SPEAKERS
The Hypnosis World Mid-America Conference brings together 100 of the most passionate, innovative, and skilled practitioners in hypnosis, NLP, coaching, and personal transformation. From breakthrough techniques to time-tested strategies, each presenter is here to share real-world tools you can use immediately to grow your skills, expand your impact, and transform lives—including your own. Whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned pro, this is your chance to learn directly from voices you haven’t heard yet—but won’t forget.
Molly - Licensed Independent Social Worker & Matt - Registered Nurse
Matt and Molly DeWild help hypnotists, therapists, and coaches achieve better outcomes by preparing clients’ nervous systems for change before applying techniques. Matt (RN, Functional Kinesiologist) specializes in functional neurology and creating measurable brain state changes. Molly (LISW, MA, MBA) brings expertise in the psychology of resistance and transformational coaching.
Together, they developed the evidence-based Readiness for Change framework that explains why identical techniques produce dramatically different results. Their three-phase approach addresses homeostatic, psychological, and neurological readiness—transforming resistant clients into responsive ones.
Conference attendees will experience live demonstrations showing measurable cognitive improvements in minutes and receive downloadable practitioner guides for immediate implementation.
The DeWilds have trained hundreds of practitioners to amplify their clinical effectiveness without abandoning existing skills. Their collaborative, research-backed approach provides concrete tools that enhance any therapeutic modality.
Their message: Your techniques work—when the nervous system is ready to receive them.
Beyond Technique: Why Readiness Predicts Client Success
You can have the best techniques in the world… and still get inconsistent results.
If you’ve ever had a session where you knew what to do—but it just didn’t land—this is why.
Mike and Molly DeWild reveal the real factor behind client success: readiness.
Not theory. Not guesswork. The difference between sessions that work—and sessions that stall.
In this session, you’ll learn how to spot—within minutes—whether a client is ready for change… or about to resist you no matter how good your technique is.
More importantly, you’ll learn exactly what to do about it.
What You’ll Walk Away With:
- A clear way to identify why a client isn’t responding—and fix it fast
- What to adjust before you begin your process so it actually works
- How to turn “resistant” clients into cooperative ones
- A repeatable system for creating more consistent, successful sessions
This is a hands-on experience.
You won’t just hear it—you’ll feel the shift yourself through live demonstrations and guided exercises designed to increase responsiveness in real time.
Bottom Line:
If you want more consistent results, fewer stalled sessions, and clients who actually respond to your work…
This is one of the most important sessions you can attend.
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Hypnosis & the Somatic Response for ADHD - Why Most Techniques Fail—and How to Finally Create Focus That Sticks
ADHD isn’t just a focus problem—it’s a nervous system problem.
And that’s exactly why so many techniques… don’t stick.
In this eye-opening session, Tim Lisbon reveals what most practitioners overlook:
👉 You can’t create lasting change until the body is regulated first.
Blending neuroscience, hypnosis, and somatic work, Tim shows you how to work with the brain and body—rather than fighting against them.
Inside this session, you’ll discover how to:
- Use hypnosis to improve focus, reduce impulsivity, and build real self-regulation
- Access the somatic (body-based) drivers behind ADHD behaviors
- Apply simple techniques that calm the nervous system in minutes
- Increase client responsiveness by preparing the brain for change first
You’ll also experience:
- A live group hypnosis exercise to feel these shifts in real time
- Practical tools like guided imagery, anchoring, and somatic awareness techniques
- A 5-step self-hypnosis protocol you can immediately use for yourself or your clients
Tim breaks down complex neuroscience into clear, usable strategies—so whether you’re a hypnotist, coach, educator, or working with ADHD clients, you’ll walk away with tools that actually work in the real world.
If you’ve ever felt like:
- Your clients understand what to do… but still don’t do it
- Techniques work sometimes—but not consistently
- There’s something deeper driving the resistance
This session will show you exactly what’s been missing—and how to fix it.
Nova Alternative Wellness
Tim Lisbon
Rewiring Focus: A Mind-Body Approach to ADHD That Actually Works
Why do so many ADHD clients struggle… even when using proven techniques?
