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How To Reprogram An Addicted Brain Through Hypnosis & Neuroplasticity - Angela Carney

How To Reprogram An Addicted Brain Through Hypnosis & Neuroplasticity - Angela Carney

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She Was Sober for 16 Years. Then She Lost It All, and at
53 Rebuilt Her Brain From Scratch. Angela Carney on Hypnosis,
Addiction and the Subconscious Mind.

Angela Carney got sober in her early thirties and stayed sober
for 16 years while building a successful business from nothing.
Then her mother died, the pressure mounted, and a "harmless"
habit reopened a door she thought was closed for good. What
followed was years of cross-addiction, the loss of her business,
and a rock-bottom moment at 53 where she sat down and Googled
four words: "Can I fix my brain?"

What she found, neuroplasticity, the theta brainwave state, and
the power of the subconscious mind, became the foundation of her
recovery and her work today as a hypnotherapist helping others
beat addiction.

Ryan sits down with Angela for a genuinely fascinating
conversation about how the mind actually works.

What we get into:

How someone relapses after 16 years sober and what
"cross-addiction" really means

Why your dopamine system never forgets, and how addiction
hijacks the reward pathway

The conscious mind is 5% of you your subconscious runs the
other 95%

Why you can consciously want to stop and still be unable to

Neuroplasticity: why your brain can change at any age, not
just before 25

The theta brainwave state, and how the first 7 years quietly
shape your whole life

The night Angela felt overwhelming joy in the middle of
withdrawal, and what it taught her

Why advertising is a form of legal hypnosis, from Pringles to
Nike

Why the subconscious doesn't hear the word "don't", and how
to talk to it instead

Self-pity versus self-compassion, "mood hoovers," and
training your brain toward the positive

Ryan's own visualisation story after his accident, and where
it overlaps with Angela's

Her message to anyone who's tried to stop ten times and
thinks this is just who they are

Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from
the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos
exists to platform guests who've turned adversity into
hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.

Follow: @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis

If anything in this episode affects you, support is available in
Ireland. The HSE Drugs & Alcohol Helpline is free and
confidential on 1800 459 459, and Samaritans are available 24/7
on 116 123.

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