Ep 39 Athletes, High Performers and Hypnosis: Future Pacing, Self-Hypnosis, and Celebrating Wins with Certified Hypnotist Christina Honkonen

 Christina Honkonen is a Certified Consulting Hypnotist and mental performance coach who helps athletes, young performers, and high achievers develop the mindset needed to perform at their highest level. Certified through the National Guild of Hypnotists, she works with youth and elite athletes through her Mental Performance Training Program, helping them strengthen focus, build confidence, overcome performance blocks, and access the mental “zone” where peak performance happens. With nearly two decades of professional experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Christina combines evidence-based hypnosis with mindset training and NLP techniques to help clients create lasting change. In addition to sports performance, she works with professionals and high performers to improve public speaking confidence, break unwanted habits, and reduce stress that interferes with performance. Her work is rooted in both science and personal experience, inspired by her journey as a parent when hypnosis was recommended to support her son following an ADD diagnosis—an experience that revealed the powerful role the subconscious mind plays in shaping performance, behavior, and personal growth. Christina sees clients in offices in Knoxville and Maryville, Tennessee, and works with athletes and high performers nationwide through virtual sessions at Honkonen Hypnosis. Her work focuses on helping clients train the mind the same way elite athletes train the body.   Contact Christina ata: https://www.honkonenhypnosis.com/ IG: honkonenhypnosis   Contact Robyn: 250-212-7955 TikTok @RobynHolmHypnotherapist YouTube: @robynholmhypnotherapy IG: @robynholmhypnotherapy   Work with Robyn 1:1 by going to okhypnotherapy.com   Get Robyn’s FREE SafeBody Hypnosis Here: https://www.skool.com/robyn-holm-hypnotherapy-2618/about   Robyn’s ThrivingBody Subscription $19/month, cancel anytime:  robynholm.com     00:00 Podcast Intro 00:40 Meet Christina 02:37 Christina Origin Story 05:44 Athletes And Future Pacing 06:42 Robin IVF Breakthrough 09:19 Mind Body Medicine Bridge 13:08 Self Hypnosis In Real Life 16:51 Self Hypnosis Steps 18:23 Not Visual Still Works 22:57 Fear Of Being Seen 29:17 Hypnosis for Social Fear 29:52 Why Hypnosis Works 31:44 Working With Athletes 34:41 Mental Reps and Technique 35:55 Coaching Mindset Shift 40:03 Treat Life Like Sport 42:59 Finding Your Why 45:14 Brain Safety and Control 47:16 Celebrate Wins Blueprint 52:33 Parenting With Language 55:39 Repair After Yelling 59:57 Wrap Up and Resources