In the work I do, supporting individuals on their healing and empowerment journeys, there is one unshakable truth I return to: healing does not begin and end with us. It expands. It ripples outward. The work we do, the transformations we experience, the tools we learn, they are never ours alone. They become part of a wider, often invisible, web of impact. A legacy.

It’s in that spirit that I want to share the lesser known origin story behind how hypnotherapy became one of the most powerful tools in my practice.

Watching the Movement, Longing for the Method

Long before I trained as a hypnotherapist, I had been quietly observing the emergence of Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT). I was fascinated. Intuitively, I knew this modality was potent, an elegant bridge between neuroscience, subconscious reprogramming, and emotional liberation.

Still, I hesitated. Like many trauma survivors and facilitators alike, I’d done a lot of inner work. But RTT touched something different. When I received a discounted session from a newly qualified RTT practitioner, I finally experienced the depth of this work firsthand. I was blown away. The memories and beliefs that surfaced during that session were not ones I’d been consciously aware of, and yet they made complete sense. It was like a door opened that had been silently locked all my life. That session didn’t just bring relief; it brought reverence. I knew then that this method belonged in my toolkit.

But reverence alone does not pay course fees. At the time, the investment required to become certified felt out of reach. I placed it on a metaphorical shelf, trusting the right time would come. What I couldn’t foresee is just how profoundly that time would arrive.

A Legacy Gifted from Loss

Just six months into my relationship with Gareth, my now-husband and co-practitioner, his father passed away. The grief was sudden and complicated. Gareth was posted in Northern Ireland at the time, and our early relationship was already lived between work commitments and travel. I had only met his father a couple of times.

And yet, this man’s quiet life would change ours in a deeply profound way.

Gareth’s father had lived modestly. Registered disabled after being hit by a drunk driver and falling into a coma for six months on Christmas Eve, he lived a life marked by limits. He never made waves in the traditional sense. He wasn’t a public figure, an innovator, or a change maker by society’s definitions. But he squirrelled away enough money to divide between his children, and that act of foresight became something extraordinary.

When Gareth inherited his portion, the amount was the exact sum needed for both of us to train in hypnotherapy.

Without hesitation, Gareth said yes. Even though it had been me who first introduced him to RTT, even though he had originally leaned more toward CBT and neuroscience. In truth, he had been a little sceptical of hypnotherapy. That is, until he experienced a session for himself, and overcame a lifelong phobia. From that point, he was in. Fully.

We studied side-by-side, often reflecting on how surreal it was to walk this journey together. We passed our certifications just one week apart. Hypnotherapy became a shared language, a shared mission, and the foundation of our individual and collective work.

Today, Gareth is the proud founder of Remaster Your Mind, a trauma-informed platform focused on supporting individuals and workplaces through evidence-based mental health tools. He’s also in the development phase of a groundbreaking app aimed at a group often forgotten: the carers, those who walk beside someone facing mental health challenges. This app is being shaped by real-life experiences, and your insights can help make it as meaningful and life-changing as possible. (You can complete a short survey here to contribute to its evolution.)

The Quiet Legacy That Lives On

This story matters, not just because it explains how hypnotherapy became part of my professional path, but because it honours something more profound: Legacy isn’t always loud, it’s often lived quietly, through love, sacrifice, and the doors it opens for others. Legacy isn’t about being seen, it’s about what continues because of you. Sometimes, it looks like modesty. Discipline. A life lived quietly, but with intention.

My father-in-law did not live to see the impact his support would create. But it lives on in every client I sit with. In every trauma released. In every limiting belief dismantled. In every nervous system soothed. In every session Gareth facilitates. In every resource he builds.

His life made this possible.

And I hope, in some quiet way, that reminds us all:
We do not need to be known to make a difference. We only need to be willing to give what we can, when we can. Because the ripples will come.

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With gratitude for all the lives, seen and unseen, that shape the work we do.

Those who come to us for hypnotherapy and trauma recovery often go on to repair relationships, raise emotionally safer children, or even guide others through their own work. The transformation doesn’t end with the individual — it radiates outward. This is the power of legacy: a thread that connects past, present, and future. Each person who finds peace through this work adds another wave to the ever-expanding tide of healing.

In Loving Memory of Robert Evans

This story, and the healing ripple it continues to create, would not have been possible without the quiet strength of Robert Graham Evans - Gareth’s father.

Though I only met him a handful of times, his presence was quietly profound. A man who endured life altering trauma, lived within his means, and still found the discipline to set something aside for his family. He never sought recognition or legacy in the traditional sense. And yet, his life, his choices, created one.

Because of him, Gareth and I were able to step into this work. His quiet act of provision planted a seed that has bloomed into businesses, healing journeys, breakthroughs, and lives changed. His legacy lives on in every client who feels seen, every person who remembers their worth, every survivor who finds their way back to themselves.

This is a tribute to the man who never asked to be remembered, but is, in every ripple we create.

Thank you, Robert. You are part of every transformation we witness.