The Mike Mandel Hypnosis Blog

There’s something almost mystical about hearing your own voice echo back through headphones. It can be thrilling… or terrifying. For many hypnotists, recording their first hypnosis audio feels like crossing a psychological threshold. It’s one thing to do brilliant changework

A Journal Entry from the Edge of a Trance I wasn’t looking for another technique. In fact, I think I’d forgotten what I was looking for. Like so many of us in the healing professions, I had stacked up certifications

And just like that... it’s over. I'm writing this in a state of profound exhaustion, though not quite as wiped out as I was yesterday. After about ten days of focused preparation, which included power-reading nearly forty textbooks, I taught

You’re lying awake, eyes shut, body still. But in your mind, you're walking through a forest. You hear birdsong, smell pine needles, and see a path curving just ahead. You’re not really there. And yet… something deep within you responds.

Sometimes, words get in the way. Your client is telling you their story — again. You’re listening, nodding, asking the “right” questions. You follow the protocol. You offer the reframes. You run the script. And yet… something’s missing. There’s no

Whether metaphor and guided imagery are the same is arguably one of the most confusing topics in the field of hypnosis. In this blog post, we clarify the difference between metaphor and guided imagery and explore the best ways to

What if nothing in your life actually needs to change—except how you think about it? That’s the power of reframing. Reframing is a cornerstone of effective hypnosis and neurolinguistic programming (NLP). It's a deceptively simple technique that instantly changes emotional