In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, we stop treating self doubt like a mindset glitch and start seeing it as what it really is, an old protection system that has outlived its job description.
Host Sana sits down with hypnotherapist, channel and former elite athletic coach Magdalena Lyle to unpack how childhood conditioning, family dynamics and hidden trauma program the subconscious to keep us small. From boardrooms to bodybuilding stages, Magdalena breaks down why so many high performers look confident on the outside yet quietly spiral in overthinking, imposter syndrome and perfectionism behind the scenes.
If you are a founder, executive, athlete or ambitious professional who swings between “I’ve got this” and “Who do I think I am,” this conversation will give you a straight talking framework to understand your mind’s protect and serve system, start reclaiming agency in your body and move toward decisions grounded in intuition instead of fear. This episode speaks to self doubt, leadership confidence, performance anxiety, trauma informed healing and nervous system regulation in real world language, not fluff.
About the Guest:
Magdalena Lyle is a Queensland based hypnotherapist, channel and mind body practitioner who started her career working with athletes and high performers on physical rigidity, then discovered their real constraints lived in the subconscious. Today she blends hypnotherapy, fascial stretch work and channelled guidance to help executives, entrepreneurs and athletes identify the childhood scripts running their self doubt, release stored tension in the body and rebuild trust in their own intuition. Her work is grounded, direct and focused on restoring personal agency rather than layering more affirmations on top of unresolved fear.
Key Takeaways:
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Self doubt is not a character flaw, it is the mind’s protect and serve system still following rules written by a younger, scared version of you.
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Childhood experiences, including “small” moments like being yelled at for spilling milk, can wire the subconscious to stay quiet, stay small or over perform to avoid judgment.
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Many executives and athletes wear confidence as a mask at work or on stage, while privately dealing with anxiety, overthinking, migraines, skin issues and emotional burnout.
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The body keeps score. Chronic tension in the jaw, shoulders or hips often signals a nervous system that has forgotten how to trust and relax, even when the mind says “I’m fine.”
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Hypnotherapy done through open questioning, not scripts, lets clients enter their own awareness, see the emotional “scene” behind the pattern and discover their own resources for change.
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Real leadership and performance strength come from integrating intuition, compassion and assertiveness so you are not two different people at work and at home.
How Listeners Can Connect with the Guest
You can connect with Magdalena Lyle and explore her work here.
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Website: https://magdalenalyle.com/
- https://energie4therapy.com.au/discovery-call -
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Email: Magdalena prefers personal contact by email. Please use the address shared in these show notes by the host to reach her directly for sessions or inquiries.
Listeners are encouraged to contact her for hypnotherapy, subconscious mindset work and body based support around self doubt, performance blocks and leadership stress.
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