Stress Relief Audio Program 80™

14 Guided Hypnosis Sessions for Stress, Relaxation and Emotional Wellbeing

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When life feels like too much, give yourself somewhere to pause.

Stress can gradually become part of everyday life.

Work. Family responsibilities. Caring for others. Financial worries. Health concerns. Changes in circumstances. Constant demands. Sometimes there doesn't seem to be one single thing causing the pressure - it is simply the accumulation of everything happening around you.

And when stress continues for long enough, it can become difficult to switch off.

You may find yourself thinking constantly, struggling to relax, feeling tense or irritable, sleeping poorly, or simply wishing you could have some time when your mind wasn't working so hard.

The Stress Relief Audio Program 80™ was created to give you that time.

This is a structured collection of 14 guided hypnosis sessions, designed to help you develop greater relaxation, explore new ways of responding to stress and strengthen your ability to create moments of calm.

About Stress Relief Audio Program 80™

Stress Relief Audio Program 80™ is a structured self-help hypnosis and relaxation program created by Michael Mahoney, a UK clinical hypnotherapist. The program contains 14 guided hypnosis sessions plus a separate ambient music session. It is designed to support relaxation, emotional wellbeing and healthier responses to everyday stress and pressure. The recordings are supplied as MP3 downloads and alson in an Immediate Streamed Version.

A Structured Journey From Stress Towards Calm

I have worked with people experiencing stress, pressure and emotional strain for many years.

One thing I have learned is that telling yourself to "relax" is rarely enough. Relaxation is something we can learn, practise and gradually become more familiar with.

That is why I didn't create this as simply a collection of unrelated recordings. The Stress Relief Audio Program 80™ is structured.

Each session builds upon the work that has come before it, using guided hypnosis, relaxation, imagery, suggestion and reflection to encourage a gradual change in the way you experience stress.

The aim isn't to make you escape from everyday life. It is to help you develop a greater sense of calm within everyday life.

What's Included?

14 Guided Hypnosis Sessions

Fourteen professionally recorded sessions, each with its own purpose and focus.

1 Ambient Music Session

A separate extended ambient music recording that can be used for relaxation whenever you wish.

Recommended Listening Schedule

A structured listening schedule is included to help you work through the sessions progressively rather than simply choosing recordings at random.

MP3 Download

Your recordings are supplied as MP3 files, allowing you to keep them and listen to them at home or wherever you have a suitable device.

Pay once — yours forever.

How Can Hypnosis Help With Stress?

Stress affects us in different ways.

• Sometimes it is experienced mainly as racing thoughts and worry.
• Sometimes it is physical tension, tiredness or an inability to switch off.
• Sometimes we simply become so accustomed to being busy and under pressure that we forget what genuine relaxation feels like.

Hypnosis provides an opportunity to step away from those demands for a while.

During a guided hypnosis session, you can become deeply relaxed while listening to carefully structured suggestions and imagery.

The sessions in this program encourage you to explore:

• relaxation
• letting go of unnecessary tension
• changing unhelpful patterns of thinking
• developing more positive internal resources
• building confidence in your ability to cope
• making space for calmer thoughts and feelings
• recognising your own individuality and strengths
• developing new ways of responding to everyday pressures

This is not about pretending that stressful things don't exist.

It is about developing different ways of meeting them.

Positive Stress and Negative Stress

Not all stress is necessarily harmful.

A certain amount of pressure can motivate us, help us focus and encourage us to take action.  The difficulty comes when stress becomes excessive, prolonged or difficult to manage.

That is where learning to relax becomes important.

The purpose of this program is not to remove every challenge from your life.

It is to help you develop the resources to meet life's challenges differently.

The 14 Guided Sessions

Session 1 - Commentary Introduction

Approx. 20 minutes

The mind and body are closely connected.

This introductory session explores how internal and external stressors can influence thoughts, feelings and emotions.

It provides the foundation for the sessions that follow and introduces the principles behind the program.

Session 2 - Learning to Be More

Approx. 18 minutes

An easy-to-follow session encouraging you to participate actively in your own process of relaxation.

