Hypnotic Stories with James Hazlerig James Hazlerig, MA
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- Society & Culture
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Hypnotic Stories is your treasure trove of information and examples of spellbinding storytelling, primarily for growth and changework, but appealing to anyone who loves a good story.
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HS 2.5 That Was Easy!
James gives the backstory on the background music, relates a popular parable about being in hot water, and tells of the role an Easy Button played in his brother's near-death and recovery.
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Cut from Whole Cloth
In this interview, your host James Hazlerig talks with Guest Storyteller Mercedes Herman about how she collects and crafts stories for change. Responding to a challenge, Mercedes creates a metaphorical story for James on the spot.
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Life is a Yoga Class
When a client is struggling with life's difficulties and asking "Why me? Why now?" Master Storyteller James Hazlerig steps in with a set of custom reframes. This "story" gives a good example of stacked metaphors, proving that plot is not always necessary in changework stories.
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Smoking Freedom: Stories and Metaphors for Tobacco Cessation
Smoking cessation is one of the bread-and-butter niches for hypnotic practitioners everywhere. In this episode, Master Storyteller James Hazlerig explores some of the metaphors and stories he's used to help his clients free themselves from tobacco.
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Funhouse Mirrors
Someone wise once said, "If you do not find what you seek within, you will never find it without." This episode launches season two with a set of nested loop stories about self-identity and whether it's better to look within or without.
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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.