In this week’s episode of Full of Beans, Hannah is joined by Melanie Davies, a sleep and stress consultant and clinical hypnotherapist, to explore how hypnotherapy can support anxiety regulation, emotional overwhelm, and disordered eating patterns.

Together, Hannah and Melanie unpack what hypnotherapy actually involves, how it works with the emotional and unconscious mind, and why nervous-system-based approaches may help when behaviour-focused treatments feel limiting or incomplete.

This week, we discuss:

• What clinical hypnotherapy is and how it differs from stage hypnosis
• Hypnosis as a naturally occurring state of focused attention
• The role of the unconscious mind in habits, urges, and emotional eating
• Anxiety, stress responses, and food-related coping behaviours
• Emotional regulation as a fo ...