How Self-Hypnosis Can Transform Your Golf Performance with Ken Holloway

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Josh Karp

Sports, Golf

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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GS#987 Summary Our guest this week is Ken Holloway who discusses the integration of self-hypnosis into the mental game of golf. He emphasizes the importance of the mental aspect of golf, explaining how hypnosis can help golfers improve their performance by addressing common mental challenges such as frustration, focus, and emotional control. Our conversation also covers myths surrounding hypnosis, clarifying misconceptions and highlighting its practical applications in enhancing golf skills. Ken shares insights from his experience as a hypnotist and golf coach, illustrating how self-hypnosis can empower golfers to reach their full potential on the course. Takeaways The mental game of golf is crucial for performance. Self-hypnosis can help golfers improve their mental state. Frustration is a common struggle for golfers. Hypnosis can help golfers regain focus and emotional control. The process of hypnosis is a form of self-hypnosis. Being in a hypnotic state is similar to daydreaming. Everyone can experience a hypnotic state naturally. Suggestions in hypnosis are not commands; they are choices. Understanding hypnosis can help golfers utilize it effectively. Hypnosis can help rewrite subconscious programs that hinder performance. Listening to hypnosis programs can be done effortlessly, like while drifting off to sleep. Personalizing hypnosis techniques is crucial for individual effectiveness. A golf performance coach takes a holistic approach to improve a golfer's game. Self-talk can significantly impact performance on the golf course. Hypnosis can extinguish negative behaviors and replace them with positive ones. Consistency in mental approach leads to consistency in physical performance. Being your own best friend on the golf course is essential for mental resilience. Please check out our new and updated website at golfsmarter.com! While there, you'll receive three free gifts when you post an honest review about Golf Smarter the podcast. You can also get free gifts for recording a show opening by clicking on "Record Your Show Open Here!" tab on the right side of the page. Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey, which will also provide you with a link to Tony Manzoni's video!Follow @golfsmarter on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube. See our daily highlights and helpful insights from our interviews on the podcast. Thanks so much for checking it out and providing your feedback. This episode is sponsored by Indeed. Please visit indeed.com/GOLFSMARTER and get a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT. Terms and conditions apply. This episode is sponsored by HIMS. Start your free online visit today HIMS.com/golfsmarter and received personalized ED treatment options.This episode is also sponsored by SelectQuote. Make sure you get the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, at selectquote.com/golfsmarter today and get started.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Former GolfSmarter host, Fred Greene has been nominated for the 2025 Audiocaster of the Year by the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Vote now at Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Joan Bornstein from PVD, Massachusetts, and I play at Thompson Golf Club
0:09.9	in North Reading, Massachusetts.
0:12.4	This is Golf Smarter number 987.
0:16.4	All hypnosis is the form of self-hypnosis.
0:19.4	Think of me as your tour guide. If you're driving up in the mountains and you're looking for this lake and I help you get there, then once you get to the lake, you're there, you're enjoying it, your loving life, and I'm no longer important. I'm just the one that help you get there. So that's what a hypnotist does. So all forms of hypnosis are self-hypnosis because it takes place
0:39.3	in your own subconscious mind. In fact, I made a video, Hypnosis 101 for golfers. It's on
0:45.0	YouTube. The biggest myth about hypnosis is that you have to be easily swayed, gullible, weak-witted,
0:53.2	dim-witted, not the sharpest crayon in the box.
0:56.0	And people are proud to say, yeah, I can't be hypnotized.
0:59.1	Once you understand what hypnosis is, you'll understand it's something that anyone could do.
1:03.6	It's just a matter of choice.
1:05.0	Now, the other myth is that once you're in a hypnotized state, let's just call it trans.
1:11.2	Once you're in trance, that you're under the power of the hypnotist.
1:19.9	Here's one you've never considered.
1:21.7	How self-hypnosis can transform golf performance with Ken Holloway.
1:27.1	This is Golf Smarter.
1:29.8	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score
1:35.0	and raise your golf IQ.
1:37.6	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:40.1	Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Ken.
1:42.3	Hey, thanks, Fred. I'm delighted to be here.
1:44.7	It's good to have you on the show. This is going to be a fascinating topic
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