{"id":3257,"date":"2025-12-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypnospark.com\/english\/?post_type=podcast_episode&#038;p=3257"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T02:40:35","slug":"beating-the-body-image-blues","status":"publish","type":"podcast_episode","link":"https:\/\/hypnospark.com\/english\/podcast_episode\/beating-the-body-image-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Beating the Body Image Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignfull stk-block-columns stk-block stk-a2c9abb stk-block-background stk--has-background-overlay\" data-block-id=\"a2c9abb\"><style>.stk-a2c9abb {background-color:var(--stk-global-color-76216, #ffffff) !important;background-image:url(https:\/\/hypnospark.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rays-of-light-village.webp) !important;min-height:400px !important;align-items:center !important;display:flex 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!important;letter-spacing:1px !important;}<\/style><h1 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-color has-text-align-center\">Beating the Body Image Blues<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-button-group stk-block-button-group stk-block stk-dac1ec1\" data-block-id=\"dac1ec1\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks has-text-align-center stk-block-content stk-button-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-button stk-block-button stk-block stk-5f9d68f\" data-block-id=\"5f9d68f\"><style>.stk-5f9d68f .stk-button{background:var(--stk-global-color-3756, #d25c33) !important;}.stk-5f9d68f .stk-button:hover:after{background:var(--stk-global-color-12964, #7b3731) !important;opacity:1 !important;}.stk-5f9d68f .stk-button__inner-text{color:var(--stk-global-color-76216, #ffffff) !important;font-weight:bold !important;}.stk-5f9d68f .stk-button:hover .stk-button__inner-text{color:var(--stk-global-color-76216, #ffffff) !important;}<\/style><a class=\"stk-link stk-button stk--hover-effect-darken\" href=\"#episode-player\"><span class=\"has-text-color stk-button__inner-text\">Listen to Carene&#8217;s Story<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-f811b6a\" id=\"span-style-color-var-stk-global-color-3756-d-25-c-33-class-stk-highlight-description-span\" data-block-id=\"f811b6a\"><style>.stk-f811b6a .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:1.602rem !important;color:var(--stk-global-color-3756, #d25c33) !important;line-height:1.5em !important;font-weight:600 !important;font-family:\"DM Serif Display\", Sans-serif !important;letter-spacing:1px !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-f811b6a .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:1.4rem !important;line-height:1.4em !important;}}@media screen and (max-width:689px){.stk-f811b6a .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:1.2rem !important;}}<\/style><h3 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-color has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color: var(--stk-global-color-3756, #d25c33);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Description:<\/span><\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-a4e9e7d\" data-block-id=\"a4e9e7d\"><style>.stk-a4e9e7d {margin-bottom:0px !important;}.stk-a4e9e7d .stk-block-text__text{font-size:1rem !important;line-height:1.5em !important;font-family:\"Inter\", Sans-serif !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-a4e9e7d {margin-bottom:36px !important;}.stk-a4e9e7d .stk-block-text__text{font-size:0.937rem !important;line-height:1.4em !important;}}@media screen and (max-width:689px){.stk-a4e9e7d {margin-bottom:29px !important;}.stk-a4e9e7d .stk-block-text__text{font-size:0.875rem !important;}}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">If you\u2019ve ever felt like a poor body image is ruining your life, or the life of someone you love, then this episode of Rays of Light might be for you!<br> <br>Carene Neibaur is a fifteen-year-old who dislikes how she looks, and her father is very worried about her unhappiness. Listen in to hear hosts Karisha and Makiko explore how simple questions can open up new approaches to problems. They also discuss the benefits of creative activities, like drawing and visualizing, and why those often lead to quick results for children and teenagers.<br> <br>The earlier episode we referenced was Taking Back Control in the Social Media Age (August 2025).