Today we’d like to introduce you to Tammy Neal.
Tammy, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
I am a native of Crabapple Georgia. I always wanted to do something to help people and touch their lives. After being a medical assistant for ten years, I went to college and became a registered nurse. I have been a registered nurse for seventeen years and am the charge nurse for an outpatient surgery center. I have always struggled with my weight. I worked with a doctor in the operating room that was losing weight. One day I got the nerve to ask him how he was doing it. He replied, “Hypnotherapy.” He gave me the number of the hypnotherapist that he was seeing. I called and made an appointment for a consultation. Needless to say, I was very skeptical about being hypnotized. I thought to myself, will he make me cluck like a chicken or something? I thought about it for a bit. I then decided that after trying numerous diets, I was willing to try anything. I went for the appointment and he explained all about how hypnotherapy worked. Oh yeah, FYI, that clucking like a chicken thing is just staged. I listened to some music and he was talking to me. He then asked me to close my eyes and pretend that they were glued shut. He told me that in a moment that he was going to tell me to try to open my eyes, but I would not be able to. I thought to myself, go ahead and tell me to open my eyes, I’ll show you and do it! He told me to try and open my eyes, and I could NOT do it! I could not believe it! I was hypnotized! I continued to see him and managed to lose fifty-eight pounds. I am also a type one diabetic and my hemoglobin A1C is the best it’s ever been! Hypnotherapy changed my life!
I believed in hypnotherapy so much, since it worked so well for me, that I took a class and became a certified hypnotherapist and hypnothesiologist. I have since opened my own office in the Hickory Flat area of Woodstock, Georgia. I have a new website www.soothingmindshypnotherapy.com and have obtained a good client base that is growing. I have helped people lose weight, reduce stress and anxiety, have confidence in themselves, overcome social anxiety, and many other things. I have also helped patients by decreasing their anxieties about having surgery. I also hypnotize patients for surgeries and procedures so they don’t have to have anesthesia. I also went back several months after finishing my class and became certified in painless childbirth.
My business has given me the opportunity to help so many other people and also make an income for myself. I wish I would have discovered hypnotherapy a long time ago, but it has been discovered by me now and let me say that the sky is the limit! Hypnotherapy is an awesome thing! If you have never tried it, you should. You will absolutely love it! It can work for anything! I am living proof that it works! I knew that if hypnotherapy changed my life, I knew I could help others achieve the things they desire to change in theirs. To me, there is no greater satisfaction than helping another person reach a goal in their life. I love my job and the people I get to meet! You know what they say, if you love your job, you will never work a day in your life! So tell me, what would you do if you knew you could not fail?
Has it been a smooth road?
No. Taking classes and studying for tests while working full time as a charge nurse and having a family was rough.
After that was over there was all the paperwork, advertising, marketing, web site, brochures, etc. Thank goodness for my sister, Patsy Campbell. I don’t know what I would have done without her help. She was a HUGE help to me as a personal assistant.
Also, there was the money. I did not have any money to sink into equipment, insurance, fees, office rent, etc. I just had to do it a little at a time. Everyone says that it takes money to make money, but don’t think you have to have a lot of money up front to do it. Do it in stages. I did it and it worked out fine.
So let’s switch gears a bit and go into the Soothing Minds Hypnotherapy story. Tell us more about the business.
My company is Soothing Minds Hypnotherapy. I am a certified hypnotherapist and certified hypnothesiologist. I am also certified in Painless Childbirth. I hypnotize people to help them acquire what they want or to be how the way they want to be in their lives. I also hypnotize people for surgery or procedures instead of them having anesthesia. I also hypnotize women to not have pain during childbirth.
Hypnotherapy treats:
ADD, Anger, Anxiety, Confidence, Depression, Fears and Phobias, Digestive Gastrointestinal, IBS, Crohn’s disease, Negative behaviors (habit cough, clearing throat, nail biting, etc), Pain mitigation, Painless childbirth, Public speaking, Procrastination, Reinventing one’s self, Sleep problems, Smoking cessation, Sports, Stage, and Sales performance, Stress, Stuttering, and Weight loss.
I see people age 10 and older.
My business gives people the power to live their lives the way they want to live them!
I have helped many people lose weight, stop smoking, reduce their stress and anxiety and lots of other things. I love my job and get great joy out of helping people achieve their goals. My company gets results!
What greater product could a company have than helping people get what they want out of life? That is what my business does.
My greatest client achievement was a sixteen-year-old that had social anxiety and would not leave home, especially alone. After one hypnotherapy session that sixteen-year-old went to the gym by themselves and worked out around others for the rest of the week. What a great accomplishment for that teen and what a great feeling for me that I was able to help that teen!!
How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
I see my company blowing out of the water! Once people realize how hypnotherapy helps them and makes them feel how could it not? You can feel healthier, happier, more confident, and relaxed.
Many people are becoming more health conscious. They don’t like to put things into their bodies that they don’t need. Having surgery without having to have anesthesia or a dental procedure without the shot is a great thing!
Just recently there was a brain surgery done in a hospital with hypnothesia instead of anesthesia. What a great thing!
Wouldn’t anyone love to do something if they knew that could not fail at it?
Pricing:
- Smoking Cessation $300 (total for 3 visits)
- Session for other things $100 unless you pre-pay for 4 sessions then you receive a 25% discount ($75/session)
- Painless Childbirth Class $450 per couple (includes 5 classes and 1 private session)
Contact Info:
- Address: Soothing Minds Hypnotherapy
4390 Earney Rd., Ste 140
Woodstock, GA 30188 - Website: www.soothingmindshypnotherapy.com
- Phone: 770-634-2902
- Email: soothingmindshypnotherapy@gmail.com
- Facebook: soothing minds hypnotherapy
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