Neurons & Anxiety

Neurons that fire together, wire together.

If your brain fires off two neurons, or perhaps two networks of neurons, at the same time then they will begin to become wired together.

For example, when you see or think of the Nike logo, what phrase comes to mind?

“Just do it.”

These two networks, the Nike logo and the phrase “Just do it.”,  get to know each other. Once intertwined they start firing together becoming a single network.

Soon, you may find that one naturally goes with the other!

How might this relate to anxiety?

Consider for a moment a young girl in school.

• During show and tell she becomes nervous.

• In high school when presenting to the class she becomes extremely nervous.

• In her first job, she has to present in a boardroom and becomes so nervous that she begins to have a panic attack.

Through conditioning this woman’s brain has wired two things together- presenting to a group of people and being nervous  to create one mental circuit!

Presenting to group of people =  Feeling nervous

Does this sound familiar?

How can we create positive change?

Fortunately there are many ways to interrupt this conditioning and create new circuits in your brain so that you feel empowered with the ability to move forward feeling more comfortable.

I may teach you simple yet amazing neuroplasticity tools.

We may use hypnosis to anchor in some wonderful resources such as feeling calm or comfortable.

And the more you use these tools and bring in those resource anchors the more neurons and neural networks will be recruited and working for you!

Curious?

Book a complimentary 20 minute call and let’s discuss how things are showing up for you! I will then offer you some ideas on strategies that you may choose to explore moving forward!

Self-limiting Beliefs

Do you have self-limiting beliefs that you would like to change?

These limiting beliefs may come about for a variety of different reasons. These beliefs may have you:

• Doing something you don’t want

• Doing something more often than you want

• Doing something less often than you want, or

• Not doing something you want!

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Self-limiting beliefs may be formed in a variety of different ways. Perhaps consider where your belief may be rooted.

1.       Thought + emotion = belief

At some point you may have had a thought that was combined with an emotional “energy” or “force” behind it creating a belief.

 

2.       A belief created from emotionally charged unconscious “one time learning events”

These are often, but not always, created during childhood before the age of seven and are a by-product of emotionally charged moments. These moments may, or may not, include another person. The result is often a child who makes a decision about him/herself or the way the world works.

In some cases, if there is an adult involved when a limiting belief is installed during emotionally charged moments, and that adult is often a parent, teacher or authority figure.

 

3.       A belief virus

At times a new belief may happen as a person is exposed to another person’s thinking process. This may originate from a family member or friend.

For example, someone with a self- limiting belief financially may have heard from a parent while growing up that money doesn’t grow on trees or that you have to work hard for your money.

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You can change your self- limiting beliefs by tapping into the power of your subconscious mind. Hypnotherapy provides a wonderful modality to create positive change thereby empowering you to:

• Stop doing that thing you don’t want to do

• Do that thing less often

• Do that thing more often, or

• Start doing that thing you want to begin doing!

Are you curious about how to begin this process and update those old, outdated beliefs?

Set up a 20 minute free consultation and let’s get started!

Benefits of Hypnosis for Diabetes

Would you consider hypnosis in managing your diabetes?

Diabetes occurs when the body can’t regulate blood sugar very well, which causes an elevated level of sugar in the blood.

STRESS often leads to a rise in blood sugar to help improve energy, but in diabetes, the sugar cannot be used well.

HYPNOSIS can be beneficial in calming a person down, which helps in decreasing blood sugar levels! Hypnosis can also be used to promote more constructive ways to manage those stressful situations and promote a healthy life style that will in turn improve the control of blood sugars. Promoting a more healthy lifestyle may include maintaining a healthy diet, increasing your exercise and getting restorative sleep!

Do you have a fear of needles?

Hypnosis by also be beneficial in helping you being more comfortable with the use of needles or lancets.

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It would be my pleasure in helping you discover how hypnosis may benefit you in the management of diabetes.

Ready to feel relaxed and calm?

How would you like to:

• Feel comfortable while at public events

• Feel relaxed at work

• Easily bring in a sense of comfortable anytime those anxious unwanted feelings or thoughts come in

• Feel calm and focused while learning at school

Ready to explore how hypnotherapy may be of benefit to you for managing those anxious thoughts or feelings?

Using my integrated approach you will feel empowered as you:

• learn and use easy techniques to neutralize unwanted thoughts or feelings;

• explore hypnosis finding internal resources you can use moving forward, and

• take home an audio specifically made for your continued healing and wellness!

If you are ready to feel more comfortable and relaxed call or email me today and let’s look at a plan of action towards your success.

I am currently seeing clients in my Kelowna based office and always offer sessions online and over the phone for those living outside of the Okanagan.

Ancestral Healing

An Alternative Healing Therapy

Ancestral Healing: What do I Carry and for Whom Do I carry it?

Have you ever felt like a part of your soul has been fragmented by trauma that originated with your ancestors? Could this entanglement be holding you back from healing or releasing unhelpful emotions or outdated beliefs?

Sometimes we need to go beyond healing the individual and heal our ancestors or a collective community.

We are all interconnected and we may go beyond the ‘me’ consciousness to achieve a greater sense of wholeness. Ancestral healing gives us one way to do just that. It doesn’t matter if an ancestor is alive or dead, their soul and remaining consciousness continue to carry their experiences from the past. It is these past experiences that may have great influence on an individual and society.

Ancestral healing is on a spiritual, non-physical inheritance that has travelled with and been carried by the soul.

Consider, if you will, your own ancestral past. Ask yourself a question, “What do I carry and for whom do I carry it?” You may find clues to the origin of residual helplessness, guilt, anger, low self-regard, depression, shame or perhaps anxiety you are feeling.