<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list stk-block-icon-list stk-block stk-752a045\" data-block-id=\"752a045\"><style>.stk-752a045 {margin-bottom:50px !important;}<\/style><svg style=\"display:none\"><defs><g id=\"stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-752a045\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 190 190\"><polygon points=\"173.8,28.4 60.4,141.8 15.7,97.2 5.1,107.8 60.4,163 184.4,39 173.8,28.4\"\/><\/svg><\/g><\/defs><\/svg><ul class=\"stk-block-icon-list__ul stk-block-icon-list--column\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-479e37f\" data-block-id=\"479e37f\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div 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class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">A single painful moment \u2014 like an unflattering photo \u2014 can become the seed of a long-term self-image story unless it&#8217;s processed with care.<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-2c8932c\" data-block-id=\"2c8932c\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-7a8a8f9\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">People often say they \u201cdon\u2019t enjoy anything,\u201d but a gentle imaginative prompt can reveal forgotten passions hiding just beneath the surface.<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-2e38ef5\" data-block-id=\"2e38ef5\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-7a8a8f9\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">When negative self-talk becomes constant, even small tools that interrupt the pattern can create a surprising sense of relief.<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-94e84f0\" data-block-id=\"94e84f0\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-7a8a8f9\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">Hypnosis works especially well with kids because their imagination is still very easily accessible \u2014 making emotional shifts happen more quickly than many expect.<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-stackable-icon-list-item stk-block-icon-list-item stk-block stk-fbd4bbe\" data-block-id=\"fbd4bbe\"><div class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__content\"><span class=\"stk--svg-wrapper\"><div class=\"stk--inner-svg\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><use xlink:href=\"#stk-icon-list__icon-svg-def-7a8a8f9\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/span><span class=\"stk-block-icon-list-item__text\">Reconnecting a young person with what lights them up naturally reduces how much power social comparison and appearance pressure hold over them.<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-174834a stk-block-background\" id=\"episode-player\" data-block-id=\"174834a\"><style>.stk-174834a {background-color:#44546959 !important;border-top-left-radius:12px !important;border-top-right-radius:12px !important;border-bottom-right-radius:12px 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style=\"color: var(--stk-global-color-3756, #d25c33);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Transcript<\/span><\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-14819f5\" data-block-id=\"14819f5\"><style>.stk-14819f5 .stk-block-text__text{font-size:1rem !important;line-height:1.5em !important;font-family:\"inter\", Sans-serif !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-14819f5 .stk-block-text__text{font-size:0.937rem !important;line-height:1.4em !important;}}@media screen and (max-width:689px){.stk-14819f5 .stk-block-text__text{font-size:0.875rem !important;}}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Hi Makiko, <br><br>Hi Karisha, <br><br>Thank you for joining us in Sunnyside, <br><br>The fictional village where our episodes take place. <br><br>If you&#8217;d like to contact us with questions, compliments or concerns, please do so. We&#8217;ll include a link in the show notes.<br><br>Looking out at the fog, Jesse fidgets with his phone, hoping his ex-wife&#8217;s message saying she&#8217;d call him in 5 minutes was accurate. Finally, Blair&#8217;s name appears on the screen, and he hurriedly answers. <br><br>\u201cSorry, it&#8217;s been crazy,\u201d Blair says.<br>\u201cIt&#8217;s fine. I wanted to ask what you thought about Carene seeing this therapist the son of one of my friends has gone to.\u201d Jesse knows he&#8217;s speaking too quickly. He takes a breath. \u201cShe&#8217;s a hypnotherapist, actually.\u201d<br>\u201cA hypnotherapist? Really, Jesse? Aren&#8217;t you overreacting?