Habits shape a huge part of our lives—sometimes without us even noticing. Whether it’s reaching for that extra snack, scrolling endlessly on your phone, or reacting automatically in stressful situations, habits are powerful because they’re wired into your brain. The good news? With understanding and intentional work, you can break old habits and create new ones.
At the heart of every habit is a simple loop: a Cue, a Routine, and a Reward. The cue is what triggers the behavior—the stress, boredom, or environment that sparks the action. The routine is the behavior itself, the automatic response you’ve practiced over time. And the reward is the feeling or benefit your brain receives at the end, whether it’s pleasure, relief, or satisfaction.
Because habits are subconscious, they can feel impossible to change. Your brain has learned to follow the loop automatically. This is where hypnotherapy, NLP coaching, and hypnosis become powerful tools. By working directly with the subconscious mind, you can interrupt these old loops and retrain your brain to respond differently.
Let’s take a common example: stress eating. The cue might be a tense moment at work. The routine is grabbing a sugary snack. The reward is temporary relief or comfort. For years, your brain reinforces this loop, making it almost effortless to repeat—even when you consciously know it’s not in your best interest.
Through hypnotherapy or NLP coaching, you can uncover the emotional triggers behind the habit and create new routines that satisfy the same need in healthier ways. For instance, instead of reaching for a snack, you might use a brief breathing exercise, take a short walk, or practice a quick visualization to reset your emotional state. Over time, your subconscious begins to accept the new loop as the default.
Breaking a habit isn’t about willpower alone—it’s about retraining your subconscious mind to support your goals. Hypnosis and NLP techniques allow you to access the deeper patterns driving your behaviors and replace them with choices that align with the life you want. Because the subconscious responds to repetition and emotion, consistent practice in this new loop gradually makes it automatic.
The results can be profound: you not only break unwanted habits, but you also build new patterns that reinforce confidence, productivity, and well-being. One shift in a habit loop can ripple through many areas of your life, creating lasting change.
Every habit you have is a reflection of a loop your subconscious has been running for months or years. With the right guidance from hypnotherapy or NLP coaching, you can interrupt that loop and rewrite it. The cue remains, but the routine and reward can be transformed to serve your highest goals.
Change the loop, and you change your life—forever.
Jayne Goldman, MBA, C.Ht., is the Founder and Principal of Best Life Hypnotherapy in Los Angeles. She specializes in helping clients reprogram limiting beliefs and achieve their goals through hypnotherapy, NLP coaching, and Time Line Therapy®. Her work empowers clients to harness the full potential of their subconscious mind for lasting change.
