Kelley T. Woods joins me today to share some of the lessons she has learned from working with kids and how she uses parents as props during her sessions. We discuss the value of working with clients from the mindset of an educator instead of a facilitator of change and she describes how the fact that hypnotherapy is often a client’s last resort can actually be a benefit to the practitioner. She also explains her definition of mindful hypnosis and the tools and techniques she uses to equip her clients so they can practice between sessions and sustain long-term benefits.

Kelley operates the Woods Hypnosis Center, and has extensive training and expertise in the areas of pain management, weight loss, athletic performance, and pediatric hypnosis. Additionally, she has written or co-authored nine books including the award-winning Integrative Hypnosis for Kids and Teens: Playing for Change which she co-authored with Melissa Tiers.

“If we can teach clients these methods and strategies that are easy to do and don’t take a lot of time, then they can not only start to self-regulate, but they can maintain that for the rest of their life.” - Kelley T. Woods

• Why she believes having a flexible user experience is beneficial to clients.
• How modeling flexibility allows the client to be flexible.
• Her advice for how new hypnotists can learn flexibility in their process.
• The importance of keeping an open mind and learning from your clients.
• Involving children in the process and allowing them to come up with creative solutions.
• How practitioners can approach coordination with the parents of a young client.
• The verbal contract she makes with the parents of her pediatric clients.
• Why she believes hypnosis is so appealing to children.
• Her definition of mindful hypnosis.
• How actively engaging the conscious mind can allow the client to take ownership of their own process.
• The methods and strategies she teaches clients that they can practice between sessions.
• Why she uses the emotional detox technique during her client intake process.
• Why she does not believe people are afraid of hypnosis.
• The importance of forming strong therapeutic relationships with clients.
• The dangers of empathizing with clients.
• The benefits of normalizing what the client is going through.
• Why she does not believe in using the term “resistant client.”
• The need for hypnotists to recognize their own limiting beliefs and reframe them.

Resources Mentioned:

• Episode 11: Kelley T. Woods and Hypnotic Women

Connect with Kelley T. Woods:

• Woods Hypnosis Center
• Hypnotic Women Facebook Group
• Laughter for the Health of It by Kelley T. Woods and Dave Berman
• The HOPE COACHing Practitioner's Guidebook by Michael Ellner, Kelley T. Woods, and Alan Barsky
• Mindful Hypnosis for Clients with Chronic Issues Course at Hypnothoughts Live 2018
• Upcoming 2018 presentations and workshops

Join Jason Linett and James Hazlerig September 17th through 22nd in Springfield, Virginia for the LIVE Essentials of Modern Hypnosis training session! Participants of this live training seminar will receive the ICBCH Certification. To register, visit:

• HypnoticEssentials.com

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Janet Thomson shares how she combined nutrition and hypnosis into one holistic program to help clients struggling with weight loss and healthy eating. She shares how she incorporated tapping protocols and NLP into her coaching practice and the strategies she uses to help her clients avoid self-sabotaging behaviors. She also shares the hypnotic creative process that allows her to get to the root of how her client arrived at their current state and how they can get out of it.

Janet is the founder of the holistic life coaching business Power to Change and the best-selling author of The Placebo Diet. She is a registered Clinical Hypnotherapist with a lengthy list of qualifications including an MSc in Nutrition and Exercise Science. After years of working in a health club environment with clients who wanted to lose weight or increase their overall fitness, Janet had a realization that the psychological aspect of fitness and nutrition was lacking from her practice. She now uses modalities such as NLP, TFT, and hypnotherapy to compliment her nutrition expertise when helping clients reach their goals.

“As coaches or therapists, we are in a very privileged position of being able to change someone’s life.” - Janet Thomson

• Challenges she faced when working with clients on their nutrition.
• How awareness can be curative.
• How the study she conducted for her MSc thesis helped her realize that she needed to bring a psychological element into her wellness practice.
• Why she believes in the power of the word “because.”
• The importance of giving your client a reason, explaining the consequences, and giving them the power to choose.
• Why she recommends giving clients responsibility in a way that gives them pleasure.
• The two techniques she recommends to help clients prevent self-sabotage and cravings.
• Why the way we think and feel about food should never be overlooked.
• The benefits of using TFT and how you can incorporate tapping into your daily life.
• The two-part question she asks clients who want to lose weight.
• The first rule of sales and how it relates to working with the unconscious mind.
• The questions she uses to start her sessions.
• Why she recommends using language that the client uses during the session.
• How food works as a placebo for our emotions.

