Our paths crossed at one of the most difficult times I have had in my life. I had recently had a major health issue that was threatening my career and the stress from my health was also putting a strain on my marriage. I had allowed my career to take over my life in a highly toxic way and couldn’t see a way back to balance. My body knew better and forced me to stop in such a way that I couldn’t be distracted by anything except to focus on my own healing.

I had always been curious about hypnotherapy, although at the same time skeptical. The intro one-on-one session dissolved any skeptical thoughts I had about how useful this work could be for me, and most importantly what a perfect guide you were for me with this kind of work.

​​There are so many positive changes it is difficult to pick just one. I would have to say, though, that while my inner snarky critic is still present, she doesn’t have the hold on me that she used to. I can acknowledge her as a part of me that is trying to keep me safe, but I don’t have to believe her snarky comments and can instead trust that I am enough as I am, that I am whole and complete, and that I am safe. I can trust in the abundance around me.

I have a new expansiveness at work that wasn’t there before, when I was so busy trying to measure up to invisible and unattainable measures of success and worthiness. As I continue to trust in my innate worthiness, I am able to show up more completely in my relationships and they feel much more genuine and connected. I have a new level of vulnerability in my marriage that is opening up wonderful levels of emotional intimacy and connection I had feared I wasn’t capable of having. My life feels very expansive and abundant in all levels, and I trust that I am creating this abundance and can share it freely with those around me.

My husband made a comment about how much I have changed and how positive and light I have become. My family have also commented on how present I am and how grounded I appear, as well as appreciating how I am navigating my recovery without giving in to fear or despair.

I really enjoyed the check-ins at the beginning of our sessions and how beautifully you mirrored my concerns and redirected any self-criticism and negative self-talk into something where I could instead appreciate myself for trying to keep myself safe. You have a beautiful gift for creating expansiveness and possibilities that feel tangible without the trappings of the toxic positivity that can exist in a lot of gratitude-based work.

What resonated the most with me, although I had a tough time with it at first, was the Inner Child work. As I accepted and increasingly opened to my inherent goodness and truly felt the feeling of “I am enough”, I was able to really meet my Inner Child and give her the nurturing for which she has been asking.

Overall, this experience was Nurturing. Supportive. Reflective.