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Brain Software with Mike Mandel

Chris Thompson 309 episodes Latest May 29, 2026

Brain Software with Mike Mandel is a podcast that explores hypnosis, NLP, and strategies for peak performance and self-improvement. Hosted by Mike Mandel, a six-time award-winning hypnotist and NLP trainer, the show aims to demystify hypnosis and teach core concepts through entertaining stories and professional insights. It is suitable for both beginners and experienced hypnotists.

Episodes

Session 306: How Fear Controls You (And How to Take Back Your Power) Jun 12, 2026 40:44 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/306/

Session 305: Hypnosis Q&A: The Secret Mechanics of Personal Transformation May 29, 2026 37:02 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/305/

Session 304: Hypnosis for Kids - How Parents Accidentally Sabotage Child Therapy May 15, 2026 37:36 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/304/

Session 303: Why Modern Hypnosis Works Better May 1, 2026 35:24 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/303/

Session 302: Master Self Hypnosis for Instant Results Apr 17, 2026 38:52 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/302/

Session 301.66: Hilarious Commercial Breaks (And Other Weird Stuff...) Apr 3, 2026 52:26 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/301.66/

Session 301.33: Communication Skills & Conversational Hypnosis Techniques Mar 20, 2026 33:29 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/301.33/

Session 301: Hypnosis and the Words We Use Mar 6, 2026 45:51 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/301/

Session 300: How Words Rewire Your Brain & Shape Reality Feb 20, 2026 56:11 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/300/

Session 299: 23 Psychological Hacks to Rewrite Your Life Story Feb 6, 2026 57:45 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/299/

Session 298: Seven Conversational Hypnosis Tools You Can Use Today Jan 23, 2026 46:24 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/298/

Session 297: Stop Reading Scripts! How to Actually Learn Hypnosis Jan 9, 2026 55:22 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/297/

Session 296: The Mandel Method: How to Master Hypnotic Skills Faster Than Ever Dec 26, 2025 01:06:04 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/296/

Session 295: 13 Years of Personal Growth: Health, Relationships & Life Mastery Dec 12, 2025 46:51 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/295/

Session 294: Is Hypnosis Fake? What the Science Really Says Nov 28, 2025 47:05 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/294/

Session 293: How to Be Happy: Cultivating Joy as a State of Mind Nov 14, 2025 30:45 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/293/

Session 292: Is Hypnosis Dangerous or Just Misunderstood? (Halloween Special) Oct 31, 2025 43:44 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/292/

Session 291: How to Spot and Stop Psychological Manipulation Oct 17, 2025 38:36 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/291/

Session 290: Conflict Resolution: Everything You Need to Know Oct 3, 2025 42:31 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/290/

Session 289: Conversational Tools in Hypnosis: Rapport, Presuppositions, and More Sep 19, 2025 44:47 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/289/

Session 288: Aphantasia and Hypnotic Success Stories Sep 5, 2025 38:51 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/288/

Session 287: The Magic of State - Hacking Your Mindset Instantly Aug 22, 2025 29:15 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/287/

Session 286: HypnoThoughts Live 2025 Aug 8, 2025 45:23 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/286/

Session 285: The Unconscious Mind, and Much More… Jul 25, 2025 38:40 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/285/

Session 284: Hypnotizing Cheaters and a Visit to the Hypnotic Art Gallery Jul 11, 2025 42:58 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/284/

Session 283: The Hypnotic Power of One Tiny Word Jun 27, 2025 55:11 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/283/

Session 282: Hockey, Aging Horribly and Hypnosis Jun 13, 2025 40:19 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/282/

Session 281: Hypnosis vs Talk Therapy Cage Match May 30, 2025 40:29 For show notes, visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/281/

Session 280: For Those Who Get Triggered … We Will Trigger You May 16, 2025 50:10 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/280/

Session 279: Big Crowds and Bad Logic: Trump, Hypnosis, and the Fallacy Factory May 2, 2025 45:04 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/279/

Session 278: Epic Stories from Decades of Stage Hypnosis Shows Apr 18, 2025 48:02 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/278/

Session 277: The Hypnotic Power of Words: How Language Shapes Your Reality Apr 4, 2025 55:56 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/277/

Session 276: Massage Drunk & Mind Hacks: How Hypnosis Works Everywhere Mar 21, 2025 50:17 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/276/

Session 275: The Evolution of Hypnosis: From Mesmer to the Future of Trance Mar 7, 2025 45:19 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/275/

Session 274: Busting the Biggest Myths About Trance and Suggestion Feb 21, 2025 48:36 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/274/

