When I first met Shye Powers, my world had felt broken for several years and I couldn’t understand why. I had always been the patriarch of my family (the steady one everyone leaned on for strength or simply a listening ear). In more than 60 years, I had only cried a handful of times, yet suddenly I found myself overwhelmed with emotion (crying over small things, sad things, and sometimes for no reason at all).

Within just a couple of meetings, Shye helped me uncover that these feelings were deeply connected to the loss of my father six years earlier. I had been his caregiver in his final years, and before that he was the rock in my life and my closest friend. I believed I had processed his passing, but through our conversations it became clear that much of my grief was still unresolved.

Shye introduced me to hypnotherapy in a way that felt safe, gentle, and deeply supportive. Through her skillful guidance with breathing exercises and in hypnosis, I was able to access emotions I didn’t even realize I was holding onto and finally begin to release them. The hypnotherapy sessions allowed me to move beyond simply “thinking” about my grief and truly process it at a deeper level, leading me toward acceptance and, most importantly, peace.

She also encouraged me to write about my father and reflect on those memories, which complemented the hypnotherapy beautifully. Over the next six months, her patience, insight, and expertise helped me reconnect with a sense of emotional balance I hadn’t felt in years.

Today, I smile when I think of my father. I can celebrate his life without being overwhelmed by sadness... and when tears come, they are filled with gratitude and love. Hypnotherapy with Shye didn’t just help me cope; it helped me heal.

I am forever grateful to have met Shye and would wholeheartedly recommend her — especially to anyone considering hypnotherapy as a powerful tool for navigating grief or any major life transition.