The power of the mind | @caroline-cavanagh | Giving Anxiety Leadership

9 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Caroline Cavanagh explains that while clock time remains constant, our subjective experience of time can vary dramatically depending on mental state. She illustrates this by recounting a recent client who, during a therapeutic hypnosis session lasting roughly an hour and ten minutes, perceived the session as only five minutes. The client’s surprise at the amount of work accomplished underscores Cavanagh’s belief in the transformative power of hypnosis and its ability to reshape perception, which she frames as a core strength of her practice in managing anxiety and fostering mental leadership.

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So many of us have such busy minds all of the time, but time is fixed. And whether you're busy and time flies, or bored and time feels like it's dragging, it's actually a constant. Our perception of time is what goes on in here. And the last client I had this week, who left here about an hour ago, she had her first therapeutic session, and she was under hypnosis for an hour and 10. She thought it was about 5 minutes and was blown away when she realized just how much work she had done. And that's really the power of what I do and what I love doing.