My Latest Posts
- 8 Natural Ways to Help with Insomnia
Eight drug-free approaches to insomnia, ranked by evidence. See which ones help you relax and which ones treat the problem itself. - Turn Down Anxiety with the Humming Technique
I’m Jason Smith, a hypnotist serving Radcliff and Elizabethtown, Kentucky. I help people move past anxiety, fear, and overwhelm. In my last post, we discussed how anxiety is like a dimmer switch. If you can turn anxiety up, then you can turn it down. Last week, you learned 4-6-8 Breathing, a useful tool for keying… Read more: Turn Down Anxiety with the Humming Technique - Can Insomnia Go Away?
Wondering if insomnia goes away? Learn what affects recovery, why trying harder to sleep backfires, and where relaxation, hypnosis, and CBT-I fit. - Anxiety is Like a Dimmer Switch
I’m Jason Smith, a hypnotist serving Radcliff and Elizabethtown, Kentucky. I help people move past anxiety, fear, and overwhelm. Fear and anxiety feel alike in the body. They work in different ways. Mistake one for the other, and you reach for the wrong tool to clear it. Once you see the difference, you gain a… Read more: Anxiety is Like a Dimmer Switch - What I Hope to Bring Home from the Hypnotic Brain Summit
A notebook full of techniques I’ve never used, three questions I’m bringing to the Hypnotic Brain Summit, and my plan to put one idea to work. - Hypnosis for Overwhelm
It’s Monday morning. You open your laptop to 63 unread emails. A project is due Thursday. The car needs an oil change. Your kid’s field trip form is still in the backpack, unsigned. You know you need to start. So you open one email, close it, and check your phone instead. An hour later, nothing… Read more: Hypnosis for Overwhelm - Hypnosis for Fear and Phobias
You’re fine on the drive, listening to the radio with a warm coffee resting in the cup holder. A bridge comes into view, and it’s the same bridge you’ve crossed countless times before. Nothing is different. Your hands tighten on the wheel. Your shoulders tense, you hold your breath, and your chest locks up. The… Read more: Hypnosis for Fear and Phobias - Hypnosis for Anxiety
A woman sat across from me at a wellness center and told me she struggled with anxiety. I asked her to do something strange. “Push the feeling up. Take it to a 10.” She did. Her shoulders rolled forward. Her arms pulled in. She looked smaller and tighter in a matter of seconds. Then we… Read more: Hypnosis for Anxiety - Grounded with Power
Ever feel like your work environment is toxic? Maybe your supervisor is quick to point out your mistakes and forgets to provide enough positive feedback about what you’re doing right. And when you make a mistake, do you suddenly notice hushed whispers from your team leaders. Do you get the feeling that something terrible is… Read more: Grounded with Power - The Nightmare of the Living Drawing
One of my kids swears they love horror. And that’s kind of weird because fourteen years ago, I quit watching horror after I woke up in the middle of the night in a panic. We tried to introduce him to R.L. Stein, and he won’t read it or watch it. And movies like Sketch, which… Read more: The Nightmare of the Living Drawing