162: Hypnosis for Healing, Cravings, and Confidence (How the Subconscious Rewrites Your Story) | Michelle Walters

What if hypnosis wasn’t “woo” or stage tricks, but a grounded, practical way to work with your brain, your nervous system, and the stories you’ve been carrying for years?

In this episode of Mystical Sisterhood, host Maureen Spielman sits down with Michelle Walters, clinical hypnotherapist and creator of Make My Hypno, to unpack what hypnosis actually is, how it works, and why it can create powerful, lasting shifts when other approaches fall short.

Michelle shares her journey from a long career in digital marketing into hypnotherapy following major life transitions and loss. Together, they explore regression work, including how the subconscious can link fear to a single moment in time, why accuracy of memory matters less than outcome, and how healing happens when the nervous system finally feels safe enough to release.

They also discuss intuition, leadership, AI, and why hope isn’t just a feeling, it’s a behavior. This conversation bridges science and spirit, practicality and mysticism, offering listeners a grounded entry point into subconscious healing that feels empowering rather than intimidating.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• What hypnosis actually is and what it is not
• Why most people can be hypnotized, even highly logical thinkers
• How regression reveals the root of fears and patterns stored in the subconscious
• Why results matter more than whether a memory is literal or symbolic
• How hypnosis supports anxiety, phobias, driving fear, sleep, and confidence
• The difference between hypnosis and meditation
• How intuition and hypnotherapy can work together in healing
• Why hope is not passive, it’s an action you choose

We talk about:

• 00:00 Welcome and Michelle’s transition from corporate marketing to hypnotherapy
• 02:00 Following inner guidance and making a late-career pivot
• 04:00 Loss, life transitions, and answering the call to deeper work
• 07:00 Creativity, AI, and building something new instead of fearing change
• 09:00 How hypnosis helps anxiety, phobias, and real-life challenges
• 10:30 The bumblebee regression story and how fear gets encoded
• 14:30 Hypnosis, intuition, and the “radio receiver” brain metaphor
• 18:30 What hypnosis feels like and common myths debunked
• 22:00 Regression explained and how the subconscious chooses what to show
• 25:00 Intuitive work, neurodivergence, and adapting the process
• 27:00 Why Michelle doesn’t label her work as quantum healing
• 29:00 Writing books, leadership, and practical mysticism
• 31:00 Make My Hypno, custom self-hypnosis recordings explained
• 34:00 Sugar cravings, group classes, and subconscious behavior change

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Mystical Sisterhood® Rising: https://www.maureenspielman.com/mysticalsisterhoodrising
• Mystical Sisterhood® Resource Guide: https://www.maureenspielman.com/freebies
• One-on-One Coaching: Schedule a Discovery Call Here

About the Host:

Maureen Spielman is the Founder of Mystical Sisterhood®, a podcast dedicated to bringing more joy, healing and expansion of consciousness to the world. She is a Conscious Life Coach who supports women through one-on-one coaching, tailored groups, and workshops.

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