\u201d<br>Jesse says, \u201cI&#8217;m worried about her. She&#8217;s never been this critical of herself before.\u201d<br>Blair sighs, \u201cAll 15-year-olds hate how they look. Maybe cut back on our social media time.\u201d<br>\u201cThat&#8217;s what my friend&#8217;s son got help with, actually.\u201d Jesse says, hopefully. <br>\u201cOr,\u201d Blair suggests, \u201cWe can just make a rule.\u201d<br><br>Jesse hesitates, then says,  \u201cIt&#8217;s not just social media. I spoke to the hypnotherapist, and I think she can help. Do you want to talk to her?\u201d <br>\u201cI trust that you&#8217;ve done the research, Jesse. It seems unnecessary, but if you think it&#8217;s important, then let&#8217;s give it a try.\u201d<br>\u201cIf I email you the form, can you please get it back to me today? It requires both parents&#8217; signatures.\u201d Jesse goes to his laptop, open on the kitchen table, and as soon as Blair says, \u201cOf course,\u201d presses send on the prepared message. <br>\u201cThank you, Blair.\u201d<br>\u201cKeep me updated. Thanks, Jesse,\u201d Blair says. Jesse ends the call, feeling relieved. Now he just has to convince Carene.<br><br>K: The friends Jesse&#8217;s referring to here are Shiori and Hiro, the parents of 17-year-old Akimitsu, who had sessions with the hypnotherapist, Reina Ibarra, to help him with his social media usage and schoolwork focus. Information about that episode is included in the show notes. <br><br>M: And here, just one quick note, when we work with a minor, meaning anyone under 18 in the U.S. and actually in Japan, it&#8217;s 20, but we need a written consent from all legal guardians.<br><br>So in shared custody situation, that means each guardian needs to agree and sign. <br><br>K: Right, exactly. <br><br>That evening during dinner, Jesse asks his daughter, \u201cYou know how Akimitsu had some appointments with a hypnotherapist?\u201d <br>\u201cYeah,\u201d Carene says, \u201cYou&#8217;ve told me 20 times.\u201d <br>\u201cHe really liked the sessions, found them useful. Would you be willing to talk to the same person, see if she could help you feel happier?\u201d<br>\u201cDad, you shouldn&#8217;t expect to be happy all the time. It&#8217;s not reasonable.\u201d<br><br>Jesse pauses for a moment, then says hesitantly, \u201cWeren&#8217;t you at least happier before?\u201d \u201cBefore what?\u201d<br>\u201cBefore now?\u201d <br>Carene sighs loudly, \u201cMore likely seeing a personal trainer or an esthetician or a plastic surgeon would make me happier. The problem is not in my mind. <br>Jesse asks, \u201cWhat about talking to her on the phone?\u201d<br>\u201cTo who?\u201d<br>\u201cReina, the hypnotherapist.\u201d<br>\u201cOooh, you must really want this. Where is the dad who would have said to whom, killing any chance of a rapport with his bratty illiterate teen?\u201d<br>\u201cNot bratty. I say sincerely, before realizing I have just increased rapport.\u201d <br>Carene laughs, \u201cShe can&#8217;t help me. I&#8217;ll talk to her though.\u201d<br><br>K: Just a quick mention, as with every topic we cover on this podcast, hypnosis isn&#8217;t the only option. It&#8217;s just the one we&#8217;re basing our stories on since we are hypnotherapists. <br><br>A few days later, Carene has a phone consultation with Reina, who tells her, \u201cYour dad is worried you&#8217;re feeling negative about your appearance and that you seem very unhappy. Do you agree with him?\u201d<br><br>Carene thinks about this for a moment, then says, \u201cI do hate the way I look. My mom says I&#8217;m in an awkward phase, but she&#8217;s not so beautiful herself.\u201d<br>She pauses to see if Reina will laugh or protest, then continues when she doesn&#8217;t.<br>\u201cI&#8217;m not being bullied like my dad keeps asking. I don&#8217;t think how people look on social media is always reality like my mom thinks I do.\u201d<br><br>Reina asks, \u201cDo you remember when you started disliking how you looked?\u201d<br>Carene doesn&#8217;t respond right away, even though the answer comes to her immediately.<br><br>\u201cI guess about a year ago, a friend posted a picture of me with herself and two other girls. They were all smiling and posing just right, but my mouth was open weird and my hair looked greasy and my stomach stuck out and someone commented under it that one of them didn&#8217;t look like the others. And I know that was just one photo and it&#8217;s about them being ready and posing and me not. But from then on, I&#8217;ve noticed in real life that everyone else looks better than I do. At least everyone except people I don&#8217;t want to look like anyway.