The 95% of Your Mind That Therapy Usually Never Reaches

Here's something worth knowing about your mind.

The part of you reading this sentence — the part that thinks, reasons, weighs the options, talks things through — feels like the whole of you. It isn't. It's a sliver. The conscious, deliberate, I'm-aware-I'm-doing-this part of your mind is usually described as accounting for only around 5% of your mental activity.

The other 95% runs underneath. Quiet. Automatic. Always on.

For over twenty-five years, I have worked with cancer patients in the Boston area using an advanced form of clinical hypnotherapy as the primary therapeutic tool in their recovery support. The results I have witnessed in that time are consistent with what the research has been showing for decades: that the mind is not a bystander in the healing process, and that addressing it directly, through clinical hypnotherapy, produces measurable, meaningful outcomes for people navigating cancer.

Trauma – The Unfinished Business of the Mind.

If despite years of therapy you still sense, the anxiety, hypervigilance, and the shame that surface at the strangest moments are still there. And if you continue to feel inexplicably unsafe in a world that, on paper, is no longer threatening. It may mean that you’ve worked in the wrong part of your mind.

Why You Can't Think Your Way Out of Trauma.

Understanding your wound isn't the same as healing it — here's what actually moves the needle.

You've done the work. You've sat across from therapists, filled journals, and read the books. You understand, probably better than most people, exactly where your pain came from. You can trace it — the childhood moment, the relationship, the loss — with clarity and even a kind of compassion.

Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) Introduction

There's a sense that many people living with cancer describe: a sense that their emotional state — their fear, their stress, their hope — is somehow connected to what's happening in their body. Some of us call it the Mind-Body Connection, but modern science has a name for that connection. It's called psychoneuroimmunology (PNI).

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What is cancer coaching? When to hire a cancer coach? These are questions I get daily in my consultations. Find the answers to these questions in this post, and learn if cancer coaching is right for you.

The 4 Pillars of the 8-week Mindful Remission program support nervous system regulation and promote self-agency, mindset, and quality of life.

Cancer wellness and enhanced immune function during medical treatment provide crucial support for lasting recovery.

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This white paper on Hypnotherapy for Cancer Recovery sheds light on the benefit of integrating hypnotherapy into your conventional medical cancer care.

Releasing suppressed emotions while going through medical cancer treatment isn’t a luxury - it is a necessity.

In The Power of Your Subconscious Mind (1963), Dr. Joseph Murphy famously wrote, “Your subconscious mind is your book of life.” As a hypnotherapist, I’ve spent over two decades delving into the fascinating world of the mind, and this powerful statement has proven itself true time and time again.

Just as magnetized steel can lift heavy loads far beyond its physical weight, your body can more readily heal itself and function at its optimal capacity when activated with the right mindset.

Your subconscious mind is the storehouse of information and beliefs that operate beneath the surface of our conscious awareness. Operating 24/7 without conscious effort controls countless bodily functions - from body temperature to hormone production to immune response. It works tirelessly to maintain your state of health, and it can be intentionally directed or imprinted as a mental mechanism to support and promote your physical healing.

If we subscribe to the notion that our external world is an objective reality that exists outside of and separate from us, then we view ourselves as victims of external events and circumstances that are beyond our control.

How come some patients get better treatment outcomes while others drown in negativity and struggle?

Offering people facing cancer who live in the Boston, MA area and wish to be supported during their hospital stay a tailored service to support them emotionally and improve their sense of control.

A cancer diagnosis throws your world upside down. Until then, you were somebody's husband or wife, daughter or son, father or mother; you had hopes and dreams. Suddenly, treatment becomes your new normal, a complex dance of appointments, procedures, and medications. And amidst this challenging journey, a nagging fear can creep in: am I doing this right?

Your mindset is your greatest ally in your cancer journey, healing, and recovery. Whether positive or negative, it can impact resilience, quality of life, and ultimately, treatment outcomes.

In her book Radical Remission, Dr. Kelly Turner highlights nine key factors that can make a real difference in surviving cancer. One of these factors is Releasing Suppressed Emotions. Let's explore the most effective way to do so. Watch the video for more.