Stir the Sacred: Your Soul’s Crockpot

We’ve all heard it: “Fix it and forget it.”

That slow cooker slogan promises ease, efficiency, and a delicious result…all while we go about our day, trusting that the ingredients inside will transform themselves.

And when it comes to cooking dinner, that works beautifully.

But when it comes to your inner life, the tangled mix of memory, emotion, trauma, desire, power, and potential, your soul doesn’t run on a slow cooker setting. You can’t just toss in a few affirmations, slam the lid shut, and expect healing to emerge six hours later, piping hot and perfectly seasoned.

Healing doesn’t come in preset hours.
Transformation isn’t automatic.
And pain doesn’t dissolve just because we’re busy doing other things.

The Ingredients Within

Each of us carries a unique inner blend of ingredients.
Some were chosen consciously—healing tools, values, dreams, rituals, prayers.
Others were added without our consent, abandonment, self-doubt, childhood wounds, systemic narratives, heartbreak.

And while it would be wonderful if life worked like a recipe: add one gratitude practice, stir in a daily routine, set it on “manifest,” and come back to a new reality, it doesn’t quite work that way.

Some ingredients cling to the bottom.
Some require more heat.
Some need to be stirred, tasted, adjusted.
Some need to be removed entirely because they no longer serve who you’re becoming.

Tending the Inner Flame

Tending to what’s cooking inside you isn’t a one-time decision.
It’s a relationship.

You are the chef, the cauldron, and the flame.

You are the one who notices when something is simmering too long in sorrow…
Or when joy has evaporated because the lid’s been sealed too tight.

There’s sacred power in checking in with yourself—daily, moment to moment.
Where’s the heat today?
What’s bubbling to the surface?
What needs more seasoning?

Maybe it’s your boundaries. Your voice. Your dreams.
Maybe it’s suppressed rage that never had a safe place to speak.
Maybe it’s a truth you’ve been too tender to say out loud.

This isn’t about perfection.
It’s about presence.

Your Pain Has Purpose, Your Power Has Roots

Pain is often the first thing we want to “fix and forget.”
But pain holds data. It speaks in symbols and sensations.
It tells us where the energy got stuck… where the wound still aches… where the alchemy wants to begin.

And your power?

It isn’t something external that you hope to someday earn.
It’s something you reclaim.
It’s remembering your own sacred recipe. Stirring the truth.
Realizing that you are both the creation and the Creator.

How Hypnosis Helps You Stir the Sacred

This is where hypnosis becomes a life-changing tool, not to “fix and forget,” but to tend and transform.

Because most of what’s cooking inside us, our patterns, our beliefs, our fears and desires, is happening beneath the surface.
In the subconscious mind.

Hypnosis gently lifts the lid of your internal crockpot and lets you see what’s really simmering, without fear or judgment. It softens the conscious mind’s grip and gives you access to what’s been swirling underneath—sometimes for decades.

Think of hypnosis as stirring the pot with divine intention.

It allows you to:

• Identify old ingredients like “I’m not worthy” or “I have to over give to be loved,” and lovingly choose whether they still belong.

• Infuse new seasoning: empowerment, calm, self-trust, joy, into your energetic field.

• Turn down the heat on chronic stress, anxiety, overthinking…so you can regulate, reset, and rest.

• Simmer safely through emotion without re-traumatizing…offering your inner child, inner warrior, or inner goddess the response they never received before.

The subconscious doesn’t respond to logic; it responds to imagery, emotion, repetition, and safety.

That’s why so much traditional mindset work can feel like adding seasoning without stirring. You’re saying the affirmations. You’re doing the things. But the flavor never fully changes.

Hypnosis changes that.

It lets you speak directly to the part of you still waiting to be heard, held, healed.
It doesn’t just patch the wound—it rewires the story.
It helps you shift deeply, not just cope temporarily.

It’s like becoming the soul chef of your own becoming.

You Are Not Meant to Forget

The old world said:
Fix it and forget it.

But you, dear one, were never meant to forget.

You were meant to remember.

To remember your power.
To remember your wholeness.
To remember that you are not broken…you are cooking through a deeply sacred process.

Hypnosis is not the shortcut.
It’s the sacred spoon.

The quiet invitation to stir the pot of your life with love.
To reclaim your flavor.
To season your future with intention.
To bless your pain and embody your power.

So maybe this season, we stop trying to “fix it and forget it,”
and instead choose to “bless it and be with it.”

Because you are what’s cooking.
And when you stay close to the flame, present, curious, loving…
you become the alchemist.
You become the healer.
You become the one who transforms pain into purpose, grief into gold, and ingredients into legacy.

Reflective Questions:

1. What ingredients have I unconsciously carried that no longer serve who I’m becoming?

2. When was the last time I truly stirred…checked in, felt, and tended to what’s simmering within me?

3. If I approached my healing as sacred alchemy instead of a task to complete, how would that shift the way I show up for myself today?