\u201d <br><br>Reina says, \u201cOh that&#8217;s tough. There&#8217;s nothing like a bad photo, especially when you can&#8217;t delete and forget, which is my policy. And my friends and family have to get posting approval, something impossible in high school, with photos being taken all over the place.\u201d<br><br>\u201cHow can you help me if you don&#8217;t like bad photos of yourself?\u201d<br>Reina laughs, \u201cGood question. Maybe you&#8217;d rather work with someone who doesn&#8217;t care how they look in photos.\u201d<br>\u201cMaybe,\u201d Carene says.<br>\u201cThink about that and I can give you and your parents some other options if you&#8217;d like.\u201d<br><br>After a moment, Reina continues. \u201cThe photo thing&#8217;s never been a big problem in my life, possibly because photos were taken much more rarely when I was growing up.\u201d<br>\u201cI guess I&#8217;d rather work with someone that gets it,\u201d Carene says. \u201cAt least if there is a way to help. It&#8217;s a big problem in my life and like I said, it&#8217;s not photos that are the main issue anymore.\u201d<br><br>\u201cMakes sense. Is there any time when you aren&#8217;t thinking about how you look?\u201d<br>\u201cWhen I&#8217;m asleep.\u201d<br>\u201cAre you sure about that?\u201d Reina asks.<br>Carene laughs, \u201cOkay then, I don&#8217;t know.\u201d<br>\u201cAny activities you do that are fully absorbing, no room for other thoughts?\u201d<br>\u201cNo.\u201d<br>\u201cIs there anything you&#8217;d like to learn or a program at school you&#8217;re interested in? <br>\u201cNot really.\u201d<br>\u201cDo you have anything you do besides school? <br>Carene sighs, \u201cNot that I like.\u201d<br><br>\u201cOkay, try this. See if you can really push your imaginative skills for a minute. If you could wake up tomorrow and have your dream day, what would that look like?\u201d <br><br>\u201cOh, I don&#8217;t know. Maybe my best friend would have slept over and the next morning, we&#8217;d video ourselves making creme brulee french toast as if we were on a cooking show. And then, we&#8217;d post it and it would go viral and we&#8217;d get accepted to a famous French pastry school. But we don&#8217;t find out about that until later in the week. So back to today, we go to the park and I teach a tai chi class and all the students really love it, including my friend. And then, we go back to her place and make dinner for her parents because they&#8217;d clean up if someone else does the cooking. Oh, and before that, for lunch, we&#8217;d go to a cafe and maybe go see a movie too.\u201d<br><br>\u201cThat sounds so fun, Reina says. \u201cYou and your best friend must be talented chefs.\u201d <br>\u201cWe became friends when someone in junior high said we should have a bake-off to see who made the best chocolate chip cookies.\u201d<br>\u201cOh, nice. And you&#8217;ve learned tai chi?\u201d<br>\u201cNot really. We did a martial arts series in PE and I really liked tai chi.  I felt calm and peaceful doing it. <br>\u201cWonderful. Thank you so much for talking to me today, Carene. Do you think you&#8217;d like to try a session together?\u201d<br>\u201cI guess so,\u201d Carene says. <br><br>K: Just asking the questions gets our subconscious working toward finding the answers. So, it&#8217;s fine if an answer doesn&#8217;t come right away.<br><br>M: Right. And in this case, you know, Carene sort of started to come up with different ideas. And like Carene mentioned, she at first said that she couldn&#8217;t think of anything she was interested in or enjoyed outside of school.<br><br>M: But then once she got going, you know, this simple exercise really revealed what she likes, you know, like the cooking and baking and even tai chi. So, you know, this kind of exercise really works. <br><br>K: Yeah, it&#8217;s really helpful even to do with oneself. She sounded like she had nothing going on, like nothing. Because when we&#8217;re in a negative place, that&#8217;s how we feel. And we&#8217;ve all been there. You know, I&#8217;ve done this too, you know, when people have asked me, what&#8217;s the good thing? And I immediately go to the bad thing. That&#8217;s where I am at that moment. But getting out of that reveals a lot. <br><br>The next week, Carene has her first session. At the beginning, when Reina asks how she&#8217;s been doing, Carene says, \u201cI feel really ugly today.