Work Smart Hypnosis | Hypnosis Training and Outstanding Business Success

Melissa Roth was first introduced to hypnosis when she was an undergrad through her friend’s father who wanted to improve their study habits. Encouraged by the results, Melissa used this method again in grad school and even in the corporate world where she worked as a counselor. Now a licensed hypnotherapist, she has an office in Colorado and looks forward to her upcoming workshop in May called Ca...

How can you explode your hypnosis business? What tools and strategies are simple enough for a new hypnosis practitioner to use in their own marketing toolkit and will provide explosive results in the number of clients you help each week? My guest today is Dan Perez, a full-time hypnotherapist based in Texas. He shares the story of how he used hypnosis for self-improvement, reading a variety of boo...

Catherine Hickland’s journey into hypnosis came later in life. She spent 38 years in the acting industry where she honed her skills in theatre and soap opera and it seemed acting was the industry she’ll retire from, until one day she realized how burned out she was by all of it. She told herself she didn’t want to do it anymore and quit. She remembered a childhood ambition on hypnosis – one...

Terry Stokes is one of the most popular stage hypnotists in the industry, spanning over 55 years in the business with 4 books and 37 audio and video products under his belt. It all started when he volunteered at a hypnotists show, all the while thinking everything was fake. Needless to say, he walked out of that show a believer. It became a pivotal moment in his life as he decided to go into the b...

How can you use live presentations to grow your business, increase your subscriber list, and market your hypnosis products and services? On today’s episode, I’m discussing 5 easy, actionable ways you can utilize the power of live presentations to explode your business, increase your clientele, sell more products – taking you to the next level of success in your hypnosis business. I&#82...

Nicole Wackernagel was always interested in hypnosis, even as a child. Funny enough, her parents told her to stay away from it as they thought it was something dangerous or something people shouldn’t mess with. When she first experienced it to help cope with a dental procedure, that’s when she started teaching herself until she finally decided to learn the trade in a formal school in Zurich. She b...

Karl Smith spent 12 years in the British Army before becoming a SWAT officer. Everything was fine until one fateful night in August 4, 2006 when he helped a drunk driver that crashed his car in front of his house. He found out the driver was a young boy who was depressed due to a recent funeral. While talking, he somehow got his arm snagged by the seatbelt which ended up with him getting dragged b...

Ken Guzzo is one of the most successful hypnotist today, able to earn thousands of dollars just by showing up to his clients for two days a week. Before his successful career as a hypnotist, Ken was involved in change work, a type of job that involves helping other people become a better version of themselves. He has been doing this job since 1989. He had this gig going until a colleague told him...

Just like training wheels on a bicycle, scripts are only supposed to be depended on when you’re just getting started. And just like riding a bicycle, letting go of your scripts altogether will build confidence as well as improve your skills and techniques as a hypnotist. Today, I’m sharing my five best strategies on how to put down scripts, the various stories and experiences with each one,...

Welcome to the 100 th episode of the Work Smart Hypnosis podcast! Today’s episode is slightly different than the last 99 – instead of diving deep into other hypnotist stories, my friend Richard Cole joins me on the show to interview yours truly.  I share my journey into hypnosis and what inspired me to start my career in the field. I’ll share the many lessons I’ve learned through...

Attend the IMDHA / IACT Hypno Expo 2017! Learn more and register today at www. HypnoExpo2017.com Robert Otto is one of the biggest names in the hypnosis world and for over 28 years, he has presented in  5000 group sessions, workshops, and seminars in over 29 states. His blossoming career all started when he had a bad day in 1978. He was in a disastrous situation and his friends were concerned for...

Michael DeSchalit is a Master Stage Hypnotist who performs at large venues all over America. Before he became a stage hypnotist, Michael practiced a similar form of stage entertainment: Magic. Being a stage magician was working for him until he read an ad inviting magicians to get trained to be stage hypnotists. The idea of performing in front of a crowd with nothing but a briefcase – a lighter an...

