Nature The Drug of Choice

Curious about Evolving? CJ and I were in a past life together. HA! In this realm, we were in our 30s when we first worked together. He is the only person from that era that I have remained in contact with. Why? Because he has evolved into a fascinating spiritual man, dad, artist, author, teacher and so much more! He refers to that as a merging of the selves and how creative intelligence must be pr...

Have you tried to stop a bad habit by going cold turkey? That is hard. Why? Because your conscious wants to and your subconscious likes the way it is. The conscious mind is 10% of what we do each day, so that means the subconscious is 90%, so stopping a bad habit like drinking alcohol means access to that 90% . How? With hypnosis. This is Part 2, EP 21, part 1 sets up how we get addicted in the fi...

My first hiking video - podcast. Let's see how this goes. If you want, please enjoy the Intro to this episode. Part 1 talks about how we get addicting to those destructive behaviors. Part 2 will discuss how hypnosis can help stop the destructive cycle for good.

This is the first EP I have done outside in nature...a video too. So if you want to see my pocket prairie you can watch the video on Spotify, but if you are on Apple Podcast you will just hear the audio. Let's see of how this goes...we learn from our mistakes and so I am anticipating lots of learning as we go from audio podcasts to the video/audio podcasts...seems like we are just going back t...

Nature the drug of choice and more specifically a human’s nature. There is nothing more natural than what the hormone system of the body does, especially related to the hormonal changes during a woman’s 30-60s. But rather than relaxing into it most women resist and dread those years of menopause, aging, and all that goes with that. However, dreading and fearing only reinforce the neg effects as a...

This is a deeply personal reflection on my career and the ways nature can nudge in a concept that is truly life-altering. On the 61st year she rested...Listen to this shorter podcast to find out what I mean by that.

Today's Hypnotic Trip is with Peggy Pepper, creator of many things including Positive on Purpose. "Every. single. thing, every person, every professional success or failure, every degree or certification I’ve worked for, every “holy-shit-what-was-I-thinking” moment, everyone I have ever loved or lost, every moment of glory and glitter, every disaster or atrocious tragedy I have survived…a...

The way we met was a trip. In this episode we talk to Ben Herman of Herman Hypnosis from Toronto about nature, the art of story telling, styles of hypnosis, ideometer responses, empowering statements, the history of the didgeridoo and what Bitter Laughter is an how it can help you. You can connect with Ben here: Herman Hypnosis https://www.hermanhypnosis.ca/ https://www.instagram.com/hermanhypnosi...

Jeff Clardy loves nature and Zen meditation and words, put it all together and that spells for a meditative poetry reading in this episode. Here are some of the references Valerie and Jeff mention in this show. Poems by Jeff Clardy A gentle rain dances On the windows lure Its peaceful tapping Is delusions cure A blackbird barks It’s only word A deeper zen Is what is heard Nothing here As all has g...

In Texas we sit at 600 feet above sea level, the summit where the lake is is about 11,400 feet. I can hike 10 miles in 100-degrees with no slowdown, but up that high, it turned out that I was the slow poke. The caboose. The last one, lagging behind about 100 yards short of breath. I started to complain to myself about myself. I showed no mercy: “Come on! You can hike faster. They are going to thin...

What is an inner compass? The inner compass is a set of basic instincts like those feelings you get in your stomach when you are about to face something unfamiliar. In some ways it is the way our body taps us on the shoulder to let us know how we feel about something. It then could create anxiety so we can have the energy to take action. So, noticing this and taking the appropriate action is an in...

HYPNOTIC TRIP: HOW TO CONNECT TO SPIRIT IN NATURE Join me for Day Two of a hypnotic trip in the Wichita Mountains, at Mount Scott which is in the Wildlife Refuge in the state of Oklahoma. Our first day in the area, we hiked alone in the snow, if you missed that, go back to EP 11, but this day bright and warmer and as temps rose and the snow and ice began to melt. The melting ice and snow was trick...

What does it mean to “stay in your own nature”? To allow nature to guide you? To be a free range human? In this episode, we learn from a blind chicken how to live independently and develop new skills, innovate and thrive…isn’t that what life is? Dr. Victoria Alexander is the author of Free Range Humans, published by Springer in 2021.  She and her husband live on a 5 acre farm in upstate New York w...

