Mind Over Matter – How We Used Conversational Hypnosis for the Birth of our Baby
Mind Over Matter – How We Used Conversational Hypnosis for the Birth of our Baby
I wanted to share with you a very personal experience of how Hypnosis and NLP techniques can be applied to great effect.
It’s nothing short of a miracle. I can honestly say that having a baby is one of the most amazing gifts. Yet, for many women the process of giving birth is a traumatic, frightening process where the fear of pain dominates their thinking. We know the power of language and the term being in “labour” implies hard, difficult, physical / mental work which often feeds into an expectant Mum’s fear.
These fears are frequently made worse because women spend too much time listening to lots of stories about difficult births, the horror of routine hospital labour and delivery techniques. (I purposefully didn’t watch the TV program - One Born Every Minute for this reason.) Standardised healthcare provision will often follow a medical protocol that can include unnecessary and uncomfortable monitoring, checks, induction practices, C-Sections etc etc. Staff can also be quick off the mark to offer Mum drugs for taking the edge of labour or for pain relief which will then change the course of their labour and can lead to further interventions.
I did lots of lots of research because I was looking for a natural route which would be beneficial to our baby and myself which is why we tapped into the resource that is conversational hypnosis.

Language is extremely important. Traditional hypnotic processes and some hypno-birthing techniques go to great lengths to have the mother “don’t think about fear. You no longer feel fear. Fear is not in your mind now.” BUT that is not a good instruction. Why? If I said to you “Don’t think about a blue tree” – what have you just thought about, what picture did you see in your mind. Even if it was only there briefly. I bet you saw a blue tree! But I told you not to think about it! What’s interesting is that you can’t think about what you don’t what to think about, without thinking about it.....think about that! So with Conversational Hypnosis and NLP we’ll teach you how to construct highly effective language patterns and suggestions that will be beneficial for whoever you are working with or looking to resource. Where it’s a coaching client, your kids or a colleague at work.
So knowing how important language is, the conversational hypnosis program that Colin created for me was focused on the positive resources I wanted and substituted words like “contractions” for “waves” and “surges”. Instead of referring to "pain" we talked about "pressure", "sensations" and "tightening." Instead of "Braxton-Hicks" we called them "warm - ups." Like most things it’s mind over matter and my experience proves that our Conversational Hypnosis approach works for creating a safe and empowering experience
My Experience: I felt confident going into labour, giving birth is a very special, sacred and raw process as you meet your baby for the first time.. I felt relaxed because I was at home, in my own environment and I was able to appreciate what my body was doing because I had educated myself and I believed in myself. I knew I could do it, I felt safe, I felt strong and supported. There was a point where I found it emotionally difficult but because I was present and had tangible tools, it was easy to get back on track and re-establish my focus on being calm and relaxed.
Most people try and convince first time Mums, that labour will be hard and long – because it’s the first baby. It could go on for days! I didn’t buy into that point of view and with our Hypnosis program the result was that I had a short 4 hour labour, I felt empowered by the process, the sensations I felt I would describe as a pressure. Being in the warm water of the birthing pool was soothing and relaxing. The process was totally natural, no interventions, no drugs, no stitches and a perfectly healthy baby. The mind/body connection is a wonderful thing and we’ll teach you all about that at our Conversational Hypnosis training.
Our Beautiful Hypno Baby: Our happy, healthy baby was born bright-eyed, present and really calm and content. Her breathing picked up really quickly as did her colour. One thing that struck me was how calm she was. What an amazing gift and a transformational birth.
Whether you are interested in Hypnosis for birth or you want to learn Hypnosis for the purpose of creating change in other areas of your life or to assist others then our Conversational Hypnosis training is for you.
Hypnosis is a scientifically verified and effective technique that can promote accelerated personal changes. We'll share with you how to create desired changes in behaviour and also encourage mental and physical well-being. Using hypnosis you will learn exactly how to access the exciting and real power for creating lasting changes in our lives
Our next exciting Conversational Hypnosis training is coming up on 22nd to 26th April here in sunny Surrey in the UK. There's no pre-study work involved and the course is suitable for those who have no prior knowledge of hypnosis through to those who have been working with trance and hypnosis for a while.
PLUS there's currently a SPECIAL OFFER available for this training!!!
To find out what this training can do for you or to get your hands on our CD program - then give us a call on +44(0)1483 211 222

Catherine is a Certified Trainer of NLP, Certified Trainer of Master Time Line Therapy™, Certified Trainer of Hypnosis and a Certified Trainer of NLP Coaching.
Colin is a Certified Trainer of NLP, Certified Trainer of Time Line Therapy™, Certified Trainer of Hypnosis and is also an Advanced Practitioner of Huna, having taken many additional programmes with Tad and Adriana.
Colin worked for Tad and Adriana at the Tad James Company over a period of 2 years in Sydney. This experience has allowed us to tailor our Training Programs, so they are specifically designed to ensure that all of our students get the maximum benefit from the life changing knowledge base of skills and techniques that is NLP, Time Line Therapy®, Hypnosis and NLP Coaching.