Dateline. Oprah. 60 Minutes. PBS. The media - and delighted clients worldwide - are raving about the mind-body healing modality that unlocks the power of your subconscious mind to help you release old habits and create the life of your dreams: HYPNOTHERAPY.

Have you ever tried to make a change only to find that, after an initial period of success relying on willpower alone, you slipped back into the old habit? If so, you're not alone. For example, most people who try to lose weight relapse over and over, and studies have shown that 80% of diets fail. Why?

For most people carrying some extra weight around, that weight is the result of one or more of the following: emotional eating, lack of self-love, association of food with love and comfort, hidden desire to avoid intimacy (weight as protection/shield), relationship issues, lack of motivation for exercise and heathy eating choices. Only by healing those core issues at the deepest level can you lose the weight, and all of its baggage, for good.

Susie was a beautiful 18-year-old woman of average weight, with a strong, fit body and a pleasant, upbeat demeanor. What people didn't know, though, was that on the inside, she was frequently depressed and had been struggling with binge eating and a low self-concept of her body for many years. She had tried numerous diets, exercise programs and positive self-talk. Her parents were loving, and she had a boyfriend who cared about her. But no matter how much external support she had, an inner voice still criticized her: "You're too fat, look at those thunder thighs," "You look horrible in a bikini, don't even go to the beach." While her weight appeared to be just at the top end of normal range, she thought she was very fat and unattractive.

At Susie's first session, we spent a long time identifying the inner "tapes" that had caused her so much unhappiness, and driven her to skip meals then binge out of extreme hunger and deprivation. Through hypnosis and heart meditations, Susie found inner peace and true self-love for the first time. Hypnotherapist Taylor Kingsley states: "It's crucial to build that self-love and sense of deservingness, from deep down. Also, I always enlist the client's inner critic and saboteur to become part of their 'Dream Team' instead, so they stop getting in their own way and really succeed at their goals."