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EDN Hypnotherapy Hypnotherapy Clinic specializing in Anxiety Relief and Chronic Pain Management.

Hypnotherapy Clinic specializing in Chronic Pain Releif, Emotional Distress Treatments and Weight Management Programs.Located in Edmonton with ample parking or available worldwide through Zoom or Skype.

Therapy Thursday I have treated many an instance of the self-worth self image subjects in my practice, for sure. The in...
10/22/2026

Therapy Thursday

I have treated many an instance of the self-worth self image subjects in my practice, for sure. The individual's whom place more stock and credibility to the masses than finding the granules of legitimate worthiness and value inside.

The result manifest in different aspects, but the home base is fairly consistent. The need to react or have opinion on anything around you is exhausting, and like the mouse caught in the pail.of milk, frantically paddling to make a little butter island to climb on to, very unsatisfying as well!

There will be many different personalities you encounter in your life, but the one which really matters is the one you develop, isn't it? All else you experience is filtered through those lenses, all else is only someone else's interpretation, which is naturally suspect.

Calmer disposition is fundamental to a more peaceful day, and not a lesson we learn early enough.

Hypnosis sessions tend to be great life trainings for.how that state can actually feel.

Give it a try if you can!

Be well

Wednesday's Wisdom I recently had the privilege of being a part of the electoral process, functioning as a small cog in ...
10/21/2026

Wednesday's Wisdom

I recently had the privilege of being a part of the electoral process, functioning as a small cog in the big wheel of our democratic process.
Firstly, I do mean privilege, as I believe that to participate and become more knowledgeable about the process and pandemonium involved brings a different perspective, a new respect for the system which we both contribute to and to which we are the recipient of.

What on earth does this have to do with trance or therapy, Kevin?

It was something I observed and which Jung echos in this quote. My dearly beloved and myself had an opportunity to become our provincial elections, with a couple significant challenges.
It was for the position of Site Managers, so the ones who are responsible for managing the people who are physically counting and recording the ballots, to which neither of us have training or knowledge of and equally significant was the shift was from 19:00 hrs to 07:00 so a 12 hr shift through the night, to which again neither my bride or I had pulled an all nighter for many years.

Being an adventure and something wrought with lunacy, we agreed to join 2500 fellow citizens under one roof for a period of 12 hrs, counting the results of our election.

This is where Jung's words come into being; it was government function, a large population of rather untrained and inexperienced groups of people, being responsible for a rather important task, being run by the government body. So very chaotic, with little presence of any real take charge leader to guide the group, but more of a collection of individuals who although previously may have experience in the role, are reluctant to overstep or worse be wrong, in a suggestion.

So, situationally, a very chaotic environment. From the chaos though, each polling station of people created a bond, their own little island and prodded through as best as the could in those moments inbthat situation.

End result, all ballots were counted, recorded and reported so that the voice of the people of Alberta, could be heard.

My responsibility in being your therapist is not to take charge and walk you through what I think could be best for you, but to gu

Mantra Monday"I have influence and control over my thoughts and behavior" . I admit it was the imagery which attracted...
10/19/2026

Mantra Monday

"I have influence and control over my thoughts and behavior" .

I admit it was the imagery which attracted me to this poster, more than the actual prose, I would modify it " Your Brain is Trained into Loops no Longer Useful" , but to begin honest I can make that alteration here, dear reader for those who are interested this far.

It has been my belief, that our brains are so much more complex and powerful than what we have actually discovered, and as mental health practitioners only address that which in a known, perhaps that is the advantage of modalities such as Hypnotherapy for person.

Like the fundamental premise that an advantage of trance or hypnosis, is the ability ti " bypass " the critical thinking in a person, allowing the individual to take full advantage of what can be generated in the imagination is related to as a new reality.
Basically what the mind can conceive the physical body can achieve, as demonstrated in stage shows with positive and negative hallucination, both visual and auditory, or in a theraputic application one of my areas of specialized work, pain management and analgesic application.

If the loops for people stuck in anxiety are amplified with the " what if's" or the " OMG" soundbits, then using trance to explore the what ifs in the positive potentials, works equally as well, and is one of the reasons most experience a calmer mind after session.

Because of the loops that the brains neuro wiring were so heavily used in, more than a singular, wave the magical wand session is needed.
It was a huge attraction to me in considering Hypnotherapy as a career, that the blah, blah of the issues were rarely required, because their interpretation was bias and jaded to start with. That I didn't need to investigate the cause of the glitch, ( did you really hate your father) because the accuracy to the validity was suspect to begin with.

