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 Tidbit A rather simple and straight forward suggestion and concept right? Obvious to the extent of being absu...
09/01/2026

Treatment Tidbit

A rather simple and straight forward suggestion and concept right? Obvious to the extent of being absurd.
But is it? This thought beyond the surface is like telling a person with anxiety to " just relax and calm down".
If a persons choices were so easy to change then I believe there would be many more happy people in the world. From my little corner if the globe, that is not the case at all. We have immersed ourselves in a plethora of distractions and arenas where disassociative behaviors flourish. Now the argument could be made that not experiencing stress, strife or conflict is a good start to being happier but avaoidance and denial are rarely, if ever a solution or responsible method, for coping mechanisms. If they were, our tolerance for alcoholism and other escapes would be much larger.

I have read many times that change takes place where comfort and complacent end, and ultimately the words of Marcus Aurelius are not wrong, ( if indeed this was his quote and thoughts) it is however our interpretation that is prone to suspicious motive.
As a emotional well-being therapist or coach the obvious and inarguable statement is, that change is directly associated to discomfort, otherwise there would never be motivation to alter a status quo.

When a choice is made to seek something different, good, bad or ugly, only the fates may know, that is when change begins.

As a hypnotherapist, my task and ultimate goal is to help facilitate that change work as seamlessly and painless as possible, working with an already existing phenomena which is change happens every single moment of your life, without and interruption, because it goes unnoticed.

It is already within you, take a better opportunity with it.

As always, remember to execute a R.A.K. today
Be well


Mindset Monday Consider that absolutely everything you know and have learned thus far, has been built on the learnings o...
08/31/2026

Mindset Monday

Consider that absolutely everything you know and have learned thus far, has been built on the learnings of trial and errors. From walking, learning how to print our letters and communicate our words, the boundaries of our surroundings, to how to drive, be a parent or a attentive spouse, and the list is continually growing, all established on a simple premise of not succeeding.

Although I may not agree with the use of the concepts of weaponization and the mind, which could be my own challenge, I do completely agree that there exists internally, the antagonistic and taunting thoughts, which are annoying for some and absolutely debilitating for other's.

For those who realize that life is nothing more than the stream of trial and error, well that didn't go as planned moments, I believe there is a level of freedom and enjoyable experiences which finally happen. There is no perfect. There is no normal. Even when you have learned a skill, a concept or technique, the journey to deepening that, is still full of attempts which did not succeed.

Embrace the importance and significance that every day is an experiment of some kind, that each moment, you are able to work with your self, and not be so bloody combative, are moments open for tranquility. From perhaps the cheap seats, being in constant battle must be exhausting, and in that environment, our emotional fatigue very damaging.

Although so very corny, even the meme of this post promotes " taking off the gloves".

Be well
.A.K.

08/28/2026

Like a good pain med

Wednesday's Wisdom I was watching one of those random ( the algorithms disagree Kevin) video clips and this one was a r...
08/26/2026

Wednesday's Wisdom

I was watching one of those random ( the algorithms disagree Kevin) video clips and this one was a romantic comedy, type, that inspired today's post. "Listen, I know you have baggage, and I would like to become your personal baggage handler". It was a awww type moment.

The line and idea got stuck in my head though, that is what being a therapist, or a hypnotherapist is similar too, but if I was more accurate , maybe not the baggage handler, but the customs agent where we have you Open your baggage, we review, with you present, what you have been carrying around. We either discuss the repercussions of you keeping the contraband or just removing it completely as no longer an item that is acceptable, have you repack the remaining stuff, and send you on your way. The added benefits of hypnotherapy are it is only baggage we focus on, no body searching, hahahahha.

When is a good time to see a mental health professional, when you cannot remember the combination of the locks in which all this is stored, when you no longer believe you have the ability to open it up and review the contents on your own.

Not to be overt, but in these current days, if getting an injection to assist with weight loss, the new surgeries which are being elected, how about you also consider lightening the load emotionally by sitting with a baggage handler.

Feel free to share, comment or respond.

Be well

08/24/2026

Make your own Green Light

Monday Mantra I was involved in an open house situation, you know where people can drop in, look around and ask question...
08/24/2026

Monday Mantra

I was involved in an open house
situation, you know where people can drop in, look around and ask questions about the different aspects of what you offer.
Although I maintain that there are no stupid questions, I also suspect there is a group of personalities, who for their own purposes, come up with the most rage bait, inflammatory and innane line of inquiries possible. It was not just from the open house I make this observation, but across many platforms of the media.

In the earlier parts of my career, it was important for me to convert, to convince, what I enacted or facilitated as a hypnotherapist, was not only credible,but effective. We speak about the respect held , not knowing what another person has gone through, the demons and ghosts the battle daily, as cautionary on judgements, however rarely do we acknowledge our tendency to seek approval or aome form.of legitimacy from external world.

I understand as part of the hard-wiring built into our RNA, as a herd species, the basic instinct to be a part of the tribe, for survival. My question for those who are far more intelligent than I, with the development of our prefrontal cortex, does that security and need for protection fade?

The poster above inspired within me, the uh huh moments for those people who seek, approvals from outside sources, the people pleasers and those afflicted with high anxiety.
The spin of " OMG or what ifs" has correlation to failures, judgements and embarrassment, all if which exist in our outside world.
All of which are people placing templates of their world on others.