\u201d<br>\u201cLet&#8217;s try a little exercise,\u201d Reina suggests. \u201cThink about feeling ugly and see if there&#8217;s a place in your body that you can find that feeling like if it were hanging out somewhere.\u201d <br><br>\u201cShould I close my eyes?\u201d Carene asks. <br>Reina replies, \u201cYou can, but don&#8217;t have to. I usually find that closing my eyes helps me focus. See what works best for you.\u201d<br>Carene closes her eyes. After a moment, she makes a disgusted expression. <br>\u201cIt&#8217;s everywhere.\u201d<br><br>\u201cThat&#8217;s fine. See if you can keep focusing on it. Is it still everywhere?\u201d<br>\u201cYes,\u201d Carene says.<br>\u201cSee if you notice a place where you feel it even more than other places.\u201d<br>Looking intent, Carene nods her head a few times, then says, \u201cIt&#8217;s below my ribcage,\u201d she points. \u201cKind of right in there.\u201d<br><br>\u201cIs it a shape?\u201d<br>\u201cNot really.\u201d<br>\u201cWhat shape is it closest to, maybe? \u201c<br>\u201cUh, maybe a crumpled pillowcase?\u201d<br>\u201cIs it a color?\u201d<br>\u201cKind of mustardy.\u201d<br><br>\u201cIs there a color that feels like it could blow in and overpower and banish the mustard?\u201d<br>Carene laughs, \u201cWell, maybe like blue and pink swirling in together could banish it.\u201d<br>\u201cBlue and pink swirls. Good.\u201d<br>\u201cIt&#8217;s more like maroon, no, not maroon, dark pink, dark pink and icy blue.\u201d<br>Reina says, \u201cDark pink and icy blue swirling in to banish the mustard. Can you picture that?\u201d<br>\u201cYes,\u201d Carene says.<br>\u201cIs the mustard gone?\u201d Reina asks. <br>\u201cYes.\u201d<br><br>\u201cHow does it feel below your ribcage now?\u201d<br>\u201cJust kind of lighter. Oh, and also much cooler. Very nice and cool.\u201d<br>\u201cGreat work. So, when you have that feeling, is this something you might do to banish it?\u201d<br>\u201cYes, if I remember.\u201d<br><br>\u201cWe&#8217;ll reinforce it in hypnosis. And you can use it to change your state to something you like better. What do you think about that?\u201d<br>\u201cI like it,\u201d Carene says. <br>\u201cSo, in general, do you ever feel anxious or stressed?\u201d<br>\u201cAlways.\u201d<br>\u201cOkay, hypnosis is great for that. Today, we&#8217;re going to see how relaxed you can get. <br><br>K: As we&#8217;ve mentioned in other episodes, our first sessions are foundational, finding out how people take in information and getting them to a depth that they&#8217;ll be able to reach quickly, very quickly in future sessions. That&#8217;s the part we&#8217;re not covering here. <br><br>M: And also, I want to mention that, you know, kids are really great with this creative work. With teenage clients, if they enjoy drawing, then I often ask them to draw their current state, how they&#8217;re feeling in experiencing things in that moment. And then I have them draw how they would rather be or feel. And then we talk about the second drawing, like the emotions, the physical sensations, their expression, and then reinforce that desired state in hypnosis. And you know, the transformation can be really, truly amazing. <br><br>K: So Lois Lorback, the hypnotherapist I&#8217;m working with, the reason I went to her was because of this extreme fear of travel. I would call it a terror of travel I had for many years, 15 years, 10 to 15 years.<br><br>K: And one of the first sessions where we worked on this fear of travel, she had me actually draw, visualize and draw. So it&#8217;s not just for kids. Draw what it was like, you know, and then what I wanted to have happen to it, which she then put into hypnosis. And this was a massive thing. It really transformed my life. <br><br>M: It&#8217;s definitely not just for kids. Personally, I cannot draw worth anything. <br><br>K:  You don&#8217;t need to be able to draw. That&#8217;s the thing, you know, you just have to sometimes just using your hand that you know, the connection to the paper<br><br>M: Yeah, but I can&#8217;t like freely, I really hesitate the hand. Yeah, like, my critical thinking will stop me from drawing. <br><br>K: What about if you write with your non dominant hand? That can be helpful.<br><br>M: Yeah, that&#8217;s, yeah, that sometimes I do try. So it&#8217;s definitely not just for kids. But especially with kids, they just go really all the way, you know, with their drawing, and it&#8217;s just really amazing to watch that creativity, you know, unfolds. I just love, you know, looking at those pictures, the images that they draw, it&#8217;s just a lot of fun.