My task quiet evident, there was a want for change in something, and I am to use my knowledge and training as a hypnotherapist, to create electrical impulses which will supercede the ruts of an old pathway. To get you and the old ways, out of the way for a new loop.

Be well.

Therapy Thursday What does self care mean to you? I was recently reminded, that self care isn't necessarily down time, b...
10/15/2026

Therapy Thursday

What does self care mean to you? I was recently reminded, that self care isn't necessarily down time, but the course of event's which bring you rejuvenation and espirit!

As a hypnotherapist I am advocating always for empowerment and self care, I've written at lengths about how the term selfish is not a nasty concept, in fact but even with that theme in mind, I sometimes neglect to acknowledge that my definition of self-care is and should be different than yours, and you get to decide what works best.

Where therapy comes into play, is when you are not able to experience self care down time, due to guilt or a level of internal abuse, preventing the progress, or you are at a complete loss as to what it means, how it would look and terrified if how it might feel.

Unplugging from a routine, stressful or not is always a good idea, if for nothing else to break the patterns of oblivion and dust off fresh perspective.

A change is as good as a break they say, so be the change.

How are you feeling today?

Be well

Wisdom Wednesday Firstly for all the visuals in my readership, it is the absolutely perfect time to start to work on you...
10/14/2026

Wisdom Wednesday

Firstly for all the visuals in my readership, it is the absolutely perfect time to start to work on your internal movies. Make them full of awesome memories and big, bold and full if colour!

For the auditory ones, find the voice which is soothing, supportive and central to whisper the words that are going to move your head around to a more positive perspective.

I still find it amazing, that if we can identify how the issues in our lives, the means that our stinkin thinking is communicated and transmitted what prevents the reverse engineering from taking place more frequently.

What is it about our concepts that our plights must be complicated?

I am so very thankful for the opportunity to practice in a field which does being about change, that promotes and develops a means to modify the behaviors and strategies we have relaxed into, as uncomfortable and disruptive as they may become.

Be well

Tuesdays Tidbit. As a hypnotherapist, it was drilled into me very early on in my training to relax the focus on just one...
10/13/2026

Tuesdays Tidbit.

As a hypnotherapist, it was drilled into me very early on in my training to relax the focus on just one modality and receive the full communicative message being delivered as a whole.
What a terrific first thought huh?

Allow ne to reverse think as an example: one of the most difficult forms of communication to understand or interpret would be cave drawing, hieroglyphs, druid ruins etc. Similar to a text message only using emojii as your language. Open for interpretation, and transmits nothing other than a single bit if information. A voice mail, text adds a layer of tonality, sentence and verb emphasis and syntax doesn't it. So we add a couple more waves to our transmission! Now most will stop there at the vocal level, but when we elevate our brains to the full communicative experience we also use Other Than Verbal Communication skills, as taught by the late Dr. Dave Dobson, or being open to the linguistics actually being utilized, forming a meta model , from Bandler and Grinder style, to adding in the micro expressions which either validate the adaptive vocabulary or contradict it, and lastly I would suppose is the energetic version as well.

You begin to realize that until such time that I have developed E.S.P. and can receive thoughts from another, in their entirety, I am subjected to the rudimentary versions and skills of the sender and the limited station in being the receiver.

The likes of non verbal communication skills are an incredible addition to learning and understanding or comprehending what your fellow flesh suit is transmitting so you can ascertain more wholly the messages.

Like learning a second language can expand the scope if traveling, opening yourself up to the full package or a fuller packet of information being sent can also benefit directly your ability to communicate at a higher level.

Be well.

Monday's Mantra R.A K. ( Random Acts of Kindness) have such an incredibly awesome potential. There is no need for flambo...
10/12/2026

Monday's Mantra

R.A K. ( Random Acts of Kindness) have such an incredibly awesome potential. There is no need for flamboyant or banners, but our commitment to showing respect and kindness, wherever and whenevervwe have opportunity.

In the realm of humanity, and mind glitches, I am still curious to what triggered individuals becoming vindictive and cruel with precision and intent? I can understand the defense mechanism, the emotional electric fence, but the transition to harmful and hateful mostly alludes me.

Perhaps, indeed It is the rose coloured glasses I have donned as a therapist and mental well-being coach, which make me blind to the cause, and I have to be honest dear reader, I am absolutely OK with that absence, continuing on my own delusional path, that everyone is messed up and all have a positive potentials.

Here in Canada we celebrate Thanksgiving today, so to all my Canucks a very happy Gobble Gobble, I am Thankful for you all.