As part of the move towards empowerment, recognizing that except you, no one knows exactly where are going, and if we are being honest with each other, most times neither do we precisely.

Now a days I do what I do, for those individuals who seek a change and have not accomplished it yet. You don't need to know how electricity works for the lights to turn on, and there is no requirement to define or compartmentalize, conscious and the unconscious, for the power of suggestions and words have influence over your mind.

"I have no idea at all what you are capable of, and neither do you!"

Friday's Feeling Timing, what a concept.The plight of many, both adolescence as well as societal now, is like Queen's an...
08/21/2026

Friday's Feeling

Timing, what a concept.
The plight of many, both adolescence as well as societal now, is like Queen's anthem. " I want 6 treatment, and been asked why it takes so long, how come it can't be done in a couple sessions? Firstly, please note that the questions almost always begin with the why, and we all know how I feel about that, and secondly the false expectations, that a habit or activity, which has been practiced lets say 15 times a day 7 days a week 52 weeks a year for 10 yrs, can be ratified in two sessions of 120 min total.

I make a personal note, here that craftsmanship is a dying art form, that woodworking, tanning, or many forms of art, which demand Patience and learned skills are fading out.
What I find Ironic is that we can wait the 2 to 7 days for a 3D printer to produce a facsimile, but have no tolerance or appreciation to learn a craft.

In the therapeutic process, much like life, there is that moment, where things just go "click" that the image or concept are gel together and come into focus, the Eureka moments.
That is the foundation for my style of therapy, letting the stinkin thinking, take a vacation long enough for the higher goals to become clear and straightforward.

Breathe in deeply and exhale, repeat as many times ad necessary, to get to a calmer and more strategic you.

Be well

Therapy Thursday For those people who incur anxious feelings, or panic to an uncontrollable degree, this is a quick easy...
08/20/2026

Therapy Thursday

For those people who incur anxious feelings, or panic to an uncontrollable degree, this is a quick easy-to-use hack which has great results, in altering, interrupting and resetting the emotional spin you are caught in.

I am not minimizing the effective way that this works in a pinch , however will also acknowledge that proper emotional well-being therapies, deliver the tools to which you won't have to experience those feelings the same way, ever again.

There are always the temporary fixes availbel and the long term repairing which is achievable, and I have found that one is useful if you have not been able to experience the latter. Hypnotherapy is still a quick, but effective way to alter and modify, without having to go through months of little change, or pharmaceutical options.

Let me know if the the cold water or ice pack on the wrist works for your situation.

Be well

Treatment TuesdayExperience, usually leads to a form of wisdom l, if by no other means the sheer trial and errors we hav...
08/18/2026

Treatment Tuesday

Experience, usually leads to a form of wisdom l, if by no other means the sheer trial and errors we have attempted and survived. Enlightment is a more nuanced gift I beleive.
The more we learn the less we know, is very much a difficult concept to grasp and understand. Even in writing " and understand' I am full of sarcastic self talk, asking, " how could you ever comprehend the vast expanse of stuff you don't know?

So for me, Einstein' s words about EGO resonate very loudly, the concept of Ego = arrogance and not necessarily Freuds thoughts on Ego, super Ego and the Id.

I remember in my youth, being labeled " Mr. KNOW-IT-ALL" for my belligerence and mouth. A plight or passage for most teens moving psychologically and intellectually into a more adult space. It is demonstrated by the number of " I knows" stacked in a conversation. The good news is, most will grow up and out of that garden, once "real life" shares the the limits of their understanding and knowledge, compared to what the world has to teach them.
Like all statistical data, there must be the ' lips" of the Bell Curve, showing some will never experience this Ego, and some will never outgrow it or mature beyond.

It may not take the frustrations away completely, but knowing that the blowhard infront of you is the tail end of a lip, brings a deeper smile internally.

Which brings me to the concepts of "Love & Allow" love yourself enough to Allow others their journey.

Be well

Mindset Monday Perspectives, are a strange bag to carry. To exemplify more precise, I am by no means a candidate for Roa...
08/17/2026

Mindset Monday

Perspectives, are a strange bag to carry. To exemplify more precise, I am by no means a candidate for Road Rage, but have to admit that those vehicles that speed past me, must be operated by reckless daredelvils, while those who drive much slower than me, are an accident waiting to happen. That my speed and style of driving is somehow the standard, and norm, on how to drive in the appropriate manner, although absurd, is one many of us hold.

A general rule in my clinical practice, is that the person in the therapy chair, has their own identity, memories, learnings, and experiences of THEIR existence, and as such deserve the respect for the road map of their world as it has developed.
No good or bad, no right or wrong, just a non judgemental acceptance that this is their perspective. Similarly, the loud blare of a horn and the middle finger salute, I may receive from time to time, to remind me that I am not the expert driver I think I am, a person's comprehension of their world and the morphing of their perspectives are open for changes as well, and sometimes to the judgemental culprit.

I write this as both operator and observer, a very peculiar seat, recognizing in my reflective times, that I have held my opinions, thoughts and actions to a higher more credible standard that perhaps others. I have also experienced when someone else operates in exactly the same manner for themselves, much to my chagrin.

So as both human and hypnotherapist, I can admit and understand, and using myself as the best example I personally know, use the lessons to modify my perspectives and increase my compassion.

I am curious who may write or comment, but always welcome the questions and feedback.

Be well

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