Many symptoms of menopause may be mistaken for ageing, such as forgetting things, or feeling foggy. However, men of the same age do not display those symptoms. So are you ageing or just going through menopause? There is a big difference and a totally different mindset! Menopause affects half of the population worldwide, and yet women's symptoms are often dismissed by medical professionals,friends and family. Bone and heart health, skin quality, where the fat is stored change almost overnight, ju...
Dec 10, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 174
Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror and sensed a part of you was missing? Are you no longer the fully whole, vibrant, and courageous person you once were? Often it takes a fall to realise you were meant to soar high all along. Don't accept emotional struggles as a life sentence. In You Are Not Depressed. You Are Un-Finished, Dr. Mehran helps you analyze your emotions and your body and go from managing symptoms to living abundantly. Learn how depression and anxiety are our own signals,...
Dec 03, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 175
Let's talk about men's mental health. Men are taught to keep quiet about their issues, button up, hide up problems, and even as victims of abuse, their own families tend to shove their issues under the carpet. Men are culturally not allowed to express their emotions as women do with tears, words, art, counselling and so on, many of them find alternative ways to dull their pain and some of these methods are self-destructive. Alcohol and drug abuse, Abusing others Addictions to porn and violent fo...
Dec 03, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 173
In this audio and video interview with Dr. Nina Cunningham-Jefferson, a board certified clinical psychologist and certified master mindset coach in NLP, we will talk about: What hinders high-flying professionals on the top of their career from being completely happy How self-doubt creeps in and has a cascade effect on all our interactions with our team, our family members and even friends Two true stories of successful executives who were losing sight of what matters and eventually shifted to a ...
Nov 26, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 172
Finding happiness and balance in life seems to be an eternal quest for humans. Yet, despite our efforts, many of us are running in circles and chasing impossible dreams - and feeling unfulfilled in the process. In this interview with best-selling author Ryan A. Bush (who wrote Designing the mind), we will discuss this very topic and in particular, but not only: What is a virtue, or skill? Why having virtues enhances our life? What happens when we embrace new and uncomfortable change? Why comfort...
Nov 19, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 171
What are the effects of negative thinking? How do our days change when we focus mostly on what can go wrong? How are our relationships affected? In this interview with Olivia Brito we will discuss the symptoms of negative thinking and how this pattern of thinking, which is designed to protect us from pain and failure, can become overactive and dampen our enthusiasm and energy for life. We will also see which steps we can take to turn this unwanted pattern into a more useful way of seeking fufill...
Nov 12, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 170
Christmas is coming! With parties, food, drink and a huge sense of guilt as soon as January approaches, some of you might not be looking forward to it. The results of your hard work are risking to we wiped in the cycle of stress, fatigue, guilt, soothing snacks, restrictive dieting and thoughts of failure, leading to more stress eating. If this is you, and this year you are determined to keep fit, in control and able to lose weight if needed, and still enjoy life, this episode is for you. In our...
Nov 05, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Imagine you go to a fancy restaurant with your friends and you anticipate a fine meal. The waiter approaches you and asks what would you like to eat. You have read the large menu in front of you and you start, 'Well, I certainly don't want any carbs. I also don't eat legumes. I don't like Indian food. I can't have nuts, I'm allergic....and I don't want to gain weight...' How can the waiter give you a fine meal if you can't even explain what you want? And yet many times this is exactly how we liv...
Nov 02, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 74
When Annabella Zeiddar was a child, the nurse who measured the weight of all the children in her school assumed that she was overweight because she didn't fit in the charts. Annabella was immediately put on a diet, but in reality was that she was simply quite tall for her age. This led to a life where the perception of food was distorted. In our interview we will discuss: why diets are not sustainable, why not feeling 'enough' can push us towards eating to sooth emotional gaps, why we cannot sto...
Oct 29, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 168
A series of events when Kim was 15 left her suffering from anorexia and then bulimia. Exercising excessively and ultimately trying to gain some control over her life, she lived a restricted existence - until one day everything started to be clear an she decided it was time to change. In her heartfelt interview, Kim will reveal what is behind her incredible recovery and transformation in a vibrant woman who loves her self and her body. In this episode we will uncover the small thoughts and action...
