Musings on Hypnosis by Certified Hypnotherapist Donna Sherman, CHt

  By Paul O. Zelinsky What is is that plagues you?  What keeps you up at night?  What robs your joy, your potential for happiness or even just peace?   I would hope; nothing.  But if there is something…. If there is something, do you know exactly what that something is?  Can you name it?  Often calling it what it really is can help you overcome it.   Many of my clients come in saying they suffer from stress or anxiety, but these terms can be too general to fight.  Digging down, identifying what is really the source of the stress or anxiety helps to corral it, shrink it down to a size to overcome it.   This fairy tale might help.  Fairy Tales, are by their nature; hypnotic…. When our imaginations are engaged in a well constructed story (as these tales often are), we escape the confines of our rational, logical world and we problem solve, even if we do not know that is what we are doing.  Our deep subconscious minds engage emotionally and this can allow us organically wi

Photo by Donna Sherman I am thinking outside the box more and more these days.   Which is what a good Hypnotist needs to do because, Lord knows, we already know too well what’s in the box. And what we seek probably isn't . It's January and I am thinking about Betrayal, Forgiveness and Redemption. The first one is easy for humans, the second two; not so much. And yet they are all 3 bound up together are they not? I have had clients come to see me to find a way to move past betrayals and being that I do not have superpowers to cause the Betrayer to be struck dead,  or the situation to disappear ...I have to offer them something else. While  not leading them to any path I have in mind; I can hold their hand in the dark and offer flashlight to light the map they already have in their pocket.  Hypnotherapy can help one see they at least have a map... Hmm, what is this map?  What does it lead to?   A map to PEACE in their own heart about it. Which when