EDN Hypnotherapy

EDN Hypnotherapy Hypnotherapy Clinic specializing in Anxiety Relief and Chronic Pain Management.

Hypnotherapy Clinic specializing in Chronic Pain Releif, Emotional Distress Treatments and Weight Management Programs.Located in Edmonton with ample parking or available worldwide through Zoom or Skype.

Treatment Tuesday Our choice of vocabulary, is an amazing means to figure out where we are in our heads and emotionally,...
06/02/2026

Treatment Tuesday

Our choice of vocabulary, is an amazing means to figure out where we are in our heads and emotionally, as well as uncovering a plausible explanation on how we got there.
This particular word "problem" is as potent as " pain" or " I am..." in how we process and conceptualize the magnitude of the situation, amplifying the severity.

When you reflect on the context and emotional weight, or burdens, which accompany our ideas of what a problem is, there is that quick reference for me anyways, to problem solving in elementary or junior high, involving math's. Tons of frustration and futility, with finding the solution a hard job. Perhaps the famous line from our last " Houston, we have a problem" best exemplifies the context to which that word belongs.

For most everything else, see how you respond when you substitute challenge (s) into your linguistics.
The very softness of the word, negates any concern of not being able to work through and find a solution.

As someone sitting in the orange therapy chair, I find what a person speaks, the selection of words they choose to communicate with, tells me a great deal about where they are at, sometimes filling in more blanks than the context of the message.
For those who follow, or have read some of my previous writings, know very well my opinions on "try" as part of our communication arsenal and the results are almost always predictable.

However for today, mess around with your lingo to swap problems into challenges, and note if you experience the difference.

Be well

Mindfulness Monday I believe that all too often, we misinterpret or misunderstand the quirks and bumps in our lives, tha...
06/01/2026

Mindfulness Monday

I believe that all too often, we misinterpret or misunderstand the quirks and bumps in our lives, that they are demonized and therefore for a commercial perspective get to be excercized out by a product or pill. Unfortunately, I think, our understanding of what anxiety and the affiliate disorders it generates, are one of those chosen quirks.

To say anxiety has become a buzz word and therefore also a trigger is probably not any slice of embellishment. Previously known as or A.K.A. pantophobia or anxiety neurosis, as early as the 1800's, it sounded alot more ominous back then, and for those curious pantophobia breaks down literally translated to fear of everything.

I am not mocking those who suffer with anxiety disorders, on the contrary, what a person experiences in their minds is proprietary and legitimate FOR THEM. I have built an entire career and practice on assisting people in treating the condition.
What I am challenging is the disassociative state we frame the context in, disempowering ourselves from believing we can alter ir change the effects as it is somehow outside of oursleves ( which in actuality could not be further from the reality).
Secondly is how anxiety is categorized in the bad pigeonhole, instead of it being more about being anxious, repeatedly. And we all have experienced anxious thoughts, job interviews, first dates, Christmas morning as a child, but also let it go after the come and gone phase.

Relief from anxiety can be initiated by not pushing back against it, in attempt to squash the process, but moreover quieting the sound track of panicky chants, long enough to hear what the actual message is .
If you do something enough times consciously that it does become a regular go-to pattern for all things similar.
So whether you are perpetuating the cycle or breaking the cycle is largely influenced by practice and repetition.

Using hypnosis in the therapy format, meerly lays a template for directions or holographic pathways to bypass the old ruts, to travel down.

Although the symptoms and side effects may be unpleasant, anxiety is that part of your brain which is hyper vigilant on protective mode.

Be well

Treatment Tuesday There is the phrase, "you can lead a horse to water, but cannot make him drink" which sums up so much ...
05/26/2026

Treatment Tuesday

There is the phrase, "you can lead a horse to water, but cannot make him drink" which sums up so much of the therapy process and where , in my opinion, it falls short of the mark.

There exists that delightful paradox, for those involved in the Mental health realm, that the same mind, the same energy and the same power which brought about the coping mechanisms in the person or person's infront of you, in which you are treating, to modify, to change or to eliminate, is in many cases the one you are applying a template to in hopes of accomplishing that goal.
Time and time again, we find ourselves executing the same style of treatments, to individuals who are not invested to their own change work... YET!

And there is the magical word, the power of YET.

