Because smoking is rarely just something you do.

Over time, it becomes a relationship you have.

And relationships are far harder to untangle than habits.

At first, a cigarette might have been curiosity. Rebellion. Belonging. A way to fit in at school, survive stressful jobs, punctuate a night out, or feel older, calmer, cooler, less awkward.

But somewhere along the way, the cigarette quietly changes shape.

It becomes the pause.

The exhale.

The companion during loneliness.

The little “reward” at the end of a hard day.

The private moment outside when everything feels too loud.

And this is why so many intelligent, self-aware people feel confused by smoking.

Because part of them genuinely wants to stop.

And another part still experiences smoking as emotionally useful.

This is also why shaming people into stopping rarely helps.

If quitting smoking were simply about information, nobody would smoke anymore. We all know the risks. The packets practically scream at us in fluoresce...

Why “Regression” Isn’t Dangerous When Done Right

Every so often, a debate flares up in the hypnosis or therapy world that claims age regression to be dangerous.  

You’ll hear people say it with conviction, as if ALL regression techniques belong to one big reckless bucket, as if anyone who guides a client back into childhood memories is automatically playing with fire.

But here’s the thing: when someone says “regression is dangerous,” it’s worth asking, which kind of regression are they talking about?

Because what most critics describe, and what most trauma informed practitioners actually do, are two entirely different things.

1️⃣ Memory Recovery Regression...The One That Is Risky

Let’s start with the one that gave regression a bad name: memory recovery regression.

This approach, popularised in the 1980s and 90s, often tried to “find out what really happened.” The idea was to dig into the subconscious and retrieve literal, factual memories of past events, sometimes even “recovere...