In this episode, we discuss why you can’t out-think your emotions, the relationship between trauma and our mind/body connection, how to start listening to your emotions, the power of hypnosis, and how to drop into your body to experience what you’re truly feeling with Rene Brent. Rene is a Certified Clinical and Transpersonal Hypnotherapist. She is the Director and Instructor of the Externship Program at the Orlando Florida Institute of Hypnotherapy. She’s also the bestselling author of How Big is Your But: Discover How To Let Go Of Blocks And Move Forward In Your Life. We discuss: How working as a trauma nurse deepened Rene’s understanding of the mind/body connectionHow our thoughts control our body chemistry and physical reactionsWhat is hypnosis and how does it work?How Rene approaches hypnosis from a science-based perspective and how hypnosis impacts your brain wavesThe difference between alpha brain waves and beta brain wavesThe relationship between hypnosis and flow statesHow we can get caught in conscious thought loops that prevent us from experiencing our emotionsWhat happens when we consciously suppress our subconscious thoughts and feelings?How the subconscious mind bubbles up and tries to get you to listenHow being very busy with your external life can prevent you from looking at your internal lifeTrue joy only exists when you start experiencing emotions and listening to your subconscious mindYou cannot out-think your emotions, positive thinking doesn't work when you’re in a survival stateHow something that happens in childhood can imprint a false belief that can impact you for your entire life Communication is not what you said, it's what the other person heardHow do you listen more effectively to your subconscious mind?How to push a pause button and pattern interrupt in the subconscious brainWhy you cannot heal something until you bring it up from the subconscious mindThe power of breathing and breath exercisesAnxiety is not an emotion, its a symptom of fearEmotions amplify when we push them down, they release when we allow them to happenWhile you may not have words for your emotions, your physical body is your emotional GPSThe “felt sense” of emotion and how you feel it in your bodyWhen you drop into your body, you’re actually dropping into your subconscious mindIf the heart is quiet and you pay attention, the mind will be stillThe pattern of how events create beliefs, beliefs create emotions, and emotions create symptomsHow targeting the subconscious mind rapidly speeds up interventionsThe power of forgiveness and working with your inner childHow negative self-talk is counter productiveWhy SLEEP is the fundamental pillar of psychological wellbeing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.