This is not a piece about what is good or better, about ego, or about integrity, this is a reminder that if you are the guide, a simple walk through some safe and clear fields may inspire that "thirst to drink from the water" and if you are the one thirsty, that the fountains and sources are all around, and you will find them in your due time.

It is uncanny with the advent of AI, with the algorithms and with the onset of global information, that people " know exactly what the have or suffer from and how you should treat it" all from a little screen. To think all the hours spent learning, studying and understanding, that I have invested through my career, were for naught!

For those sitting in the therapy chair breathe deeply and exhale to a deeper understanding, for those in the treatment chair breathe deeply and exhale into hope that you are not alone, and that you will start to feel better.

Trust the process.

Be well

05/22/2026

Welcome

05/22/2026

Welcome to EDN Hypnotherapy

Friday's Feelings The notion of neuro-plasticity, and for that matter the use of the word, is less than 100 yrs old, clo...
05/22/2026

Friday's Feelings

The notion of neuro-plasticity, and for that matter the use of the word, is less than 100 yrs old, closer actually to my time line, back in the 60's although there are articles as far back as late 19th century referencing it's existence.
I share this with you, because what we have now adopted as a new buzz word in mental health care, has been studied for 150 years, generously, and only with any real clarity fo 60 if them. However like the "discovery" of the Atom, it does not imply that either of these, along with so much more in the list, didn't occur previously!

Our brains have been rewiring to adapt to circumstances from the beginning of time, if you want real evidence, take a look at development of the pre- frontal cortex, in my opinion. We built a subsequent annex for handling our thoughts at some point in time. So as a therapist sitting in the "orange chair" don't try to tell me that your challenges are too difficult to change, that your proclivity is somehow inherited and genetically ordained. I PERSONALLY DON'T BUY INTO YOUR B.S. and as your therapist that is what you came to see ne about, to begin with.

I have oversimplified the nuance and complexity of the science, but conceptually I am confident in my belief and optimism. We are creatures of habit yes, and also centers of change and development. No matter what you might believe about being stuck, the irrefutable evidence demonstrates your ability for change down to the cellular level, and that is just what we get to observe with our naked eye .

I experience the power and adaptability of our grey matter daily, so damn straight I am a evangelist about your ability to learn, to adapt and to change towards what you envision for self.

Be well
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Wisdom Wednesday The beautiful realization about our actual grey matter being adaptive and changed is where many people ...
05/20/2026

Wisdom Wednesday

The beautiful realization about our actual grey matter being adaptive and changed is where many people discover their emotional well-being.
There are endless examples of how much your brain, fills in the blanks, completes someone sentences, eliminates sounds or creates white noise, to demonstrate convincingly the potency of our noodle.

When and If, I suppose, a person connects with an internal desire to want something different, albeit behaviors, reactions or stressors, they should be able to reach that end, knowing that their very own brain are exactly the perfect instrument to make it happen.

The differences between practice makes perfect and what the mind conceive the body can achieve, is time and hardships.
I am wary about the folklore surrounding habits needing 28 days or the like to develop,so the creation of new behavior is incremental and stinkin thinking resistance a strong influence.

Utilizing the suggestions in a mental state of creativity, openness to possibilities and the suspension of critical thinking, lays a "detour route" template at the actual mapping site.

There are too many tales of POW's being able to survive their incarceration and imprisonment while living in their own imagination and mind to dispell the potential you actually possess in between your very own earlobes. You are only restricted by your own limitations. If there is something you truly want, your brain had all the resources to get you into the problem solving mode and strategies, and if it is more of whim, it can assist you in generating excuses. Fear not, your brain will be there in either case, ride or die!

Be well


Wisdom Wednesday In an earlier piece this week, I made mention what leads me to be a strong advocate and staunch user of...
05/13/2026

Wisdom Wednesday

In an earlier piece this week, I made mention what leads me to be a strong advocate and staunch user of hypnosis as an effective approach to mental health, emotional-well- being, and behavioral change, therapies.

When we consider that many of our challenges, on these 3 fronts, are created in our grey matter, have not transpired and have little connection our external experience, I believe it safe to comment, it exists in a realm of our own make believe.
And what a delightful pun to insert right now!!! We imagine the " whatever" so thoroughly that it becomes a part of real ness.
This comment is not intended to be flippant, dismissive or otherwise minimizing, but consider that behavioral change has the subset routines built into your brain after repeated reinforcement.
I am not a behavioral scientist, so this could be way off the mark, but our quirks and tics are newer manifestations in our lifes span, most times. Which then means they were a coping mechanism, a reaction that showed some efficiency, so our brains decided this will now equal that for streamlining.

