We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Kellie Smith a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Kellie, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear about the best advice you’ve ever given to a client? (Please note this response is for education/entertainment purposes only and shouldn’t be construed as advice for the reader)
Many clients ask for hypnosis to lose weight and Jen was no different. Of course, the only way to lose weight naturally is to eat properly and exercise regularly and do those things consistently. Jen just couldn’t get out of the argument with herself inside her head. She really wanted to lose weight but she also really liked to eat sweets. It turned out the desire for sweets won on most occasions. So we worked together and I helped her discover all the ways sweets actually helped her. Comfort, canceling out a bad day at work and distraction from dealing with kids were the positive ways eating sweets helped her. Now this was an amazing thing to find out because then we both knew her real needs. So I asked her unconscious mind to create three brand new ways to have comfort, to cancel a bad day and to give her distraction. Within no time, she was eating precisely the way she wanted and needed to and her desire for sweets went away. It was something of a miracle for her because she was always a person that had to have dessert at the end of every meal. She ended up losing 37 pounds and still keeps in touch to this day.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
My background was massage & bodywork and yoga instruction. I discovered hypnosis when a dear friend hypnotized me and it changed my life. I was facing some issues in a relationship at the time and after she helped me, they vanished. It was totally amazing and I said “This is what I’m meant to do!” I’ve been on this journey for 11 years and I have three clinics. Two in Southern California and one in Central Florida. Most people come to me for weight loss, stress and smoking cessation. I also help people improve their communication at work and home, help teams to understand one another better and work more efficiently together and I speak for organizations on relationships, motivation and living a healthy lifestyle. If you look at others in my field, you will not see the immense collection of hand-written testimonials, video success stories or positive reviews that we have been blessed to receive. I think the reason for this is that I learned how to lead from underneath, mostly from my own mentor. I’ve watched him put his clients above himself every day for decades and this inspires me every day. I hope one day I can say that I have done as well of a job at inspiring others as he has.
If you could go back, would you choose the same profession, specialty, etc.?
You know, I didn’t finish college. I put other goals ahead of getting a degree. It was something I was embarrassed about for a long time until I realized there is no other path that could have taught me the skills I needed to do what I do so well. Sometimes when you’re book smart about a topic, it’s a hinderance and with watching people, understanding emotion, empathizing and coaching them to a new place, there is no degree that prepares you for that. If I could rewind time, I really don’t think I would change anything about my professional choices.
How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?
The thing that has grown my business the most is getting out and meeting people. I truly love people. I never have to fake it. I think and I hope the reputation for my business comes from the way people feel about themselves after meeting me. I would like every person to feel special, seen, heard and appreciated.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://wintergardenhypnosis.com
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