Work Smart Hypnosis | Hypnosis Training And Outstanding Business Success

Since the pandemic, more and more entrepreneurs have turned to creating online products and services to reach more customers and scale their businesses. And customers and clients have become even more eager to seek out online services that fit comfortably into their schedules. Why should working with their hypnotherapist be any different? Offering online hypnosis sessions is a great way to scale your business, increase your income, and help more people worldwide. But you may be wondering: How do I get started? Can I be just as effective in an online session as I am in person? This week, I discuss my upcoming event, Do Hypnosis Anywhere, and share the recent updates I’ve made to the event. I discuss whether online sessions can be as effective as in-person hypnosis sessions and how the modifications required for online sessions are similar to those needed for creating audio products or conducting group sessions. I explain how these modifications can help you scale your hypnosis practice and create a passive str

 Grant Offenberger is an certified hypnotherapist known for delivering transformational results. With a compassionate and client-centered approach, he combines his expertise with a deep understanding of the power of the subconscious mind. He has been featured on several television programs and has established himself as a trusted authority in the hypnotherapy realm. Through dynamic presentations, Grant empowers individuals to tap into their potential, providing practical tools for lasting change. Grant joins me today to share his journey into hypnosis and NLP and discuss the power of dynamic storytelling. He shares an interesting story about finding a lost dog in the middle of the road and how it led to unexpected opportunities and an influx of new clients. We discuss the value of authenticity and compassion and how being genuinely authentic can attract more clients. He shares how he leverages fairs and events and explains what the NLP alphabet game is and how he uses it as a powerful tool to connect with oth

As hypnotists, it’s important that we remember our role in our client’s change process. Our role is not to create goals for our clients but rather to help them achieve the goals they create for themselves. Sometimes, those goals may simply be to help them make things ‘suck less’ – like cutting back on the number of cigarettes they smoke each day instead of quitting smoking entirely. And that’s okay. But sometimes, measuring this type of hypnotic success can be difficult. After all, it’s easier to measure a client’s success when the end goal is to ‘stop doing the thing,’ but not as easy if it’s simply to reduce a particular behavior. With so many variables, how can we measure the effectiveness of our hypnotic approaches while remaining flexible and adapting to our client’s unique, individual needs and goals? In this episode, I discuss how to measure your client’s hypnotic success. I share how respecting a client’s goals and preferences while remaining flexible and adaptable in my hypnotic approach led my clien

With over 30 years of experience in the hypnosis industry, Dr. Richard Nongard is renowned as an industry expert. He is the author of multiple books, including Transformational Leadership: How To Lead From Your Strengths And Maximize Your Impact and Magic Words in Hypnosis: The Sourcebook Of Hypnosis Patter and Scripts And How To Overcome Hypnotic Difficulties, as well as several hypnosis textbooks. He is an international speaker and trainer who has trained thousands of professionals in the field of psychotherapy and hypnosis, including ministers, medical doctors, psychologists, social workers and family therapists, and hypnotherapists. Richard holds a Doctorate degree in transformational leadership and cultural transformation from Bakke Graduate University, a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from California Southern University, a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University, and a Master’s of Business Administration and Marketing from California Coast University. Richard also currently

Former Catholic priest turned entrepreneur, and hypnotist Joshua Wagner is a motivational speaker, media specialist, and certified hypnotist at Inspiring Hypnosis, a hypnosis business he founded in 2020. Joshua helps clients that are feeling stuck to find happiness and break free from trauma, anxiety, and negative thinking. He received his hypnosis certification from the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy in Toronto, Ontario, as well as a Bachelor’s degree from the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated Cum Laude with a Major in Philosophy and minor in Classical Languages and Literature. After graduating, Joshua went on to receive his Bachelor of Sacred Theology from Pope John Paul II at the Pontifical North American College. He has also completed multiple business and organizational behavior courses as well as the National Speaker’s Association’s Pro-Track Course, where he was trained by some of the best speakers and consultants across a variety of industries. Joshua joins me today to

