1.7 Legos, Jesters, and the Great Wall of China

09/02/17 • 45 min

In this episode, James Hazlerig sits down with Scott Sandland to discuss hypnotic storytelling, along the way connecting hypnotists, court jesters, plastic bricks, the Great Wall of China, and how to not get killed for telling the truth.

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1.6 What Ships Are For

"Ships are safe in the harbor, but that's not what ships are for." In this episode, James Hazlerig shares an actual recording he made for a client coping with a fear of success--or at least with many of the situations success would bring with it, including public speaking opportunities. This example shows how to combine storytelling and metaphor with more conventional hypnosis techniques, such as direct suggestion and future pacing. The client is a fan of The Secret and the Law of Attraction, so James utilizes that information to build the hypnotic work.

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1.1 I Read and I Know Things

Storytellers are collectors--but are they collectors of lore, trivia, or useless knowledge? In this episode, I tell a nested loop story that reveals how Erickson impressed professors and farmers, how I used knowledge from Dungeons and Dragons to shine in biology lab, and why my family was visited by the Phantom Junkman.