The 80/20 Principle: How I’ve Applied it in my life
In business: 20% of my clients give me 80% of my headache. Interestingly enough, these are usually also the ones who paid me the least and gave me the most grief over the cost. So a great way to filter them out is to raise prices! 80% of a great looking website can be...
Navya’s Therapeutic Modalities and Influences
In the process of promoting Navya hypnotherapy, there are many hurdles I face when educating people about what it is. This is partially because the word hypnotherapy comes with its own immediate assumptions, and because of the wide array of different hypnotherapy...
No Leaps of Faith
Two of my heroes, who greatly influenced my methodologies and even the name of this brand itself, have not had the impact they deserved to have. I am not making judgements about their happiness, or about them fulfilling their potential. But I think what they have to...
The Only Way Out is Through
We spend so much of our life avoiding discomfort. And it’s fair, because there is always a level of discomfort that is unbearable, and there were times in your life – particularly your childhood – where avoiding discomfort was the best thing you could do to survive....
The Heart of Darkness
The foundational point upon which my practice is founded upon, is that life is suffering. This is a basic buddhist idea, one that states that being born guarantees suffering. It starts with the pain of being shoved through a much too small hole, and continues to...
The Best Nature in Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario is famous for its waterfalls, parks, and greenery. As a hypnotherapist and meditator living in the city, I often find that even a quick walk through the forest clears my head and allows me to connect back to myself. Connecting with nature is one of...
Hypnosis vs. Hypnotherapy: What’s the Difference?
It can be subtle, but to me, hypnosis implies a more passive experience – where you visit a hypnotist and they “fix” you. You’ll often find things like recordings that you listen to, and instructions from the hypnotist to find yourself...
Hypnosis for Religious Trauma
As a former ordained Orthodox Rabbi and ex-religious Jew, I know firsthand what Religious Trauma looks like. (In fact, parts of this site still bear testament to the time when I was devoutly religious and taught Jewish meditation; I have a policy to not delete content...
Failing Others, Coming Home
My biggest fear is other people’s suffering. It was the first day of processing during my Ayahuasca ceremony, realizing that all that pain I was feeling was in response to other people, but not actually other people. This gave me some control back, these were...
Righteous Indignation: How Therapy and Hypnosis Can Improve
My father once told me that he only assumed a leadership role after he realized that “everyone else was incompetent”. Although this is obviously a generalization, I relate a lot to this sentiment – to the degree that I’m a leader, I’m a...
Healing ADHD (With Hypnosis)
A few months ago I first entertained the thought that I had ADHD. I hadn’t considered it earlier because the name is so very misleading. One of the biggest disservices to ADHD is the associations the name gives us – a hyperactive kid who can’t sit...
Behind the Smile
When I came out about my traumatic upbringing and emotional struggles as a child and teenager, I was frequently met with disbelief by many people who knew me back then. “You were always such a happy child!” and “You had the biggest smile!” How...
Addiction
Addiction Aaron came to me with issues regarding assertiveness. Aaron friend close to him had told him that his mannerisms reminded him of a “dog that had been beaten once” which continued to cower. Aaron described multiple instances in which he had been figuratively...
The Thing You Fear Won’t Come True
Fortune teller’s omens to the contrary, the thing you fear usually does not come true. One of my favourite quotes from Mark Twain goes “I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” I found this to be true for my personal anxieties – I would...
Freedom vs. Safety
I have long known that I exist within a contradictory dichotomy: an attraction to both freedom and safety. (I use safety and structure interchangeably here, because to me structure creates a feeling of safety) I think others may relate to this as well, but I’ve always...
Consider Death
In my hypnotherapy practice, I tend to attract a certain kind of client. These clients and I share a strong propensity for laughing at the darker sides of life – finding humor in death, suffering, and absurd voices that live in our head. My sessions tend to be highly...
To Heal, You Must Die
An issue that often goes unnoticed in the process of healing, is the loss of the many selves that we’ve built up along the way. Being legitimate victims of life’s circumstances, if we identify as such, still comes with certain benefits. For example, the...