Hypnosis: A Misunderstood Power Tool

Hypnosis is a Misunderstood Yet Powerful Tool.

           When I first decided to become a hypnotist, many people looked at me strangely.  Because we have been mislead about what it is and how it works. It's actually one of the most powerful tools we have for behavior change and reducing the symptoms of stress. The uses for hypnosis are many, but the premise remains the same for almost all problems we are trying to solve with it: 

             Often to change our behavior, we have to change the way we think. We have to change the story we tell ourselves about what we are doing and why.

     Sounds simple, but it's not. We all have beliefs we developed early on, really before our critical minds could truly understand the impacts of those beliefs.  Those beliefs drive our behavior, and become our habits. These old beliefs stick around under the surface of things, driving our behavior behind the scenes. 

     

    As children, we do not have the ability to think critically the way we can when we are adults.  We believe much of what we are told, and develop behaviors to cope with our environment and our primary relationships. These default behaviors become ingrained, they become our fallback behavior.

      This is why we can have the best of intentions to start a new eating plan, a new exercise routine. We can decide we want to get up earlier, read more, be kinder, spend less money, stop smoking.  And, we can do all of these things for short periods of time, when we are focusing and using our willpower.  But willpower is a muscle that is not meant to be used all of the time.  It wears out. When stress rises, our schedule changes, or life happens, we fall back on our default behavior. Because our subconscious mind believes this default behavior is what works for us. This is the behavior, it thinks, that helps with the stress, fear, anger, exhaustion, or whatever it is that has come up.

      Hypnosis is a way to directly communicate with the subconscious mind.  Most of the time, our critical mind, our conscious mind, protects our subconscious. We don't allow new ideas in there very often.  When we work with a skilled hypnotist, though, we can communicate directly with this part of our mind to help it change the story.  We can bring these old, subconscious ideas and beliefs to the forefront of our minds, examine them, and change them. 

    Hypnosis is a powerful tool that can be used in so many ways. It can help us change our relationship with food, stop smoking, develop a daily exercise routine, reduce stress, anger, and fear. It can help us examine behavior that does not work in our own best interests. It can help us take the steps we need to take to reach goals we thought would always be out of reach. It can help us improve work and study habits, as well as performance. It can reduce anxiety.  It can help us manage chronic pain, symptoms of illnesses. It can help us improve relationships and create new ones. It can seriously improve the overall quality of our lives.

   Consider using hypnosis if you are attempting to make changes in your life. You will find it a powerful method to support changes. It's a relaxing, pleasurable, interesting journey that brings about results that can amaze you.  If you would like to learn more, please feel free to contact me!