In this episode, James Hazlerig sits down with Scott Sandland to discuss hypnotic storytelling, along the way connecting hypnotists, court jesters, plastic bricks, the Great Wall of China, and how to not get killed for telling the truth.

SotW 6: What Ships Are For

Mar 29th, 2017 33m 32s

"Ships are safe in the harbor, but that's not what ships are for." In this episode, James Hazlerig shares an actual recording he made for a client coping with a fear of success--or at least with many of the situations success would bring with

SotW 5: Why I Love Zip Lines

Mar 15th, 2017 18m 25s

As one of "The Flying Jameses," Master Storyteller Hazlerig is known for loving zip lines. In this episode, he reaches into the archives for a story about what zip lines mean to him and how he overcame his fear of heights.

Story of the Week #4: I Guess You Didn't Know It, But I'm a Fiddle-Player, Too

Mar 8th, 2017 29m 47s

Fiddlin' Johnny may have bested the Devil when the latter went down to Georgia, but true artists co-opt their inner demons and make them sing back-up. In this episode, James Hazlerig tells a nested loop collection of stories about playing the

Story of the Week #3: Off to See the Wizard

Feb 14th, 2017 20m 44s

When a fellow hypnotist wants to keep her perspective while hearing medical news, James draws on a familiar story and his own introduction to it. This week's story is an excerpt from James's upcoming class at the 2017 ACHE virtual conference.

Episode 2: More Flies with Honey

Feb 7th, 2017 18m 44s

This week, I offer up two stories about win-win negotiation: One from Aesop, and one from Erickson, though I put the good doctor in a Biblical disguise. The stories were recorded during a class I taught called "How to Teach Anger Management in

Episode 1: I Read and I Know Things

Feb 1st, 2017 20m 29s

Storytellers are collectors--but are they collectors of lore, trivia, or useless knowledge? In this episode, I tell a nested loop story that reveals how Erickson impressed professors and farmers, how I used knowledge from Dungeons and Dragons t

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