The Hilarious Hypnotist

The Hilarious Hypnotist

Welcome to the hilarious hypnotist Podcast. I'm Traci Kanaan, your hostess of hypnosis, and I'm a certified hypnotist and hypnotherapist and a former internationally touring comedian. For years I've been using hypnosis to help my clients become the next best version of themselves. One day, I started combining my hypnosis with the skills I learned performing stand-up comedy, and BOOM, I was breaking the traumas that kept disempowering my clients with lightning speed. There is nothing I love more than using hypnotic techniques to uncover the deepest, darkest secrets that haunt my clients every day of their lives, and then being able to use comedy to flip it around so they see their lives, and most importantly, themselves in a very different light. Spend some time walking in the footsteps of my clients, and watch how I work to change their life And maybe even your life using two of the most powerful forces for change, hilarity, and hypnosis. I am your host, Tracy Kanaan, and welcome to The Hilarious Hypnotist podcast.

Episodes

July 5, 2025 57 mins

In this episode, I catch up with Lori Ann, who worked with me to quit smoking and totally changed her life in the process. She shares how she finally let go of cigarettes (even the secret stash in her freezer), went on a bucket-list cruise, and started fully stepping into her gifts as an empath and spiritual healer.

We talk about everything from swimming with dolphins to grounding, spirit teams, addiction recovery, and what it’s re...

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In this episode, Traci helps Amy recenter and ground herself, and shows her a couple of soothing techniques.  When she asks Amy if there's anything she can help with, Amy asks for help with an unhealthy relationship she had with Eli.  Using The Hilarity and Hypnosis Approach, Traci breaks the bad feelings for Eli using karaoke songs that Amy likes to sing.  At the end of the session, Amy thanks Traci for saving her life, as she was...

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Amy is back for her 3rd session with The Hilarious Hypnotist (see previous episodes 17, 18, & 45).  In Episode 45 (April of 2024), she was newly sober and worried about slipping back into drugs and alcohol when it was time for her beloved dog, Sweet Pea, to transition.  In January, Sweet Pea passed, and then Amy lost 2 more family members the same week.  A few weeks later, she lost her friend Julie at the age of 43.  While at Julie...

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Traci begins working with Skylar on the issues she's experiencing with her parents, using a variety of techniques. The fog begins to lift and Skylar changes her focus to the people who love and support her unconditionally. Traci then helps Skylar with some strategic goals to help her make the most of her time before surgery (pre-reco...

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Skylar is back for her fourth session a little over one year from her first session, and WHAT A TRANSFORMATION! Skylar and Traci discuss how she just wanted to be okay around black beans and eat a burger, to earning more money in one month than she did previous year. She got herself a management company thanks to another friend in the business (Danni Daniels) and just returned from the AVN awards. The goal for ...

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December 8, 2024 57 mins

Norma signed up for a lunch with laughter series Traci offered, and ended up receiving a fun Santa-Nosis session just for her!  Like many people, Norma had a more negative attitude towards the holidays.  Traci began uncovering why and then created a hypnosis session on the fly to help Norma get through the holidays with Woo-Santa!

Traci Norma discuss their recent activities and experiences. Norma shares her newfound interest in pet...

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After the session, Traci checks in with Terri who was surprised that she wasn't "hypnotized." Traci turns the camera back on and explains that the entire session was hypnosis, just varying levels of trance. Traci uses covert hypnosis as part of her hypnotherapy, vs traditional hypnosis techniques. Terri then asks again about The Dark Arts of Hypnosis,...
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As we dig deeper into Terri's despair concerning the election results, Traci focuses on the importance of practicing happiness. She shows Terri her happiness journal, and shares the 5 tabs: happy memories, affirmations, goals, gratitude, and inspirational quotes. At one point, Terri's inner voice tells her to give up and quit because she's never going...
After the election results were posted and Donald Trump was declared the winner, Terri, like millions of people who supported Kamala Harris, became despondent, depressed, and disillusioned. She called up her friend Traci, The Hilarious Hypnotist, and requested a session in hopes of not only helping herself get through the disappointment, but to also h...
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DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE WHILE DRIVING!!! The Hilarity and Hypnosis Approach uses humor to kill the triggers, but since this is Skylar's third session, enough triggers have been addressed that it's time to start using HYPNOSIS to build up...

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Skylar Calico returns to the Hilarious Hypnotist Podcast for her third session, discussing her ongoing struggles with her mother's critical voice and the impact of her upbringing. Skylar shares how her mother's constant negativity has led to burnout, anxiety, and a fear of being punished. She recounts her mother's controlling behavior, including takin...
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    The Hilarious Hypnotist begins going through Sandy's triggers and scrambling her memories with Monty Python quotes and dad jokes. Sandy reveals more details behind the trigger of being around emotional women. Each round she feels better and better. Using a combination of Robert Smith's Faster EFT and David Snyder's techniques, Traci can get Sandy feel...
    Traci spoke at a Naturist Women's Rendezvous a few weeks ago and met Sandy. Traci's hypno senses lit up, and sensed there was a LOT more to Sandy than appeared and sure enough she was right. She invited Sandy to be on the podcast, and Sandy graciously accepted. Sandy, like many of Traci's clients, had a turbulent and unstable childhood. While they're ...
    The exciting conclusion of Sandy's life coaching session after her life drastically changed with the break up of her boyfriend of 4 years, having to move to a new place, and the grandchildren she's not allowed to see moved from Guatemala to being within 2 hours of her home in Florida. Traci continues to work with Sandy to lay out a plan as to what her...
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    Often times when my clients start working with me, the Universe picks up on it and the waves of change ripple out and come back in unexpected ways. In the three weeks since Sandy's first visit, her boyfriend of 4 years broke up with her, she had to find a new place to l...
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    The exciting conclusion of Sandy's session. In the second half, Traci continues to piece together Sandy's life, eventually becoming the caregiver to the step father that abused her. Traci continues to break the bad trances by having Sandy re-imagine her stepfather with various props and silliness so Sandy can't possibly see her stepfather in the same ...
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    Sandy heard how The Hilarious Hypnotist was able to help Amy (EP 17, 18 & 45) and wanted to try healing with humor for herself! Sandy, like many of Traci's clients, is suffering from a multitude of issues: trouble sleeping, depressed feelings, fibromyalgia, and anxious feelings. Traci reads "fibromyalgia" in Evette Rose's book, Metaphysical Anatomy, a...
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    The exciting conclusion to Skylar's session is that she changes her mother's statements from anger to laughter. Using a variety of sounds on a mini iPad, Traci uses numerous sound effects to scramble Skylar's memories about the statements her mother made to make her laugh. Traci ends the session showing Skylar some self-soothing techniques and tapping...
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    Skylar is back for a follow-up visit three months after her first visit (Episodes 41 & 42). After being turned away by several therapists prior to her session with Traci The Hilarious Hypnotist, Skylar is thrilled with her results from her first session. She's calmer, able to eat hamburgers without guilt, and doesn't get sick when she sees black beans. She even sent Traci a few referrals. Traci as...

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    You might remember Amy (episode 17 & 18), who wanted to experience a "DP." A few weeks after her October 2022 session, Amy told Traci that she had been stockpiling her meds and had planned to overdose when her dog Sweet Pea passed. She got so much out of her session with Traci, that Amy ended up throwing out her medications. She used Traci's technique...
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