Release the Past: Craig Meriwether on Hypnotherapy, Anxiety, the Subconscious Mind, and Taking Back Control | Conversations with a Chiropractor Episode Description

In this episode of Conversations with a Chiropractor, Dr. Stephanie Wautier sits down with Craig Meriwether, a clinical hypnotherapist and subconscious transformation specialist, for a grounded conversation about anxiety, old emotional patterns, test Stress, and the role the subconscious mind can play in healing and personal change.

Craig shares how his own struggles with Depression and anxiety eventually led him into hypnotherapy, and he helps clear up some of the biggest misconceptions around the practice. This is not stage-show hypnosis or mind control. It is a conversation about the patterns people carry, the protective habits the mind can create, and what it can look like to begin changing those instructions from the inside out.

Stephanie and Craig also talk about the anxiety many people are living with today, from teenagers navigating social media pressure to adults facing tests, interviews, public speaking, fear of flying, self-sabotage, and feelings of low self-worth.

This episode is a helpful starting point for anyone curious about hypnotherapy, the subconscious mind, and the possibility of responding to life with more calm, Clarity, and control.

In This Episode, Discover

• Craig’s personal journey through depression, anxiety, and Personal Development
• Why hypnotherapy became part of his own healing process
• How today’s teenagers face a very different anxiety landscape than previous generations
• Why social media can make it harder for young people to find quiet, privacy, and relief
• How test anxiety affects students, adults, professionals, and people taking certification exams
• Why stress and shallow breathing can interfere with clear thinking during a test
• What hypnotherapy is, and what it is not
• Why hypnosis is not mind control or brainwashing
• How everyday moments of zoning out or daydreaming can resemble a hypnotic state
• The difference between the conscious mind and the subconscious mind
• How old emotional patterns can become automatic responses
• Why the subconscious mind may treat old pain as present danger
• How hypnotherapy can work with feeling states without searching for false or forced memories
• Why changing subconscious “instructions” can help people respond differently in the present

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Learn More About Craig Meriwether: Craig Meriwether: https://craigmeriwether.com/

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Credits

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Conversations with a Chiropractor 00:56 Meet Craig Meriwether 01:25 Craig’s Journey Into Hypnotherapy 04:19 Anxiety, Teenagers, and the Pressure of Modern Life 11:48 Test Anxiety, Performance Pressure, and the Fight-or-Flight Response 18:18 Why People Turn to Hypnotherapy 20:31 What Hypnotherapy Is, and What It Is Not 25:35 Everyday Hypnosis and Natural Brainwave States 28:49 The Subconscious Mind and Old Emotional Patterns 31:14 Anxiety as the Body’s Alarm System 39:30 Working With Feeling States Instead of Chasing Memories 45:03 Practice, Repetition, and Building New Responses 48:27 A Story About Worthiness and Releasing an Old Belief 53:28 The Mind-Body Connection and the Power of Change 57:12 How to Find Craig Meriwether

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Stephanie Wautier Dr. Stephanie, BSN, RN, DC

I am a wife and mother and began my professional career as a Registered Nurse. I went back to school to become a Chiropractor at age 30 and that is where my heart has been. I have the gift of co-owning a MedSpa and I get to use my nursing background as an injector in this arena. I started my podcast, Conversations with a Chiropractor, because I had been listening to my patients tell me stories of their lives for 20 years and due to HIPPA I could never tell anyone these tales. I thought, "but wait, my patients can tell their own stories! In their own voices!" And that is how my podcast began, I wanted to honor and document the living history among us. My podcast has morphed into a place where people can share their triumphs, their healing journeys or other healers can share a different perspective on what it means to be healthy and give us options to make ourselves healthier!