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Deborah LeBlanc (she/her)

Deborah joined Momma on April 8, 2024 for a live Q&A via Twitch and YouTube to talk about Hypnotherapy & Rising From the Ashes

About Deborah

Hailing from Lafayette, Louisiana, Deborah LeBlanc is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, an NLP Practitioner, a Therapeutic Imagery Master, and an advanced handwriting analyst. She specializes in 68 different presenting issues. She has helped hundreds of individuals break free from debilitating, limiting beliefs, which then enables them to experience success, joy and fuller, happier lives. Deborah’s passion, enthusiasm and motivating style has awarded her the opportunity to speak at conferences and hold workshops around the world. She’s also the founder of Literacy Inc., a non-profit organization whose mission is to fight the growing illiteracy rate in America’s teens. Unquestionably, wherever Deborah goes, she travels to deliver one basic message—a message of hope…then commits to turning that hope into reality.

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Episode Summary

If you've ever felt stuck in grief, trauma, or stress and are curious about how hypnotherapy could help you unlock your inner strength, this episode with Deborah LeBlanc is for you.

Key Takeaways

In this episode of Even Tacos Fall Apart, MommaFoxFire interviews Deborah LeBlanc, a certified clinical hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner, to discuss the power of hypnotherapy and overcoming adversity. Deborah shares her extensive background, which includes working as the first female executive vice president in fuel transportation and starting her own logistics company before a series of personal tragedies led her to reevaluate her life. She endured the loss of her father, granddaughter, and two daughters in a short period. This profound grief ultimately pushed her to leave the corporate world and seek new meaning, leading her to hypnotherapy through a serendipitous Google search.

Deborah explains her journey into becoming a certified clinical hypnotherapist and obtaining a degree in mind-body psychology. Through her personal experiences with loss and trauma, she found healing in hypnotherapy and now helps others overcome debilitating limiting beliefs. She emphasizes that hypnotherapy is not mind control, as often portrayed in media, but a therapeutic process that helps individuals access their subconscious minds to facilitate personal healing.

During the interview, Deborah outlines the differences between hypnotherapy, stage hypnosis, and entertainment hypnosis. She makes clear that hypnotherapy requires a professional understanding of a client's mental health and personal struggles, contrasting it with the misconceptions surrounding hypnosis in popular culture. Deborah also details her process of writing custom hypnotherapy scripts tailored to individual clients based on their unique situations. She uses techniques like therapeutic imagery and chakra light therapy, which incorporate visual storytelling to help clients relax and address specific mental health challenges.

Deborah shares her thoughts on grief, explaining how it has shaped her perspective on life. She describes how, after experiencing so much loss, she needed time to mourn in her own way before seeking professional help through antidepressants, which eventually helped her climb out of depression. Deborah advises those dealing with grief to practice self-care by doing even the smallest acts, like showering, for the people they’ve lost, emphasizing the importance of taking steps to stay healthy.

Throughout the interview, Deborah highlights the importance of mental health awareness and reducing stigma. She encourages listeners to view mental illness as they would any other illness, such as diabetes or cancer, underscoring that mental health issues are real and treatable.

Deborah talking about the various conditions hypnotherapy can help treat, from phobias and anxiety to smoking cessation and nail-biting. She also introduces her new book, "Make Shit Happen," covering topics such as unleashing personal power, decluttering life, and improving memory. Her message is one of hope, resilience, and the transformative power of hypnotherapy for those willing to engage in the process of healing.