Featured Press

A case study by hypnotherapist Harley Sears documents six months of complete pain relief in an 80-year-old client with severe arthritis, achieved without surgery, medication, or invasive treatment.

Fast Company featured my mental rehearsal technique for pre-interview anxiety, explaining how visualizing success, even imagined experience, increases confidence and performance during high-pressure situations.

Reader's Digest included my 4-7-8 breathing technique as one of 11 evidence-based methods for better sleep, demonstrating how controlled breathing fully charges the lungs with oxygen and promotes deep relaxation.

Publishers Weekly reviewed The Magic in Metaphor with a 9 out of 10 rating and selected it as a Quarter Finalist in their BookLife Prize, praising the book as "overflowing with originality" with "practically flawless execution" and calling it "a creative, eloquent book that transforms the concept of children's stories into usable, healing life lessons."

Yahoo Life featured my wellness spending breakdown alongside three other professionals. The article highlights how wellness investments vary widely based on individual priorities, emphasizing that effective self-care doesn't require massive spending. What matters most is finding an approach that works for your lifestyle and budget.

Meditech Today featured my insights on how AI is transforming client care. I explained how Zoom for Healthcare's AI Companion has revolutionized my practice by handling session documentation, allowing me to be fully present with clients rather than splitting attention between listening and note-taking.

MedShadow Foundation published my personal story of managing hypertension through daily meditation instead of medication, illustrating how deep breathing, muscle relaxation, and mindfulness can influence the autonomic nervous system to naturally lower blood pressure.

PharmaTech News featured my insights on expressing gratitude through complete, undivided attention, explaining how offering genuine focus (putting away phones, closing laptops, and listening without planning responses) communicates that "you are worth my time" in an era where distraction has become the norm.

Meditech Today featured how Zoom for Healthcare has transformed access to my services nationwide, eliminating geographic barriers and making hypnotherapy available to clients who previously couldn't access these services due to distance, mobility challenges, or scheduling constraints.

YouTube features a congratulations video message from British actor Rohan Gotobed, who played young Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, celebrating my award-winning book The Magic In Metaphor.

PharmaTech News included my recommendations for healthy tech habits, emphasizing intentional technology use and purposeful engagement strategies.

Bustle shared my "Heart Focused" breathing technique for managing news-induced anxiety, a three-step method that changes heart rhythm, calms the autonomic nervous system, and replaces anxious feelings with positive emotions.

Interview Focus highlighted my mental rehearsal technique for calming pre-interview nerves, explaining how vividly imagining a successful interview activates the same neural pathways as actually experiencing it.

Essence & Style highlighted my insights on reframing aging with optimism, explaining how our beliefs about aging can be as powerful as our fitness habits, with research showing that positive aging mindsets lead to longer lifespans and better health outcomes.

The Johnson County Post featured my newly released book The Magic in Metaphor, highlighting how I'm helping children and parents overcome mental health struggles together through healing metaphors and storytelling.

VoyageKC Magazine conducted an in-depth interview with me about my private practice journey and the evolution of my hypnotherapy work.

Bold Journey Magazine conducted a full-length interview with me about my career journey and finding purpose in life.

Award-winning author Cynthia Kern OBrien (author of Marky The Magnificent Fairy) praised my book as an "excellent parenting and teacher guide" noting: "This is a collection of 25 short stories and activities that help children with well-being, social and emotional growth, and development. Easy for children to understand and the activities allow them to 'work through it themselves,' which I think is more impactful. I could have used this book as a kid!"

The Phoenix Times covered my attendance at a Barnes & Noble author event benefiting Little Green Libraries, where I signed copies of The Magic in Metaphor.

Capital, Germany's leading monthly business and finance magazine, featured my mental rehearsal technique for interview preparation in their article "5 Tipps um die Nerven zu beruhigen" (5 Tips to Calm Your Nerves), explaining how visualizing successful outcomes strengthens confidence regardless of whether the experience is real or imagined.

Selecciones (Reader's Digest Mexico) published my 4-7-8 breathing technique in Spanish as part of their article "11 trucos extraños que realmente te ayudan a dormir" (11 Weird Tricks That Really Do Help You Go to Sleep).