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Epiphany Hypnotherapy, GYM PLUS, APPLEWOOD VILLAGE, SWORDS, CO DUBLIN, Swords (2026)

18/02/2026

When you look in the mirror…
who do you see?

Often, it’s not what others see.
It’s the inner critic—loud, relentless, pointing out every flaw.

But whose voice is it really?
A critical parent?
A strict teacher?
Someone whose words your mind learned to replay… on repeat.

Our brains notice the negative.
But what if you could turn that negative into a positive ?

What if, instead of criticizing yourself, you complimented yourself?
Instead of seeing flaws, you focused on your strengths?

Hypnosis can help you do just that—
turn down the volume on the critic,
tune into a supportive, kinder voice.

If a song you hated came on the radio, you wouldn’t let it play on repeat—you’d change the station.
Why not do the same for your mind?

Ready to turn down the critic and tune into your strength?
DM me or book a session at epiphanyhypnotherapy.ie today.

17/02/2026

I was taught that showing emotion was weakness.

In the world I grew up in, feelings weren’t expressed — they were swallowed.
Tears weren’t comforted — they were corrected.

As the daughter of a champion boxer, toughness was the language.
And I learned it well.

I learned to take the punches life threw at me.
To put up.
To shut up.
To keep taking the hits.

What I didn’t learn was how to say,
“That hurt.”
“That’s not okay.”
“That doesn't work for me.”

So I built armour.
Strong. Protective. Impressive.

But here’s the irony —
the armour that was meant to protect me
also kept real connection out.

It wasn’t until I slowly began taking it off…
layer by layer…
that I discovered something surprising.

Vulnerability didn’t make me weak.
It made me human.
It softened me.
It allowed me to let others close.
It allowed me to build healthy relationships — not just with others, but with myself.

Strength isn’t the absence of feeling.
Strength is the ability to feel — and stay present.

Most parents do the best they can with what they know.
“Tough love” often comes from love.
But sometimes we outgrow the armour that once kept us safe.

And maybe the real courage
is choosing not to wear it anymore.

💜💪💜💪💜💪

Where in your life are you still wearing armour that you no longer need?
What would happen if you allowed yourself to feel instead of defend?

— Melanie
Epiphany Hypnotherapy

16/02/2026

The issue is not always the issue.
Often, the real work lives a little deeper — and it doesn’t have to be heavy or retraumatising to be effective.

Deep work can be gentle, spacious, and safe.

This is the way I work — depth without overwhelm.

- Melanie
Epiphany Hypnotherapy

15/02/2026

“Tonight, we’re celebrating… you.”🥂

Before the week begins.
Before the alarms are set.
Before the lists start forming in your mind.

Pause for a moment.

This isn’t about where you should be.
Or what still isn’t done.
Or how far you still have to go.

This is about acknowledging where you are.

You made it through another week.
You handled things you once wouldn’t have known how to handle.
You survived conversations, emotions, responsibilities, triggers…
And you’re still here.

Growth doesn’t always look dramatic.
Sometimes it looks like staying calm when you used to react.
Sometimes it looks like walking away.
Sometimes it looks like resting.

It’s so easy on a Sunday night to start looking ahead —
to Monday, to the next goal, to the next version of yourself.

But tonight, just for a moment…
Celebrate this version.

Even if you’re not where you want to be yet,
you are not where you started.

And that is worth celebrating.

So I’m curious…
What are you acknowledging about yourself this week?
What quiet progress deserves recognition?

Melanie
Epiphany Hypnotherapy ✨

14/02/2026

I remember sitting at the table one Valentine’s night…
listening to my partner at the time and his friend complain about how “fake” Valentine’s Day was —

…while drinking the wine I’d bought and eating the beautiful beef I’d cooked.

The irony wasn’t lost on me. 😌

So I’ve often wondered —
Has Valentine’s Day been hijacked?

Has it become pressure to spend money as proof of love?

Because the truth is… this day lands differently for everyone.

