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Why Talking About Trauma Isn’t Enough and Why Hypnotherapy is Different
You’ve read the books. You’ve journaled for hours. Maybe you’ve spent years in therapy, uncovering patterns and connecting the dots of your past — yet somehow, you still feel unsafe, anxious, or reactive. You understand your trauma logically, but your body doesn’t seem to get the memo. If that sounds familiar, you’re not broken or “resistant” to healing — you’re just missing one crucial step: working with the parts of your mind and body where trauma actually lives. Because t

Katie Potratz
5 min read


Beginners Tips for Healing Chronic Pain and Disease Naturally
You can eat healthy, take supplements, and exercise — and still struggle with chronic pain, symptoms, or anxiety. The missing piece may not be your lifestyle but your nervous system. Healing can only occur when your body feels safe. In this post, I'm going to break down the most important part of healing chronic pain and disease naturally, as well as explore the science of safety, the window of tolerance, and how practices like guided imagery, mindfulness, and relaxation supp

Katie Potratz
3 min read


Understanding Limiting Beliefs: How They Shape Your Reality (and How to Change Them)
Have you ever felt like you’re doing everything right, but something invisible keeps holding you back? Maybe you catch yourself thinking, “I’m not good enough,” or “No matter what I do, things never work out for me.” These aren't just fleeting thoughts—they’re what we call limiting beliefs , and they can run the show behind the scenes of your life. Limiting beliefs are subconscious programs, often formed in childhood, that influence your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and eve

Katie Potratz
4 min read


Trauma Responses Disguised as Personality Traits (and How to Shift Them)
Are you really just shy, or did you grow up in an environment where it didn’t feel safe to speak your mind? So many of the personality traits we carry — from people pleasing to perfectionism — are actually trauma responses that became habits. They served a purpose: to help us survive emotionally or physically in overwhelming situations. But over time, these responses can start to feel like part of who we are… even when they’re no longer helping us. In this post, we’ll explor

Katie Potratz
6 min read


3 Steps to Heal the Effects of Childhood Trauma
It’s that T word nobody wants to talk about. It’s the elephant in the room. Most people would rather run from it for a lifetime than turn around and face it. Yes, I’m talking about your childhood trauma. If you’re anything like me, you want to just pretend it never happened, sweep it under the rug and move on with life. Which is exactly what I did for a huge portion of my life. I thought I was unscathed, like I was “stronger than my trauma”. But the truth is, it was affecting

Katie Potratz
4 min read
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