FAQs

The mind-body connection is the relationship between a person's thoughts, feelings and attitudes, and their physical health. It's a two-way relationship where the mind can influence the body and the body can influence the mind. For example, positive thoughts can release neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine, which can positively impact a person’s physiology. On the other hand, negative thoughts can worsen physical health and performance. This is not the same as saying your physical symptoms are 'all in your head' or not real. It means that your thoughts and feelings can affect your body and physical symptoms can have an impact on what you think. Learning more about the relationship that your mind and body have provides an opportunity for you to influence this dynamic so that you enjoy better physical and mental wellbeing.

The Lightning Process is a powerful training designed to help your mind and body work together in a more balanced and regulated way. In the first stage, you’ll develop a deep understanding of the mind-body connection and how your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs can influence physical processes. You’ll explore how systems like your motor nerves, sensory nerves, and the sympathetic nervous system all play a role in your overall health.

In the second stage, you’ll be actively coached through techniques that help you interrupt unhelpful physiological responses—such as stress or pain patterns—and switch on pathways that promote healing, calm, and resilience. This makes the Lightning Process especially effective for those looking to shift chronic conditions, particularly when other approaches haven’t provided lasting relief.

The Hypnotherapy Programme blends a therapeutic approach with elements of brain retraining to support deep and lasting change. It begins with a more traditional framework, where I guide you to uncover and resolve internal conflicts, limiting beliefs, and emotional blocks. This part of the programme reflects a conventional client-therapist dynamic, yet it comes with a key expectation: that you’ll actively use the tools and strategies we explore together between sessions.

As the programme progresses, the focus gradually shifts toward brain retraining. This phase feels more like being coached, as you’re guided through practical exercises designed to help you change the way you speak to yourself, respond to challenges, and prepare for upcoming situations in life. The therapeutic work lays the foundation, and the brain retraining builds on it—helping you to reinforce healthier thought patterns and create lasting shifts in how you think, feel, and respond.

Both The Lightning Process and The Hypnotherapy Programme are powerful, evidence-backed approaches that support meaningful change — but they work in slightly different ways.

The Lightning Process is ideal if you're ready to be actively coached and want a structured, neuroscience-based training to help you take charge of your health and well-being. It's especially helpful for those who are experiencing chronic symptoms or conditions and are motivated to apply practical tools in daily life.

The Hypnotherapy Programme offers a gentler, more traditional therapeutic experience at first, helping you uncover and resolve deeper emotional blocks. As the programme progresses, it includes elements of brain retraining and coaching, which makes it especially useful for those who are looking to maintain a healthier internal balance.

If you are unsure, we can talk both options through together and find the approach that feels right for where you are in your journey.

I trained with Dr Phil Parker, the creator of the Lightning Process and a Master Trainer of Neuro-linguistic Programming and Hypnotherapy.

This was a two year programme which has been fully accredited by the Association of Neuro Linguistic Programming, the International NLP Trainers Association and the British Institute of Hypnotherapy.

The Lightning Process has been used by over 75,000 people worldwide to regain their health and Hypnotherapy is an evidence-based approach that’s been shown to support meaningful change in areas like sleep, anxiety, stress and allergies.

Having been where you are, I also understand that it is normal to have doubts and concerns. We can work together to resolve uncertainties that might be getting in the way of your recovery but I would also recommend taking the time to connect with the experiences and success stories of other people who have recovered and transformed their lives. The more that you can recognise the similarities that you share with them, the more likely you are to create the right conditions for your own recovery.

To find out whether I think I can help, just book a free consultation with me and we can talk through exactly what you are experiencing and how these approaches may be of use. The Lightning Process, and Hypnotherapy, have helped people to resolve a range of issues so it may well be that we have worked with your condition before.

Your role is to fully participate in the training process, so that you can exercise and apply the new ways of thinking that will influence your wellbeing. Throughout all of the work that you do, I will always encourage you to embrace mistakes, celebrate successes, and to approach your recovery journey with kindness and consistency.

I offer a 10% discount on future coaching sessions after purchasing one of my courses, as well as a 15% referral voucher for friends and family. All courses can also be paid for in three monthly installments.  Email mike@thewayyouthink.org for more information.

This is a useful question that I would encourage all my clients to ask before taking one of my courses. 

Some useful markers of being ready are:

• You have tried everything else and feel that this approach resonates with you as the solution you have been waiting for.

• You have a clear sense of the ways that you are similar to other people that have made change. 

• The science behind the mind-body connection makes sense to you and you are interested in putting its tools into practice.

• You feel ready to let go of the stuck place that you have been in and move forward with your life. 

If you are in any doubt about whether or not this is the right time for you, then please book a call with me so we can talk through any concerns you may have.