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The Paradox of Healing: Accepting Ourselves While Still Wanting to Change
One of the things that has fascinated me most about healing is that it often seems to involve two seemingly contradictory truths. On the one hand, we seek healing because we want something in our lives to be different. We may want relief from anxiety, freedom from a recurring pattern, greater confidence, or to simply feel more at peace within ourselves. On the other hand, we are repeatedly told that healing begins with acceptance. We are encouraged to accept ourselves exactly

Clare Hampton
Jun 123 min read


Does Hypnotherapy Really Work?
One of the most common questions people ask before booking a session is: “Does hypnotherapy actually work… or is it just suggestion?” The short answer is: yes, hypnotherapy can be highly effective for many people — but probably not in the way most people imagine. So What Exactly Is Hypnotherapy? Thanks to stage hypnosis and Netflix, hypnosis is often misunderstood as mind control, or some kind of mysterious trance in which you lose all awareness. In reality, it’s nothing like

Clare Hampton
May 163 min read


What Is Holistic Hypnotherapy (and How is it Different from Clinical Hypnotherapy)?
Often, people come to hypnotherapy when other approaches haven’t quite worked. When something keeps repeating, or doesn’t seem to fully resolve, despite their best efforts to understand it. It might be a pattern of thought, a habitual response, or a feeling that arises in certain situations—something they can see clearly, yet still can't seem to shift. This is where hypnotherapy can offer something different. Rather than working only at the level of the conscious, thinking mi

Clare Hampton
Apr 273 min read


What Happens in a Reiki Session?
For many people, there’s a natural curiosity about Reiki. People often feel drawn to it, while at the same time wondering what actually happens during a session. It’s not always easy to explain, partly because the experience is often much simpler than people expect. When you arrive for a Reiki session, there is first a chance to settle and arrive in the space. We spend a little time talking about what may be present for you physically, emotionally, or mentally before the sess

Clare Hampton
Apr 162 min read


So What is Reiki...Really?
If you’ve come across Reiki before, you may have seen it described as “energy healing”. And while that’s not wrong, it doesn’t really describe the experience of it. At its essence, Reiki is a practice of returning—to presence, to stillness, and to a natural state of balance within the body and mind. Rather than something that is “done” to you, Reiki creates a space where your system can begin to soften, unwind, and restore itself in its own way. During a session, many people

Clare Hampton
Apr 32 min read


The Healing Journey: Remembering What We Already Are
There’s often a misunderstanding at the heart of the healing journey. It’s the idea that we are somehow broken, incomplete, or in need of becoming something other than what we already are. But what if healing is not about becoming… but about remembering? In many traditions, including Reiki, there is an understanding that beneath all the layers of experience, identity, and conditioning, there is something whole, steady, and unchanging. Something that is often described as our

Clare Hampton
Mar 253 min read
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