Season 1; Episode 15: Working With the Subconscious

Meet Alyssa, a hypnotherapist and entrepreneur. In this episode, Alyssa and I talk about overcoming limiting beliefs, the difference between regular talk therapy and hypnotherapy, debunking hypnotherapy myths, and how to get back to what truly makes you happy.

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As you’ll hear in the podcast, Alyssa was my coworker at IHOP, we worked there together over a decade ago. Alyssa’s energy was always, cool, calm, collected, and in the moment. We lost touch over the years. I saw her life slowly transform from working in the food industry to becoming a recreation activities worker at a prison to now owning her own hypnotherapy business where she helps people overcome their limiting beliefs and achieve a greater sense of purpose in their lives. I’m so glad I reconnected with Alyssa to record this podcast, I discovered that she only lives a seven-minute drive away from me in Chilliwack, so I hope I will see her more often than once every decade.

In this episode, we talk about:

Working in the food industry, at IHOP, the Keg, a nightclub, and Sammy J Peppers, among other restaurants.
Her first job as a teenager at the Famous Players movie theatre in Metrotown
Her journey moving all over the Lower Mainland, living in group homes, and her background in foster care
Not doing well in school, being placed in a special ed. Class, and being diagnosed with learning disabilities
Volunteering at a senior center in her early 20s
Getting a job as a recreational activities worker at a maximum security prison, running fitness classes, and developing courses that enhance the physical and mental well-being of inmates
Her path into counseling and hypnotherapy
Changing her mindset from one of scarcity into abundance, taking control of her life and thoughts
Getting hit by a car and suffering from chronic nerve pain
The difference between regular talk therapy and hypnotherapy
What a hypnotherapy session looks like and what it’s like to be hypnotized
Regression hypnotherapy
Exploring the possibility of past live
Debunking popular hypnotherapy myths
Living with an OCD diagnosis
Dealing with stress in the workplace; fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses
Overcoming the victim mentality and choosing to shift your narrative
Entrepreneurship and running a hypnotherapy practice in Chilliwack
The freedom to be yourself at work, and the balance between being authentic and professional
Burnout and mental breakdowns, recovering your nervous system
Recovering from thyroid problems and Graves disease

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