Sharon Stidham CCH, HypnoCoach

How do you dress when you meet with a client? I've thought and thought about this, and have observed fellow hypnotherapists and other "helping" professionals. Do I dress for comfort? Do I dress to project an image? What do my clothes say about me? Am I overthinking this? If so, why? The options run the gamut. All of the hypnotherapists I've had the honor to observe in action have been intelligent, concerned, client-focused individuals with much to offer their clientele, and the world in genera… Continue

I've been thinking so much about what it is I do, why I do it, and what keeps me going. I don't think I'd be so wrapped up in this if it weren't for the slow down we're in the middle of, to be honest. I have very mixed feelings about my weight loss and stop smoking clients bagging on their appointments. I really do want the money for ongoing work, but I really don't like working with these folks. I am a former teacher. I specialized in students no one else wanted because they did not speak the… Continue

Greetings, Everyone! One of the organizations I am active in outside the hypnosis community is an Irish Dance organization called AAIDT. Originally formed by members of a not-so-demanding Irish Dance organization, it's now attracting many members from the predominant Irish Dance group in the world, called CLRG. I'm one of those people. We have extremely high standards, were trained to compete aggressively, and are all pretty pissed at the status quo in the official dance world. So, we felt this… Continue

This week, I've been speaking on a local talk station, early in the morning. The gal who owns the hypnosis practice I have an office at graciously offered me her slots this week. This translates into three 30 second segments. Fortunately, I spent time as a dj back in the day, so I know how to change the pitch on my normally somewhat sibilant speech patterns. But, this has brought to mind the question of how to define effective advertising. We have received no calls to date, after months of these… Continue

Okay, so I'm old enough to know that we all make mistakes. But, I really stepped in it yesterday. I was chatting with someone (not my client), and they mentioned that they were frustrated because while they had scheduled a stop smoking appointment, they had insisted that their hypnotist do something else. So, after reminding them that it was their session and that they could use it anyway they wanted, I stupidly said something to the effect of "well, why don't you try a conscious decision regard… Continue