation of what you really want to achieve and get your conscious mind on board before we even start the hypnosis. It is important to have this agreement with yourself, because as I stated before, you do have the power to reject suggestions, you are still in control when being hypnotized. Once your conscious mind is on board and you made an agreement with yourself to let the suggestions sink into your subconscious mind, you are setting yourself up for success.

Have you been hypnotized before? What did you achieve with the help of hypnosis?

Your Brain and Hypnotic Suggestibility

07/12/2019

People often ask me: „Do you still have control when in hypnosis?“

The short answer - to some of us surprising is - YES!

When you are being hypnotized the conscious mind is still present and makes the agreement to follow one suggestions after another into the hypnotic state. This means that if a suggestion was given that would go against your values and principles, the critical factor in your mind would reject it.

It also means that when you are in hypnosis and you needed to come out of the state, you would be able to do so. For example, if you were being hypnotized and just theoretically the hypnotist would leave the room, you would either come back to an alert waking state, or if you were in a deeper trance you might fall asleep for a bit before returning to full and regular waking consciousness.

Just like when you are learning the skill of self-hypnosis, you decide for yourself when you leave the hypnotic state.

When you use hypnosis for therapeutic purposes, it is important to be clear about your own goals and to share them with the hypnotherapists, because your conscious mind needs to be on board with the suggestions delivered to your subconscious mind - otherwise your critical factor in the mind would reject them.

I would even go as far as say, you have more control over yourself in the hypnotic state, because you can directly influence your subconscious mind. Think about it - if there is a behavior that you want to change, and your conscious mind made that decision and at the end of the day you realize that you slipped back to your original behavior? It is because your subconscious mind took over and was in control - it was driving your actions.

That is why hypnosis is such a powerful tool for replacing old habits that are no longer needed - because we talk directly to the subconscious mind.

07/05/2019

People often ask me: „How does it feel to be hypnotized?“

Hypnosis is a natural, altered state of consciousness, where the brain waves are slowing down just like they do for resting and going to sleep. In fact, every night as we go to sleep we pass through this kind of trance state, just that nobody is there giving us suggestions.

So when you are in this state of consciousness, the conscious mind is still present, and you are aware of what is happening - and the subconscious mind is wide open and easily accepts suggestions for your personal benefit.

It is very relaxing to be in a hypnotic state and you might experience a distorted sense of time. You actually slip into a hypnotic state several times during the day, for example when daydreaming. Or if you ever were on the highway and missed your exit or arrived at your destination and cannot remember how you got there, you were in a hypnotic state. Your subconscious mind had taken over.

Another example of hypnosis that you most likely experience often is when watching TV. Now imagine you are sitting there relaxing and watching and your phone is ringing somewhere in the house and you can still hear it, but are not inclined to get up - you are probably in a light state of hypnosis. Now let‘s say the phone is right next to you and you don‘t even feel like moving your arm to pick it up, then you are in a deeper state of hypnosis. And if the same phone is ringing and you don‘t even notice it, you are in a deep state of hypnosis or entered the sleep state.

I hope that you now have a better understanding of this natural, altered state that you can use for your benefit, to break up old habits and create new, healthy ones. Next week I will be talking about another important question - are you still in control when being hypnotized?

Psychology Today describes how people feel in hypnosis similarly:

The experience of a hypnotic trance is not so unusual...