EP 63: Staying Strong and Sober Through Grief and Loss, With Amy - Part 2
The Hilarious Hypnotist
In this episode, Traci helps Amy recenter and ground herself, and shows her a couple of soothing techniques. When she asks Amy if there's anything she can help with, Amy asks for help with an unhealthy relationship she had with Eli. Using The Hilarity and Hypnosis Approach, Traci breaks the bad feelings for Eli using karaoke songs that Amy likes to sing. At the end of the session, Amy thanks Traci for saving her life, as she was collecting meds with the intent to overdose after her dog Sweet Pea died. She tells how she threw out the medications after her first session...
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EP 62: Staying Strong and Sober Through Grief and Loss, With Amy - Part 1
The Hilarious Hypnotist
Amy is back for her 3rd session with The Hilarious Hypnotist (see previous episodes 17, 18, & 45). In Episode 45 (April of 2024), she was newly sober and worried about slipping back into drugs and alcohol when it was time for her beloved dog, Sweet Pea, to transition. In January, Sweet Pea passed, and then Amy lost 2 more family members the same week. A few weeks later, she lost her friend Julie at the age of 43. While at Julie's celebration of life, she meets James, and a lovely romance begins. James is polyamorous like Amy, but when he leaves to visit his...
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EP 61: "As One Was" to "As One Does", with Skylar - Part 2
The Hilarious Hypnotist
Traci begins working with Skylar on the issues she's experiencing with her parents, using a variety of techniques. The fog begins to lift and Skylar changes her focus to the people who love and support her unconditionally. Traci then helps Skylar with some strategic goals to help her make the most of her time before surgery (pre-recording content that she can drip over the time she's healing), and using her spare time to rest, recover, and learn how to write comedy. Skylar also talks about how she's continued with traditional therapy, but with hypnotherapy added to her self care, she's able...
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EP 60: "As One Was" to "As One Does", with Skylar - Part 1
The Hilarious Hypnotist
Skylar is back for her fourth session a little over one year from her first session, and WHAT A TRANSFORMATION! Skylar and Traci discuss how she just wanted to be okay around black beans and eat a burger, to earning more money in one month than she did previous year. She got herself a management company thanks to another friend in the business (Danni Daniels) and just returned from the AVN awards. The goal for this session is to help her cut ties with her parents who repeatedly cause her anxiety and stress. Her uncle was diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer, and she was forgotten when she asked to be...
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EP 59: Santa-Nosis Session with Norma
The Hilarious Hypnotist
Norma signed up for a lunch with laughter series Traci offered, and ended up receiving a fun Santa-Nosis session just for her! Like many people, Norma had a more negative attitude towards the holidays. Traci began uncovering why and then created a hypnosis session on the fly to help Norma get through the holidays with Woo-Santa! Traci Norma discuss their recent activities and experiences. Norma shares her newfound interest in pet sitting, including alpacas, and Traci shares information on her "Hypnotize Yourself For Happiness" program. Norma mentions reconnecting with an old friend...
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EP 58: How News Networks Use The Dark Arts of Hypnosis, with Terri - Part 3
The Hilarious Hypnotist
After the session, Traci checks in with Terri who was surprised that she wasn't "hypnotized." Traci turns the camera back on and explains that the entire session was hypnosis, just varying levels of trance. Traci uses covert hypnosis as part of her hypnotherapy, vs traditional hypnosis techniques. Terri then asks again about The Dark Arts of Hypnosis, and Traci goes through the headlines of a few new agencies and explains how they use headlines to keep their viewers engaged and enraged. KEY POINTS: - Traci explains the difference between waking or covert hypnosis and traditional...
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EP 57: Staying Buoyant in the Red Wave, with Terri - Part 2
The Hilarious Hypnotist
As we dig deeper into Terri's despair concerning the election results, Traci focuses on the importance of practicing happiness. She shows Terri her happiness journal, and shares the 5 tabs: happy memories, affirmations, goals, gratitude, and inspirational quotes. At one point, Terri's inner voice tells her to give up and quit because she's never going to do it. At this point, Terri makes a huge, emotional breakthrough...and connects some of her behaviors to her mother. By the end of the session, Terri vows to not live life like her mother, and finds herself much less "triggered" by Donald...
