Motor City Hypnotist
The Motor City Hypnotist Podcast discusses all things related to hypnosis, mental health, self-help and inspiration without the psychobabble. Come join us for fun, informative and entertaining content that you can use to improve yourself and make positive changes! David R. Wright is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Hypnotist/Hypnotherapist. He has been in practice for 29 years and performs comedy hypnosis stage shows as The Motor City Hypnotist.
Episodes
Your brain can be brilliant and still hit the panic button at the worst time. We get blunt about why that happens and why so many “best practices” for anxiety relief accidentally keep people stuck in a lifetime of coping, avoiding, and white knuckling.
We walk through our nervous system reset series with a simple image: a smoke alarm that screams every time you make toast. Most advice is basically...
Your heart races, your stomach drops, your hands sweat, and your brain decides something is wrong, even when you are “fine.” That experience can make anxiety and panic feel like a character flaw, but we see it differently: your nervous system is doing its job, your alarm is just miscalibrated. We pick up part three of the Nervous System Reset series and walk through the shift that helps people move from ...
Panic can hijack your body in seconds, and the worst part is how convincing it feels. We pick up Nervous System Reset Part Two by getting specific about what’s really happening during anxiety and panic attacks and what to do about it. I walk through the program I built for people who are truly stuck in that daily loop, plus how to book a free 30 to 45 minute discovery call to see if it’s a fit.
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Anxiety can hijack your body in seconds and the worst part is you didn’t choose it. We talk about why that happens, what your amygdala is really doing when panic shows up “out of nowhere,” and how the stress hormones behind the racing heart, dizziness, and dread can train you to fear your own sensations. When you understand the nervous system piece, the shame starts to loosen and the problem finall...
Anger can be normal. What’s terrifying is when the anger shows up like a switch flip, blows past logic, and leaves damage behind. We dig into Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED), a DSM-5 diagnosis defined by repeated episodes of impulsive aggression, and we unpack why it can look like “a bad temper” while actually behaving more like a nervous system alarm that won’t shut off.
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Anger can show up in an instant, but the damage can last for days, years, or an entire relationship. We pick up our conversation on intermittent explosive disorder (IED) with the part people crave most: how recovery works when it feels like your reactions are faster than your thinking.
We get practical about what “taking back control” really means, starting with neuroplasticity, the brain’s ...
Defiance can look like disrespect, but up close it often looks like a teen who is flooded, stuck, and missing a few key skills. We wrap up our oppositional defiant disorder series by getting very practical about what helps and what makes things worse. If your home feels like it’s stuck in a loop of blowups, cooldowns, and broken promises, we talk through the exact patterns that keep that cycle alive and the sm...
Teen defiance can be loud, relentless, and personal, especially when oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is in the mix. We pick up our ODD series with a clear focus on adolescence and family dynamics, because the teen years add jet fuel to conflict: independence seeking, emotional intensity, identity formation, and a hair-trigger sensitivity to authority. When a teen already struggles with emotional regulation, norm...
Defiance can look like disrespect, but what if it is really stress, shame, and a nervous system that cannot downshift? We pick up our series on oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) with a clear, parent-friendly breakdown of what ODD is, how common it is, and why it is most often diagnosed in kids and teens. We also talk through why the label gets missed or brushed off, even though it has been in the DSM for decades.<...
Defiance gets blamed on attitude, laziness, or “bad parenting,” but what if the real issue is a nervous system that can’t calm down fast enough? We dig into oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in a clear, practical way, breaking down what the diagnosis actually means and why it’s so often misunderstood. If you’ve ever watched a child or teen go from fine to furious in seconds, this conv...
Star Wars is fun, but the Force hits harder when you treat it like a map of your own mind. On May the Fourth, we go beyond fandom and use the Jedi and Sith as two competing philosophies of how to live with emotion, power, fear, and desire. If you have ever tried to “stay positive” while feeling something darker underneath, this conversation gives you a clearer way to think about what’s actually hap...
May the Fourth is a fun excuse to talk Star Wars, but we take a sharper turn: what if “the Force” is really a map of the human mind? We use the language of Jedi and Sith to explore themes we see every day in therapy and hypnosis work: emotional regulation, inner conflict, fear, connection, and the constant push to feel in control while still staying human.
We unpack the Force as an “energy t...
Autism is one of those words that everyone thinks they understand until you start talking about how it actually feels day to day. We get into the lived reality of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including why sensory overload can turn ordinary sounds, lights, and textures into a wall of stress, and why that constant friction can feed anxiety, depression, and even OCD-like patterns as people try to create order in a ...
A lot of adults walk around with the same quiet question: why do certain sounds, textures, routines, or social moments hit me so much harder than everyone else? We get that question constantly, so we finally sat down to talk about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in plain language and with real-life examples, including the stuff people rarely say out loud like how one small change in routine can knock you off balance ...
A mental health label can be a lifeline, or it can quietly become a cage. We get real about what mental health trends and statistics actually mean once they hit the therapy room, especially when someone walks in convinced a diagnosis from 20 years ago still defines them today. Matt Fox joins me as we talk about why diagnoses should be based on symptom patterns, duration, and daily functioning and why they can legiti...
One in five US adults is living with a mental illness, and the odds are high that someone in your family, workplace, or friend group is quietly carrying it. We take a hard look at mental health trends in 2026, including what the latest stats say about anxiety disorders, depression, PTSD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and more, plus the gut-punch reality that depression rates have surged over the last decade.
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A tiny comment can hit like a gut punch, and the worst part is how easy it is to doubt yourself afterward. We pick up Microaggressions Part Two by focusing on the person on the receiving end: what you feel, what your nervous system does in real time, and how to respond in a way that protects your dignity without turning every moment into a fight.
We break down the stress response (fight, flight, freeze, or fa...
A compliment that makes your stomach drop is still a problem, even if the speaker “meant well.” We unpack microaggressions, those subtle comments and behaviors that communicate bias, and we explain why they’re called micro even though the impact can be anything but small. Along the way, we give real examples you’ve heard at work, in public, and online, like “you’re so articulate,&...
Some Olympic controversies are loud for a week. Others echo for decades and make you question the whole idea of “the best athlete wins.” We sit down with pizza and a drink and build a Top 10 list of controversial United States Olympic moments, counting down the stories that still spark arguments at bars, in comment sections, and in living rooms during every Games.
We hit the headline-makers, like ...
The Olympic moments we never forget are rarely just about the score. They are about nerves, timing, pressure, and the weird way one perfect run or one impossible upset can turn into a lifelong memory you can replay on demand.
We’re back with one of our favorite formats: a Top 10 countdown of the most iconic U.S. Olympic moments in history. We go sport by sport and era by era, from Mary Lou Retton’...
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