We had the good fortune of connecting with Begum Uz and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Begum, how has your perspective on work-life balance evolved over time?
As a libra, I believe balance is a very important topic in all areas of life. It applies to eating, working, working out, relationships, and everything in between but it’s especially crucial when it comes to work-life balance. Balance is not something we find and it’s set for the rest of our lives. Rather, it’s something changing, evolving and moving. For example, when you first start a company, you may need to shift more energy and time to work for a while or when you first start a romantic relationship, you may find spending more time with your partner. Even though these may seem out of balance, it’s necessary.

I find that at certain times of my life I spent more time and energy building my practice while at other times, I spent more time and energy on my relationships and self-care. I prefer going with the flow of my body and mind. The mind and body are always providing us with insights as to where we need to focus. If we just follow our internal cues, we can easily find work-life balance!

What should our readers know about your business?
As a hypnotherapist, my focus is helping my clients live a confident and fulfilled life without being stuck in old patterns and beliefs. It’s really important to me to take a client centered approach, as I strongly believe that we are all unique in so many different ways. I take my time to get to know my clients, their history, core beliefs from family and what they present. I also spend a great amount of time observing their body language and language patterns overall to hear beyond their words. I would say my attention and empathy are really what makes me different than everybody else.

It took me a while to build my practice because unfortunately, many people still have lots of misconceptions about hypnosis. Part of my practice is to teach as many people as I can about the potential hypnosis holds to help them. I take my time to explain to others what hypnosis really is and is not, so they can decide for themselves.

In a nutshell, hypnosis is a state of physical relaxation, mental calmness and great focus. This comfortable state allows us to tap into the subconscious mind to make the necessary changes in order to move forward. Using mind power, there are lots of personal struggles that we can overcome.

My story is very similar to everyone’s story; I was feeling very stuck in my life before I started hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy not only changed my perspective but also, changed my career and my life as a whole. Now, my practice and brand are here to be the light in others’ journey to help them get unstuck!

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
I’d definitely start by the beach! One cannot experience Los Angeles without seeing Malibu, Santa Monica and Venice Beach. I’d love to spend time watching the surfers, the sunset and enjoying a sunny California day at the beach!

I’d also take them to my favorite neighborhoods such as Los Feliz and Brentwood so we can explore the little stores, amazing coffee shops and cool people.

I am a very active person and I love hiking so I think I would also take them to my favorite hikes in the Santa Monica mountains. Finally, I’d take them out to dinner in Downtown LA to taste amazing food from different cultures. I really enjoy the diversity and quality in the Downtown area!

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I’d like to give a shout-out to my father-in-law who introduced me to the world of hypnotherapy. Until I met him, and learned that he was a trained hypnotist himself, I used to think that hypnosis is something out of this world. He made me more familiar with the process.

I also like to highlight my school, Hypnosis Motivation Institute, for providing us with great depth of knowledge and experience before I even started to help my clients!

Website: https://www.b-hypnotized.com/

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