ep 41: Aphantasia and Hypnosis: Healing Without Visualizing (with Guest Haley England)

Host Robyn Holm welcomes her client Haley to discuss aphantasia—difficulty forming mental images—and how it affects hypnosis, reading, learning, sports, and healing. Both share that they don’t visualize or “hear” inner soundtracks, but access imagination through words, felt sense, movement, and clear knowing. They explain how hypnosis can still work through somatic cues, narration, and alternative entry points, and Robyn outlines direct suggestion versus regression using a “dandelion root” analogy. Robyn describes the three requirements for hypnosis—focus, trust, and emotion—and the value of an outside observer. They connect subconscious work to triggers, boundaries, nervous system safety, and weight protection, share examples that emphasize that healing is available even without mental imagery.   ______________________________________________   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 Thriving Body Subscription (Weight Loss) $29 USD/month, cancel anytime:  robynholm.com   TikTok @RobynHolmHypnotherapist YouTube: @robynholmhypnotherapy IG: @robynholmhypnotherapy   Email Haley: [email protected]   ______________________________________________   00:00 Welcome to the Podcast   00:40 Introducing Aphantasia   03:54 Imagination Without Images   04:49 Reading and Inner Experience   07:54 Feeling Versus Knowing   08:40 How Regression Works   11:24 Doing Hypnosis Without Visuals   14:25 Focus Trust Emotion   19:19 Touch and Somatic Access   21:17 Athletes and Body Learning   24:43 Learning Dance Through Zumba   28:40 Music as Body Expression   29:20 Learning By Self Talk   30:58 Hypnosis Color Shift   34:55 Pink And Unconditional Love   36:00 How Subconscious Answers   38:03 Passenger Seat Mindset   40:05 Yellow Regression Story   43:53 Making Healing Stick   45:54 Triggers And Reprogramming   49:38 Weight Loss And Safety   54:49 Boundaries For Empaths   57:02 Closing Advice And Outro