A blog about hypnotherapy, emotions
and what works beyond autopilot

I write about the mechanisms that affect our reactions, relationships and everyday choices - often faster than we can consciously notice them.

Here you will find articles about hypnosis, boundaries, self-sabotage, emotional regulation and working with ingrained patterns. No promises of quick fixes and no oversimplifying of complex experiences.

Hypnosis

What is therapeutic hypnosis and how does it really work?

How hypnosis differs from sleep and relaxation, what happens to your attention during a session and why you stay in control the whole time.

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Online hypnosis

Online hypnosis - does it actually work?

What research says about remote work, what you need on your side of the screen and when an in-person setting works better.

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Session step by step

What an online hypnosis session looks like - step by step

From the first conversation, through the induction, to the end of the session and integration. No mystery and no theatrical "trance".

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Boundaries

How to set boundaries without constant guilt?

Why simply learning to say "no" is often not enough, and what may switch on inside us when we try to set a boundary.

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Self-sabotage

Self-sabotage - why do you keep going back to what does not serve you?

Sometimes what looks like a lack of consistency is an automatic way of protecting yourself. I look at what may be keeping the old pattern in place.

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Exhaustion

Emotional exhaustion - when the "strong one" can no longer cope

You can keep functioning and be overloaded at the same time. On why rest can be harder than work.

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Body and emotions

What can the body tell us about tension and overload?

How to notice body reactions without attributing a psychological cause to every symptom - and when it is worth seeking medical support as well.

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Regression hypnosis

Past life regression - a spiritual experience, a symbolic one, or both?

What may come up during regression, whether you need to believe in past lives, and why I do not impose a single interpretation of the experience.

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Money and beliefs

How do beliefs affect our financial decisions?

On how self-worth, fear of judgement or difficulty receiving can affect the way we make decisions about money.

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Inner child

Inner child work - what is it really?

What lies behind the term, how old emotional reactions can form and why the adult part of us does not always react first.

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New articles regularly. You can also find me on @sylwia.hipnoterapia.

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