In this episode, you don’t just get one hilarious hypnotist, but two as Traci welcomes long-time mentor Dr. Will Horton!

Connecting with Traci early in her career as a performer himself, much of Traci's NLP knowledge came from his training, along with the inspiration to learn stage hypnosis after a health scare. Dr. Will also uses humor not only as a hypnotist but as a trainer for hypnotists as well.

So tune in for some hypnotic horror and mind f*ckery, the 5 steps for creating a cult, what it's like playing a serial killer in a horror trilogy, and enjoy this fun “all over the place” conversation with 35+ year NLP veteran and hypnosis trainer Dr. Will Horton.

KEY POINTS:

- When did Dr. Will Horton first get into hypnosis?

- How Dr. Will Horton inspired Traci to use humor in hypnosis

- What is NLP?

- Can therapy actually make trauma worse?

- A hypnotist's perspective on the COVID crisis

- Hypnotic writing and marketing

QUOTABLES:

“The funny parts rewrite it for you. And that's what comedy can do. And so many times, especially in clinical psych, people think that therapy has got to be serious.”

“NLP is not a tool. It's the toolbox.”