Liz Landon, MAT, BSW, CHt, author, Certified Hypnotist, Freedom Facilitator, Breakthrough Specialist, and Law of Attraction Coach, is celebrated for her soulful practices that bring about profound transformations. Her impactful presence at professional conferences and podcasts has earned her life-changing testimonials, thanks to her divine messages and spiritual guidance as a claircognizant, inspiring individuals to embrace effortless paradigm shifts and reclaim their personal power. To experience a profound and transformative hypnosis session with Liz Landon, whether in the comforting confines of her healing space in Edmonds, WA, or through the convenience of online sessions, kindly reach out to her via email at releaseresistancewithliz@gmail.com. Her acclaimed book: RELEASE RESISTANCE is available on AMAZON and BARNESANDNOBLE.COM, as well as many other worldwide websites. NEW BOOK ON HYPNOTIC HEALING being released soon!

The Red Button of the Heart: Navigating Love’s Battlefield

In the deepest recesses of our hearts lies a metaphorical red button, an emblem of trust, love, and vulnerability. It is crimson, much like the hue of passion, the warmth of connection, and the vibrancy of shared dreams. But this button, so red and alluring, carries with it a potent power. When trust is shattered, when love is betrayed, this red button is pressed, and the pain that follows can feel as relentless as a nuclear explosion.

When trust is lost, it is as if the red button, shaped like a heart, is activated. The aftermath feels like emotional annihilation—a scorched landscape where the warmth of love is replaced by the coldness of betrayal. The pain is deep, pervasive, and unyielding. It feels like every part of you is being torn apart, leaving behind a barren wasteland of what once was a thriving, loving connection. Yet, this pain, though immense, does not have to signify the end. It need not resemble a nuclear explosion that leaves nothing in its wake but ashes. Instead, it can be viewed as a time on the battlefield of emotions—a War of the Roses within your own heart. In this war, the red is not just the blood of hurt but also the vibrant roses of love and resilience.

On this battlefield, there is still beauty amid the thorns. The red roses represent the enduring aspects of love and the possibility of renewal. Though the thorns may prick and cause pain, they are also a reminder that life, in all its forms, persists and that beauty can emerge even from conflict. The roses signify that even in the midst of emotional turmoil, there is a possibility for growth and renewal.

The cracks in your heart’s surface, those deep fissures left by betrayal and pain, are not just scars. They are the places where healing can begin. With time and care, these cracks do not merely mend—they transform. The Japanese art of Kintsugi, where broken pottery is mended with gold, teaches us that our wounds, when healed, add to our beauty. The cracks filled with gold become a testament to our resilience, our ability to endure, and our capacity to find beauty in imperfection.

As you navigate the battlefield of your emotions, remember that renewal is possible. The pain you feel is real, and it is valid. But within you lies the power to heal, to grow, and to thrive once more. The roses, though surrounded by thorns, bloom in their own time, symbolizing the return of hope and beauty. The red button of your heart, though pressed in moments of despair, does not define the end. It marks the beginning of a journey toward healing, where every crack filled with gold tells a story of strength and beauty.

In the end, the battlefield of the heart is a place of transformation. From the ashes of pain, new life can emerge. From the wounds of betrayal, a stronger, more resilient heart can grow. Trust may be broken, but it can also be rebuilt. Love, though tested, can endure. And the red button, once a symbol of destruction, can become a symbol of renewal and the unyielding power of the human heart.

Amid the emotional turmoil and the battlefield of a broken heart, hypnosis emerges as a powerful tool for renewal and healing. By guiding the mind into a state of deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility, hypnosis allows individuals to access and reframe their subconscious thoughts and feelings. Through this process, deeply ingrained patterns of pain and negative beliefs can be gently transformed. Hypnosis can help to release the emotional weight of betrayal and loss, fostering a sense of peace and acceptance. It can your broken pieces with resilience and self-love, nurturing the heart’s ability to heal and renew itself. Just as the gold in Kintsugi fills the cracks with beauty, hypnosis fills the mind with empowering thoughts and positive affirmations, aiding the journey from pain to renewed strength and hope.

1. In what ways can you find beauty and growth in the midst of emotional pain and turmoil, much like the roses amid the thorns in your heart's battlefield?

2. How can you apply the principles of Kintsugi to your own healing process, allowing your emotional scars to become sources of strength and beauty?

3. What specific thoughts or beliefs would you like to reframe through hypnosis to foster renewal and resilience in your heart after experiencing betrayal or loss?

Liz Landon, MAT, BSW, CHt, author, Certified Hypnotist, Freedom Facilitator, Breakthrough Specialist, and Law of Attraction Coach, is celebrated for her soulful practices that bring about profound transformations. Her impactful presence at professional conferences and podcasts has earned her life-changing testimonials, thanks to her divine messages and spiritual guidance as a claircognizant, inspiring individuals to embrace effortless paradigm shifts and reclaim their personal power. To experience a profound and transformative hypnosis session with Liz Landon, whether in the comforting confines of her office in Edmonds, WA, or through the convenience of online sessions, kindly reach out to her via email at releaseresistancewithliz@gmail.com. Her acclaimed book: RELEASE RESISTANCE is available on AMAZON and BARNESANDNOBLE.COM, as well as many other worldwide websites. NEW BOOK ON HYPNOTIC HEALING being released soon!