MATT CONNARTON, CERTIFIED HYPNOTHERAPIST

When the days get shorter, you may notice changes in your energy, motivation, or mood. Hypnosis may offer a way to practice relaxation and everyday coping skills, but seasonal depression deserves appropriate care.

Here in New Hampshire, the seasonal shift…

Have you ever rehearsed a conversation in your head before it happened? Imagined yourself giving a presentation, walking into an important meeting, or successfully handling a situation that normally makes you nervous?

If so, you’ve already experienced a basic form…

Sometimes the hardest part of a conversation happens before you say a word.

You need to set a boundary, ask for something, apologize, or bring up a subject you have been avoiding. You know roughly what you want to say…

You probably talk to yourself far more than you realize.

Not necessarily out loud.

It’s the running commentary happening throughout the day:

“I’m going to mess this up.”

“I’m terrible at this.”

“I have to get through today.”

“Why do…

“I’ll do it when I feel more confident.”

How many opportunities have been postponed because of that sentence?

You’ll speak up when you feel confident.

You’ll introduce yourself when you feel confident.

You’ll apply for the opportunity when you feel…

You replay the conversation.

You analyze what you said.

You wonder what the other person meant.

You imagine what might happen tomorrow.

Then you imagine what might happen if that happens.

Before long, your mind has turned one situation into…

Have you ever caught yourself doing something you had already decided you weren’t going to do?

Maybe you procrastinated even though you knew it would create more stress later.

Maybe you fell back into an unwanted habit after promising yourself…

If you’ve never experienced hypnosis before, you may be wondering what actually happens during a hypnosis session.

Will you be asleep? Will you remember what happened? Will you lose control? What if you can’t be hypnotized?

Those are completely reasonable…

Most people don’t struggle because they lack information.

They already know what they should do.

They know they should manage stress differently, stop procrastinating, feel more confident, change an unwanted habit, or respond more calmly in difficult situations.

The challenge…

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One of the questions I hear most often from people…

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