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EP 56: Staying Buoyant in the Red Wave, with Terri - Part 1
The Hilarious Hypnotist
After the election results were posted and Donald Trump was declared the winner, Terri, like millions of people who supported Kamala Harris, became despondent, depressed, and disillusioned. She called up her friend Traci, The Hilarious Hypnotist, and requested a session in hopes of not only helping herself get through the disappointment, but to also help others find peace in very uncertain times. Traci has worked with several clients on both sides of the political spectrum and knows that when someone vehemently hates a political candidate, it's because that candidate emulates the same...
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EP 55: Raccoons, Foxes, and Litterboxes with Skylar - Part 2
The Hilarious Hypnotist
DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE WHILE DRIVING!!! The Hilarity and Hypnosis Approach uses humor to kill the triggers, but since this is Skylar's third session, enough triggers have been addressed that it's time to start using HYPNOSIS to build up the behaviors that Skylar wants for herself. Using characteristics from her role models, The Hilarious Hypnotist Traci begins creating a recording she can listen to every night. She also does a mini-regression, taking Skylar back to the pre-teen who had all of her things taken away, and letting her know she's going to get all those things back and more...
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EP 54: Raccoons, Foxes, and Litterboxes with Skylar - Part 1
The Hilarious Hypnotist
Skylar Calico returns to the Hilarious Hypnotist Podcast for her third session, discussing her ongoing struggles with her mother's critical voice and the impact of her upbringing. Skylar shares how her mother's constant negativity has led to burnout, anxiety, and a fear of being punished. She recounts her mother's controlling behavior, including taking away her possessions and punishing her for being depressed. Skylar expresses a desire to break free from her mother's influence and adopt a more balanced, nurturing approach to life, inspired by positive role models like her adoptive mother and...
info_outlineNorma signed up for a lunch with laughter series Traci offered, and ended up receiving a fun Santa-Nosis session just for her! Like many people, Norma had a more negative attitude towards the holidays. Traci began uncovering why and then created a hypnosis session on the fly to help Norma get through the holidays with Woo-Santa!
Traci Norma discuss their recent activities and experiences. Norma shares her newfound interest in pet sitting, including alpacas, and Traci shares information on her "Hypnotize Yourself For Happiness" program. Norma mentions reconnecting with an old friend and exploring background music for audios. They discuss various hypnosis techniques, including Traci's innovative approaches to regression therapy, such as redecorating traumatic memories and using humor to reframe negative experiences. Traci emphasizes the importance of making clients' memories positive and shares specific client success stories. They also touch on the concept of secondhand trauma and the impact of revisiting memories.
Norma Bowen 12-18-24 TRANSCRIPTION
Transcript
https://otter.ai/u/PWe0w0CoeSU0RkB0kDAMKZL06fE?view=transcript
Traci Kanaan and Speaker 1 discuss their recent activities and experiences. Traci shares her newfound interest in pet sitting, including alpacas, and her work on a free "Hypnotize yourself for happiness" program. Speaker 1 mentions reconnecting with an old friend and exploring background music for audios. They discuss various hypnosis techniques, including Traci's innovative approaches to regression therapy, such as redecorating traumatic memories and using humor to reframe negative experiences. Traci emphasizes the importance of making clients' memories positive and shares specific client success stories. They also touch on the concept of secondhand trauma and the impact of revisiting memories.
Outline
Pet Sitting and New Ventures
- Norma shares her newfound interest in pet sitting, mentioning she will be looking after alpacas in January.
- Norma talks about expanding their pet sitting business to include dogs, bunnies, chickens, and alpacas.
- Norma expresses excitement about her recent experience staying with a Great Dane, a bunny, and chickens.
- Norma mentions sending out an audio letter to 107 people and receiving a response from one person, indicating the message reached more than one person.
