Hypnotherapist Brian Mahoney explains what hypnotherapy actually is, not the stage-show version, and how working with the deeper, subconscious mind can help with stress, anxiety, fear, habits, and the long-standing patterns that keep people stuck.
In this episode we explore the power of hypnotherapy with Brian Mahoney, a Boston-based hypnotherapist and coach with over 22 years of experience and more than 25,000 client hours. Brian's work is practical and solutions oriented, focused on getting to the core of an issue by engaging the deeper parts of the mind so people can create lasting change. He's also my hypnotherapist, so this is a candid, first-person conversation, with real examples of what sessions are actually like, what can surface, and how emotional pain points get worked through in a grounded way.
Timestamps:
(2:00) You've studied with a lot of leaders in the field and different methods, how do you define hypnotherapy?
(5:40) Do you feel hypnotherapy gets to the core of an issue?
(8:35 ) Favorite hypnotherapy modalities
(11:23) Brian and I describe a first hand experience of a hypnotherapy session
(19:40) Apps versus working with a live hypnotherapist
(23:47) We chat about what viewing a recording of a hypnotherapy session would look like
(27:00) What made me have a physical reaction during my session from a hypnotherapist's perspective?
(32:54) Could you explain how sensory input interacts with the subconscious?
(35:47) Sensory design and the deeper mind
(38:32) Hypnotherapy for everyday life
(40:56) Thought patterns, limiting beliefs and your shadow side
(42:10) Confronting and integrating shadow self
(46:06) I'd love it if you could share one of the most challenging as well as favorite experiences you've had as a hypnotherapist? What a client was navigating and the results they achieved?
(49:51) Stress, anxiety, fears, and self-reinforcing trances
(53:38) What can everyday listeners learn from how high performers and athletes use mental training?
(58:32) Past life experiences and symbolic imagery in hypnosis
(01:03:02) After decades in the field, what has hypnotherapy taught you about human potential?
(01:06:59) Fear of death
(01:08:04) How can hypnotherapy support mental and emotional health in daily life?
(01:12:27) If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about the way people think about hypnotherapy, what would it be?
In this episode:
What hypnotherapy really is, and why you're always in control (not "under" anyone's control).
How the subconscious drives problems the conscious mind can't logic its way out of (the spider phobia example).
"Getting the rock out of the glass": why resolving the core lowers the whole water level.
Why naming the real emotion under "anxiety" - anger, fear, sadness - is where the work begins.
The role of a non-judgmental witness, and how reframing creates release.
Mental rehearsal the way elite performers use it (the Michael Phelps story), and why you still have to get off the couch.
A daily life takeaway: feeling an emotion instead of pushing it away is often all it needs.
Guest: Brian Mahoney is a Boston-based hypnotherapist and coach with over 22 years of experience and more than 25,000 client hours. His approach is pragmatic and solutions-focused. Helping clients connect with the part of the mind driving a problem so they can resolve it and create lasting change, drawing on hypnosis, NLP, and a range of modalities tailored to each individual.
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