Be well

This hit like a ton of bricks in the face, like a Wile E Coyote scene. In so many circumstances in our lives, we negotia...
10/10/2026

This hit like a ton of bricks in the face, like a Wile E Coyote scene. In so many circumstances in our lives, we negotiate more brutally with our own standards, than in any corporate boardroom could ever aspire to!
There are always extenuating circumstances, there will always be hard decisions, and there exists people who feed off of preying on the weak, in every single community or family even.
Perhaps it is somehow the attraction of not making a situation confrontational, messy or combative, that seduces us to compromise our own standards, erase the line in the sand and devalue ourselves, that these defeats are activated.

It has been quoted many times that by setting the boundaries for ourselves we demonstrate, to our external world, what is acceptable and what will not be tolerated and how we expect to be treated.
Like parenting, or coaching, if you are not willing to lead by example then the " do as I say not as I do" becomes a significant hurdle.

Biologically speaking we have a pre frontal lobe, specifically adapted to guide us through the fluid circumstances of the day, and my belief that the " situation is always boss" is grounded in the contention that there is hardly if ever a stock, off the shelf response, or strategies.

However, in this regard, instead of a long lamentation, acknowledging a responsibility in who you are in this very moment, what you have been subjected to, but more importantly how you are still standing, is an incredibly powerful first step towards carving and having the privilege of creativity on who you truly want to become.

Be well

Friday's FindEvery morning, very early, I spend my quiet time enjoying my coffee, scrolling through different feeds or w...
10/09/2026

Friday's Find

Every morning, very early, I spend my quiet time enjoying my coffee, scrolling through different feeds or whatever they are called... platforms, seeking an image or phrase which captures my eye, or arouses the muse. Although I am not an advocate for the fates, I am also not foolhardy to place all my eggs in the random basket either. There are stimulus which at a certain time, place and disposition, will effect me.

I write this so you know Dear Reader, the process to which I create the posting you read, some thought provoking and others inspired, I hope.
Something that dawned on me, in this morning's ritual, there really hasn't been anything new written in years! The ideas, concepts and dreams of the likes of Socrates, Rumi, Buddha, Plato et al are the foundation for the inspired prose and words, of the last 200 yrs.
That is not a disrespect to any thinkers of the now generation, but more importantly a nod to my realization that the wants, desires, problems, fears, and needs have remained consistent and constant throughout time. There may be different garments or circumstance, but the core is similar.

Most of you know my opinion on chasing s**t in our lives, that in a very nature driven environment, chasing implies very succinctly, a desire to avoid and escape from the other side of the equation. Perhaps part of the therapeutic approaches, is to embrace our lives were not created with a predictable or predisposed purpose. But our lives were intended to be lived and experienced ON PURPOSE.
For those who lament about the absence of meaning to their lives I offer you its over simplified solution, live your life with meaning, with intent and ON PURPOSE.

I am the first to admit as a hypnotherapist I do not have all the information, the approaches or even the newest fad of techniques. What I do firmly believe in, is my task is and always will be, that catalyst vessel, that gets the current you out of the way of the desired you, long enough so neuro-plasticity and pathways can be firmly aligned to make it natural and easy.

As always I look forward to your questions or comments.
Be well

Wisdom Wednesday I am not positive, it wasn't the image itself which caught my attention,or the words to which echo a ph...
10/07/2026

Wisdom Wednesday

I am not positive, it wasn't the image itself which caught my attention,or the words to which echo a phraseology I use in practice daily, " See what you need to see, Hear what you need to hear inside, to start to feel like you want to feel" is a suggestion to which is mentioned many times in my day for sure, and in Ericksonian style, is permissive enough for the "higher component" of ourselves to fill in some chinks in the Armour.

This phrase is equally important or valuable, as it directs all of us to; firstly experience emotions fully and completely and ; secondly once experienced and processed, move them to the heap.

Emotions, especially those which have been suppressed, tend to ferment and break down, like that lettuce head in the bottom if your crisper. Once vibrant, leafy. And a fantastic basic ingredient for a delightful salad, now slimy and limp, leaving stains all over the other fresh vegetables in there, which had no affiliation to being part of a salad at all!

From the CBT approach, emotions are the side effect of our interpretation of a neutral occurrence, so already suspect in the veracity of it intent.

I am not suggesting becoming completely stoic, but more so, being a responsible facilitator of your emotions. They bring a fullness and vibrancy to life absolutely, when experienced appropriately.

Having a challenge with uncontrolled emotions, or not able to move beyond a " stuck state", DM or PM me so we could discuss.

Looking forward to your questions or comments.

Be well


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