When you want to improve a skill or want to learn a specific skill, you not only invest time in educating yourself, but you also do your part to hone it through application and tweak it based on the experience and results you receive. Hypnosis isn’t any different, but as with any other skill, sometimes things don’t go the way we planned and in the case of hypnosis, sometimes our techniques d...

Jo-Anne Edie specializes in hypnosis for weight loss and smoking. Her practice started with Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) which stemmed from a terrible argument. She got the idea of trying hypnosis when she found herself still angry three weeks later. After one session, she realized how amazing hypnosis can be. She thought EFT will always be number one until she took a course from the National...

Hypnosis isn’t always about teaching your clients better strategies. Sometimes it’s about creating new automatic responses. My guest today is Luke Howard, founder of Lukenosis. As a teenager, Luke suffered from severe phobias, obesity, and trouble making and maintaining friendships and relationships with others. He tried multiple types of therapy including psychotherapy and counseling, but none of...

Originally from Russia and living in Maryland since 2002, Guzalia Davis has worked in the hypnosis field for many years, as well as a published author. I first met Guzalia a few years ago at one of my training seminars and since then, she has made a significant impact in the fields of neuro-linguistic programming, past life regression, and tantra. Guzalia currently sees clients on a one-to-one bas...

My guest today is Nicholas Pallesen, a world-renowned performance artist and known for his deep baritone singing voice. Nicholas saw 56 clients in just one week, which is an extraordinary number when you consider he uses his voice not only in his sessions, but also as a professional opera singer as well. He takes the same that focus he uses to perform for his audiences and applies that mental and...

No matter what experience level you’re on as a hypnosis practitioner, there will always be discoveries that will benefit your clients. I often say that when working with clients, producing change is easy – working to dehypnotize the idea that it must be difficult to produce change is often where we’re doing the hard work. Learning to change is easy, but trying to change our preconceived noti...

Do you want to be a ‘more gooder better’ hypnotist? Everyone has an individual style within us that can’t be duplicated and whoever tries to copy you won’t do it the justice you do. Our guest today, Matt Hale, is a prime example of how ‘different’ can lead to a world of success in your business and in treating your clients. Matt Hale is a corporate comedy hypnotist, a TV presenter, and an internat...

Take your knowledge, training, and skills to the next level. This week is a “hands-on” training of an NLP strategy, “Changing Personal History.” On today’s show, I’m going to share with you refinements of a classic technique, as you’ll hear some nuances and enhancements I’ve found to be invaluable. The same principles apply to our business. It’s all about taking simple strategies, and tweaking the...

What does weight lifting have to do with hypnosis? I’ve been on a personal journey for the last three or four years, and I’ve become more serious about it this year. There are several mindsets, philosophies, and points of view coming out of my experience that improves my process with clients. If this isn’t your passion you should still listen to this session because of how my working with my clien...

Tom Nicoli is an internationally-known hypnosis and NLP practitioner, author, trainer, and instructor. Tom’s method is honest and straightforward in everything he does in his field, and he believes that the attraction of positive forces ultimately changed his life. Tom became intrigued early on in hypnosis, and as he used this method on himself and on people at the dental lab that he managed, he s...

Sean and I go back aboutt ten years ago. He is a world leader in the hypnosis field, and I’m proud to say he’s the first person I’ve had on the show for a second time. Sean is known as the ‘The World’s Fasted Hypnotist,’ because of his technique for instantly putting clients into a deep state of hypnosis. He has learned a lot about the field over the years he has been in the field, and has passed...

The more that we work on ourselves, the more that we achieve excellence and bring that into our process.  When it comes to running a profitable business as a hypnotist – we don’t have to be perfect to help someone produce change. Dr. Will Horton joins me to share his story about how he became interested in hypnosis and then neuro- linguistic programming. Will is a master hypnotist and NLP trainer...

Think differently about how you grow your hypnosis business. When most people think about passive strategies, their thoughts tend to lead toward passive income, developing courses, and writing e-books. This idea around leveraging passive streams of income has been widely discussed throughout just about every industry – including hypnosis. But what many people forget or simply do not realize is tha...