Learning - and relearning - how to relax is an important part of managing stress.

This session encourages you to become more aware of your ability to experience rest, calm and relaxation.

Session 3 - Moments of Relaxing Emotions ~ MORE

Approx. 21 minutes

Using gentle imagery and suggestion, this session encourages you to begin releasing some of the demands, worries and pressures that may have occupied your thoughts.

As space is created, there is an opportunity for more positive thoughts and feelings to emerge.

Session 4 - Letting Go

Approx. 20 minutes

Sometimes old patterns of thinking can continue long after the circumstances that created them have changed.

This session encourages you to recognise those patterns and begin choosing another way forward.

You are reminded that progress does not have to mean perfection.

Session 5 - Each Moment

Approx. 18 minutes

A session about recognising your ability to respond differently.

There may have been times when you needed to stop, rest or recover.

Now you can begin discovering that you have more resources available to you than you may previously have realised.

Session 6 - Reflection

Approx. 16 minutes

A quieter opportunity to reflect upon your journey.

The session encourages you to recognise how your relationship with worry, pressure and uncertainty can gradually change.

Calm and emotional wellbeing can become increasingly accessible.

Session 7 - Confidence

Approx. 20 minutes

Stress can sometimes affect our confidence in ourselves.

This session encourages renewed self-belief and awareness of your ability to learn and develop new ways of thinking and responding.

The emphasis is gentle, positive and progressive.

Session 8 - Light of Consciousness

Approx. 27 minutes

One of the longer sessions in the program.

Using imagery, colour and suggestion, this recording encourages deeper relaxation while reinforcing the learning from earlier sessions.

It provides an opportunity to become increasingly familiar with a calmer internal state.

Session 9 - Parachute Time

Approx. 21 minutes

Gentle imagery provides a sense of being supported and protected while you allow yourself to relax.

The session explores the idea that some things can be changed, some things can be released and some experiences can teach us something before we move forward.

Session 10 - Inner Universe

Approx. 26 minutes

A metaphorical journey into your own inner world.

Pleasant imagery and suggestion encourage relaxation while reinforcing the process of letting go of unnecessary pressure and making room for new thoughts, ideas and possibilities.

Session 11 - Dilution of Negatives

Approx. 22 minutes

This session uses gentle guided imagery to encourage deeper relaxation.

As relaxation becomes more familiar, you are encouraged to allow stress, worry and negative thinking to become less dominant.

Clouds and sunshine provide the imagery for releasing burdens and creating greater inner space.

Session 12 - Golden Threads

Approx. 20 minutes

Our memories and emotions can sometimes reinforce old patterns of thinking.

This session uses imagery and suggestion to encourage you to let go of what no longer serves you while strengthening your awareness of your own internal resources.

Session 13 - Your Uniqueness

Approx. 18 minutes

You are an individual.

Your experiences, relationships, abilities and journey are uniquely yours.

This session encourages you to reconnect with that individuality and recognise that you are not permanently defined by difficult periods in your life.

You can continue to change and develop.

Session 14 - Bridges to Cross

Approx. 22 minutes

A reflective closing session using imagery and metaphor to bring together the work of the program.

The bridges represent the challenges we encounter, the resources we develop and the possibilities that become available when we approach life differently.

The journey does not end here.

What you have learned can continue to be used in everyday life.

Plus an Ambient Music Session

Approx. 31 minutes

A separate ambient music recording is included for relaxation.

This track is not included in the recommended listening schedule.

It can simply be used whenever you want some quiet time.

 

Why Is This Program Structured?

One of the things that makes the Stress Relief Audio Program 80™ different is its structure.

The sessions are not simply fourteen separate recordings placed together. They form a progressive journey.

The program uses my On-going Progressive Session Induction Method - OPSIM - to help create continuity between sessions.

• You don't have to understand the technical process.
• You simply follow the listening schedule and allow the sessions to build progressively.

Sometimes the most useful thing you can do is give yourself permission to stop trying so hard and simply listen.

Who Is This Program For?

