Hello, friends! I’m Gianna Badot, and if you’re an entrepreneur, a coach, or simply someone exploring next-level growth in your business, today’s blog is for you. This week on the podcast, I had an eye-opening conversation with my former client (and current collaborator), Joella Skoogh, on a topic I believe every entrepreneur should learn about: subconscious blocks and the powerful role of hypnotherapy in business success.
If you’ve ever hit a plateau in your business or found yourself self-sabotaging despite genuinely wanting growth, chances are your subconscious mind is running the show — and it’s time to address it.
Subconscious Blocks: The Invisible Barrier to Entrepreneurial Success
Joella is a business mentor for high-level coaches and consultants, and in our chat, she shared that even after reaching a major income milestone, unexpected fears crept in. She worried, “What if my friends don’t like me anymore if I get more successful?” or “What if I become unrelatable to my clients?” These weren’t thoughts she’d consciously had before, but as she put it, “new level, new devil.”
This is so relatable. Many entrepreneurs are programmed, often from childhood, to self-sabotage at the moments when real expansion is possible. These patterns — forgetting to respond to leads, feeling undeserving, or even just procrastinating — aren’t personal failures or laziness. They’re subconscious blocks that protect us from perceived danger as we reach new heights.
What Does a Subconscious Block Feel Like?
Joella described it beautifully. For her, it didn’t feel like outright negativity — it was more of a subtle question mark. An intuitive signal that something was “off,” even if she couldn’t consciously explain it.
Many entrepreneurs don’t even recognize this. Instead, they either blame themselves (“I suck!”) or blame something external (“Clients are terrible!”), slipping into victimhood. But, as Joella pointed out, radical responsibility and curiosity about your own patterns can transform your mindset. Noticing the question marks in your behavior is the first step to evolving past blocks you might not even realize you have.
The Most Common Mindset Block: Control
Joella works with high-achieving business owners — people who are already doing well but want to scale. The top block she sees? A deep-seated need for control.
Entrepreneurs often get where they are by working hard, pushing, and strategizing. But the next level requires something different: letting go. Detachment from outcomes and trusting yourself (instead of obsessively trying to micromanage every result) is crucial. This, Joella says, is easier said than done because it’s old, subconscious programming — often stemming from early life experiences.
I can’t emphasize enough how much this shows up in our clients. Most entrepreneurs are running on outdated programming from childhood, and unless you actively rewire it, those patterns will eventually cap your growth.
Hypnotherapy: The Secret Weapon for Business Expansion
So, why hypnotherapy? For Joella, it’s like meditation with a purpose. While meditation helps you calm your mind, hypnotherapy takes it a step further, allowing you to address specific blocks and reprogram your subconscious at the root.
Joella shared that after doing this deeper work, not only did she reach new income levels, but she also noticed a remarkable calmness in her life. Conflicts or setbacks didn’t throw her off for days. She became more intuitive — able to make clear, quick decisions and attract aligned clients with far less stress.
That’s exactly why I bring hypnotherapy into the spaces I lead. It’s a shortcut to building self-trust and tuning into your intuition, so you don’t waste time second-guessing yourself or operating from fear.
Making Mindset Work Mainstream
A huge takeaway from our episode is that subconscious work isn’t as “woo-woo” as people think. Hypnotherapy is an efficient, practical business tool — especially if you want to move fast and minimize overwhelm. Instead of endlessly analyzing your problems, hypnotherapy lets you experience shifts at a deep level. As Joella put it, “Sometimes those big things just become small, and I don’t have to think about them anymore.”
Bringing Subconscious Work to Industry Leader Lounge
Joella now incorporates subconscious work into her own program, Industry Leader Lounge — a space for high-level entrepreneurs who are tired of basic advice and are ready for true identity upgrades. In our collaboration, I come in monthly to guide sessions, helping her clients clear blocks and operate from their intuition and self-trust.
If you’re ready to stop overthinking, quit second-guessing yourself, and run your business from a place of ease, flow, and abundance, it’s time to look at what’s happening beneath the surface. Start tuning in to those subtle signals. Get curious. The more you upgrade your inner world, the more your external results will expand.
Ready to explore hypnotherapy or join a high-level entrepreneur mastermind?
You’ll find Joella Skoogh on Instagram (joella.skoogh) and LinkedIn (@JoellaSkoogh), and you can always connect with me for subconscious breakthroughs.
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