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107. The Power of Hypnosis: Reduce Anxiety, Rewire Your Mind & Transform Your Health with Sara Raymond

A Little Bit Healthier | Hormone, Brain Fog, Weight Loss Resistance, Inflammation & Gut Health Solutions

Release Date: 03/04/2025

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Unlocking the Power of Hypnosis for Mental Health and Self-Discovery

Are you constantly striving for the next achievement yet feeling unfulfilled? Do you battle anxiety or self-criticism that seems impossible to break? Today's episode explores how hypnosis can be a powerful tool for accessing the subconscious mind and creating lasting change.

I spoke with Sara, a hypnotherapist who discovered hypnosis during her own burnout recovery. Like many high achievers, she had all the boxes checked for success but was constantly seeking the next level, leading to exhaustion. This personal journey eventually led her to help others through hypnotherapy.

Key Points from Our Conversation:

  • What is Hypnosis? A meditative state that allows access below the logical mind to reach the subconscious where emotions, beliefs, and past experiences reside - formed before our logical mind developed.

  • Stage Hypnosis vs. Therapeutic Hypnosis Entertainment hypnosis differs from therapeutic practices. No one can be made to do anything they don't want to do. Therapeutic hypnosis focuses on healing rather than entertainment. 

  • Working with the Inner Critic Hypnosis identifies how your inner critic has been serving you (often as protection) and allows you to "negotiate" with it, releasing its hold to develop healthier patterns. 

  • Understanding Anxiety Many use worry as a form of protection or control. Hypnosis helps recognize this pattern and create space to choose different responses. 

  • Self-Forgiveness Process Hypnotherapy reveals childhood beliefs (like "I must achieve to be lovable") that drive adult behaviors, facilitating self-forgiveness and reframing. Physical Health Benefits When we release limiting patterns, physical changes follow—shoulders relaxing, breathing improving, and nervous system shifting from stress to relaxation. 

  • Practical Self-Hypnosis Tips Start with awareness without judgment, identify how patterns have been serving you, and create interruption cues to break patterns and choose new responses. 

Transform Your Patterns and Beliefs

Working with our subconscious through hypnosis can break through barriers that talk therapy or medication alone might not address. By understanding the positive intentions behind our patterns, we can create healthier alternatives.

Building new neural pathways takes practice. As Sara mentions, when old thoughts return, we simply redirect to the new pattern until it becomes more familiar than the old one.

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This content is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice. Always consult with a healthcare professional before starting any new diet or exercise program.

This podcast is for women in perimenopause and beyond who are struggling with fatigue, brain fog, bloating, weight loss resistance, and unpredictable hormones. If you’re dealing with exhaustion, low energy, digestive discomfort, or hormone imbalances, you’ll learn how to support your metabolism, balance hormones naturally, beat IBS and bloating, and finally break through stubborn weight gain. Discover science-backed strategies to optimize digestion, improve gut health, and manage perimenopause symptoms—without restrictive diets or endless supplements. Whether it’s addressing estrogen dominance, blood sugar balance, or adrenal fatigue, this podcast gives you the tools to take control of your health and feel vibrant again. If you are enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a review or share it with a friend. 

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