Anxiety disorder relief, an area I have committed much of my training, education and 20 yrs of practice to, is one of the strongest resources to draw examples illustrating the potency of our imagination and how it manifest into our physical experience. The litany of checklisting, the "what if" and " OMG" dialog, which contributes immense, to the paralysis of anxiety, is created, and perpetuated via imagined outcomes.

To be stated a different way, I make a comment to audience and individual alike that the best comment we can get to hear , is its all in your head! Normally that is said with a bit of a bite and meant as insult, BUT what a delightful way of acknowledging whatever the issues, its contained!

Let the " white coats" delve into the "why" and science, of a brain, it is incredibly fascinating. In my scope, I am not that educated but,if your cranial content is what created what is afflicting you, just makes sense we make the alterations in the OG of virtual generators, your make believe, imagination and let yourself adopt a new template for your map.

Be well

Mindset Monday.In working with fundamentally behavioral modification therapy predominantly, I get to notice several tra...
05/11/2026

Mindset Monday.

In working with fundamentally behavioral modification therapy predominantly, I get to notice several traits that share common ground in most instances. Fear and pain are some of the most significant motivators in a person's life, tragically, as our perpensity for Newton's first law seems to prevail. Change for the sake of change, sounds absurd, and I am used to this condition, state, the devil you know is better than the one you don't, all reinforce to stay the course. Yet, everything in nature finds that change is necessary for life.

Not to detract from Paulo Coelho's sentiments at all, but I am reminded about a quote from Marcus Aurelius that refers to " Comfort being the worst addiction". From that understanding, do we not find answers to both emotional and behavioral challenges?

When we tolerate unsavory and disrespectful words, situations, when we truly break down what procrastination really signifies, when our thoughts become so bleak, so dark, that we are immersed into an emotional quick sand.
All have varied degrees of our minds finding a routine easier to handle, than the alternate unknown.

What routines, beliefs and fears have been holding you back from experiencing life more fully? Not reckless, but adventures, as I was writing this last paragraph, I was reminded that the example of a toddler running around exploring, and giggling, discovering and enjoying, probably some of the best personification of curiosity and zeal for life.

What hoarded behavior can you let go, to become lighter and more free.

We are not designed to go anywhere quietly into that night.

If you have questions or want to discuss further, and as always I encourage your feedback, let me know.

Be well.

Friday's FeelingIn my years of practice, as a clinical hypnotherapist, there have been several assumptions John Q has ma...
05/08/2026

Friday's Feeling

In my years of practice, as a clinical hypnotherapist, there have been several assumptions John Q has made about what trance work can accomplish.
This picture along with another, which was actually a colouring book, reminded me of one such piece of misinformation, hypnosis and memory recall.

As I write this, watching a sunrise, listening to a 110kg house horse snore, there are a steady stream of catch phrases, colloquialism which present themselves, as validation that memory loss has been a chronic issue throughout time. Swiss cheese, a steel trap that's gone rusty, too much milk of amnesia, and my favorite, the forget-me-knot brain, all used to describe being absentminded, and forgetful.

The initial concepts of what memories actually were, and how they function in our grey matter, was probably similar to the beautiful picture above, by Hassan, compartmentalization of experiences, events and details, filled with input from our senses, tucked away for future reference. Where this image inspired my thoughts today, are the representation of old time wooden drawers, as the different containers of recall. For anyone who has owned a old time Chester drawers, or cabinet, made completely of wood, you know over time the drawers get tighter, harder to open until eventually it is like they have seized shut, welded although wood.

I imagine dementia like that, some of the drawers stuck partially open, constantly leaking the smell of moth balls into our environment, and other compartments sticky or next to impossible to open, so when we attempt to access, it just isn't there. Eventually the label gets faded, the outline of the structure gets covered in dust and it becomes invisible.

How this correlates to hypnosis is that our memories are indeed, not those compartments, and that whilst in trance you will not find the magic drawer, with the combination of that padlock which holds your family treasure, or where on earth you left your keys, or on a more sober note, who said what, to who did what from your history.

Trance work does reprieve the angst and anxiety though, as you frantically yank on the drawer handles of your mind.

Be well

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