Sally Garozzo | Clinical Hypnotherapist Brighton & Online

When Your Mind Won’t Switch Off

Have you ever felt like your brain is a hamster wheel you can’t step off? The same thought circling round and round, "what if this happens? did I really lock the door? what if something terrible occurs because I didn’t check again?" For people living with OCD or obsessive thinking, this isn’t just the occasional worry. It can feel like incessant torture.

I know, because so many of my clients in Brighton (and beyond) arrive at my door exhausted by their own minds. They don’t want to think these thoughts, they don’t believe the thoughts, but they feel compelled to obey them, repeat them, or neutralise them in some way.

The truth is, OCD isn’t about being “quirky neat” or “a bit controlling” (despite what the media often portrays). It’s about living in a body that never feels quite safe, a nervous system that’s constantly scanning for danger, and a brain that has latched onto repetitive thoughts and rituals as a form of control (and as an attempt to turn...

I can't believe I'm about to say this...

I NEVER want you to be happy because what I want for you is so much bigger than happiness. 

Ok, let’s dig. 

Why do we only strive for this one emotion when there are so many more beautiful ones to experience? 

I have a theory.

Because we’ve been hypnotised to believe that happiness is the thing we SHOULD want and there are certain things that will get us there.

The swimming pool, the house, the pay rise, the Gucci, the 5 star trips, the accolades, the milestones, the glitterati friendships.

But why is it that when we get there, it only feels good for a moment and then the emptiness settles in again?

It’s because happiness, like all emotion, is fleeting. 

After working with people deeply for 23 years, I am 99.9% certain that happiness is not what most people want.  They want something more enduring, something more foundational.  

When my clients tell me that all they want is to be happy,  it's a sign that deeper enquiry is needed. 

Hating your body is a choice that you have been hypnotised into by diet culture.  It's totally unnecessary and feels bad to your soul.  If you've put weight on during menopause or you've always been curvy, you CAN learn to accept your body right now AND you can be healthy at every size.  

Sound controversial?  Damn right it is. 

My guest today is Claudine Nightingill-Rane.  She's a body image, mindset and blue health coach and she works with women to help heal their relationship with themselves and their bodies so they can be happy and healthy as they are.

In today's conversation we talk about: 

🙄 The mental pain of yoyo dieting
🙄 Lifestyle changes can be diets too
🙄 How you THINK you look vs how you ACTUALLY look
🙄 The slow process of learning to accept your body
🙄 BMI - a flawed tool - aka The Bulls**t Measurement Index
🙄 The torture of fat shaming
🙄 Reclaiming the word FAT
🙄 Shrinking your body is a choice and you don't have to do it
🙄 The one big barrier many people feel when embark...

If you want a therapy that works, try hypnotherapy.  Hypnotherapy is becoming one of the worlds most sought after therapies because of its ability to work deep into our conditioning and affect change very quickly.

I call it a no nonsense therapy.  It gets right in there and right out again. 

In today's episode I had the pleasure of talking to a fellow hypnotherapist about the profound work we do.  

Sonia Samtani is CEO of the All About You wellness centre in Hong Kong, she's 2 x TEDX speaker, published author and NLP trainer (and of course, she's a very busy hypnotherapist).

In today's episode of The Menopause Mindset Podcast we discuss:

🧠 Conclusions that we come to about ourselves based on the messages we received.
🧠 The importance of asking why [why = wisdom].
🧠 Identifying the triggers that result in a cascade of negative thinking.
🧠 The difference between regression therapy and suggestion placement therapy.
🧠 Perception filters and how they affects our beliefs.
🧠 Where does o...

When did we last award someone for being the most orgasmic, pleasure centred human? 

Answer: erm... never.

So where are we supposed to get our inspiration from when it comes to giving ourselves permission to feel good?  Where are the role models?

Enter:  Jem Ayres.  

Jem is a Sexological Bodyworker who pleasured her way out of Stage 4 cancer (along with all the conventional treatments of course).

In this conversation we talk about:

✨ Recovering from Stage 4 cancer
✨ The health benefits of orgasm
✨ Full body orgasm vs genital orgasm
✨ How we learn to 'tolerate' suffering
✨ Do we even look up to role models who endorse pleasure?
✨ How to ensure that chaos can’t touch you
✨ Self development as a 'body' pursuit not just a 'mind' pursuit
✨ Trusting & listening your own body vs the people around you telling you what to feel
✨ Finding pleasure even in pain
✨ Arousal and pleasure are two separate things.
✨ The old idea of sex needing to end in orgasm
✨ Accessing pleasure as the precursor for m...

Black and white thinking around health, nutrition and weight loss is outdated, outmoded and redundant.  If you think it's just a case of finding enough will power to stick to a diet, then, my friend, I'm afraid you're set up to fail. 

My guest today has built up a credible reputation for helping thousands find a new relationship to food, their bodies and dieting.  

In this conversation we talk about: 

🥑 A time redefine ourselves and dieting.
🥑 Why we're sociologically conditioned for weight loss.
🥑 Re-writing the diet narrative.
🥑 Mindful weight loss /  Mindful eating.
🥑 The human diet.
🥑 Understanding your motivations.
🥑 Our relationships to food.
🥑 SLOWING THE F**K DOWN
🥑 Black and white thinkings vs 'play in the grey' 
🥑 Making people with desire & yearning. 
🥑 Routine, routine, routine.
🥑 Progress over perfection.
🥑 But HOW do we accept a body we don't actually like.

So if you're ready to 'play in the grey', come join Tanja and me!

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How do we become resilient to the challenges of menopause?  Do we do nothing and let it overtake us or do we actively participate to become more adapted to this challenging phase of our lives?

The most helpful narrative I've come across is to be primed and ready for menopause as much as we can in order to avoid the massive pitfalls of ill health that can occur at this time. 

My guest today is Beth Wright, a lawyer by day who moonlights as a Functional Medicine Practitioner and a Health Coach.... and frankly, SHE RIPPED!!

In this episode we chat about:

💪🏽 Holding down a job as a lawyer AND a health coach.
💪🏽 Muscle as a metabolic and endocrine organ.
💪🏽 Why generic programs are not a good idea especially during menopause.
💪🏽 Symptoms tracking.
💪🏽 The trainer client relationship.
💪🏽 What is a hormone reset and reboot.
💪🏽 Why we are programmed to function better in groups.
💪🏽 The reasons why intuitive eating sometimes goes out the window.
💪🏽 How to manage stress if you're busy.
💪🏽 Why...

If you're curious about the place inside of us where the mind and body come together, then look no further than the fascinating subject of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.  

When we take a look at MCAS what we're REALLY looking at, is the junction between the immune system and the nervous system.  

Fascinating though it is, symptoms of MCAS can be incredibly annoying and often difficult to make sense of, and to top it all off, at menopause we become a little more susceptible to our Mast Cells becoming agitated leading to this pick and mix of symptoms.  

My guest today is Tracey Reed who is the co-founder of Histamine Haven along with Luka Symmons.  She is a Certified Holistic Nutritional Consultant, an instructor at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition and the recipient of the 2018 Clinical Excellence Award.

In this episode we discuss: 

🤓 What is Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)?
🤓 Why a typical healthy diet might not be the best course of action for someone with MCAS.
🤓 ...