The Stress Relief Audio Program 80™ may be suitable for adults who are experiencing everyday stress, pressure, worry or difficulty relaxing.

It may be particularly useful if you:

• feel mentally overloaded
• find it difficult to switch off
• carry tension through the day
• have a busy or demanding lifestyle
• feel that stress is affecting your emotional wellbeing
• want to make relaxation part of your routine
• would like to develop healthier ways of responding to pressure
• simply want some dedicated time for yourself

You don't have to wait until life becomes overwhelming before doing something about stress.  Sometimes it is better to begin earlier.

How Should I Listen?

The program includes a recommended listening schedule.

I encourage you to follow it rather than jumping randomly between sessions.

• Find somewhere comfortable where you are unlikely to be disturbed.
• Allow yourself enough time.
• Put your phone aside if possible.
• Then simply listen.
• You don't need to force anything to happen.
• You don't need to concentrate on every word.
• You don't need to "try" to relax.
• Just allow yourself to be guided.

With regular listening, relaxation can become something that feels increasingly familiar and rewarding.

A Few Words From Me

I have been working as a hypnotherapist since 1986, and throughout those years I have worked with many people experiencing stress in very different forms.

What I have seen repeatedly is that people often know they are stressed but aren't quite sure what to do about it.

• They tell themselves they should cope better.
• They try to carry on.
• They wait for things to settle down.
• Sometimes they simply become accustomed to feeling tense.

But you don't have to wait until everything around you changes before you begin looking after yourself.

Sometimes the first step is much simpler.

Give yourself permission to pause.

That is one of the reasons I created this program.

Not as a promise of a quick fix, but as a structured opportunity to practise relaxation, explore different ways of responding and spend some time looking after yourself.

— Michael Mahoney

Clinical Hypnotherapist

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a treatment for stress?

The Stress Relief Audio Program 80™ is a self-help hypnosis and relaxation program. It is designed to support relaxation and help you explore different ways of responding to stress. It is not intended to replace medical or psychological care where that is needed.

How many recordings are included?

There are 14 guided hypnosis sessions, plus a separate ambient music session.

Do I have to listen to all the sessions?

The program includes a recommended listening schedule because the sessions have been designed to work progressively. Following the schedule is therefore recommended.

Can I listen more than once?

Yes. You can revisit sessions whenever you wish.

Can I listen before going to sleep?

Many people enjoy listening while resting. However, always make sure you are somewhere safe and comfortable and never listen while driving or operating machinery.

Is this suitable for everyone?

Hypnosis and relaxation recordings are not suitable for every situation. If you have a medical or psychological condition, are receiving treatment, or are unsure whether hypnosis is appropriate for you, speak with your healthcare professional before using the program.

Is this a streamed program?

No. This version is the MP3 Download version. You can find the Streamed Version Here

You download the recordings and keep them.

Pay once - yours forever.

Take Some Time for Yourself

Stress can become so familiar that we forget there is another way to feel.

You cannot always change what is happening around you. But you can begin to change the way you meet it.

The Stress Relief Audio Program 80™ gives you fourteen structured opportunities to slow down, relax, reflect and develop a calmer relationship with everyday pressures.

• Take a breath.
• Give yourself some time.
• Begin your journey towards greater calm.

Stress Relief Audio Program 80™

14 Guided Hypnosis Sessions + Ambient Music

MP3 Download - Pay once, yours forever.

Start your journey today. 

 

Further Reading.

If you would like to learn more about stress, how it affects us and why learning to relax matters, you can read my article about stress here.

 

Stress Relief Audio Program 80™ is a 14-session guided hypnosis and relaxation program created by Michael Mahoney of Healthy Audio Hypnosis. It is designed for adults experiencing everyday stress, pressure, difficulty relaxing or a busy and demanding lifestyle. The program uses guided hypnosis, relaxation, imagery and suggestion to encourage greater calm and emotional wellbeing. It is available as an MP3 download, and also an Immediate Streamed Version and includes 14 guided hypnosis sessions plus a separate ambient music recording.