Hypnotherapy was the answer to my anorexia (even though I thought it was BS!) with Bonnie Killip

Why Knowing What to Do Isn't Enough: Hypnotherapy, Recovery & the Subconscious Mind with Bonnie KillipBonnie Killip is a dietitian, clinical hypnotherapist and eating disorder recovery specialist based in Australia. She also lived with anorexia for fifteen years, went through hospital treatment repeatedly, knew more about nutrition than almost anyone, and still could not recover until she found something that worked at a completely different level. That something was hypnotherapy. What she shares here is genuinely game-changing.This episode is for you if:You know what you need to do to recover but cannot seem to actually do itYou have spent years in therapy and still feel stuckYou feel like there must be something uniquely wrong with you because others seem to be able to recoverYou have been told recovery is just something you manage forever, not something you fully achieveYou are curious about hypnotherapy and what it actually involves in practiceYou want to hear from someone who found the system lacking and discovered a different wayIn this episode, we cover:✨ Bonnie's fifteen years living with anorexia, in and out of hospital, and why having all the nutritional knowledge made no difference at all✨ The moment she sat in her car after a support group and cried, and why it changed everything✨ How she found hypnotherapy through a newspaper clipping her grandmother had saved✨ Why she went to her first session completely sceptical and what happened anyway✨ What hypnosis actually is, and why the subconscious responds to it differently than conscious talking therapies✨ The ninety-five percent principle: why almost everything we do runs on autopilot and why that matters so much for recovery✨ Why feelings, beliefs and identity, not lack of information, are what keep people stuck✨ How pre-verbal beliefs get formed and why talk therapy often cannot reach them✨ What hospital treatment looked like for Bonnie and why disempowerment keeps people cycling back✨ Why no one asked Bonnie what she wanted for fifteen years of treatment, and what happened the first time someone did✨ Why trying something different when what you are doing is not working is wisdom, not failurePowerful quotes from the episode:💬 "Fifteen years of treatment and no one asked me what I wanted. The very first question my hypnotherapist asked was: what do you want? I was shocked."💬 "I knew more about nutrition than almost anyone. That was not the problem. The feelings and emotions just took over every single time."💬 "Our subconscious runs about ninety-five percent of what we do in a day. An eating disorder is mostly repetition of the same patterns. Working at that level is a shortcut to actually changing things."💬 "I cannot connect now to how I could possibly have believed I did not deserve to eat. But I believed it. Hypnotherapy helped me change that."💬 "Shame can only live in the darkness. When it is brought into the light and met with love and understanding, that heals something at a foundational level."Full recovery is absolutely possible. Bonnie is living proof of that, and so am I. If what you have tried so far has not worked, that does not mean you cannot recover. It means you have not yet found the thing that works for you. Keep looking.How to find Bonnie:https://fuellingsuccess.com/and on Instagram @fuelling_successMuch love. 💛💙 Join my FREE support group: https://victoriakleinsman.com/free-support-group💙 Free trial in The Freedom Collective: https://victoriakleinsman.com/coaching💙 Work with me 1:1: https://victoriakleinsman.com/1-1-coaching💙 Become a coach: https://victoriakleinsman.com/become-a-coach