I didn’t set out to become a hypnotherapist. In fact, I found hypnosis at one of the most physically vulnerable times in my life.

I was recuperating from a heart attack and emergency intestinal surgery when I stumbled across an article about hypnosis in Psychology Today. After an extended hospital stay, I knew I had about 18 months of recovery ahead of me. But as I read that article, my whole being lit up.

I knew I needed to pay attention.

So I did. I followed links, ordered books, and researched everything I could find about hypnosis.

By then, I had spent years exploring therapy, energy work, personal growth, and spiritual practice. I had healed enormously, yet I knew there was more of me I wanted to be and experience. I wanted greater freedom from the old wounds and patterns that created needless suffering long after I understood where they came from.

At first, I was simply curious about whether hypnosis might help me with the grief I still carried after my husband’s death. What I didn’t expect to discover was an approach to healing that gave me a way to communicate directly with the subconscious mind. No other approach I had tried was able to do this, and the discovery opened a whole world of possibilities.

Eventually, I discovered that a state-certified hypnotherapy school was only 45 minutes from my home. I made an appointment to interview the owners and immediately enrolled.

The training was profound and life-changing. I felt as though I had discovered the Holy Grail. Here was a way to work with some of my deepest wounds. Here was a way I could help other people. And here was work that brought together so much of what had always been natural to me: sensitivity, intuition, curiosity, creativity, and a deep desire to understand what lies beneath the surface.

You could say I found hypnosis accidentally. You could call it coincidence.

I believe I was led to it because I was ready to hear the call.

I had spent so much of my life seeking healing, understanding, and greater freedom for myself. Now I had found work that allowed me to bring what I had learned, what I had lived, and who I naturally was into service to other people. Hypnotherapy didn’t simply become something I practiced. It became my true work in the world.

Today, I’m a Certified Hypnotherapist with seven years in practice and a BA in Communications. I participate in professional communities including the Hypnotherapists Pro Group locally and the Therapy Business Group in England.