Jul 16, 2026 · 59 min · 13 segments
What if the hardest moments of your life are preparing you for the person you're meant to become? In this powerful conversation, Tim sits down with coach, speaker, and bestselling author Mike…
Mike OglesbyGuest
Tim ShieldsHost
So hypnotherapy, I mean, do you think first of all, do you think everybody can be hypnotized?
I think anyone with a reasonable intelligence that, okay, can you be like, you know, potential wise, anyone of reasonable intelligence can be.
So a lot of people are hesitant because a lot of people think that, You know, when you go into hypnosis, it's like a stage show or it's like, you know, what's on TV that you lose control.
I mean, the stage shows are real, you know, but not everybody on that stage is typically hypnotized.
But, you know, a small percentage of the people are actually what we call somnambulists.
I mean, if you're falling asleep at any point in time, your brainwaves are going down.
And so what we do is we just lower those through, you know, some relaxation techniques or some distraction techniques.
And then we utilize those brainwave states to deliver new like dialogue, new stories, new ideas for the subconscious mind so that it can then play those out.
So it's something that anyone can experience, but most people are afraid of it.
So most people won't let themselves go into hypnosis, at least not somebody with somebody.
And I guess, you know, so do you bring people like confront them with those fears or voices or whatever? Or do you just override
Well, you know, I mean, you're getting into the subconscious and, you know, that's where core wounds exist.
That's where these, you know, fears, these stories that we've created that aren't true because we made, uh, you know, something that happened, the thing that happened.
So hypnotherapy, I mean, do you think first of all, do you think everybody can be hypnotized?
I think anyone with a reasonable intelligence that, okay, can you be like, you know, potential wise, anyone of reasonable intelligence can be.
So a lot of people are hesitant because a lot of people think that, You know, when you go into hypnosis, it's like a stage show or it's like, you know, what's on TV that you lose control.
I mean, the stage shows are real, you know, but not everybody on that stage is typically hypnotized.
But, you know, a small percentage of the people are actually what we call somnambulists.
I mean, if you're falling asleep at any point in time, your brainwaves are going down.
And so what we do is we just lower those through, you know, some relaxation techniques or some distraction techniques.
And then we utilize those brainwave states to deliver new like dialogue, new stories, new ideas for the subconscious mind so that it can then play those out.
So it's something that anyone can experience, but most people are afraid of it.
So most people won't let themselves go into hypnosis, at least not somebody with somebody.
And I guess, you know, so do you bring people like confront them with those fears or voices or whatever? Or do you just override
Well, you know, I mean, you're getting into the subconscious and, you know, that's where core wounds exist.
That's where these, you know, fears, these stories that we've created that aren't true because we made, uh, you know, something that happened, the thing that happened.
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