Tim Lisbon has spent over 30 years answering that question—and what he’s discovered changes how you approach focus, behavior, and results entirely.
As a pioneering mind-body specialist and co-founder of Nova Alternative Wellness, Tim goes beyond traditional models to reveal what most practitioners miss: ADHD is not just cognitive—it’s deeply neurological and somatic.
In this powerful, eye-opening session, you’ll discover how to:
- Calm the nervous system to reduce resistance and overstimulation
- Improve focus and executive function through body-based interventions
- Use hypnosis more effectively by preparing the brain and body for change
- Work with—not against—your client’s physiology for faster, lasting results
Tim combines clinical hypnosis with craniosacral therapy, somatic release, and biofeedback to create a system that helps clients move from chaos to clarity—without relying solely on willpower or medication.
What sets him apart is his ability to take complex neuroscience and turn it into simple, practical tools you can use immediately—whether you’re a hypnotist, coach, or working directly with ADHD clients.
With advanced training across mind-body medicine, healthcare systems, and neurology-based practices, Tim delivers a rare blend of science, strategy, and real-world application.
👉 If you’ve ever felt like your techniques “should” work—but don’t…
👉 If you want to unlock deeper, more consistent results with ADHD clients…
This is the missing piece you’ve been looking for.
Success Coach and Registered Nurse
Carolyn Cahn is a highly experienced Success Coach and Registered Nurse, with over 35 years dedicated to empowering individuals. Holding advanced degrees from George Washington University and certified in NLP, Coaching, IEMT, and Hypnosis, Carolyn brings a powerful blend of expertise to her public speaking. She specializes in helping audiences tackle challenges like low self-esteem, ADHD, and burnout, and uniquely, in releasing negative emotions tied to memories. Her proven methods guide individuals toward personal and professional fulfillment, with clients achieving satisfying careers, improved relationships, and increased revenues. Carolyn’s compassionate approach makes her a trusted voice, inspiring lasting transformation.
Eavesdropping on the Mind
Eavesdropping on the Mind: What Your Brain Is Saying About You (and How to Change It)
You’re not stuck because of a lack of skill. You’re stuck because of the conversation happening in your own head.
In this powerful, highly interactive session, Carolyn Cahn exposes the hidden driver behind procrastination, hesitation, and inconsistent results—the automatic internal dialogue that quietly dictates your actions all day long. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it… and more importantly, you can finally take control of it.
This isn’t theory-heavy fluff. This is practical mental reprogramming you can use immediately in your life, your sessions, and your business.
You’ll discover:
- Why up to 80% of your thoughts default negative—and how that’s sabotaging your progress
- How your brain wires in self-doubt, hesitation, and stop-start behavior (and how to interrupt it)
- A simple, repeatable framework to break unproductive thought loops on demand
- How to replace automatic negative thinking with patterns that drive confidence, action, and follow-through
- Real-time techniques you can use with clients to help them shift faster and more effectively
During the session, you won’t just learn this—you’ll experience it. You’ll identify your own hidden thought patterns, disrupt them in real time, and feel what it’s like to regain control of that internal voice.
What this means for you:
- Make decisions faster instead of overthinking
- Take consistent action instead of starting and stopping
- Show up with more confidence in sessions, on stage, or in your business
- Help your clients break through mental blocks more quickly
If your results—or your clients’ results—aren’t where they should be, this is one of the root causes.
Fix the conversation in the mind… and everything else starts to move.
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Hypnosis for your Neurodivergent Client
Hypnosis for Your Neurodivergent Client
Most hypnotists are trained for the “average” mind.
Your clients are not average.
If you’ve ever felt like a technique should have worked—but didn’t… if you’ve had clients who struggle to relax, follow suggestions, or fully engage in the process… this is where the gap is.
In this essential session, Dr. Gris Galvez breaks down how neurodivergent clients (ADHD, autism, and related profiles) actually process information—and why traditional hypnosis approaches often miss the mark.
This is about making THE SHIFT from a one-size-fits-all model… to a practitioner who can adapt, connect, and get results with a wider range of clients.
