Stress Management

Seasonal affective shifts are common this time of year. With fewer hours of sunlight and colder days, the body produces more melatonin (the sleep hormone) and less serotonin (the mood stabilizer). The result? Fatigue, sadness, and a loss of motivation. Hypnotherapy works with your nervous system at its deepest level to help your body remember it knows how to find equilibrium. It can restore your natural rhythm, helping you access steadiness even when the light is gone.

IBS isn’t “all in your head” – but it is influenced by what’s happening there. Anxiety, chronic stress, and even perfectionism can send your gut’s nervous system into overdrive. Hypnosis helps the brain and gut “relearn” how to communicate calmly with each other. It guides the nervous system out of its fight-or-flight mode and into a state of safety, so digestion can do what it’s meant to do: function smoothly and quietly in the background.

Two of my favorite clients so far have been young athletes—each with a different sport, but a shared struggle: the internalized pressure to perform, and the external messages that subtly eroded their belief in themselves.