https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/ Articles by Dr. Flávio Souza-Campos on the problems that take too much of us, and what actually helps. Written for high achievers, such as physicians, surgeons, attorneys, and executives, who carry more than they show. en-us https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/know-thyself/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/know-thyself/ Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Most of us believe we know ourselves. A simple thought experiment shows where our attention really goes, and why that matters for love. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/when-burnout-becomes-a-mental-prison/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/when-burnout-becomes-a-mental-prison/ Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Why the mind keeps circling a breakdown, and why explaining what happened is not the same as recovering your ability to respond. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/why-time-doesnt-heal-heartbreak/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/why-time-doesnt-heal-heartbreak/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Heartbreak registers in the brain much like physical pain. Why waiting, a new relationship, or talking it through often fails, and what helps instead. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/clinical-hypnosis-works-research/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/clinical-hypnosis-works-research/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 An umbrella review of 49 meta-analyses and 261 studies shows where clinical hypnosis helps most: pain, surgery preparation, anxiety, and sleep. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/who-is-really-single/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/who-is-really-single/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Why some people who want a partner cannot find one: the single person who is looking is often already coupled to something else. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/iact-2025-author-of-the-year/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/iact-2025-author-of-the-year/ Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 The International Association of Counselors and Therapists honored Dr. Flávio Souza-Campos with its 2025 Pen & Quill Award for transformational writing. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/the-spiral-of-love/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/the-spiral-of-love/ Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 The four stations we cycle through in love, Ready, Joy/Flow, Conflict, and Heartbreak, why we get stuck in one, and how to return to joy. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/therapy-without-diagnosis-or-treatment/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/therapy-without-diagnosis-or-treatment/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 How Dr. Flávio helps couples without diagnosing or treating anyone: five ideas from five books, and hypnosis to make the change real. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/how-to-stop-emotional-eating/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/how-to-stop-emotional-eating/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Emotional eating is driven by the self-image below conscious awareness. Why willpower fails and how hypnotherapy supports mindful eating. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/what-part-of-the-mind-causes-weight-loss-and-gain/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/what-part-of-the-mind-causes-weight-loss-and-gain/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Why diets built on hunger fail, and why the key to changing your weight lies in the part of the mind below conscious awareness. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/mysterious-sense-of-void-within/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/mysterious-sense-of-void-within/ Sun, 11 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Emptiness, restlessness, and the feeling that something is missing may share one cause. Why changing the world outside does not fill the void inside. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/is-your-heart-locked-shut/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/is-your-heart-locked-shut/ Sat, 10 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Three very different cases with one thing in common: an old hurt that closed the heart. Why opening it matters more than retelling the story. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/healing-the-pain-of-deep-betrayal/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/healing-the-pain-of-deep-betrayal/ Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Betrayal makes us close the heart to protect ourselves. What that costs us in relationships, finances, and health, and how to come back. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/a-radical-discovery/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/a-radical-discovery/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 You are not who you think you are. On the persona built from borrowed thoughts, and the journey back to the self underneath it. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/some-thoughts-on-hypno-anesthesia/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/some-thoughts-on-hypno-anesthesia/ Fri, 06 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 A short history of hypnosis for anesthesia, from James Esdaile to today, and where it still helps: pain, dental work, childbirth, and emotional pain. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/analgesia-without-loss-of-consciousness/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/analgesia-without-loss-of-consciousness/ Tue, 03 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 A first-person account of a headache relieved by a three-minute hypnosis session in a hotel lobby, and the questions it raised. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/do-not-just-manage-anger/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/do-not-just-manage-anger/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Systemic anger, not the explosive kind, quietly erodes quality of life. Three signs that unresolved anger may be holding you back. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/what-is-de-hypnosis/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/what-is-de-hypnosis/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Strong emotional experiences hypnotize us into limiting lessons. Two stories of how de-hypnosis frees a person from them. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/how-to-live-a-life-you-love/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/how-to-live-a-life-you-love/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Why willpower cannot hold a new life in place for long, and how changing the self-image below conscious awareness makes change last. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/realizing-who-we-really-are/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/realizing-who-we-really-are/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 12:00:00 +0000 What hypnotherapy is, how the conscious and subconscious mind differ, and why the self-image always wins against willpower. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/science-proves-the-value-of-hypnosis/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/science-proves-the-value-of-hypnosis/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 12:00:00 +0000 A Charité study showed that posthypnotic suggestion can change how the brain values choices. What that means for cravings and decisions. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/the-mind-and-beyond/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/the-mind-and-beyond/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 12:00:00 +0000 The world is like a gym and life is the set of weights. Why we see problems instead of opportunities, and how forgiveness changes that. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/it-gets-easier-to-forgive/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/it-gets-easier-to-forgive/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Forgiveness of self and others is the key to moving forward. A simple image for putting down the weight you have been carrying. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/what-would-happen-if/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/what-would-happen-if/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:00:00 +0000 What if every person and circumstance in your life were a lesson to be completed, like a level in a game? How perception changes the journey. https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/do-i-need-to-believe-in-reincarnation/ https://innermasteryworks.com/blog/do-i-need-to-believe-in-reincarnation/ Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:00:00 +0000 The short answer is no. Hypnotherapy is a personal journey into yourself, and remembering moments of this life is often enough.