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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

EP. 161: ADHD and Hypnotherapy with Hypnotherapist, Meggie Houle

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Hypnosis is often thought of as a sensational magic trick used for controlling minds and embarrassing people on cruise ships, so I admit I was a bit skeptical when I heard about hypnotherapy being used in ADHD management. However, I always try to keep an open mind when it comes to alternative treatments, which is why I wanted to sit down with hypnotherapist Meggie Houle to discuss the science and research behind it. Meggie, now a certified hypnotherapist and self-hypnosis teacher, and author of Finish What You Start: Breaking out of the “Busy Mind, Restless Body” Trap to Create a Life You Love Even with ADHD, first discovered the benefits of hypnosis after experiencing a life-altering paragliding accident. She found that self-hypnosis not only reduced her stress and PTSD symptoms after the accident, but it also helped her manage her ADHD for the first time. In this episode Meggie gives us an introductory lesson into what hypnotherapy is exactly, the growing research behind it, and how she uses it to calm her nervous system in moments of stress. Resources: Website: Her book: Instagram: @meggie.houle

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0:00.0

There is a lot of men's informed people who don't believe in hypnosis.

0:05.0

And that is because how it's portrayed in Hollywood and in movies.

0:10.1

That people can control their minds and behavior against their will.

0:14.5

And that's just not possible.

0:15.9

That's not true.

0:16.9

Because otherwise, not just of this world, we'll have to take over the world, wouldn't

0:20.6

that be true?

0:22.2

Hypnosis is endorsed by Harvard, Stainford, Yale, Columbia, the Mayo Clinic, the National

0:27.2

Institute of Health, the American Psychological, the American Psychiatric, the British Medical

0:32.1

Association, the American Nautilus Association, the Nospital and Friends Centennial is using

0:37.1

hypnosis instead of general anesthesia.

0:40.4

In the Montreal Children's Hospital, I started using hypnosis to help with pain and anxiety

0:44.6

and reduce medication.

0:46.5

And according to the Stainford Institute of Mind, Brain Research, one of the most effective

0:52.0

uses of hypnosis, the trend state, is pain alleviation or elimination.

0:58.0

And as a matter of fact, it's being medically demonstrated and proved that people that

1:04.0

use hypnosis prior to surgery use 90% less anesthesia than people who do not use hypnosis.

1:11.5

And women also use hypnosis for what we call hypno birthing to go through birthing

1:16.4

without the epidurals and medication.

1:20.4

So there have been a lot, a lot of massive amount of research around hypnosis.

1:31.0

Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Montserre, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.

1:40.5

That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of locations.

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