Janet’s Tips for Working with Weight Loss Clients:

1. Find the objection.
2. Let them reveal their strategy to you.
3. Use the timeline technique.

Resources Mentioned:

• Episode 171: Karen Hand on Hypnotic Freedom
• Why Kindness is Good for You by David Hamilton
• I Heart Me: The Science of Self-Love by David Hamilton
• David Hamilton on YouTube
• The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
• Amy Cuddy: Your Body May Shape Who You Are TED Talk
• The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
• The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton
• The Miracle Man

Connect with Janet Thomson:

• The Placebo Diet
• The Placebo Diet by Janet Thomson
• The Placebo Diet on Twitter
• The Placebo Diet on Facebook
• Power to Change
• Certified TFT Training Course at Hypnothoughts Live 2018

Join Jason Linett and James Hazlerig September 17th through 22nd in Springfield, Virginia for the LIVE Essentials of Modern Hypnosis training session! Participants of this live training seminar will receive the ICBCH Certification. To register, visit:

• HypnoticEssentials.com

Get an all-access pass to Jason’s digital library to help you grow your hypnosis business for only $47:

• www.HypnoticBusinessSystems.com

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Rick Green joins me today to discuss what it means to be confident in our process with clients and how we can achieve that confidence. He explains how using skills from a previous career or life experience can be useful in your practice and shares how he incorporated hypnosis techniques and strategies into his trainings while working with law enforcement. He also shares how he uses confidence in his practice to help his clients feel at ease and trust that they are in a safe space.

Rick runs a private hypnotherapy clinic called Changes Ahead Hypnosis and is the founder of Hypnosis for Heroes. He has been a law officer for thirty-seven years with experience ranging from undercover work to being named Captain. He has been interested in hypnosis for many years and even used some hypnotic techniques when he taught in police academies.

“We do not give ourselves permission to be confident when we start out.” - Rick Green

• How Rick first discovered the power of the mind.
• How to stack effective techniques to make them even more effective.
• How undercover work helped him develop confidence as a hypnotherapist.
• The question he uses to discover what the client really wants and where they want to go.
• The hypnotic techniques he taught in his classes at police academies.
• How he transitioned from a career in law enforcement to a career in hypnotherapy.
• Why it is important to find out what your client’s hobbies and interests are.
• The importance of intentionally building an environment for your clients.
• How he uses color-coding to help his clients.

Resources Mentioned:

• HypnoThoughts
• Silva Method
• Nightingale Conant
• The New Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
• Mike Mandel's Brain Software Hypnosis Podcast
• Integrative Hypnosis Certification course by Melissa Tiers
• Become a Hypnotist course by Steve Roehm
• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Connect with Rick:

• Changes Ahead Hypnosis
• Register for the Unstoppable Confidence! Kick-Butt Methods to Make You the Winner - Beyond Confident to Certainty! - 1-Day Pre-Conference course at HypnoThoughts Live on August 23.

Join Jason Linett and James Hazlerig September 17th through 22nd in Springfield, Virginia for the LIVE Essentials of Modern Hypnosis training session! Participants of this live training seminar will receive the ICBCH Certification. To register, visit:

• HypnoticEssentials.com

Get an all-access pass to Jason’s digital library to help you grow your hypnosis business for only $47:

• www.HypnoticBusinessSystems.com

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WSH171 - Karen Hand on Hypnotic Freedom

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Karen Hand returns to the show today to discuss the benefits of abandoning the use of hypnotherapy scripts when working with clients. She explains how being flexible in sessions and listening to a client’s needs can help ensure that the process will work for them. Karen also shares her favorite hypnotic “magic words” and shares examples of how we can use them in client sessions.

Get Karen’s “Magic Words” hypnosis resource at https://WorkSmartHypnosis.com/MagicWords

Karen is an award-winning certified hypnotist, instructor, NLP Master Practitioner, and EFT Facilitator. She is the author of the book Magic Words and Language Patterns: The Hypnotist’s Essential Guide to Crafting Irresistible Suggestions, the first book in her Scriptless Hypnosis Handbook series. She has a private practice in Chicago where she specializes in helping clients with pain management, weight loss, and overcoming fears as well as teaches hypnosis classes year-round.

 “The day I realized I didn’t have to have all of the answers - that I had to listen and be present with my client - was the day that I really felt independent. I really got my freedom.” - Karen Hand

• How giving up the use of hypnotherapy scripts saves you time and improves sessions with clients.
• How getting your client’s input results in more successful sessions for them.
• Bypassing the “Yeah, But Factor” and allowing the conscious mind to observe what is taking place during hypnosis.
• Karen’s techniques for helping her hypnosis students build flexibility within their practice.
• Karen’s favorite “magic words” and examples of how she uses them with clients.
• Why “because” is such an effective “magic word.”
• The importance of remembering that clients add their own meaning to what you say to them.
• How practicing language patterns and “magic words” outside of your client work can help you hone your skills.
• The importance of new hypnotists learning to laugh, relax and be present.
• The moment that hypnosis really occurs.
• The meaning of transpersonal hypnosis.

Resources Mentioned:

• Session #79 - Karen Hand on Hypnotic Secret Sauce

Connect with Karen Hand:

• Karen Hand
• Magic Words and Language Patterns: The Hypnotist’s Essential Guide to Crafting Irresistible Suggestions
• Karen Hand on Facebook
• Karen Hand on Twitter
• Email: karen@karenhand.com

Join Jason Linett and James Hazlerig September 17th through 22nd in Springfield, Virginia for the LIVE Essentials of Modern Hypnosis training session! Participants of this live training seminar will receive the ICBCH Certification. To register, visit:

• HypnoticEssentials.com

Get an all-access pass to Jason’s digital library to help you grow your hypnosis business for only $47:

• www.HypnoticBusinessSystems.com

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