I’ve been around hypnosis for a long time.
I’ve performed thousands of shows.
I’ve hypnotized thousands upon thousands of people.
I’ve trained practitioners, attended conferences, worked with some extraordinary people, built businesses around hypnosis, and watched this profession change dramatically over the years.
And after all that time, I still believe something very strongly:
WE HAVEN’T COME CLOSE TO REALIZING THE POTENTIAL OF THIS PROFESSION.
There are brilliant hypnotists doing extraordinary work who almost nobody knows about.
There are new practitioners entering the profession who are hungry to learn—but don’t always know where to look.
There are experienced practitioners with decades of knowledge that deserves to be shared.
There are researchers asking important questions.
There are trainers developing new approaches.
There are hypnotists building successful businesses.
And there are people all over the world who could potentially benefit from hypnosis but don’t understand what it is, what it can do, or where to find someone they can trust.
Meanwhile, much of the hypnosis profession exists on separate islands.
Different organizations.
Different schools.
Different teachers.
Different methodologies.
Different Facebook groups.
Different conferences.
Different philosophies.
And sometimes, different definitions of hypnosis itself.
I’ve never believed that everybody needs to agree.
In fact, I think disagreement can be incredibly valuable.
But I do believe we need something else.
A BIGGER TABLE.
