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 in

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 the week-long Architecture

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.That’s

It’s not psychic. It’s science…Tomorrow I begin teaching the five-day Architecture of Hypnosis training here in Toronto. A mix of local and international students are arriving, and many have already settled into the beautiful uptown hotel where we hold our events.But I’m

If It’s All Fake, Why Does It Work So Well?You’ve seen it happen. A volunteer on stage suddenly forgets their own name. Another can’t lift their feet off the floor, no matter how hard they try. The audience is laughing,

A Journal Entry from the Edge of a TranceI 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 like sandbags, hoping