About sheila
My personal mission is to support you in creating a healthy and joyful life.
I specialize in anxiety, chronic pain, life changes including menopause, and sports hypnotherapy, but welcome any issues that are stopping you from creating what you want in life.
Anxiety often expresses itself in different ways, especially during life changes. You might experience fear of flying or driving, fear of public speaking, chronic pain, teeth clenching, picking, social anxiety. Even lack of motivation, creative blocks or procrastination often have anxiety at the root.
Hypnotherapy can empower you to truly have control over the choices you make.
Choosing the right hypnotherapist is important. I have had a widely varied professional life and worked in multiple industries, with many different kinds of people. I am incredibly blessed to live on the Big Island of Hawaii, (as well as having excellent internet service)! My personal journey has been passionate and eclectic. Please review my credentials and some life highlights below to see if you’re in the right place.
Book a free consultation here or call/text me directly at 808-987-5535.
Certifications:
CHt Certified Hypnotherapist, Member American Hypnosis Association #012417
Certified Therapeutic Imagery Master
The Path to Healing Trauma with Peter A. Levine PhD
Hypnotherapy/Therapeutic Education:
Certified Master Hypnotist, Certified Hypnotherapist, Hypnosis Motivation Institute
Ongoing program in Mind-Body Psychology, Hypnosis Motivation Institute
Specialty Professional Certifications, American Hypnosis Association
Pain Management; Smoking, Vaping and Cannabis Cessation; Weight Loss; Sports Performance; Healing the Inner Child; Tinnitus; Past Life Regression Therapy; Therapeutic Imagery Master; Social & Driving Anxiety
Professional Speaking Engagements
American Hypnosis Association, August 8, 2024, Hypnotherapy for Perimenopausal, Menopausal and Post-Menopausal Women
Other Trainings:
Fears and Phobias, Self-Confidence and Self-Image, Behavior in Relationships, Grief, Creative Blocks
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Personal and Professional Background: Am I the Right Hypnotherapist for You?
I’ve been at the table with decision makers for Fortune 500, including some in the Top 5.
As an assistant to Oscar-nominated writer, William Broyles, Jr., I helped birth Wilson in Cast Away.
I started surfing at 36 after a divorce, a career loss and a death, in frigid, shark-infested waters, which saved me from suicide, and changed my life forever.
I am mom and dad to a spectacular daughter, who is a freshman at Brown.
I ran a podcast empowering women surfers for three years.
As the marketing director of a small business, I placed products in 3 of the world’s biggest retailers.
I’m fluent in: corporate, hard knocks, entrepreneur, surfer, woo woo, and artist.
I have been married, divorced, single, madly in love, betrayed, and healed.
During a big south swell, a surfboard scalped me. I still surf – with a helmet.
I lost my mother to COPD from smoking. My brother to addiction. My step-sister to addiction and bipolar disorder.
I cared for my mother in my home until her death.
I quit smoking (with hypnotherapy). And drinking (with AA). I am not letting go of sugar. At least, yet.
I write things. Sometimes people pay me, and threaten to turn my stories into movies.
I failed at an MLM.
I swam with tiger sharks, on purpose, using self-hypnosis to keep me calm.
Sean Connery poured my tea and kissed me on both cheeks in London.
My education includes Socrates, Conservation and Resource Studies and Ecosystemology at UC Berkeley; Psychic Training at the Berkeley Psychic Institute; Writing and Theater Arts at Humboldt State (BA), CAA in Hollywood, Transformational Coaching Training with Derek Rydall, Certified Hypnotherapist Training at Hypnosis Motivational Institute (CHt).
Questions? I’m happy to answer them. Call or text 808-987-5535 or book a free 30 minute Zoom below.