Oct 22, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 167
You might have noticed a widespread issue with young people suffering from many emotional issues (not talking about conditions, diseases, sindromes etc here). In this interview with Anastasia Chai, a California-based mum, trauma informed hypnotherapist and specialist in paediatric issues, we will delve into how to improve the well being of our amazing kids. Some of the aspects we will cover are: How the home environment can support instead of hindering young people Why it's a natural phase to fe...
Oct 15, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 166
I remember reading an amazing story of love, dedication and healing in my RTT world some years ago. I was so inspired by it that I mentioned it to many of my friends and clients as it shows the immense power that hypnosis has to remove unhelpful beliefs. In this specific case, my colleague Rachel Farnsworth was then a newly qualified hypnotist and she decided to try to help her daughter, who was 14 at the time and had been diagnosed with juvenal idiopathic arthritis when she was just one year ol...
Oct 08, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 165
Dear friends, many of you are suffering from anxiety and panic attacks. While they might feel scary, frightening and debilitating, having a panic attack or feling anxiety is not dangerous per se. There are many tools we can use to overcome those feelings - and let them be part of the past. I designed this recording to help you gently shift your focus to something different so you can touch base and fel safe again. If you need other types of relaxation recordings, please let me know. Thank you! Y...
Oct 06, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 165
It happens to a lot of couples: one day she is absolutely fine, healthy and adorable, and then suddenly she is in pain, or has anxiety, irritability and all sort of strange symptoms that make you wonder if the previous playful kitten has transformed overnight into an angry lioness. What is this and why you should not worry that she doesn't love you anymore? These are some of the symptoms of PMDD -a condition shared by over 10% of women in child-bearing age, which displays a frustrating arrays of...
Oct 01, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 164
When Karin Hill's husband of 37 years was tragically murdered ten years ago, she experienced a deep trauma. Her heart was racing all day long and her pressure went up - and she remained in that high alert state for weeks and weeks. It was going to kill her. Doctors prescribed anti depressants, and they didn't help. After four months, doctors were still unable to stop Karin's symptoms. Talking therapy didn't help either. One night Karin remembered something about hypnosis and the body-mind connec...
Sep 24, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 163
I remember a song from Bee Gees: "How can you mend a broken heart" which was about the end of a love story. I always wondered: is it actually possible to heal our shuttered self? It's difficult to describe the heartbreak, shock, numbness and feeling of loss that happen when a serious or long-term relationship ends. Our future, the life we envisioned with our partner vanish in front of our eyes. We might feel broken, rejected, abandoned, dead inside, hopeless, alone, angry or bitter. We might hav...
Sep 18, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 162
Are you ready to FLY, but feel out of control? Feel stuck? Trapped even? And it's terrifying! The take-off, the turbulence, the landing. They all ignite sheer panic in you! You can't breathe, you can't get out! You feel something bad is going to happen! Out of the blue! The "what if's" start you to catastrophize, overthink. Don't let the inability to travel hold you back any longer. In this super informative episode I interview Victoria Ann Spencer-Kibble, an ex-Flight Supervisor, turned Clinica...
Sep 10, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 161
Most people are aware that that behind successful individuals there are solid skills, hours of study and practice, commitment, stress, sacrifice and much more. We see the sparkly stars of victory, the trophies, the achievements and we might think, 'I wish I were like them!' But did you know that for some of these champions, dancers, performers, CEOs, pilots, musicians and corporate professionals life is not as rosy as it seems? Life in many professions sees stress, depression, unfulfillment and ...
Sep 03, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 160
According to the W.H.O., depression affects about 5% of adults worldwide, or 280 million people, many of whom are women. Symptoms include feeling low and hopeless, guilty, irritable, unable to sleep and sometimes having thoughts about suicide. Depression can affect anyone as a single episode following a challenging time, or can be alternated to manic symptoms in bipolar disorders. We are going to talk only about recurrent depressive disorder, where at least two depressive episodes occur and the ...
Aug 27, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 159
In this interview with California based coach and hypnotist Susan Urban, we gain more insights on anxiety and how straight forward it can be to heal from it. Susan herself suffered from anger and anxiety as a young child - who didn't have the happiest childhood and also felt ashamed because of a speech impediment. Susan has now completely recovered from her stutter and speaks fluidly - how did this happen? In our conversation, Susan shares her insight into the "real" meaning behind mind/body con...