If you’re unhappy in love, it can feel like a spotlight on what isn’t working.
If you’re still searching, it can stir hopelessness.
If you’ve lost someone, it can ache in places words can’t reach.
And some dismiss it altogether — sometimes from principle… sometimes from protection.

But what if we reclaimed it?

Not as performance.
Not as comparison.
Not as proof.

Just as a reminder that love exists in many forms.

Romantic love.
Friendship.
Family.
Community.
Self-respect.
Self-compassion.

Maybe Valentine’s isn’t fake.
Maybe it’s simply what we choose to make of it.

So tell me —
Do you celebrate it, ignore it, dread it… or secretly love it?

13/02/2026

If Friday Was a Feeling…

It would feel like freedom.

The quiet relief of leaving the week behind.
Humming your favourite song on the way home.
The joy of going to bed without setting an alarm.
Slow, unrushed mornings.
A delicious breakfast.
Time unassigned.

It’s the lightness of being in the company of people you love —
with plans… or no plans at all.

Laughter that comes easily.
Moments that don’t need to be productive.
A gentle reminder that life doesn’t always need structure to be meaningful.

Weekends have a way of softening us.
Of bringing us back to ourselves.

So tell me…
If Friday was a feeling, what would it be?
And what song would be playing? 🎶

✨ Melanie
Epiphany Hypnotherapy

12/02/2026

Becoming a parent can be profoundly beautiful…
and unexpectedly re-traumatising.

When your first child arrives, you don’t just meet them —
you often meet yourself again.
Your younger self.
Through their eyes, their vulnerability, their innocence.

Moments from your own childhood can land with a new gravity.
A deeper understanding.
That quiet ache of “How could anyone do that to a child?”
or “I didn’t deserve that.”

Our children have a way of holding up a mirror —
not to hurt us, but to awaken us.

My children have been my greatest blessings
and my most powerful teachers.
They’ve taught me how to love more gently,
how to step out of outdated roles and inherited narratives that were never meant to be carried forward,
how to feel fear or uncertainty… and still move forward with love.

Healing doesn’t mean pretending the scars aren’t there.
It means tending to them
so they don’t bleed onto those who never caused them.

We can honour our past
without passing it on.

✨ Melanie
Epiphany Hypnotherapy

11/02/2026

Using my voice didn’t always feel safe — so I had to learn.

When my first daughter was born, I remember worrying about whether I would know how to communicate in a healthy way.
Not because I didn’t care — but because I was never shown how.

So I started simply.
I spoke out loud around her from the very beginning.

I’m turning on the kettle.
I’m making a cup of tea.
I’m washing the cup now.

It might sound small — even strange — but it was intentional.
I was teaching myself how to use my voice
How to express myself
How to be visible without danger.
How to exist out loud.

What I’ve learned since is this:
Just because we weren’t shown how to do something doesn’t mean we can’t learn it.

Communication is a skill.
Emotional expression is a skill.
Being seen is a skill.

And skills can be learned at any age.

So many of us are still navigating life from old patterns — staying quiet, staying small, second-guessing, or feeling exposed when attention turns our way.
Not because we’re broken…
but because our nervous system learned those strategies early on.

Healing isn’t about blaming the past.
It’s about recognising what shaped us — and choosing, consciously, to respond differently now.

When we create safety in the present, the body learns that visibility no longer equals threat.
That it’s okay to speak.
To take up space.
To show up fully.

This is how cycles change.
This is how generational patterns soften.
This is how we become the adult our younger self needed.

✨ Just because it wasn’t modelled for you doesn’t mean it isn’t available to you now.

— Melanie
Epiphany Hypnotherapy

10/02/2026

The child you once were never left.
She still lives inside you, carrying memories, feelings and ways of coping from a younger time.

We would never ask a child to make adult decisions.
We wouldn’t expect them to know how to feel safe, regulate emotions, or navigate complex relationships alone.

And yet… so often, that’s exactly what we’re doing within ourselves.

Many of our reactions, fears, people-pleasing, self-doubt or over-independence aren’t coming from who we are now —
they’re echoes of a younger part that learned early how to cope, adapt, stay small, stay alert, or stay strong.