Reconnecting with Old Friends and Music Collaboration
- Norma reconnects with an old friend who is a recording technician in Las Vegas and discusses potential collaboration for background music for audios.
- Traci shares her excitement about recording 14 mini videos for a "Hypnotize yourself for happiness" program to be given out for free this Christmas. Norma talks about starting to take notes for a keynote speech in Nice, France, in May, focusing on metaphysical wellness.
- Traci Kanaan and Norma discuss the high cost of attending the Hypno Thoughts conference in Canada and consider alternative, more affordable options like the Pacific Northwest Hypno conference.
Hypnosis Unconferences and Personal Reflections
- Traci Kanaan and Norma discuss various hypnosis unconferences, including the New England Erotic Hypnosis Unconference and the Midwestern Erotic Hypnosis Unconference.
- Norma humorously refers to their journey as an "existential kink" and mentions reaching out to a friend named Mary.
- Traci Kanaan reflects on the life-changing moment of entering hypnosis through the erotic hypnosis track and the influence of her first hypnosis instructor, Mark Cunningham.
- Traci Kanaan shares her experience with regression therapy and her initial reluctance to conduct full-blown regressions due to the emotional intensity.
Regression Techniques and Client Stories
- Traci Kanaan describes her approach to mini regressions and the use of metaphors to redecorate and change the context of traumatic memories.
- She shares a story of a client who was sexually assaulted and how they redecorated the room in her mind to change the memory.
- Traci Kanaan discusses the importance of humor in hypnosis and how she incorporates it into her sessions to make clients feel more comfortable.
- She shares a technique of flipping negative parental messages into positive affirmations, such as telling a client they don't belong in a negative environment.
Creative Approaches to Regression and Client Engagement
- Traci Kanaan talks about using humor and client-specific references, like Dave Chappelle skits, to make sessions more engaging and relatable.
- She emphasizes the importance of understanding clients' interests and using them to create personalized hypnosis experiences.
- Traci Kanaan shares a story of a client who was triggered by a text from their father and how they used humor to reframe the message.
- She discusses the concept of the "karma police" and allowing clients to fantasize about retribution for their perpetrators without feeling guilty.
Addressing Trauma and Secondhand Trauma
- Traci Kanaan shares a story of a client whose mother was in a car accident and how the client experienced secondary trauma by reliving the accident repeatedly.
- She explains how she helped the client replace the traumatic memory with a happier one, leading to the resolution of migraines.
- Traci Kanaan discusses the importance of addressing secondhand trauma and how it can be just as impactful as direct trauma.
- She shares her approach to helping clients reframe their memories and create new, positive associations.
Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up
- Traci Kanaan and Norma discuss the importance of reframing memories and making them more positive.
- Traci Kanaan shares her technique of asking clients, "What were you thinking?" to help them understand the perspective of their perpetrators.
- Norma expresses interest in writing down Traci Kanaan's techniques and finds them very helpful.
QUOTABLES:
"And one of my my first hypnosis instructor, was Mark Cunningham, who the renegade hypnotist, and he is just like, give women orgasms, lots and lots of orgasms. So I learned it, and then I applied it for men and women."
"And the third 100 hours was on regression, and I watched the video, and the lady kicking and screaming and calling her mother and sob and I fucking hate you and screaming and punching a pillow, screaming and punching a pillow, and I'm like, can I get my money back? Because no fucking way. I'm gonna spend 40 hours watching people punch a pillow and cussing out their parents."
PRODUCTS / RESOURCES:
To learn more about Wings Hypnosis and book a session with her, visit wingshypnosis.com OR follow Traci on:
IG | @wingshypnosis - instagram.com/wingshypnosis/
YT | youtube.com/channel/UCXL-XQBxmgLL_NdYa_qN0zA
IG | @tracikanaan - instagram.com/tracikanaan/
Get your own copy of "Hey" And Other Scintillating Mating Calls from the Online Dating World - audible.com/author/Traci-Kanaan/B0786F5GF4