Celebs Who Have Used Hypnosis To Advance Their Careers

Publish date: 2024-06-24

Everyone has their own way of getting their carees started and their own way of dealing with difficult things. While there are more conventional ways than others, when it comes to celebrities, they tend to take the road less traveled. Many have even turned to things like hypnotism to help themselves further their career or get over things that are preventing them from doing so.

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Some big names in Hollywood have used hypnosis, and a lot of them swear by it and credit it for helping them succeed. It seems like something that you wouldn't normally turn to, but after hearing some success stories, you can't help but wonder if hypnosis really works.

8 Julia Roberts

Actress Julia Roberts is one of the most celebrates actresses of our time. She's won an Academy Award and is one of the highest-paid actresses in the world. It didn't get that way overnight, as she had to work hard and pay her dues like anyone else.

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When Julia was younger she suffered from a stutter and desperately wanted to get rid of it. When nothing else would work, Julia sought out help from a hypnotist who helped her get over her stutter. These days when you hear her speak, you'd never even know that she once had a speech impediment.

7 Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods is arguably one of the greatest golfers of all time, so how exactly did he get that way? Tiger actually uses hypnotism to get himself in the zone whenever he's on the golf course. He was taught how to put himself in self-induced hypnosis that helps him focus on the game and to not let anything distract him while he's trying to golf. He learned how to do this when he was just a teenager, as his father hired someone to help Tiger learn how to focus more. He can thank hypnosis for a successful career.

6 Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone actually benefitted a lot from hypnosis. He was at a point in his career where he felt like he was stuck, and not sure where to go next. As a result, he turned to hypnosis to see if it would help him get out of his rut. Just like Tiger Woods, he learned the process of self-hypnosis to help him focus better. Thanks to the new skill he learned, he was able to write the script for Rocky and we all know what happened to his career after that.

5 James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones may be known for his voice, but it wasn't always the strong, deep, and powerful voice that we've come to know and love over the years. When he was just four years old, he developed a stutter that was so bad that he wound up not speaking for over eight years.

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He worked hard on his speech, wanting to get rid of his stutter. He also used hypnosis to help himself get rid of his stutter. As we know, it wound up being successful as he went on to use his voice in many projects, most famously as the voice of Darth Vader.

4 Debra Messing

Actress Debra Messing is another celebrity who turned to hypnotism to help her with a role. She played an aquatic showgirl in the movie Lucky You. Although she was excited to be in the movie, she was terrified of the underwater scenes she would inevitably have to film. As a result, she turned to hypnosis to help her. This wasn't the first time she saw a hypnotist, as one helped her quit smoking years prior. Thanks to hypnotism, Debra was able to get through filming.

3 Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner also used hypnotism when he was on set filming. When he was filming Waterworld in Hawaii, he was struggling a lot with seasickness. It got so bad that he struggled with filming and it made it hard for him. As a result, he flew out his own hypnotist to help him overcome his seasickness. Thankfully, it worked, and his seasickness was pretty much nonexistent for the rest of the time that he was filming. He's a big believer in hypnosis and has used it a few times in his career.

2 Adele

Adele enlisted the help of a hypnotist for a few reasons. The first time she used one was to help kick her awful smoking addiction. Adele knew that she had to stop smoking if she wanted to preserve her amazing voice. Thanks to the hypnotist, she was able to stop smoking completely. She also used a hypnotist when she was trying to lose weight. Adele struggled with her weight for many years and she was able to lose weight through hypnosis.

1 David Beckham

David Beckham also used hypnotism to help him in his career. When he was still playing soccer he went through a bit of a rough patch when he was playing. Determined to get out of a slump, David turned to celebrity hypnotist Paul McKenna to help him. David worked with him to get his confidence back on the pitch. Thankfully the sessions seemed to help as David got out of his horrible playing slump.

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