You’ll learn:
- How neurodivergent clients think, process, and respond during hypnosis
- Why standard scripts, pacing, and structure can create resistance instead of results
- How to adjust your language, sequencing, and delivery for maximum effectiveness
- Environmental and sensory factors that can make or break a session
- How to create a session experience that feels safe, engaging, and productive for neurodivergent minds
What you’ll be able to do immediately:
- Confidently work with clients who previously felt “difficult” or unresponsive
- Modify your sessions in real time based on how a client is processing
- Increase your success rate by meeting clients where they are—not where you expect them to be
- Expand your services to a growing and underserved audience
This isn’t just about inclusion—it’s about effectiveness and growth.
When you understand how to work with the neurodivergent mind, you don’t just become a better hypnotist…
you become a more versatile, in-demand practitioner.
And that shift changes everything.
Clinical Hypnotist and Integrative Health Facilitator
Dr. Gris Galvez is a medical doctor with over 30 years of hospital practice as a pediatrician/ neonatologist. For the last 10 years, she has expanded her practice as a clinical hypnotist and integrative health facilitator with complementary modalities for an integrative approach. Based not only on neuroscience but also the mind, body & spirituality connection, her experience will provide you with tools to use with your clients.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Speaker, & Visionary Leader
VaJezatha is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, speaker, and visionary leader whose work helps individuals, families, and communities move toward healing, wholeness, and purposeful living. She is the founder of ShePRAYneurs, a entrepreneur-centered empowerment movement that encourages women to pursue spiritual, emotional, and practical growth with courage and clarity.
Drawing from her experience in behavioral health, trauma-informed care, community service, and faith-integrated support, she offers a perspective that is both clinically grounded and deeply relatable. Her unique approach bridges mind, body, soul, and everyday life, helping audiences understand how what surrounds them can shape how they think, feel, and live.
Attendees will benefit from her ability to blend insight, warmth, and actionable wisdom in a way that inspires personal reflection, stronger boundaries, and meaningful change.
The Shift to Rupture-Proof Hypnotherapy
You can have the right technique… and still lose the client.
Not because the method failed—
but because trust broke.
In this bold, necessary session, VaJezatha Payne takes you inside one of the most overlooked factors in client success: therapeutic rupture—the subtle (and not-so-subtle) moments where misattunement, bias, defensiveness, or lack of awareness quietly damage the relationship.
This is where THE SHIFT happens—from focusing only on technique… to mastering the human experience inside the session.
You’ll learn:
- Why clients disengage, shut down, or don’t fully respond—even when you’re “doing it right”
- How cultural misattunement and unseen bias impact trust, safety, and outcomes
- The real-time internal triggers that cause therapists to lose connection without realizing it
- How to recognize rupture as it’s happening—not after the damage is done
- Practical strategies to repair trust, deepen connection, and keep sessions productive
This session goes beyond awareness. It gives you in-the-moment control.
What you’ll be able to do immediately:
- Stay grounded and effective when difficult or uncomfortable moments arise
- Adjust your responses in real time to maintain trust and safety
- Work more effectively with clients from diverse and marginalized backgrounds
- Strengthen client retention, results, and referrals by improving the therapeutic relationship
- Build a reputation as a practitioner who creates a space where all clients feel seen, respected, and supported
This isn’t surface-level “be more aware” advice.
This is clinical self-mastery—the difference between losing the client… and leading them through transformation.
Because when trust is strong, everything works better.
And when it’s not… nothing else matters.
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What most Hypnotists Don't Get About Social Media
The session is about why most people’s social media contents aren’t working, and how to fix it.
On a deeper level – it is about truly understanding what social media is for, and how to build real connection with the right people on social media as a hypnotist – and most importantly – as a human.
It is for anyone who wants to use social media to build meaningful connections that will fuel their work, their creativity, and their business.
People will learn how to attract the right people on social media, how to show up on social media that’s meaningful and effective, how to build an audience, how to use social media in a way that’s sustainable for themselves and the people they care about, and etc.