Have you ever wondered why some hypnosis professionals seem to reach a concrete ceiling when it comes to increasing their revenue while others break through glass ceiling after glass ceiling, consistently reaching - and exceeding - their revenue goals? Why does it seem like some hypnotists struggle more to reach their financial goals while for others, it seems to be relatively easy? In a word - it’s their mindset. This week, I share the recording of my ICBCH’s Winter Hypnosis Conference presentation titled: The Inner Game of a 7-Figure Hypnosis Business: How to Break Free of What’s Holding You Back. I share how I launched Virginia Hypnosis, how I opened my first brick-and-mortar hypnosis office using a credit card, and why I eventually moved my business – and my family – out of Virginia to live in sunny Florida. I explain how every hypnosis entrepreneur experiences periods of ‘Super-Hero Syndrome,’ ‘Savior Syndrome,’ and ‘Impostor Syndrome.’ I discuss the importance of discovering what drives and motivates yo

Ilze Zolte is a professional poker coach and the founder of Hypno Poker. She helps professional poker players unlock their true potential and optimize their play by improving their mindset through NLP and hypnotherapy techniques. Ilze knows first-hand how the game of poker is as much a mental game as it is a physical one. She spent a decade working as a croupier, inspector, and poker dealer before becoming a professional poker player. Early in her professional career, she was known as one of the most vocal poker players in the industry – until she discovered the power of hypnosis. Today, Ilze is a certified professional hypnotist with a degree from Jacquin Hypnosis Academy as well as the Innervisions School of Clinical Hypnosis and has trained with the esteemed poker mind coach Elliot Roe. Ilze joins me today to share how she blended her hypnosis career with her passion for playing poker. We discuss how hypnosis can help improve a poker player’s confidence and focus and how these skills can impact their perfo

Specificity. It’s knowing the right words you should say at the right time to help your clients create rapid, life-altering change and see exceptional results. Sometimes, helping clients create hypnotic change is simply a case of the nuances we use; sometimes, it’s the transition, and sometimes it’s the attitude we bring to the session. But how do you ensure you’re using the right words at exactly the right time in every hypnosis session you have with your clients? This week, I discuss why it’s important for hypnotists to be specific and intentional about the words they use in client sessions. I share the words and phrases I use with my clients to help them experience deeper, more meaningful, and lasting change and why we should never tell clients that the ‘hypnotized feeling’ doesn’t exist. I explain how the words and phrases we use in our client sessions help create a kinesthetic response which helps prime them for a more positive hypnosis experience. I also explain how we can use linguistic strategies to c

Angie Kircher is a Certified Hypnotist and the founder of AK Hypnosis. She helps clients use the power of hypnosis to eliminate anxiety, release fears, gain clarity, and reach their fullest potential. Before becoming a hypnotist, Angie spent over a decade in the holistic and hospice care industry. After experiencing first-hand the power and effectiveness of hypnotic approaches to pain management and anxiety relief, Angie began exploring the human mindset and how our beliefs and experiences impact our overall health and well-being. Today, she helps clients overcome various obstacles, from acute and chronic pain and trauma to building confidence, dealing with grief, improving their sports performance and business success, and overcoming phobias and self-sabotaging beliefs. Angie joins me today to share how she discovered the hypnotic mindset and how our beliefs and experiences impact our health. We discuss the gap in traditional medicine’s approach to alleviating stress, anxiety, and depression and why she beli

What is one thing you can plug into your hypnosis business to get clients, fill online classes, or simply sell products that ‘checks all the boxes while allowing you to continue bringing quality people into your world? Online challenges. An online challenge is a multiple-day online event that gives people a specific series of tasks to complete. They’ve become one of the most viral mechanisms to grow your business and figuratively printed billions of dollars online across many different industries.  This week, I discuss how you can ignite your hypnosis business with online challenges. I explain what an online challenge is and share five ways to grow your success as a hypnotist… even if you have limited technical skills or don’t have a large audience yet. I discuss how online challenges allow you to flood your business with new, qualified leads, how they help you solve your audience’s problems before they become a problem, and bring your audience to a point of decision. I also explain how they can help you incr