Inner child healing isn’t about blaming the past.
It’s about acknowledging it with compassion.

When we learn to show up differently for ourselves —
to offer reassurance instead of criticism,
safety instead of pressure,
curiosity instead of judgement —
something profound shifts.

We begin to teach our inner child that they are no longer alone.
That the danger has passed.
That new choices are possible.

This is how generational patterns soften.
This is how old wounds integrate instead of running the show.
This is how we choose new ways of being — not from fear, but from awareness.

Healing doesn’t mean forgetting who you were.
It means honouring her, learning from her, and letting your adult self take the lead with kindness.

✨ If this resonates, simply take a moment to notice what your inner child might need today — even small moments of safety and compassion can begin to change everything.

— Melanie
Epiphany Hypnotherapy

09/02/2026

Who has access to your energy?

We like to think we’re independent thinkers.
That our habits, moods and motivation come purely from within.

But the truth is —
we absorb far more than we realise.

The environments we sit in.
The conversations we listen to.
The people we spend our time with.
The energy we allow around us.

It all shapes us.

There’s a well-known idea from Jim Rohn that says
we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with.

Not because they control us —
but because influence is subtle.

Energy rubs off.
Habits become normal.
Mindsets start to feel familiar.

So it’s worth asking:
Where is my attention going each day?
What am I constantly exposed to?
Where is my energy leaking?

Are the people, environments and routines around me
supporting my nervous system —
or keeping me stuck in stress, negativity or survival mode?

Are they quietly setting me up for success…
or for burnout, self-doubt and stagnation?

Awareness is powerful.
Because once you see what’s influencing you,
you get to choose differently.

Sometimes change doesn’t start with doing more —
it starts with protecting your energy,
being intentional with your focus,
and creating environments that support the person you’re becoming.

Because growth isn’t just about mindset.
It’s about what you allow around you.

🤍

08/02/2026

“I can’t go back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”

And that’s not a failure — it’s growth.

Yesterday holds the lessons.
The experiences that shaped us.
Even the hardships we never would have chosen.

So often people wish they could go back and change things.
Undo the pain.
Rewrite the difficult chapters.

But healing isn’t about going backwards.
It’s about understanding what we’ve lived through
and allowing it to transform us.

Like a caterpillar, we don’t grow wings by avoiding the cocoon.
We grow them because of it.

The challenges, the trauma, the difficult seasons —
they build awareness, resilience and depth.
They teach boundaries, compassion and intuition.
They quietly shape the person we’re becoming.

This is something I see again and again in my work.
When the past is gently processed and understood,
it often reveals strengths that were always there, waiting to be recognised.

You’re not meant to be the person you were yesterday.
You’re meant to carry the wisdom forward.

And when you look back with compassion rather than regret,
you may realise that what once felt like your breaking point
became the foundation of your strength.

— Melanie
Epiphany Hypnotherapy 🤍

07/02/2026

Saturday reflection

Something interesting often happens in sessions.

When clients are gently regressed back to a happy time,
they’re usually surprised by where they end up.

It’s rarely the big milestones.
Not the perfect holidays or the “highlight reel” moments.

More often it’s something small.
An ordinary afternoon.
A feeling of being safe.
A laugh they’d forgotten about.
A moment that seemed insignificant at the time.

And yet, the body remembers it as happiness.

Those in-between moments.
The ones that didn’t look like much on the outside.
The ones that didn’t need to be perfect to matter.

It shifts perspective.

Happiness isn’t always found in the big moments we chase.
Often, it’s already there — woven quietly into everyday life —just like this heart shaped leaf I stumbled upon whilst walking in the forest-
waiting to be noticed.

So maybe today isn’t about doing more or striving for more.
Maybe it’s about paying attention.

To the small moments.
The overlooked ones.
The ones we usually rush past.

Because when we slow down enough to notice them,
we often realise they were the big moments all along.

— Melanie
Epiphany Hypnotherapy 🤍

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