Overview

To provide participants with a high level understanding of how these tools have the potential to help them to learn how mind works, how personal transformation actually happens, and how Hypnosis, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), and CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) each offer practical tools for rewiring unhelpful patterns and strengthening resilience.

Participants leave feeling:

• More self-aware (not broken)
• More empowered (not dependent)
• More hopeful about lasting change

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

• Understand the conscious vs subconscious mind
• Know the differences and overlaps between Hypnosis, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), and CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy)
• Experience simple, safe practices from each modality
• Identify which modality resonates most for their personal growth
• Gain tools they can use immediately

Welcome & Grounding

Theme: Safety, choice, and self-trust

• Warm welcome & facilitator introduction
• Brief overview of the Joy of Resilience philosophy
  • “You are not broken — your nervous system learned to adapt.”
• Group agreements:
  • Participation is always optional
  • Curiosity over judgment
  • Gentle self-awareness

How the Mind Creates Patterns

Theme: Awareness before change

Key Teaching Points:

• Conscious mind vs subconscious mind
• Why willpower alone often fails
• How habits, beliefs, and emotional responses are learned
• The role of safety and repetition

Hypnosis: Working with the Subconscious

Theme: Accessing inner resources

What Hypnosis Is:

• A natural, focused state of awareness
• Similar to daydreaming or deep absorption
• Collaborative and consent-based

What Hypnosis Is NOT:

• Mind control
• Losing awareness
• Giving up power

NLP: Language, Beliefs & Mental Rewiring

Theme: Changing the story you tell yourself

Key Concepts:

• The brain responds to images, words, and emotions
• Thoughts create emotional states
• Small shifts create big change

NLP Techniques Introduced:

• Reframing (changing meaning)
• State awareness
• Anchoring positive states

CBT: Thought Patterns & Emotional Resilience

Theme: Clarity, logic, and self-compassion

CBT Explained Simply:

• Thoughts → Feelings → Behaviours
• Not all thoughts are facts
• Challenging thoughts doesn’t mean suppressing emotions

Common Thinking Traps:

• All-or-nothing thinking
• Catastrophizing
• Mind-reading

Integration & Closing

Theme: Choice and self-trust

• Brief comparison of all three modalities
• Emphasize how they work together, not in competition
• Reflection:
  • Which approach felt most supportive today?
• Closing grounding breath