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Certified Hypnotherapist
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Olga Willemsen, Ph.D. 🌟 Certified Hypnotherapist
Overcome Anxiety, Get into Shape, Improve Your Sleep!
🌱 Guiding personal transformation & growth
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🌟 5-week regressional hypnotherapy & coaching program

29/07/2026

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve shared what’s inside the book I co-authored with Freddy H Jacquin: what ni****ne addiction actually is, why smoking doesn’t relieve stress, what the smoking bans did (and didn’t) fix, and the 6-step protocol behind more than 25,000 successful quits.

“Mindset and Actions of a Quit Smoking Master Hypnotherapist: Changing Lives by Changing Minds” is available now on Amazon.

If you’re a hypnotherapist, it’s also the starting point for the full Training Manual and Masterclass.

Link in comments. And if you know a hypnotherapist who should read this, tag them below.

24/07/2026

The smoking bans of 2004–2007 are a genuine public health success story and also a case study in why legislation alone doesn’t end dependence.

The wins were real: second-hand smoke exposure fell 80%+ almost overnight. Heart-attack admissions in Scotland dropped 17% in year one (Pell et al., NEJM 2008). Ireland saw acute coronary admissions fall 12%, then another 13% the following year. Childhood asthma admissions in England fell nearly 9% (Millett et al., Pediatrics 2013).

But cigarette smoking and ni****ne use aren’t the same thing. As smoking rates fell, va**ng rose to fill the gap. UK adult ni****ne use today is roughly 15–16%.

Freddy Jacquin watched this unfold directly: his group sessions, which used to draw up to 200 smokers, dropped to 17 attendees almost overnight when the ban took effect.

The line from the book stays with me: “The smoking ban cleared the air. The deeper work remains clearing the mind.”

Full analysis and citations in the new book available on Amazon.

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22/07/2026

Ni****ne is a stimulant. It raises heart rate and blood pressure and triggers the release of adrenaline. Its half-life is roughly two hours, so withdrawal symptoms begin within hours of the last cigarette. The next one doesn’t create calm, but it switches off the withdrawal the previous one caused.

Pew Research data bear this out: half of smokers report frequent stress, versus 35% of former smokers and 31% of people who’ve never smoked. And a BMJ/Cochrane meta-analysis found that quitting improves depression, anxiety, and stress.

There’s a nuance worth knowing, too: studies show even ni****ne-free ci******es ease withdrawal symptoms. The ritual itself (the hand-to-mouth motion, the pause) is doing real psychological work. Useful to know when you’re building replacement behaviors with a client.

More in the new book, co-authored with Freddy H Jacquin and available on Amazon.

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18/07/2026

Is ni****ne an addiction? Yes — but probably not for the reason you think.

Under DSM-5-TR and ICD-11, To***co Use Disorder meets the same diagnostic criteria as opioid or alcohol dependence: craving, tolerance, withdrawal, continued use despite harm. Clinically, it’s real.

But here’s what the research also shows: most of smoking’s harm comes from combustion: tar, carbon monoxide, nitrosamines — not ni****ne itself. And ni****ne withdrawal is mild-to-moderate: uncomfortable, but nowhere near as dangerous as opioid or severe alcohol withdrawal.

Lifetime transition-to-dependence rates for ni****ne run 32–67% (Anthony et al., 1994; Lopez-Quintero et al., 2011) — high, but ni****ne has also been legal and socially normalized for a century, which inflates that number relative to restricted substances.

The conclusion I keep coming back to: ni****ne dependence is pharmacologically real, but it’s sustained by learned associations and identity, the “smoker” or “vaper” self-image, as much as by chemistry. That’s exactly the terrain hypnotherapy works in.

Full references in the new book, co-authored with Freddy H Jacquin.
The book is available on Amazon.

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16/07/2026

I’ve just co-authored a book with Freddy Jacquin, a renowned hypnotherapist who has personally helped more than 25,000 people quit smoking.

Freddy H Jacquin has spent 30 years refining a smoking-cessation protocol, helping roughly 5,000 people in 2006 alone. “Mindset and Actions of a Quit Smoking Master Hypnotherapist: Changing Lives by Changing Minds” is what helped his clients succeed, and I contributed three research annexes that ground his clinical experience in the pharmacology and psychology literature:
Is ni****ne really addictive,
Does smoking relieve stress, and
What actually happened after the smoking bans?

Over the next few posts, I’ll share what’s in those annexes because the answers surprised even me.

The book is available now on Amazon.

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14/06/2026

I’m always honored when clients take a moment to reflect on their journey.

This work isn’t just about solving a problem — it’s about feeling seen, empowered, and capable of creating real, lasting change.

Through a personalized combination of hypnotherapy and coaching, I help clients reconnect with their inner strength and move forward with clarity.

If you're ready for change, you're not alone. Let’s talk.

📩 Book a free discovery call or learn more on my website www.new-empowered-you.com

10/06/2026

Before You Try Ozempic: What the Evidence Actually Shows About Long-Term Risks and Weight Regain

Something shifted in the past two years in how people talk about weight. Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Rybelsus: names that a few years ago only endocrinologists used are now part of everyday conversation.

In the United States, 12.4% of adults reported currently using a GLP-1 medication (Glucagon-Like Peptide-1) specifically for weight loss by late 2025, up from 5.8% in early 2024 (Statista, 2025). In Europe, the numbers are much smaller, still under 1% in most countries, but the trajectory is steep and the media coverage even steeper.

If you are one of the millions of people weighing this option, or you know someone who is, this post is for you. I want to give you the same balanced, research-grounded picture I wish more mainstream sources would provide:

what these drugs actually do
what the evidence says about serious risks (including ones that appear or worsen months to years into treatment)
what happens to your weight when you stop, and
why the biological and psychological story behind obesity so often gets left out of the conversation.

Continue reading the post:
https://www.new-empowered-you.com/glp-1-weight-loss-risks/

29/05/2026

SSRI-Induced Weight Gain and What the Evidence Actually Shows About Reversing It
When Weight Loss Isn’t Just Calories

You were slim before the antidepressant. The weight came during treatment, quietly and consistently, despite nothing changing in your eating. You have tried the standard approaches. The weight stayed.

Some of you stopped the medication months or years ago. The scale did not follow. Others are now on a GLP-1 medication and wondering what happens when the prescription ends.

This post maps what the research shows about why this weight behaves differently from ordinary lifestyle weight gain, and which evidence-based approaches give the best chance of sustainable reversal.

Continue reading the article:
https://www.new-empowered-you.com/antidepressant-weight-gain-reverse/

08/05/2026

Weight management involves more than just calories and metabolism.

Your thoughts, emotions, and long-held beliefs are the “software” that runs your metabolic “hardware”.
Chronic stress elevates cortisol, a hormone that promotes insulin resistance and abdominal fat storage, while limiting beliefs like “I will never stick to a diet” can trigger self-sabotage.

In this part of our series, we look at the psychological dimension: how tools like hypnotherapy can calm the stress response and make healthy behaviors feel effortless rather than like a constant struggle.

Read the article here:
https://www.new-empowered-you.com/psychology-of-sustainable-weight-loss/

24/04/2026

Transform your hypnotherapy practice with expert guidance. Are you ready to enhance your skills in smoking cessation hypnotherapy? Join us in this comprehensive learning experience designed by the legendary Freddy Jacquin. Gain access to tried and tested protocols, essential learning materials, and life sessions to bolster your confidence and success. Start your journey to becoming a master quit smoking hypnotherapist today!

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