My first hypnotherapy client, for sure was and continues to be my inspiration, motivation, and acknowledgment of my true purpose in life.  

I remember at the end of each hypnotherapy class I was eager to put into practice what I had learned.  At the time, my father had stage four prostate cancer.  He had gone years waking up several times throughout the night to use the restroom.  As soon as my teacher gave us the okay to start practicing, I asked my dad if he would let me practice on him. At first my dad had no clue what Hypnotherapy was.  I explained to him that Hypnosis is being in a state of relaxation like meditation.  To be frank, I don’t think my dad really understood nor really believed in what I was sharing.  However, as a supportive and loving father, he gave me the okay.

I was elated as I set my dad in a lying down position, raised his legs, and tucked him in with a blanket like a little baby.  I covered his eyes with an eye pillow and began guiding him into Restorative Relaxation Hypnosis.  By the end of the first session, my father said he didn’t feel much different.  I thought it was okay, especially considering he was in a lot of pain and taking strong pain medications.  At this point the cancer was starting to spread in his body and was in his bones.  It was hard for him to stand or sit on his own and he mostly laid in bed all day.  So, we kept at it, and did Hypnotherapy every day.  Each day he relaxed and enjoyed it more.  By the third week he was snoring away in his sessions and sleeping 5-7 hours straight.  My dad, family, and I were amazed of how well my father was sleeping and was in less pain.  He was even actually able to cut back on half of his pain medication prescriptions.  My dad was happy with his results and asked for Hypnotherapy every night.  I recorded his guided session and he listened to it every night and during the day as well.  When I would share with him that I was working on new meditation material he would ask me to let him test them, and we would both laugh.  Of course, I would let him hear my new material and he would easily go into a meditating trance experience.  I would ask my father what his experience was like, and if he dreamt anything?  He said he felt peaceful, saw himself in a field running, being and feeling free.  Or, would see himself walking or running and playing soccer.  My dad’s feedback brought me immense joy because before Hypnotherapy, my dad would have awful nightmares about death, and would only get a couple of hours of scattered sleep here and there.

Thanks to my father’s response to his Hypnotherapy sessions, I continued learning and practicing this modality.  Since then, I experience joy when people tell me how peaceful and serene they felt after their session.  My first client, my father, instilled a greater belief and passion for Hypnotherapy and most importantly hope for others’ healing.  Now I have the great honor to be working with people and supporting them with their own goals, and I am forever grateful to my first client for this.  May you all be well.  

Thank you for being my inspiration my sweet daddy.  

Diana Diaz – Certified Restorative & RTT Hypnotherapist
Astonishing Mind Hypnotherapy
“Let us be the lantern, you already know the path.”