Aug 20, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 158
In this interview with Paris Beyk, we discuss how a distorted image of our body can create serious emotional problems. A widepsread issue in our society, hating how we look like is causing those affected to take drastic actions, just to realise they are still unhappy after changing looks, using various products, procedures and even surgery. Listen out as Paris outlines the root cause of her issue and how she managed it - emerging full of peace and acceptance for her body. Hint: hypnosis was the ...
Aug 13, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 157
"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." — Thomas Campbell (Scottish poet) Are you feeling lost, sad and abandoned since losing a loved person or a pet you had? Is life losing its meaning without your loved ones? Help is at hand with quantum hypnosis, a technique that facilitates a deep meditation where all our thoughts leave space to the energies around us - including those energies emanating from our loved ones. Whether you are agnostic, atheist, Christian, or hold any other belief s...
Aug 06, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 156
Have you managed to stop smoking or vaping? Yes? How many times? So many people have quit and started up again, and felt frustrated in the process. In this interview, Eddy Pun, who is speaking from Singapore, will lay out the basic principles that will help you to move from the addiction to nicotine to a healthy lifestyle. Eddy uses conversational hypnosis to achieve excellent results. Imagine your life without smoking or vaping! How your health will improve, your finances will look better and y...
Jul 30, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 155
In this episode I am interviewing Claudia Wenning, a German born, California-based Holistic Health Consultant, Naturopath and Functional Medicine Practitioner, PhD Natural Medicine. Claudia will explain what are the root causes of many issue between parents and teen or adult children in particular, and the role that communication and expectations play in the process. You can find Claudia here: https://claudiawenning.com/ Ask us any questions and feel free to share, like and subscribe to our chan...
Jul 26, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 153
When Alex Aguilar was young, she developed BDD, and specifically body dysmorphia. She couldn't recognise herself in the mirror and she was extremely preoccupied about the opinion of other people about her looks. This condition brought much misery to her life just like it does to thousands of people today. Years have passed and Alex, who has used therapy to revert back to her outgoing personality and healthy relationship with her body image, had made her interest in BDD her career. Today, she hel...
Jul 23, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 154
You are a purpose-driven professional and you are looking into exercising your true capabilities, but self-doubt, worry and fear are keeping you stuck. In this interview with Paul Norrish, a multi qualified change worker from Toronto, we shall discuss what might be keeping you that way, why this is happening and how Paul's approach to transformation can help you to break through your emotional blocks. Ask any questions, share with a friend and leave a review if you can! You can find Paul here: h...
Jul 09, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 152
An eye-opening interview with RTT therapist Lucia Costin. We discuss how our view of the world is altered and we fear judgement from others when we live in a state of anxiety. Lucia digs deep into the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and how during the lockdowns we thought we were 'safe' from the very thing we all need so much: human contact. Lucia also shares freely how to get over it - as of course nobody can solve a problem with the same mindset that created it. Feel free to ask any...
Jul 03, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 151
Abuse is not love. Yet every year thousands of people end a relationship because the initial affection has been replaced by some form of abuse. For some it takes a few weeks to realise it's time to go. For others it takes years. Domestic abuse is a vile aspect of our society and we can't even scratch the surface of such a vaste topic. It affects all segments of society, ages and abilities. We could talk about it for years. However, we will attempt to give concise guidelines of what is not a heal...
Jun 25, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 150
When we experience a break up, it's natural to feel shocked, overwhelmed, sad, depressed and negative. We might feel that the world is crashing down and everything is bleak, including our future. What we thought would be a happy life with this person is gone and gosh, it hurts! Is it possible to find healing and move on, and rebuild a new life? Yes. In this interview with Chris Goode, a break up recovery expert and hypnotherapist from California, we will discuss the aspects to consider so we can...
Jun 18, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 149
There are millions of people who suffer from an eating disorder, or ED. These are accompanied and triggered by several factors, including genetics, and may continue for 20-30 years - or even lead a person to death. While wading through tons of medical papers is beyond the scope of this podcast, I just wanted to balance the conversation a bit after talking so much about weight loss, and focus just on anorexia nervosa. Anorexia isn't a stand-alone condition, bur rather presents itself alongside sp...
Jun 11, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 148
