To be calm and confident: just close your eyes

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One of my biggest struggles over the past year has been finding a way to cope with fear and anxiety about recurrence after breast cancer treatment. I’ve tried everything: therapy, meditation, antidepressants, exercise, massage, even energy healing. And I have to admit it was with a slight whiff of desperation that I turned to hypnotherapy.

What’s the first thing that springs to mind when you think of hypnosis? Perhaps you’ve seen a hypnotist show where a man makes drunk people bark like dogs. Maybe you picture an illusionist like Derren Brown. It could be that, like me, you can’t help thinking of Sir Hiss from Disney’s underrated 1970s version of Robin Hood.