Hypnotherapy can provide you with the tools you need to take control of your life and even get off medication. It’s a natural method of going into your subconscious mind daily to pass the critical factor. When a new thought comes into your mind, the critical factor checks the thought against what you already believe to be the truth. If the thought aligns with what we believe, it lets it reinforce its ideas, and if it doesn’t, it kicks it back to the conscious mind. To heal from trauma, you need to open the critical factor to get into the subconscious mind without thoughts being kicked back and forth. Hypnosis allows you to relax and let your subconscious mind be in control without filtering or worrying about things. Hypnotherapy is knowing how the mind works and using that information to make your mind work for you. All the answers you are looking for are within you. Learn how to be in control of yourself. 

Join the conversation with Traci Blank as she shares about childhood trauma, healing it with hypnotherapy, and how it can help Single Parents raise their children and heal from trauma. Traci started her career in social work and worked for the state of NJ, helping children with mental and behavioral health issues and in the nonprofit world before transitioning to hypnotherapy. Today, Traci is a medical support clinical hypnotherapist committed to helping people be their best selves. 

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Key Highlights from the Show

[00:01] Introduction to the show 

[00:45] Traci’s career background and what inspired her to hypnotherapy 

[02:13] Traci’s anxiety, her OCD diagnosis and her experience with panic attacks 

[04:40] Hypnotherapy and how it helped Traci regain her control  

[05:44] Why Traci chose to focus on hypnotherapy 

[07:43] Traditional meditation and guided meditation Vs. hypnotherapy 

[08:59] Pros and cons of hypnotherapy 

[10:24] How to help children overcome trauma and anxiety 

[13:06] Feeling it to heal it, notice the negative feeling using colors and drain it

[14:23] Traci’s ideal client that she works with in her space

[15:29] RULER acronym; Five practical tips for emotional regulation 

[18:28] When can a child start coregulation practices? Find out

[20:28] How to reach out and connect with Traci 

• You can’t want it for someone else more than they want it for themselves.
• Hypnotherapy is a natural method of going into your subconscious mind every day.  
• Hypnotherapy is knowing how the mind works and using that information to make your mind work for you.
• Hypnotherapy can’t control you; it helps you be in control of yourself.
• You have to feel it to heal it. 
• Giving kids the tools to acknowledge their feelings from a young age is a great step to take.
• Coregulation is a great tool that we don’t use enough. 

Website: https://tracingyourpath.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traciwrblank/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hypnotraci

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Being a woman and a single parent is undoubtedly hard work, but it doesn't have to be an unrelenting struggle. With the right support network, resources, and tools, it is possible to manage parenting, finances, and other responsibilities with grace. We have the strength and resilience to make it through. We just need the right mindset to help us get there. We don’t have to feel like we are in constant survival mode; there are options available that make the process easier. In this episode, Andrea Testa shares her journey as a Single Parent and how she was able to figure out her path, raise her daughter and thrive in all circumstances after divorce. She also teaches how we can figure any problem out in our journey and cautions us about getting into relationships and living with partners and our children. 

Whether you're newly single or single from the start, Andrea’s wisdom and strategies on her journey will help you find the path to stability and success. Andrea is a 56 years old single mum of two adult children. She paid for her daughter's education, and they never lacked anything. She never relied on government assistance and always had more than she needed. You can also do it; all you need is the right strategies to take control of your situation and finances and build a path for yourself and your children. 

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Key Highlights from the Show

[00:10] Introduction to the show 

[01:24] A bit about Andrea Testa’s backstory  

[05:37] Andrea’s experience as a child living with single parents 

[08:07] Being a stay-at-home mum and how it led Andrea to ask for a divorce 

[10:27] How Andrea got back to work and how everything took off 

[14:46] Andrea’s experience raising her daughter while his husband raised their son

[16:41] Andrea's new relationship and how her daughter got into addiction 

[20:08] How rehabilitation enabled Andrea's daughter to find her purpose 

[23:17] The importance of having funds, resources, and emergency funds as a single parent

[25:38] How Andrea figured out how to survive after divorce

[27:58] Andrea's strategy for maintaining cash flow and investing her funds  

[28:42] Practical tips on how to get off the couch as a single parent  

[30:08] What it feels like now working for a nonprofit for Andrea and her position  

[37:48] Keeping the faith and protecting your kids from outsiders 

[41:11] Andrea’s advice to anyone who doesn’t have enough income 

[42:12] How to support Andrea and Friends of Foster Families 

[47:14] Ending the show and call to action 

• Don’t trust anybody with your kids after divorce. 
• The minute you find your purpose and what you want to do, your world explodes.
• You don’t have to have a $500 dress to make you happy; it’s just monetary.
• After divorce, bringing another partner into the situation creates resentment. 
• Nothing worst than having an absent parent

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-testa-2a4790252/