Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 2, Issue 9, 1 March 2018 | Page 10

So I decided to focus on myself and work. perhaps even reversing the entire aging process using all the knowledge I had gained over 20 years. As I was creating a website and Facebook page dedicated to nothing but teaching and sharing the benefits of hypnosis to all of those currently living in my home state of Mississippi. I worked on the http://www.hypnosiscentersofmississippi.com site and soon found myself looking for professional hypnosis content to share on it. I wanted it to be an educational resource, not a self-promoting business page so I invited other hypnotherapists to help share info on hypnosis in general and the many, many benefits. I knew however that I too wanted to share some personal experiences. But I had few to share. I had the knowledge but little personal experience first hand. (No pun intended). So I made a list of everything I could change about myself using hypnosis. Even those areas that were very embarrassing for me. After all, what a great testimonial. Right? So after I had my entire list in front of me. I went to work on it. Focusing on one issue at a time. I chose the thumbnail as my first issue to work on. I figured seeing is believing and this would be a great start. I spent just a few nights on what I refer to as self-hypnosis sessions to help heal my thumbnail . I knew I had to work on the psychological issues behind all my beliefs and fears concerning the nail, not just the nail itself that was holding it back from healing. So I set out to treat myself as if I were my own client. I figured out that it was the ugliness and embarrassment issues that caused me the most trouble. So I first had to focus on what the nail looked like regardless . This was to help me from staring at it daily and having those negative thoughts continuously running through my mind. So I took advantage of when my nail was clean and wet like after I had bathed. I could cut as much of the nail away easier that way . Over time I was able to detach over 2/3rds of the nail from the nail- bed safely and without any pain.