Today’s HYPNOTIC trip happens at The Wichita Mountains near Lawton, Oklahoma where it snowed the night before. Now, I wasn’t expecting the snow and so I was not thinking right that morning when I saw it. Because it would interfere with my plans to hike. Maybe you can relate: I was on a mission. We drove from Dallas to Lawton to get footage for a video I was producing and the snow was going to ruin...

You are here to bring joy into someone’s life, to improve our natural world, to create jobs, to develop a new product, to write an inspirational book, to teach, or to preach. You have gifts, connect to them, our world needs everyone fully present and actively participating in creating joy, fulfillment, purpose, and satisfaction in our lives. Be intentional in your desire to know your purpose and a...

The title of this novel by Amy Smiley is a hint at the hidden world of the subconscious mind. Psychotherapist, writer, and former Professor of French Literature Amy Smiley talked with host Valerie Grimes about her novel Hiking Underground and the authors love affair with the natural world. I wasn’t expecting to feel the way I did reading Amy’s description of the natural world. Usually I prefer exp...

This episode is about hearing the True Voice over the voice of the Shadow Self. Your True Voice is a combination of your natural instincts + confidence + creativity + fun - what a powerful combination.  Finding Your True Voice Can…is REAL self empowerment. By speaking from your true voice you are able to stand up for yourself, stand firm in  your ideas and state your opinions or suggesti...

In this exercise you will practice deep self communication. Use the power of your mind to stimulate your imagination and increase your self awareness. You will travel through the Rainbow Garden awakening many levels of human experience and come to know yourself in completeness. Colors of the rainbow mirror the chakric system. This is a hypnosis recording, DO NOT DRIVE while listening, or listen wh...

This trips starts with a question, a rather personal one…. How does God (or source, the great one, or the universe) speak to you?  Is it  through prayer, through others, through nature, or other ways?  My experience has been mostly in nature as I had to step away for the Religious God and step out into nature. From that experience I know that when we take our questions or our troubl...

Simply Put: Anxiety is anxiety  This episode actually began in my hiking notebook from a solo 2014 Appalachian Trail hike (spoiler alert, I did not do the whole thing).  I started at the north end…but not the final end end.  Rather I  jumped on in Kent, CT on August 11. My goal was 3 nights or approx 30 miles. My sister dropped me off at 10 am.  The first leg has uphill, w...

We are coming off the trail for today’s episode to talk about Wild Children. The cool kind. With long hair and bare feet and a calm demeanor.  The ones allowed to pee outside.  Ha! What does the term Wild Child conjure up in your mind? When my 4 year old grandson heard me say that I was wild, he looked worried and told me it would mean that I would have to wear my shirt like this: he dem...

Your True Self Is Outside (but really inside). In this episode the hypnotic hiker, Valerie Grimes shares the importance of staying to the natural world for so many reasons, but mainly to Find Yourself. What is your ratio of concrete vs. soil? Does you day include stepping onto tile, concert and carpet, sitting in a metal vehicle that travels on a concrete highway to a concrete building with sidewa...

Part of a Series, Be Sure to Go Back to EP 1 to catch up if this is your first time to listen.   This episode takes place in the iconic Grand Canyon at Kaibab Trail on the South Rim and examines what is happening in the brain when you are in nature and how that response is the same neurological occurrence that allows us to change the emotion about a past event.  Temps are in the 110s wit...

THIS IS A PODCAST SERIES, PLEASE GO TO EP 1 TO START THE JOURNEY. The hypnotic hiker presents, HYPNOTIC TRIP a virtual hiking experience, a mind trip, a shift in perspective, basically, a series of guided journeys that take you back to your true self.  In these episodes you will discover the true power of your subconscious mind and how to change the old outdated programs from birth that have...

ALTER YOUR REALITY NOW WITH HYPNOSIS- THE REAL SERIES What reality are you living in? Do you want to escape? What is your favorite way to escape? Is that way serving you best?  Is it loving and natural, or a shadow self tendency to turn to an unhealthy and unloving self destructive behavior? Escaping is not a lasting option. Welcome to the 3rd episode of Hypnotic Trip. FREE HYPNOSIS SESSIONS...