<br><br>K: And it&#8217;s so much easier for them, because they don&#8217;t have that critical thinking come in, like you have. And I do too. I do too. And I&#8217;m supposed to be doing those kind of things. And of course, one of the reasons it works so well for kids is they just dive into it, unlike us, you know, the adult and it really is better just to go at it not to be perfectionist. So probably all adults have some kind of, you know, hesitation. Whereas children just jump right into it. Right, right.<br><br>M: They\u2019re just so free. And, you know, go all the way in. It&#8217;s a lot of fun.<br><br>At school a few days later, Carene\u2019s friends are all talking enviously about a girl in their math class, whose TikTok dance video is getting a lot of attention. Carene watches it with them as her friends make envious comments about wanting the girl&#8217;s physique, her face and her hair. Carene has a feeling of hopelessness, knowing she will never be able to look anything like this girl.<br><br>She focuses on the area below her ribcage and doesn&#8217;t notice the mustard color so much here with her eyes open. But she starts to be able to imagine it. And then she sends the swirls of icy blue and dark pink toward the area, visualizing the blue and pink blasting the mustard out more violently than she had in her session.<br><br>She&#8217;s filled with a cool, relaxed feeling she felt in hypnosis. And she unconsciously takes a deep breath, filling her abdomen. The video is still being replayed, but now there&#8217;s a calmness in her as if the video really doesn&#8217;t matter.<br><br>At her second session, Carene says she has been able to banish the mustard a few times, but sometimes she still feels unhappy for reasons besides how she looks. <br>\u201cRemember how you were telling me about baking with your best friend?\u201d Reina asks. <br>\u201cYeah.\u201d<br>\u201cTake a moment to imagine now that you&#8217;re doing that, baking with your best friend. Can you get the picture and feeling of doing that?\u201d<br>\u201cYes.\u201d<br><br>\u201cGood. How are you feeling when you imagine that?\u201d<br>\u201cNice.\u201d<br>\u201cWhere do you notice that in your body?\u201d<br>&#8220;In my chest, I guess.\u201d<br>\u201cAny colors this time?\u201d<br>\u201cIt&#8217;s very glowy. A glowy bright green.\u201d<br>&#8220;Ah, a glowy bright green. Any sounds come up?\u201d<br>\u201cNo.\u201d<br>\u201cAny smells?\u201d<br>&#8220;No. Oh, wait. Vanilla.\u201d<br>\u201cYum. Vanilla. A very relaxing scent, too. Okay, so we&#8217;ll make an anchor with this, meaning something you can use anytime and it will get stronger the more you use it. You&#8217;ll have two tools you can use whenever you&#8217;d like. How does that sound?\u201d<br>\u201cGreat,\u201d Carene says.<br><br>After the hypnosis part of the session, Reina says, \u201cYou mentioned maybe teaching tai chi someday. Do you ever do it now that your class is over?\u201d<br>\u201cI did it with online videos a couple of times.\u201d<br>\u201cWonderful.\u201d<br>\u201cIt wasn&#8217;t the same, though.\u201d<br>\u201cWould you like to take classes if your parents were okay with it? <br>\u201cI guess so.\u201d<br>\u201cWell, if it sounds interesting, consider talking to them about it this week.\u201d<br>\u201cI&#8217;ve never mentioned tai chi to them. They&#8217;ll think it&#8217;s just a passing thing like when I wanted to do the soccer club or gymnastics.\u201d<br>\u201cEven if you don&#8217;t take classes forever, it can be helpful to have something physical to focus on.\u201d<br>\u201cYeah, I guess.\u201d <br><br>Carene asks her dad if she can take tai chi classes. He&#8217;s surprised and pleased, and when he researches the benefits, he&#8217;s excited.<br><br>But the local classes he finds have photos showing only adults. He calls and is told that while 15-year-olds are welcome, they currently only have older students in their classes. He asks Carene if she&#8217;s okay with that, and she droops in disappointment, shaking her head.<br><br>\u201cWhat if I go too?\u201d He asks. <br>\u201cLike you&#8217;d learn tai chi?\u201d<br>\u201cWhy not? I could give it a try, at least.\u201d<br>\u201cIt would be weird doing a class with only adults.\u201d<br>&#8220;It would be better than doing it with little kids. 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