Healing Path Hypnosis

09/14/2026

Thoughts from the hypnosis office: Testing growth and change

With each client it’s important for us to know what their growth and change looks like. I often encourage them to put themselves into situations where they can test out their growth between sessions.

I recently had an opportunity to test my own growth since my retinal detachments by attending a conference that I hadn’t been to in several years. As I share this experience, I also reflect on how I learned throughout the event how to understand my new needs in an environment that is familiar and safe, which will help me expand my ability to go into less familiar environments in the future with more confidence.

I hope you enjoy this more personal video, and I hope it helps you find ways to test your own growth and progress (and expand your comfort zone)!

With each client it’s important for us to know what their growth an...

09/08/2026

Thoughts from the hypnosis office: Back to school means back to structure!

As we say goodbye to summer, it’s time to celebrate how good it feels to get back to some structure. I experience this in the hypnosis office with my clients during the time of “back to school.” Whether you have kids and are tied to a school schedule or not, you might notice this seasonal flow, so let’s celebrate it!

As we say goodbye to summer, it’s time to celebrate how good it fee...

08/31/2026

Thoughts from the hypnosis office: Your Birthday is your own personal new year!

I like to think about my clients birthdays as their own personal new year. In this video, I’ll share how we use this idea to acknowledge achievements from the prior year and set goals for the future. I’ll also share some thoughts on understanding and expressing our “needs, wants, and desires” for our birthday so we can be known, seen and heard by those we are closest to!

Here’s an additional article I wrote for my colleagues about this topic.
https://ochypnotherapy.com/your-birthday-is-your-own-personal-new-year/

I like to think about my clients birthdays as their own personal ne...

08/24/2026

Thoughts from the hypnosis office: The back to school tummy ache.

I’ve been working with a few clients whose childhood nervous stomach is still causing them challenges in adulthood. I admit I was one of those kids who missed plenty of school as a child (and had plenty of rough mornings as an adult) because of that nervous stomach.

Thankfully, when I became a hypnotist I was able to overcome this challenge. Well…. mostly! Through the years, I’ve also learned how my body responds to stress, especially the big stressors, so now I’m able to manage the regular everyday stressors and better navigate the more significant ones.

If your child (or your inner child) struggles with a back to school stomach ache, it’s important to remember that just because there’s an emotional element, their feelings are there for a reason. Through understanding the body’s reaction to stress and learning how to manage that stress, they might be able to overcome the stomach ache and more fully engage in life!

I’ve been working with a few clients whose childhood nervous stomac...

08/17/2026

Thoughts from the hypnosis office: Protect your heart.

I recently had an opportunity to witness the impact of deeply felt compassion and empathy on the heart. It got me thinking about how exposure to news and social media can affect us physically.

In this episode I’ll share some thoughts on this experience and ways we can set boundaries for social media and news so we can protect our hearts (literally).

I recently had an opportunity to witness the impact of deeply felt ...

08/10/2026

Thoughts from the hypnosis office: Documentary Alert: “Narcissist’s Playbook”

I recently watched a new full length documentary that I really think will help a lot of people, and I wanted to take some time to share it with my audience: “The Narcissist’s Playbook.”

Here in the hypnosis office, I commonly work with clients who have experienced some level of challenge in their lives due to a narcissistic individual. Whether it’s losing a career opportunity to a more gregarious/narcissistic person to abuse and neglect in childhood, to relationship abuse, there is a vast spectrum of narcissistic tendencies and ways a narcissist might impact someone’s life.

The Narcissist’s Playbook weaves together interviews that provide context to the spectrum of narcissistic behavior that helps viewers understand the prevalence of narcissism in our society, while educating on how to identify and begin to cope with the more dangerous aspects.

There are some pretty big twists and turns, and sometimes it can be hard to watch, but I highly recommend taking some time to check it out (in fact, I admit I watched it twice)!

For more information about The Narcissist’s Playbook, check out the website: https://www.narcissistsplaybook.com/

Thoughts from the hypnosis office: Documentary Alert: “Narcissist’s...

08/03/2026

Thoughts from the hypnosis office: Peace, love and emergency ice cream

Very often my clients goals where it comes to food and drink come down to moderation as opposed to abstinence. In this week’s video we’ll talk about making the best choices for ourselves both in everyday life and during times of “emergency” when a little bit of a treat would go a long way to helping make it through a difficult day. Remember, in many situations we are focusing on progress rather than perfection!

07/27/2026

Thoughts from the hypnosis office: The goal we can’t put a timeline on.

Here in the hypnosis office my role is to help people achieve their goals. Sometimes, unfortunately there are goals in our lives that we don’t have complete control over. In this week’s video, we’ll talk about physical healing after illness or injury and how important it is to focus on the desired outcome of health and wellness without focusing on the timeline, which we don’t really have control over.

Additionally, I’ll share some insights from my own experience recovering from retinal detachment surgery, recognizing that even in the same patient with the same surgeon, each eye had very different recovery timelines and outcomes.

07/20/2026

Thoughts from the hypnosis office: A different approach to love languages

I recently worked with a client who was having relationship challenges, and he was asking for help understanding love languages so that he could better understand his partner’s needs. A fun metaphor was born in the middle of our session, which I thought I’d share here with you!

Through my little “hamburger” metaphor, I’ll explain how learning to understand what you need and want in relationships (and what your partner needs), you can both get your needs met, rather than experiencing the frustration of having the components you want but not the final product.

I recently worked with a client who was having relationship challen...

07/13/2026

Thoughts from the hypnosis office: Celebrating social butterflies

In this week’s video I share a story about a recent talk I had with my hairdresser. After years of sharing the ups and downs of my life with her, I was able to help her with a challenge she was dealing with. The funny thing was that the ideas I had to help her came from a discussion I had with my massage therapist based on a similar challenge one of her clients had.

This all reminded me how important our one on one interactions are, and the ways we can help each other through talking things out and being open to sharing and receiving information. In our own way, we can be social butterflies, helping others by pollinating and sharing information.