How Healthcare Works, LLC

Guest post by  Brenda Williams, BCH, CHP , a Board Certified Consulting Hypnotist   Question: I’m thinking about using hypnosis to stop smoking, but I’m not sure what to expect. How does it work? What happens in a stop-smoking hypnosis session?    As a Board Certified Consulting Hypnotist with Awaken Hypnosis ,  nicotine and smoking cessation is often one of the easiest issues I work with. When someone genuinely wants to cease nicotine/cigarette use, hypnosis gives us a way to directly work with the related underlying expectations, beliefs, associations, and automatic behaviors.  Sometimes the nicotine habit is all that needs to be addressed. Other times, the smoking, pouches, etc., connect to deeper emotional patterns , and the work becomes about much more than nicotine. These clients are often surprised by just how much they get from the process.  The Pre-Hypnosis Interview Every session, for smoking and otherwise, starts and ends with an intervie...

by Jeanette R. Harrison, MPH I have shared a lot about how alone I was after moving away from Kansas City. How I had to move to Idaho with nothing. And people acted like it was no big deal. Like it was a joke, almost. Like I somehow deserved that because, in their minds, I was "too much" or "too much drama." But moving and leaving your things behind is hard. I didn't just lose my whole family and my social standing, but I lost everything that I was. Leaving everything behind is more than "stuff." It's a sense of identity. It's the memories you made, the life that you built, the person that you became. All of the "stuff" gives someone a sense of ownership over their life and a sense of worthiness. I've moved a lot of times, 42 times now, and the hardest moves are the ones where I had to leave everything. Because that wasn't just leaving a place. It was losing pieces of me, watching my footsteps behind me get erased. Knowing tha...

  Community Spotlight: Independent Business Share As part of our commitment to supporting independent business owners in our professional network, we are sharing the following information from a community acquaintance. Please note: How Healthcare Works, LLC provides this space strictly as a courtesy. We have not evaluated, reviewed, or endorsed these specific commercial wellness products, lines, or supplements. Visit Becci's Trunori site at https://trunorilaunch.com/beccic9 I never thought of myself as someone who would promote good health or supplements, but I am completely sold on TruNori and don’t want to be without these products.  I chose TruNori because I believe in supporting overall wellness in a simple, natural way, and because the company is built on integrity.  What stands out to me is the focus on quality ingredients and products that easily fit into everyday life.  I’m excited to keep learning, share my experience, and help others discover something...

by Jeanette R. Harrison, MPH This is a rewrite. Not because I am retracting anything I said in my earlier post, but because after rereading it, I realized I had completely missed the point. Today's gratitude practice was supposed to be about being grateful for myself. Instead, I spent almost the entire post talking about other people. That realization, in and of itself, taught me something. Today's lesson is this: we often have a much easier time seeing the good in other people than we do in ourselves. Over the past several years, I have spent a great deal of time trying to understand why certain people have treated me the way they have. Some of those relationships go back decades because I continued attending the church that sponsored the college I attended, and many of those same people continued to intersect throughout my adult life. Whether people agree with my interpretation of those experiences really isn't the point. The point is that I have spent years trying to und...

 If you are a consultant, strategist, or executive trying to scale your professional footprint, you’ve likely been told that the secret to visibility is high content volume. Here is the truth: It’s not about how much you post. It’s about how clearly you articulate your unique, baseline expertise and your true, authentic self so your target network actually recognizes its value. I’ve built a professional footprint on LinkedIn. I didn't do it by using generic AI text generators to speak for me, and I didn't do it by chasing hollow algorithmic hacks. I did it by building authentic authority and turning profile traction into real equity. Next week on June 29 at 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM MDT , I am hosting the live, interactive masterclass: How I Built 22K+ Followers on LinkedIn (And Convert Them Into Buyers & Clients) . This is an intimate, high-impact masterclass where I am mapping out the exact blueprint I use to manage visibility, optimize profile architecture, and build genuine en...

My name is Jeanette Harrison, and I am the owner and CEO of How Healthcare Works, LLC. For years, I have worked in healthcare, education, consulting, and writing while building a business focused on helping people better understand healthcare systems, burnout prevention, and practical approaches to improving health and well-being. Six years ago, I restarted my life in Idaho with approximately $2,400 and my dog after leaving an abusive relationship. Since then, I have rebuilt my life through full-time work, consulting, writing, and entrepreneurship. Along the way, I earned a Master's degree in Public Health, published books, launched educational resources, and continued investing in work that helps others navigate complex healthcare challenges. Today, I am working to move from survival mode into a period of focused growth. To do that, I am launching a small capital campaign with a goal of raising $5,000 in working capital for How Healthcare Works. The purpose of this campaign is sim...

by Jeanette R. Harrison, MPH  Part of life is making mistakes. One of my biggest mistakes has been believing people cared about me when they didn't. I have spent years giving people the benefit of the doubt, believing they would eventually treat me with kindness, honesty, and respect. Instead, I found myself repeatedly dealing with manipulation, lies, control, and blame. When I objected to how I was treated, I was often told that I was the problem. When I spoke up, I was accused of blaming others. When I questioned what was happening around me, I was told I was "way off base." I've been very open about not wanting my sister in my life. I'm tired of the narrative that every mention of my family in any way is somehow an attack on my family. The other day, someone complained because I said I wasn't allowed to wear sweatpants to school. It was one of my mom's rules because she thought sweatpants looked sloppy. That isn't a bad thing. It's just a story....

By Jeanette R. Harrison I haven't written since I moved into my new apartment. That's right. I was especially blessed to find a new apartment, and it is so nice to have a beautiful home to live in. At the same time, it has been stressful. The day I moved in, I received a different bill than I expected. Since then, I have felt like I don't have enough money. You know what has happened since that day? I didn't get paid the amount I was supposed to, a client couldn't pay for a course through my portal, and a bill was unexpectedly paid out of my account. Last night, I literally lay in bed crying because I was afraid I was going to lose my newly won apartment after everything I went through to get here. Living in a hotel was not fun, and every day I prayed to God that I would find a new place to live. Now, I am praying that I can keep my apartment. I really do love it. Today, I walked around thanking God and the Universe for this apartment. I talked about how much I love...

by Jeanette R. Harrison Today’s gratitude practice is about wishing happiness for three people. Honestly, this feels especially difficult right now because I am currently living in a hotel, and if I am being honest, I do not feel like many people genuinely care about my happiness, my well-being, or my emotional safety right now. In many ways, I do not feel like people have cared about those things for the past six years. What I feel instead is that people expect me to perform happiness for them while keeping me emotionally at arm’s length. They want me to be positive, resilient, grateful, productive, inspiring, and emotionally self-sufficient so they do not have to feel uncomfortable about what I am going through. They want me to overcome everything quietly while simultaneously making me feel like I am too much if I openly admit that I am struggling. Photo is AI Generated  The three people I picked for today’s exercise are X, Y, and Z. One of the things I keep realizing lately is h...