Brainworks Hypnotherapy

16/11/2025

I am really excited to share that Brainworks Hypnotherapy will be opening up appointments in Backwell, North Somerset, if you would like to know more get in touch: helen@brainworkshypnotherapy.co.uk

08/11/2025

🎄 Feeling the festive pressure already? (I know it's only November)

As Christmas approaches, it’s easy to feel the strain, money worries, social events, work parties, endless to-do lists, and that unspoken pressure to be merry.

It’s no surprise that stress and anxiety often rise this time of year.

A few sessions of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy can really help you:

✅ Feel calmer and more in control
✅ Manage stress and social pressures
✅ Enjoy the festive season on your terms

At BrainWorks Hypnotherapy, I help people find a sense of calm, balance and confidence, even in the middle of the Christmas chaos.

You can have a peaceful, enjoyable festive season. Let’s make that your focus this year.

Get in touch to find out more..

Brainworkshypnotherapy.co.uk

04/11/2025

We have known this for a while and it's powerful when clients realise how they can use this to their advantage when dealing with anxiety, stress, low mood and depression as well as positive performance (and much more) 🤓🧠💡

Your mind is rewriting reality every time you imagine vividly

Neuroscientists revealed a fascinating truth about the human brain: it cannot fully distinguish between imagination and real-life experience. Every vivid thought, daydream, or mental rehearsal activates the same neural circuits that actual experiences do. When you picture yourself giving a speech, running a marathon, or even savoring a delicious meal in your mind, your brain responds almost as if you were really doing it.

This discovery shows why visualization can be so powerful. Athletes, musicians, and performers often practice mentally, running through routines or scenarios without moving a muscle, yet they strengthen the exact neural pathways needed for success. Similarly, imagining positive outcomes can build confidence, sharpen skills, and improve problem-solving. Our thoughts literally shape the wiring of our brains, reinforcing habits, memories, and skills just as physical experiences do.

The implications go even deeper. Mental rehearsal could be used in therapy to retrain the brain after injury or to overcome fears. Creative visualization can enhance learning and memory, showing that the boundary between mind and reality is more flexible than we thought. On the flip side, persistent negative or fearful thoughts can reinforce stress circuits, highlighting why mindfulness and mental focus are so crucial.

Discover the Universe invites you to reflect on the power of your own imagination. Every time you vividly imagine a goal, a skill, or a new experience, your brain is quietly preparing you to make it real. Your mind is not just a recorder of reality; it’s an architect, capable of shaping your brain, your habits, and even your destiny. The power to strengthen your inner world is in every thought, and that’s a truth both inspiring and transformative.

03/11/2025

Rethinking depression! 🤓This really correlates to many clients I have worked with and how they have moved through and away from depression 🤔🧠
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17dryo8513/

Brain scans reveal depression isn’t just a chemical imbalance

For years the world was told depression comes from “low serotonin.” A simple chemical switch in the brain. But new brain imaging research is rewriting the story. Scientists are now seeing depression not as one broken molecule but as a complex shift in brain circuits emotions stress response systems and even inflammation. The brain is not just missing a chemical. It is struggling to process the world.

Modern scans show changes in how brain regions talk to each other. Circuits tied to emotion memory and motivation can go quiet or misfire. Chronic stress can physically reshape neural pathways. Trauma can leave fingerprints deep in the mind. Depression is not a flaw in your personality and it is not a single chemical error. It is the brain adapting to pain overload stress and life experiences in ways we are only beginning to understand.

This changes something important. If depression is complex healing can be too. Medication may still help but it is not the only answer. Therapy lifestyle shifts purpose social support and trauma work all matter. You are not broken and you are not simple. Your brain is powerful and layered and every pathway that changed can be rebuilt in time.

Science is catching up to something people with depression always knew. It is real it is deep and it deserves understanding not blame.

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24/10/2025

Interesting study and results 🤓 🧠
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16Uhxwtsf6/

The findings of a landmark study have revealed that gluten sensitivity, which affects approximately 10% of the global population, is not actually about gluten but part of the way the gut and brain interact.

In the largest combined analysis, only a few tightly controlled trials found any real gluten reaction. Overall, people’s responses were no different from when they were given a placebo. This study is expected to set a new benchmark for how gluten sensitivity is defined, diagnosed and treated.

Tap through to read more → unimelb.me/3L3jDaQ

23/10/2025

❄️ Winter is on its way! ❄️

We want to help everyone have a 😃 Happier, Healthier Winter this year.

Over the next few weeks, 👀 keep an eye out for our posts — we’ll be sharing 💡 simple tips and ideas to help you stay warm, well, and positive through the colder months. 🥰

10/10/2025