How to Stop Overthinking and Come Back to Your Body
Why the brain filters out almost everything the body is telling you, why overthinking works like scratching an itch, and how a loving body scan retrains where attention goes.
Author: Olga Willemsen, Ph.D.
Olga Willemsen, Ph.D., is a certified hypnotherapist in The Hague helping clients overcome anxiety, burnout, and emotional eating through deep subconscious work.
How to Cultivate Joy: Presence, Wonder, and What Children Already Know
How to cultivate joy and why it is not the same as pursuing happiness. Discover what science knows about joy as a distinct emotion, why adults lose access to it, and what children can teach us about presence and wonder.
Why do I procrastinate even when I want to do it?
Procrastination isn’t a laziness problem. Neuroscience shows it’s your brain’s protection response and understanding that changes everything about how you break free.
The Prediction Machine: What Neuroscience Reveals About How Hypnotherapy Really Works
Your brain doesn’t react to life — it predicts it. Learn how Karl Friston’s predictive processing theory explains how hypnotherapy works at the deepest level of the mind.
Ozempic Risks: What the Evidence Actually Shows About the GLP-1 Long-Term Side Effects and Weight Regain
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic produce real weight loss — but what does the science say about vision loss, gastroparesis, and the 60–75% who regain weight after stopping? A balanced, evidence-led look.
When Weight Loss Isn’t Just Calories: SSRI-Induced Weight Gain and What the Evidence Actually Shows About Reversing It
A scientifically-grounded look at why weight gained on antidepressants behaves differently and what the evidence shows about how to reverse it sustainably.
The Missing Piece: Addressing the Psychology of Sustainable Weight Loss
Discover the top 3 weight-loss myths holding you back. Learn how metabolism, hormones, food quality, and stress—not “eat less, move more”—shape real results.
Beyond the Deficit: How Food Sequencing for Weight Loss Changes Your Biology
Tired of constant cravings? Discover how meal sequencing and food quality signal your hormones to burn fat. Learn why the order you eat matters more than the calories.
Why “Calories In, Calories Out” Fails: The Science of Metabolic Adaptation
Stop counting, start understanding. Discover why your body isn’t a “calories-in-calories-out” calculator and how the “Metabolic Brake” explains your weight-loss plateaus.
Why Your Brain Thinks You’re Dying (And How to Update the Software)
Feel like you’re dying during a panic attack? It’s a subconscious glitch. Learn why your brain triggers fear and how hypnotherapy updates your software for growth.
