Niki Payne

11/08/2025

Another satisfied hypnosis client! If you recently failed the biggest exam of your life, you have to come see me!

Honestly, I don’t even get how hypnosis works for test anxiety but it does! I help people establish a test taking strategy in conjunction with an anxiety management strategy when it shows up mid exam. And we reinforce it all into the subconscious using hypnosis.

Curious if hypnosis can help you. Visit www.hypnodipity.com to schedule a free consultation.

11/08/2025

Another satisfied hypnosis client! If you recently failed the biggest exam of your life, you have to come see me!

Honestly, I don’t even get how hypnosis works for test anxiety but it does! I help people establish a test taking strategy in conjunction with an anxiety management strategy when it shows up mid exam. And we reinforce it all into the subconscious using hypnosis.

Curious if hypnosis can help you? Visit www.hypnodipity.com to schedule a free consultation.

10/29/2025

It’s World Series season in Los Angeles, and you can feel it in the air.

People are wearing Dodgers hats and T-shirts, and conversations about an 18-inning game have replaced small talk about weekend plans while waiting for your coffee to brew in the break room.

You can feel the collective energy — the pride, the tension, the sense of belonging that comes from rooting for something bigger than yourself.

But beneath all that excitement lies something fascinating about human nature... Read more 👇

Discover what Dodgers fandom reveals about belief, ego, and identity — and learn how to loosen attachments that limit your freedom.

10/28/2025

Let’s be honest — most “communication issues” aren’t about what’s said. They’re about what’s heard through fear & insecurity.

Couples don’t argue because they disagree. They argue because one person’s trying to feel seen while the other’s trying to feel safe.

And when everyone’s busy proving a point, nobody’s actually making one. 😉

Healthy communication isn’t about being the louder voice — it’s about being the safer one.

When you can listen without defending, speak without attacking, and stay curious instead of reactive — connection becomes possible again.

🧠 Truth or Trigger?
Drop a 💣 if this one lovingly called you out.

10/26/2025

Birthday brunch & fun continues

10/25/2025

What if what you’re calling gaslighting
is actually two nervous systems protecting themselves from pain?

Sometimes what feels like dismissal
is really discomfort avoidance.
And sometimes what we call accountability
is just our anxiety demanding control.

Real accountability repairs relationships, not reputations.
It starts when you can stay curious instead of defensive
and practice self-regulation instead of projection.

✨ If this hit home, share it with someone learning to fight for connection, not about it.

10/22/2025

🍆 & 🍑 envy — it’s a thing for people with enough humility to confront it. DM me if you want the link to read it :)

I wrote this one year ago before anyone cared; one year later and it’s the second most seen article on my website in the last 90 days… 🤔

I write stuff that piques my interest. And people find me online. I can’t say I’m surprised that the third most trending article I wrote a year ago is about accountability in relationships… 🤭

It’s nice to be back on the map 🗺️
Now I just gotta make my website look better and optimize it better 😭

10/21/2025

We call it entertainment, but it’s really exposure therapy for the human condition.

Maybe that’s why we can’t look away 👀

Squid Game. The Boys. Alice in Borderland. The Walking Dead. We watch people fight to survive while pretending we’re not playing our own quieter version of the same game.

New essay’s up: Why We’re Obsessed with Survival TV Shows — and What It Reveals About the Human Psyche.

Read it if you’re curious what your favorite show says about how you love, lead, and compete.

10/20/2025

40 years. 40 lessons. Countless evolutions.
This is the woman I fought to become — and the wisdom I’d pass to the version of me still figuring it all out. ☕️💫
Here’s to the next chapter — lived with more purpose, power, and peace than ever before.

DM “EMAIL” to join my inner circle and personal growth lab. 📧

10/17/2025

A peaceful relationship isn’t one without stress — it’s one that knows how to use it.

Because not all tension is toxic.
Some stress destroys connection (that’s distress).
Other stress deepens it (that’s eustress).

Distress says, “I’m protecting myself from you.”
Eustress says, “I’m learning how to stay connected to you.”

The couples who grow together aren’t avoiding conflict — they’re learning how to use it expand the love maps they have for each other while cultivating deeper intimacy by turning conflict into connection.

Some people run from tension to protect the peace…
not realizing they’re also running from growth.

✨ Curious which type of stress is shaping your love life right now? Let’s talk about it in the DMs.