Session 273: Tony Robbins and Mass Hypnosis in the Media Feb 7, 2025 51:03 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/273/

Session 272: Quantum Hypnosis? What the heck is that? Magic Jan 24, 2025 48:17 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/272/

Session 271: Oyster Allergies, Fear of Spiders, and Needle-Free Dental Magic Jan 10, 2025 27:37 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/271/

Session 270: Hypnotic Experiences with Time Dec 27, 2024 38:16 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/270

Session 269: Microdosing and the One Word Dec 13, 2024 29:08 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/269

Session 268: Distinctions for a better life Nov 29, 2024 36:31 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/268

Session 267: Learning Faster with Artificial Intelligence Nov 15, 2024 48:40 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/267

Session 266: Self-Work with Ideomotor Signals Nov 1, 2024 47:38 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/266

Session 265: Perceptual Positions to Solve People Problems Oct 18, 2024 43:22 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/265

Session 264: Repairing Burnt Bridges and Cutting Cords Oct 4, 2024 44:27 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/264

Session 263: Crushing Everyday Problems with This One Method Sep 20, 2024 42:09 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/263

Session 262: Hypnosis for Strange Unconscious Problems Sep 6, 2024 47:56 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/262

Session 261: Takeaways from the World's Biggest Hypnosis Conference Aug 23, 2024 38:42 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/261

Session 260: Hypnosis to Reframe Recharge and Relate Aug 9, 2024 43:54 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/260

Session 259: Brainwashing Secrets and Pain Relief through Hypnosis Jul 26, 2024 35:19 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/259

Session 258: Conquering Negativity: Hypnotic Techniques and Optimistic Living Jul 12, 2024 45:53 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/258

Session 257: Hypnotic Mistakes and Mastery: Insights from Mike, Chris, and Timothy September Jun 28, 2024 46:49 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/257

Session 256: Bernheim's Amnesia Technique and the Power of Personal Development in Hypnosis Jun 14, 2024 51:49 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/256

Session 255: More Q&As May 31, 2024 50:55 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/255

Session 254: Erickson was the GOAT May 17, 2024 31:42 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/254

Session 253: More Questions and Answers about Hypnosis May 3, 2024 28:41 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/253

Session 252: Questions and Answers about Hypnosis Apr 19, 2024 42:56 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/252

Session 251: Is Hypnosis Scientific? Apr 5, 2024 44:06 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/251

Session 250: Hypnosis to Forget an Ex…and Other Cool Stuff Mar 22, 2024 40:50 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/250

Session 249: Giving Hypnotically Dynamic Presentations Mar 8, 2024 01:00:00 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/249

Session 248: Communicating well, when the other person doesn't! Feb 23, 2024 47:49 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/248

Session 247: Staying Safe in this Crazy World Feb 9, 2024 51:36 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/247

Session 246: Staying Safe in this Crazy World Jan 26, 2024 53:15 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/246

Session 245: NLP Classic vs NLP New Code Jan 12, 2024 55:44 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/245

Session 244: Hypnosis, Imagination and Guided Imagery Dec 29, 2023 43:04 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/244

Session 243: The Rise of Top-Down Therapy Dec 15, 2023 43:01 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/243

Session 242: Get out there, and wreck those relationships, while there's still time! Dec 1, 2023 52:35 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/242

Session 241: Calibration, Conversation and Hypnotizability Nov 17, 2023 37:46 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/241

Session 240: Presentation Skills, for Stage and Life! Nov 6, 2023 40:22 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/240

Session 239: Reframing, Systems, and Mailbag… Oct 20, 2023 35:44 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/239

Session 238: All about FEAR! Oct 6, 2023 36:12 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/238

Scott Adams on Reframing – Brain Software Podcast (in-betweener episode 02) Sep 23, 2023 56:01 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/scott-adams

Session 237: Keys to being an Awesome Hypnotist! Sep 22, 2023 35:02 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/237

Session 236: Hypnosis Questions Answered Sep 8, 2023 59:29 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/236

Session 235: Stop doing these 10 things right now! Aug 25, 2023 48:14 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/235

Session 234: Back from HT Live! Aug 11, 2023 40:08 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/234

Session 233: What is hypnosis? That, and conversational power for all of us… Jul 28, 2023 45:50 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/233/

Session 232: Bad therapy, regression to cause, and more! Jul 14, 2023 45:30 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/232/

Session 231: Hypnosis and Language So Fun It Ought to be Illegal Jun 30, 2023 43:20 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/231/

Session 230: Hypnosis Miracles Jun 16, 2023 45:01 For show notes visit https://mikemandelhypnosis.com/podcast/230/