Incredible hypnotherapy on YouTube

August 22, 2022

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I just had to share this experience as it was the first time I have had something so amazing happen to me.

Let me start by saying that my first blog that I wrote today (unpublished) was full of negative thoughts and emotions, sad because of a dream I had, and sounded really whinny. Even though the post was about me accepting my situation, I just couldn't get away from the negative thoughts that were entering my space and taking my power.

Today has been a bit of a rough day, feeling triggered by a bad dream and spending the day trying to figure out what it all meant. So I went to the YouTube channel of Suzanne Robichaud and found a hypnotherapy session that she recorded and posted over 4 years ago. The session is entitled "Training Your Mind To Let Go of Thoughts That Do Not Serve You". (I am in no way affiliated with Suzanne and receive nothing for promoting her channel)

I went into the session open to the idea that this could help me, without preconceived ideas of what I would experience, and with the intention of letting go of the negative thoughts. Following her instruction and listening to her soothing voice definitely put me in a trance, fully relaxed my body, and prepared my mind to be open to suggestion. I felt as if I had fallen asleep, yet I was still aware of what my mind was doing and what she was saying. She instructed the listener to picture themselves floating effortlessly down a stream without a care and then talked about a negative thought and how it would be symbolized by a branch that we were holding onto. She explained how that branch prevented us from continuing to flow downstream. At this point I had a negative thought, I began to feel anxious and nervous. She then said what if we were to just let go of the branch, release the reactions to the triggers and stop preventing ourselves from continuing our beautiful journey downstream (totally paraphrased). She uttered the most simple but profain words, just let it go... let go of the branch. I immediately felt the anxiety go away, my heart rate lowered and I pictured myself floating down the stream again. The weirdest part is that my mind realized that there was something that triggered me, something that made me feel a certain way, but for the life of me I couldn't remember what it was. Actually, I still can't remember what it was, nor do I care to.

Her suggestion is to remember this every time one feels triggered, every time a negative thought consumes us, let it go. It is a choice that we are making... we hold onto the branch and disrupt our easy journey downstream, or we just let it go, realize that the negative does not serve us and that life can continue without hanging up on the "branch".

I recommend her YouTube channel to anyone that needs guidance or a little help in any way. I will be using this hypnotherapy session whenever I feel myself being consumed by negative thoughts or triggers that derail my path.