What would happen if you used the same strategies you use to help your clients and applied them to growing your business? For many hypnosis professionals, Dave Elman is why we began exploring the hypnosis world and turned it into a lucrative and rewarding career. Dave is a pioneer of modern hypnosis. He worked as a non-medical hypnotherapist who successfully became the expert to the medical community, bridging the gap and paving the way for thousands – if not millions – of hypnosis professionals like us. So what can we learn from Dave’s entrepreneurial skills, business acumen, and hypnosis techniques to help us build and grow successful, sustainable hypnosis businesses while creating positive hypnotic change for our clients? This week, I share my presentation at the Dave Elman Legacy Online Hypnosis Conference. I discuss how the hypnotic language patterns and applications of the Elman hypnosis work directly applies to the strategies you use in your hypnosis sessions and the things you do in your business. I d

Since he was a young boy, Keith Livingston has been a student and enthusiast of the world of hypnosis. Today, he is the primary instructor at Hypnosis 101, where he focuses on raising awareness about the effectiveness of hypnosis and NLP through high-quality hypnosis education. For over 30 years, Keith has trained dozens of students on NLP and hypnosis techniques, worked with two nationally accredited institutions for higher learning as well as a state-licensed vocational institute, and participated in developing and writing multiple college-level courses. He is also the creator and facilitator of multiple courses and hypnotic programs. He has made guest appearances on television and radio shows, including The John Walsh Show, and has authored multiple feature articles. Keith joins me again this week to discuss how his hypnosis career shifted from working with clients in his spare bedroom to becoming a certified hypnosis instructor and the value of learning to let go of things that will not serve your purpose

A lifelong student of hypnosis, Keith Livingston is the primary instructor at Hypnosis 101, an organization dedicated to spreading the word about the effectiveness of hypnosis and NLP through high-quality education. Since 1997, he has trained dozens of students on hypnosis and NLP, worked for two nationally accredited institutions of higher learning and a state-licensed vocational institute, and participated in developing and writing many college-level courses. Keith has created and facilitated multiple courses and hypnotic programs for professional hypnotists and hobbyists alike. He has also made guest appearances on television and radio, including The John Walsh Show and Living it up with the Bauers morning radio show. He has also penned multiple featured articles, including an article on overcoming procrastination with hypnosis for the Freelance Writer’s Report. Keith joins me today on the value of sharing the hypnotic transformation experience with your clients. We discuss what initially sparked his curio

For most hypnosis professionals, clients come and go. You may have had a few sessions with them, but typically, these sessions do not last more than a few weeks or months. But occasionally, you may have a client that wants to see you more often. A client that wants ongoing service and support. And while this scenario may be an anomaly, it is one that we should prepare ourselves for and begin creating systems, processes, and protocols to support effectively. This week, I share my thoughts on how you can set yourself up for success when a client needs ongoing hypnosis sessions. I share what I think you should do, what you should not do, and why it’s crucial to have protocols for offering long-term hypnosis services. I share examples of when you may need to suggest more ongoing sessions to a client and why not every client is ideal for ongoing hypnosis work. I also explain how to create flexible ongoing hypnosis session options that won’t overload your client with decision fatigue and why it’s important to under

Ignacio Segovia is a CHB-certified hypnotist, coach, psychologist, lecturer, and author of Work-Life Balance Doesn’t Work: How to achieve happiness and well-being in 5 steps. Passionate about helping individuals and organizations improve their well-being, Ignacio has spent over two decades studying the human mind and behavior. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the Central University of Venezuela and graduated from Paris Nanterre University with a master’s in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Ergonomics. Ignacio is also a Human-Centric Workplace Consultant and serves as the hypnotist and Brain Trainer of the Hypnosis Help Center. Ignacio joins me today to discuss work-life balance and why it no longer works. He describes his passion for programming the human mind and how it led him to pivot from engineering to psychology. He shares the key to creating a happy life and outlines the elements that lead people to achieve their goals. He also discusses the role of purpose and motivation in buil

