From Near Death to New Purpose: How Spiritual Hypnotherapy Transforms Trauma into Power
What if your greatest breakdown was actually the doorway to your life’s true calling?
In this powerful conversation, I sat down with Amy, a spiritual hypnotherapist and founder of Sensorium Hypnosis, whose life took an unimaginable turn after a mysterious illness, a near-death experience, and a spiritual awakening that completely redefined her purpose.
Her story is one of collapse, surrender, awakening — and profound transformation.
The Illness That Changed Everything
Fourteen years ago, Amy was thriving in corporate America, working as a rehabilitation consultant in a pain management clinic. Then everything changed.
After a major surgery, she developed what she calls a “mystery illness” — later diagnosed as Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) — an inflammatory condition affecting the brain and spinal cord.
She experienced:
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Chronic fatigue
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Chronic pain
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Autonomic nervous system dysregulation
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Tachycardia and bradycardia
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Blood pressure instability
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Vertigo
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Neurological disturbances
Behind the scenes, she was taking fistfuls of ibuprofen just to get through the workday. She was quietly chasing doctors, searching for answers, and growing weaker.
After months of failed treatments, she reached a breaking point.
The Near-Death Experience
In a moment of complete surrender, Amy cried out:
“God, either take me or heal me. Do not leave me this way.”
What happened next changed everything.
She had a near-death experience. Her soul left her body. She was given a choice: stay or go.
She heard what she describes as a clear, telepathic voice asking if she was ready to leave. At the same time, she felt — deeply and viscerally — the emotional devastation her early departure would cause her young son.
Despite the physical pain and emotional despair, she chose to stay.
And when her soul re-entered her body, her life was never the same.
A Second Diagnosis — and More Clarity
Years later, Amy was diagnosed with another rare condition: Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) — a compression of the celiac artery that restricts blood flow to digestive organs and can trigger dysautonomia.
She underwent major surgery in Seattle to correct it.
But the true transformation had already begun.
The near-death experience wasn’t a spontaneous physical healing.
It was, as she describes it, a “soul upgrade.”
“Amy, You’re Going Back to School.”
In the days following her experience, that same inner voice returned.
“Amy, you’re going back to school.”
To study hypnosis.
She had never seen a hypnotist. Never considered hypnosis. Never known anyone in the field.
Yet within months, she enrolled in certification training — despite being severely ill, financially strained, divorced, and caring for her young son and elderly mother.
In February 2016, she launched her business with nothing more than a simple website and the hope of seeing one or two clients a week just to put food on the table.
Today, nearly a decade later, she works with high-level executives, CEOs, and professionals around the world — blending hypnosis, energy healing, intuition, and spirituality to help people resolve deep subconscious conflicts.
What Hypnosis Really Is (And What It’s Not)
There are many misconceptions about hypnosis.
It is not:
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Mind control
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Stage tricks
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Losing awareness
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Being unconscious
Instead, hypnosis is about resolving subconscious conflicts.
Those hidden triggers.
Those self-sabotaging patterns.
Those deeply embedded beliefs formed before age seven.
Amy explains that many presenting issues — anxiety, insomnia, fear of flying, stress at work — are rarely about the surface problem.
They’re about what lies beneath.
For example:
A client struggling to pass a professional exam wasn’t blocked by lack of knowledge. She was blocked by childhood trauma around financial instability and unworthiness. Once the deeper subconscious conflict was resolved, she not only passed — she became the top producer in her firm.
Because it was never about the test.
It was about the trauma beneath the test.
The Nervous System, Brainwaves & Healing
From a neuroscience perspective, hypnosis works by slowing brainwaves into the theta state.
In this state:
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The primitive fight-or-flight mind quiets.
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The nervous system regulates.
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The heart rate slows.
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Breathing deepens.
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The higher mind becomes accessible.
In this deeper state, the mind is more receptive to transformation — not through force, but through awareness.
Amy emphasizes that healing doesn’t come from a one-size-fits-all script. It comes from helping clients:
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Identify root causes
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Understand subconscious conflicts
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Connect to their soul purpose
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Recalibrate their internal state
Meditation and relaxation are helpful. But transformation requires deeper inquiry.
The Executive Performance Connection
Many of Amy’s clients are C-suite executives — individuals under intense pressure, navigating lawsuits, boardroom politics, financial targets, and family crises.
Despite outward success, many live in:
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Chronic hypervigilance
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Scarcity mindset
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Fear of being fired
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Intergenerational financial trauma
Her work helps them:
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Regulate stress triggers
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Strengthen decision-making
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Separate work from home life
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Show up authentically
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Lead from grounded confidence
She teaches practical tools — including self-hypnosis and a powerful candle meditation — so clients can anchor into calm without needing her present.
The goal isn’t dependency.
It’s empowerment.
Spiritual Health Before Physical Health
One of the most powerful statements Amy shared was this:
“If we don’t have our spiritual health — if we don’t know who we are as a soul — then we’re really in trouble.”
Her illness was the catalyst. Without it, she believes she never would have left corporate America.
Pain became the portal.
And that portal became purpose.
The Bigger Message
Spiritual awakenings don’t only happen through near-death experiences.
They can come through:
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Illness
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Divorce
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Career collapse
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Loss
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Major life transitions
Amy calls it the difference between being “the chosen one” and being “the willing one.”
When we are willing to listen — even in the darkest moments — we may discover that what feels like the end is actually the beginning.
Final Thoughts
Amy’s journey reminds us that healing is not about conquering illness.
It’s about turning down the volume of suffering and awakening the healer within.
Whether you are navigating stress, illness, burnout, or a major life transition, there is wisdom beneath your symptoms.
And sometimes, the breakdown is simply the doorway to becoming who you were always meant to be.
If this conversation resonated with you, I invite you to listen to the full episode of Susan LoPresti Wellness: Mind, Body & Soul, where we explore how hypnosis, spirituality, and inner awareness can transform not just performance — but your entire life.
And as always, if you are a mature woman seeking healing, clarity, and rejuvenation — mind, body, and soul — you are in the right place. 💛
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