And these feelings may have come from your childhood- perhaps from an abusive or neglectful parent, a past loss or some other trauma. But residual shame or guilt may also be derived from a grandparent who lost their child, or a great grandfather who was killed in a war. You may not be conscious of these events that initiated those unwanted thoughts or emotions but it doesn’t diminish the power they may hold on you.

Through ancestral healing you may come to understand something that is much larger than your own life, you empower yourself and take responsibility for your own actions. You also come to understand that your relatives and ancestors did the best they could at that time. They would have acted differently had they known what we understand now and as a result forgiveness often comes more easily. The real lesson behind the story of life is that our soul continues to learn and grow.

Imagine, using hypnotherapy, you further understand where those unwanted patterns or old beliefs are coming from. You are guided to return those outdated beliefs to their rightful owner- who in turn can give them back to where they got them from. During this process you bring healing to yourself, those ancestors of the past and prevent any future generations from carrying those outdated beliefs and patterns.

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Living in the Okanagan?

If you live in the Okanagan and would like to experience this natural, alternative in healing you can have a session in-person in my Kelowna office. Or, if you live elsewhere in British Columbia, you may consider having a session online and experience healing from the comfort of your own home.

Curious is hypnotherapy is right for you? Contact me today to find out more!

A Spiritual Awakening

In my profession I see people for many reasons. I do my best to facilitate each session within a person’s belief system- whether religious, spiritual or otherwise. My intention is always to hold a safe, non-judgmental space where a person may share and feel comfortable in using hypnosis to access and tap into their unlimited potential.

I have facilitated many sessions for those wishing to seek guidance, answers or to explore more spiritually. Clients discover that there is so much more available to each of us that we are not even aware of yet!

So, if you are seeking an opportunity to:

• explore within,

• discover more about who you truly are

• become your best self

• explore new ways of seeing, being and thinking

then I am taking new clients and would love to facilitate a session with you.

Hypnosis will provide a tool for you to relax, explore and perhaps expand your perspectives about yourself and your life.

I hold sessions both online and in-person in my Kelowna based office. Text, call or email me and let’s explore and perhaps expand your knowledge and abilities!

Physical pain manifesting in the body

Did you know that emotional stress may manifest as physical pain?

Emotional stress may manifest as pain in many different ways. A person may have a reoccurring headache or a pain in their leg, arm or back that doesn’t seem to heal or go away.

Over the years I have helped clients who were experiencing pain that the medical community could find no basis for. These clients, over time, had run out of medical options for finding relief from their physical discomfort. At some point they seek out alternative therapies in hopes of finding comfort. That is often when I see the person and unfortunately this usually occurs years after enduring physical pain!

One of the first things I am curious about are the events that happened in the person’s life when the pain first appeared. This can be very revealing! As part of the initial session we determine the best hypnotherapy path to explore and proceed. While there are many therapy options I have provided a couple of examples below.

Hypnosis is useful in accessing resourceful memories to rediscover a time when a person felt healthy- physically, mentally and emotionally.

That wonderful feeling of health can be anchored, like a magic button, so it can easily be accessed whenever desired. The result? That feeling of health is brought through the body and mind easily. This often provides relief .

There may be trapped emotions and self-limiting beliefs beneath the physical pain.

Hypnosis can be used to access the underlying emotion, which can be followed back in time to when it first occurred. It is so interesting to discover the source of the discomfort! For example, sometimes people hold on to discomfort to punish themselves; they may hold onto the pain for attention; or perhaps a person of authority told them they would never fully heal. Whatever the reason, once a person becomes consciously aware of the reason, it can be a game changer. That is when so much shifting and releasing takes place. Pain may be released immediately or may be released over a number of days or weeks.

I am always amazed at the healing that can take place!

If you are interesting in learning more contact Kristine for a complimentary 15 minute chat to explore how hypnotherapy may benefit you.

Stay tuned as I will discuss options for managing chronic pain in a future chapter.

Self-sabotaging your success?

What is blocking you from reaching your full potential?

Often, you don’t have to look much further than the reflection in the mirror.

Mental blocks can affect a person’s life mentally, emotionally, physically, financially, and in many other ways.

Perhaps you are making unhealthy life choices or limiting your success at work or school?

We may form mental blocks and self-limiting beliefs through our environment, the people we are around, as a result of a traumatic event, and even social media.

Using hypnosis we can tap into discovering what those mental blocks or limiting beliefs are and where they are coming from! You can then remove those blocks and update those old beliefs and start manifesting the outcomes you desire!

Plus, we can build your confidence by moving you forward in time- seeing yourself achieving those outcomes you desire and experiencing success!

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Kindness and compassion

When Thomas Edison was asked about how he felt about his failures, before finally inventing the light bulb, he replied, ‘I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.’

Exploring what works and doesn’t work is part of being human. I believe we are here to learn through experiencing duality and this always includes emotion. For example, how could you truly know what you want if you haven’t also experienced what it is you don’t want?  Along the way mistakes may be made as different paths are explored. Be patient with yourself. Learn from mistakes and move on!

Since few people would claim to be perfect, it seems unnecessary to pretend that we never make mistakes. Greeting mistakes and imperfections with kindness and compassion provides more nurturing conditions for growth. When you feel broken on the inside, give yourself some time to discover what you need to heal. And ask for help or support, if you feel stuck.

If you find you are making the same mistakes over and over again then hypnotherapy may be beneficial as we can use the emotions you are experiencing to determine the origin of the pattern you are wanting to break. Once discovered you may process and move forward in your life positively.

Curious to learn more?