In 2022, I accomplished a rather significant milestone: this is the first year that the business reached seven figures in revenue in one calendar year. Behind that milestone are a variety of experiences I went through behind the scenes—some of which came surprisingly easy, while others didn’t. Now, if you’ve been following the podcast for a while, you’d know that I’m someone who firmly believes that the number one thing this profession needs is for more of you to be out there, working successfully. That’s why it’s important that I share the lessons I’ve learned this year to help you make 2023 your best hypnosis business year yet. This week, I outline some specific strategies and lessons I learned from 2022 that can help you create breakout success in the new year. I explain why it’s critical to define the meaning behind what you do in your life and business and describe why building a network of peers is essential to your success. I discuss the importance of embracing your hypnosis business’s nature as a medi

Jennifer Lawrence is a certified hypnotist, life coach, and labor & postpartum doula. She is the founder of Grounded Hypnosis, where she offers hypnosis services that empower people to root in positive change and doula services that facilitate a positive birthing atmosphere. Jennifer has helped people work through anxiety, low confidence and self-love, trauma, and abuse. With a focus on empowering women and their experiences, Jennifer offers hypnosis through a life coaching approach, offering conscious and unconscious tools to help her clients navigate life. Jennifer joins me today to discuss her background, her introduction to hypnosis, and how her former work as a doula informs her work as a hypnotist. She describes her passion for improv and the power of utilizing whatever occurs in a conversation. She explains how she incorporates music and sound into her hypnotic practice and the versatility of hypnosis. She also highlights the inspiration behind the name of her company, underscores building deep con

Since the age of five, Désirée Eckert has always been drawn to the worlds of mystery, magic, and the paranormal. Mysterious things have captured her interest, from ghosts and UFOs to ancient civilizations. Then, during middle school and high school, while seeking answers to resolving her chronic health issues, she began exploring metaphysical practices such as crystal healing, palmistry, tarot, past lives, and the moon's phases. As an already-heavy meditator, Désirée graduated from The New School, where she minored in Buddhist studies. After graduating and during a particularly stressful period, Désirée discovered the world of hypnotherapy and realized the similarities between the hypnotic state and the meditative one. Since then, Désirée has become a Certified Consulting Hypnotist and a qualified hypnosis instructor. She is committed to helping her clients facilitate real change and healing through her unique blend of metaphysical and hypnotic practices. Désirée joins me today to discuss the similarities and

One of the most beneficial mindsets we can adopt from the info-marketing world is that money is in the list. But all too often, hypnosis professionals drop the ball when it comes to building their list. For some, the concept stays at the bottom of their to-do list, never reaching the top of the priorities list. Others may have started the process of list-building but haven’t truly discovered the best approach or system to successfully build their list, provide valuable content, and turn those subscribers into paying clients. This week, I explain what it means to build your list. I share strategies you can use to get started and how using email auto-responders can make the list-building process much easier and quicker. I discuss why you shouldn’t get discouraged when people unsubscribe from your list and what it actually means. I explain why you need to lead with value when creating your email content and why you don’t always need a call-to-action in your emails. I explain how to segment your subscriber list a

Chris Lemig is a transpersonal hypnotherapist, meditation teacher, and the founder of True Nature Hypnotherapy, a hypnosis practice based in Seattle, Washington, focused on helping clients discover powerful inner resources to help them transform their lives, boost their confidence, release fears and habits, and open new paths of personal and spiritual growth. After initial struggles with chronic depression, addiction, and alcoholism, Chris moved to India and became an Ordained Tibetan Buddhist Monk before returning to America. Chris is also the author of the acclaimed book, The Narrow Way: A Memoir of Coming Out, Getting Clean, and Finding Buddha, as well as his most recent book, Hypnosis For Healing: A Handbook for Mental, Emotional, And Spiritual Wellbeing. Chris joins me today to discuss his Pathway to Confidence program, its inspiration, and how it helps his clients transform their self-confidence. We discuss how his program helps clients overcome a variety of obstacles, including losing weight, improving