Life Changes.

Why Isn’t There a Manual?

Change is inevitable. Struggling through it is optional. Hypnotherapy for women navigating fertility, birth, midlife and other major transitions.

Are you navigating a life change and the process has left you burned out?

Overwhelmed?

Ready to burn it all down and start over?

Before you invest in a flame thrower, keep reading!

They told you that you could have it all, be it all. What they neglected to mention:

  • That you would feel like you were always sacrificing something or someone...

  • That overwhelm from life’s demands plus the extra mental load you carry would push you into shut down mode! And how you'd feel guilty about needing to rest.

  • That brain fog and fatigue would make even simple tasks feel like swimming through molasses.

  • And that “having it all” would be harder to juggle than your keys, cell, phone, water bottle, purse, computer bag, and umbrella as you try to get in and out of the car on a rainy day without falling on your butt or breaking your ankle in your very cute, but impractical, high heels.

    You probably don’t need a scientific study to tell you that all of this PLUS  hormonal imbalances will eventually lead you to a breaking point.

No One Talks About What Happens

During the In-Betweens

You might be here because:

  • You’re on a fertility journey or preparing for birth and want to feel calm, capable and grounded.

  • You’re navigating perimenopause or menopause and suddenly everything feels more intense, harder, or totally out of control. You FEEL different, and it's hard to get through the day without biting someone’s head off or bursting into tears for no logical reason.

  • You’re doing “all the right things” and still feel anxious, irritable, or exhausted.

  • You’ve done therapy, read the books, gained insight. You understand what’s happening, but that understanding hasn’t shifted anything.

    I work with women navigating life transitions — fertility journeys, birth preparation, midlife shifts, and career changes — addressing the anxiety, overwhelm, stress, and persistent patterns that are no longer working, but still remain long after the mind understands what’s happening and why.

    We address what insight alone hasn’t shifted, supporting change at the root rather than trying to manage it from the outside in.

WHY HYPNOSIS WORKS

(ESPECIALLY WHEN TALKING HASN’T BEEN ENOUGH)

Insight is valuable. Awareness matters. Traditional therapy methods are helpful.

But most anxiety, pain, overwhelm, and emotional reactions aren’t conscious choices, They’re automatic responses stored in the subconscious part of the brain created by decisions and coping strategies made at a young age. These coping strategies once worked to keep you safe, but now they've outlived their usefulness and are actually causing damage and pain.

Hypnosis works where those responses live.

Research has highlighted how hypnotherapy can produce meaningful change in far fewer sessions than traditional talk therapy alone. Not because it’s magic, but because it works at a deeper level.

This doesn’t mean hypnosis replaces therapy. It often works beautifully alongside therapy — especially when you’re tired of understanding the problem but still living with it.

WHAT HYPNOSIS ACTUALLY IS (AND ISN’T)

Let’s clear this up.

Hypnosis is not:

  • Mind control - if it was, my kitchen counters would always be clean.

  • Being unconscious or asleep. That's a totally different brainwave state.

  • Amnesia

  • Truth serum

  • A state you can get stuck in

Hypnosis is:

  • A state of physical and mental relaxation that allows you to create change starting at the subconscious level.

  • A way to work directly with your nervous system and subconscious patterns

  • A powerful tool for problem solving and creating meaningful, long-lasting change.

You’re always aware and in control.

And your system finally gets a chance to stop running the same old loops by recognizing, on a deeper level, why they aren’t working anymore.

WHAT HYPNOSIS CAN HELP WITH?

Hypnosis can be helpful for a wide range of issues, including:

  • Anxiety, overwhelm, chronic stress and other emotional patterns that don’t respond to logic alone

  • Sleep issues and nervous system dysregulation

  • Pain management

  • Midlife transitions and identity shifts including perimenopause and menopause-related issues

  • Fertility-related anxiety and emotional support

  • Hypnobirthing and birth preparation

If it involves your mind, body, habits, or emotional responses, hypnosis may help.

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WORK WITH ME

My approach respects the reality of change. It is:

  • Collaborative and client-centered

  • Trauma-aware, without digging for the sake of it

  • Flexible and adaptable to your life as it actually is

  • Empowering, compassionate, and direct

In our sessions together:

  • We don’t force change.

  • We don’t bypass what you’re feeling.

  • And we don’t sugarcoat reality.

I help you stop fighting yourself during change and learn how to move through it with more clarity, calm, and trust in your body.

What Clients Say

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Working with Tracie helped me completely change my relationship with food. I use the techniques I learned during our sessions to empower myself to make healthier choices with food. We were able to discover when and why I equate food with love. I am still using the techniques I have learned in my daily self-hypnosis meditations.

- Kim MacDonald Crew Member Trader Joe’s
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

I felt like the session really helped move me forward where I didn’t trust myself and my own instincts.

- Dr. Kalpana Sundar
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

I've had the pleasure of working with Tracie for close to a year. We've done both standard coaching and hypnotherapy. Her intuition is on point and she is so caring and honest. Doing hypnotherapy with her helped me recognize and start to heal some major childhood wounds and beliefs that were holding the real me back. I'd trust her to help me navigate any challenges life throws my way.

Carolyne B., Engineer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tracie has helped me connect deeply with and change how I see myself. I started working with her when I realized I had a fundamental mistrust of the world around me. Through hypnotherapy (and Tracie's insight and kindness), I have learned to be more present in my life, which has helped me find a lot of joy that I didn't know was possible.

Tanya G.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

What I learned with Tracie helped me in so many ways. I initially reached out after having an intense muscle spasm during a lite sedation procedure which had to be cancelled. I was terrified it would happen again. I contacted Tracie and after one session she taught me how to focus my mind elsewhere. It worked. I used the techniques during the procedure and the pain was very minimal. Since then, I use what I learned in any high anxiety situation. I am terrified when I ride in the car with certain people. My heart rate will go up to high cardio levels. When I use what I learned, it helps me center myself and my heart rate returns to normal. This was a game changer for me.

Robin P., Attorney

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

I’m a Certified Hypnotherapist, Master Certified Life Coach and Hypnobirthing Specialist with a Master’s in Counselor Education, based in Asheville, North Carolina.
I work with people navigating major life transitions—fertility journeys, birth preparation, midlife shifts, identity changes, those moments when bodies change, identities shift, and the old ways of coping no longer fit—by focusing on the nervous system and subconscious patterns that shape how change actually happens. My approach is collaborative, trauma-aware, and grounded in the belief that real transformation doesn’t require force. It requires safety, clarity, and space for what’s true to emerge.
My work is shaped by education, ongoing learning, and lived experience. I bring curiosity, honesty, and humor into the room, and I don’t believe in smoothing things over or rushing people through change. I help you make sense of what’s happening and work with it in a way that leaves you clearer, steadier, and more at home in who you’re becoming.

LOGISTICS & LOCATION

  • Based in Asheville, North Carolina

  • Sessions available in person and online

READY TO TALK?

You don’t have to commit to anything yet.

A free connection call is a chance to:

Ask questions.

See if hypnosis feels right for you.

Make sure we’re a good fit.

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