by Polly Mertens | Feb 5, 2020
Let me ask you…are you taking new steps or making changes to get outside of your comfort zone and while experiencing discomfort or messy-ness regularly? Yes? Then great. That’s a sign you’re growing. You’re making progress and progress brings...
by Polly Mertens | Jan 27, 2020
When I was becoming a certified hypnotherapist in California, I was required to work with “practice” clients to achieve the requisite 300 hours of supervised therapy hours. During the training period, I often wondered what type of patients I would eventually serve and...
by Polly Mertens | Dec 25, 2019
If you’re looking to create healthy habits or wanting to learn how to stop giving in to your unhealthy habits (procrastination, negative self-talk, overeating, hitting the snooze button instead of going to the gym, over drinking or spending too much) then I’m about to...
by Polly Mertens | Dec 3, 2019
As humans we all experience stress a little differently from one another. I don’t think it’s realistic, or even possible, to live in a modern world and expect a stress-free life. So, rather than hoping the world outside will change so you don’t have to deal with...
by Polly Mertens | Oct 10, 2019
A lot of clients who come to my hypnotherapy business in California are initially apprehensive or even a little scared because they’ve seen hypnosis portrayed as a control tactic — to get people to bark like a dog or dance around like a belly dancer. I’ve seen “stage...