When I moved to Paradise Lakes, I heard rumors about retired hypnotist Dr. John Gullo living in the neighborhood. When I became President of the condo association, our paths crossed at the office, and he complimented me on the job I was doing for the association. A few months later, he sent me a few articles he had written about hypnosis

Last year, I blogged about my mother being "my first hypnotist." I shared this concept with a friend of mine who is the mother of a three-year-old. A light bulb went off in her head. She said, "Holy sh*t, do you mean I am my son's first hypnotist?"

That's correct! If you're a mother or a caregiver, everything you do, don't do, say, and don't say has the power to go right through the "critical faculty." The "critical faculty" is part of the brain that evaluates all the information presented and decides what gets through to the unconscious mind and what gets kicked out.

My first hypnotist was an amazing person. She was smart, talented, capable, and strong willed. She was a newer hypnotist when she started out, only 27 at the time. I was her first client. I met with her on a daily basis for many years, and many of the belief systems she instilled in me have stayed with me even though she’s since “retired.”