Hypnosis, human behaviour and high-stakes performance

My background spans teaching, professional speaking, endurance running and security risk. My fascination with human behaviour started long before I trained in hypnosis.

During COVID I went through a period of depression. It changed how I thought about pressure, recovery and what people are capable of.

Working in the barbershop, I spent years listening to people talk about what was holding them back, often just before the moments that mattered most to them. I learned that trust is built in the first 90 seconds, or not at all.

Movement is what helped me recover. I ran a marathon, then ran the ten highest mountains in the UK in four days. Every step taught me something about performing when your head is telling you to stop.

Humans are more adaptable and resilient than they believe. I've seen it in other people, and I've lived it.

Now my work focuses on one question: what changes when someone who has the ability to perform comes under pressure?