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lesterhypnosis
Lester Fu is a professional hypnotist who helps people find clarity and create positive changes using the power of the subconscious mind. Lester offers in-person and online sessions to clients worldwide, and his viral hypnosis videos have amassed more than 50 million views globally.
He serves as the resident hypnotist at Bishop’s Lodge Auberge Resort, and also captivates audiences with stage hypnosis shows exploring themes like love, time, and dreams. When not doing hypnosis, you might find him hiking in the New Mexican wilderness or singing in the shower.
Awareness Coach and Licensed NLP Trainer
Alessandro Gavello is an Awareness Coach and Licensed NLP Trainer who helps coaches and high performers sharpen their perception, recalibrate their thinking, and act with precision. His work centers on one core principle: when awareness expands, everything else follows.
With over 30 years of experience as a professional performer and educator, Alessandro brings a grounded, no-nonsense approach that blends deep insight with real-world application. He is known for simplifying complexity, cutting through noise, and guiding people to access clarity, emotional control, and aligned action.
Attendees can expect a direct, engaging session that challenges how they see themselves and their potential—leaving them with practical tools to think better, decide faster, and perform at a higher level.
Drug of Choice. Generate Your Own Powerful Inner State, on Demand.
In this provocative session, Alessandro Gavello explores the idea that your “drug of choice” isn’t a substance—it’s a pattern that you learned neurologically, that you can learn to use to your advantage.
Designed for coaches, seekers, and high performers, this talk is for anyone ready to see what you can do when you learn to change with intention.
Blending awareness work with hypnosis and with NLP, Alessandro guides attendees to learn how to make the most of many unexpected patterns. Expect a direct, eye-opening experience that challenges perception and invites a deeper level of personal responsibility. You’ll leave with a sharper awareness of your internal patterns—and practical tools to shift them—so you can stop reacting on autopilot and start choosing your state, your actions, and ultimately, your direction.
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Immersive Hypnosis: Sound-Supported Recalibration for High-Functioning Minds
Some of your smartest clients are the hardest to take deep.
They follow every instruction. They understand the process. They want the result.
But part of their mind never shuts off—and that quiet “observer” keeps them from fully dropping in.
If you work with high-performing, analytical clients—executives, engineers, entrepreneurs—you’ve seen this. And if you don’t solve it, your results plateau.
In this innovative session, Olga Zvereva shows you how to make THE SHIFT from trying to push clients deeper… to removing the mental interference that’s keeping them shallow in the first place.
You’ll discover:
- Why high-functioning clients stay mentally “on” during trance—and how that limits depth and results
- The hidden monitoring process that keeps analytical minds evaluating instead of experiencing
- A simple, practical framework to reduce cognitive interference without forcing deeper techniques
- How predictable sensory input (including sound) can stabilize trance naturally
- When and how to integrate sound-supported hypnosis safely and effectively into your sessions
This isn’t just theory—you’ll experience it.
Through a live immersive demonstration, you’ll feel firsthand how a stable sensory environment can quiet the analytical mind and create a smoother, deeper hypnotic experience.
What you’ll be able to do immediately:
- Work more effectively with analytical, high-performing clients
- Create faster, more stable trance states without overcomplicating your process
- Reduce session resistance and mental “overthinking” in real time
- Deliver deeper, more consistent results—leading to stronger testimonials and referrals
- Position yourself as the go-to hypnotist for high-level clients who others struggle with
Stop fighting the thinking mind.
Start working with it.
Because sometimes the breakthrough isn’t about doing more…
it’s about removing what’s in the way.
Hypnotist
Olga Zvereva is a hypnotherapist and former software engineer who focuses on helping high-functioning professionals whose minds rarely switch off.
After years in high-pressure technical environments, she became interested in how analytical thinking affects the ability to enter and stabilize trance. Her work explores how reducing mental interference can make hypnotic work easier and more natural for analytical minds. She integrates structured hypnotic protocols with immersive sound-supported recalibration to help clients settle the part of the mind that stays responsible and in control.
Olga offers private hypnotherapy sessions and immersive experiences designed to help professionals move from mental overdrive toward greater clarity, stability, and focus.
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Exhibitor Experience & Resources
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The
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Experience
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