The Hilarious Hypnotist

Yvonne is many things - a patient care tech, roller skater, hula hooper, and "hasher" (i.e. a drinker with a running problem). Coming in for her 4th visit, Yvonne shares why she is so intimidated by her more successful friends and consistently finds herself stuck in a loop of struggle. So much so that she feels she belongs at the "kid's table."   Tune in as your Hilarious Hypnotist continues to br...

Yvonne is many things - a patient care tech, roller skater, hula hooper, and "hasher" (i.e. a drinker with a running problem). Coming in for her 4th visit, Yvonne shares why she is so intimidated by her more successful friends and consistently finds herself stuck in a loop of struggle. So much so that she feels she belongs at the "kid's table."   Tune in as your Hilarious Hypnotist helps break the...

In this episode, you don't just get one hilarious hypnotist, but two as Traci welcomes long-time mentor Dr. Will Horton!    Connecting with Traci early in her career as a performer himself, much of Traci's NLP knowledge came from his training, along with the inspiration to learn stage hypnosis after a health scare. Dr. Will also uses humor not only as a hypnotist but as a trainer for hypnotists as...

Valentina was abused as a child by her biological parents, her foster parents, and then again by her adoptive parents. At 16, she was kidnapped by a longtime friend and mentor she met at church, who began grooming her as a sex worker. Refusing to do the work, Valentina was locked in a basement without food until she could escape, only to find herself abandoned by her adoptive parents. Fast forward...

Valentina was abused as a child by her biological parents, her foster parents, and then again by her adoptive parents. At 16, she was kidnapped by a longtime friend and mentor she met at church, who began grooming her as a sex worker. Refusing to do the work, Valentina was locked in a basement without food until she could escape, only to find herself abandoned by her adoptive parents. Fast forward...

The Hilarious Hypnotist accidentally attended a class by Robert Gene Smith in 2020 and saw a video of him using a fart sound app to help one of his clients break a memory about being raped. It was quick, it was effective, and it was funny! And Traci was hooked!    Inspired by how Robert used humor to create lasting changes, Traci began incorporating many of his techniques into her own work. And in...

Our brains are wired to protect us from harm, and sometimes thinking shitty thoughts is what keeps us protected! But we often become such worriers we forget to focus on the happiness in our lives. So in this episode, your hostess of hypnosis shares one of her favorite techniques to retrain your brain from survival to happiness: The Happy Journal.    An integral part of her own growth, tune in as T...

It has been a month since we met Truck Driver Al and his ulterior identity Ling Ling. After a powerful first session, we went back to the beginning, peeling back the layers of Alan's past. Now, in part two, Traci helps Alan break some destructive core beliefs and make peace with the death of his mother and his addictions. Giggles, truck beeps, and thanking furniture included.    KEY POINTS: - Why...

It has been a month since we met Truck Driver Al and his ulterior identity Ling Ling. After a powerful first session, he returns to peel back even more layers of his story. From band geeks and burnouts to the final moments with his mother, Traci goes back to the beginning with Truck Driver Al in part one of this session on releasing our demons.    KEY POINTS: - Truck Driver Al's growing relationsh...

From nudist resorts to tricked-out golf carts to how a rubber chicken sparked Traci's  "aha" moment in life, in this episode, your Hilarious Hypnotist shares an intimate look into her life. Because believe it or not, it is all real!   So tune in for a rambling, off-the-cuff deep dive into your host's personal life...and then a rabbit hole...and then another rabbit hole...and then back around to wh...

In this episode, we meet "it" - a friend of the Hilarious Hypnotist currently in a high Master/slave BDSM protocol relationship with "its" Sir. Meeting years ago when Traci hosted an Erotic Hypnosis meeting at the local dungeon, "it" joins the conversation not only to share more about the Master/slave dynamic but to confront "its" problem expressing "its" desires…which "it" shouldn't have at all! ...

In this episode, we meet "it" - a friend of the Hilarious Hypnotist currently in a high Master/slave BDSM protocol relationship with "its" Sir. Meeting years ago when Traci hosted an Erotic Hypnosis meeting at the local dungeon, "it" joins the conversation not only to share more about the Master/slave dynamic but to confront "its" problem expressing "its" desires…which "it" shouldn't have at all! ...

Why do we keep doing stupid shit when we know we shouldn't be doing it? We know we shouldn't smoke, yet we light up another. We know eating a whole box of chocolates isn't good for us, yet we keep on eating. In this quick chat, your Hilarious Hypnotist focuses on how the mind really works and why being "broken" isn't such a bad thing!   KEY POINTS: - The conscious mind, unconscious mind, and the b...

Channeling George Carlin and the Saturday Night Live skits of old, your hilarious hypnotist returns in this episode to help her guest, Truck Driver Al, see his dark past in a new light.    Tune in as Traci and Alan work to blend his superpowers of flirty and playful Ling Ling with careful and conscientious Truck Driver Al. Diving even deeper into the ugly of life, watch as the pair laugh and scram...

Self-described heterosexual who does gay things and Traci's own nudist colony neighbor, Truck Driver Al joins the Hilarious Hypnotist to discuss love, loss, and Ling Ling.    Meet Alan and watch how he trance-forms into Ling Ling when he puts on his mask. Revealing a secret sadness though, listen in as Alan shares his story of failure and hitting rock bottom in the first of this two-part series.  ...

Welcome to The Hilarious Hypnotist podcast! In this episode, your hostess of hypnosis, Traci Kanaan, shares how she became the hilarious hypnotist. Starting all the way back in childhood, as most weird stories do, tune in for Traci's bizarre journey getting kicked out of prestigious music schools, being self-employed, becoming a comedian for swingers and nudists, and eventually...a hypnotist.    S...

Welcome to the hilarious hypnotist Podcast. I'm Traci Kanaan, your hostess of hypnosis, and I'm a certified hypnotist and hypnotherapist and a former internationally touring comedian. For years I've been using hypnosis to help my clients become the next best version of themselves. One day, I started combining my hypnosis with the skills I learned performing stand-up comedy, and BOOM, I was breakin...