James Hazlerig

James Hazlerig, MA, is a hypnotist, author, meditation teacher, professional musician, and champion storyteller. In his Austin practice, he helps clients quit smoking, manage stress, and overcome fear.

He has taught anger management for Austin Recovery, mental freedom at the Travis County jail, the history of hypnosis for the Hypnosis Practitioner Training Institute, and hypnotic storytelling and metaphor at Anne King's Hypnosis Center, as well as presenting at multiple hypnosis conferences.

In 2014, he co-authored Speak Ericksonian: Mastering the Hypnotic Methods of Milton Erickson. In 2016, he published The Little Book of Laughnosis: Using the Hypnotic Power of Unconditional Laughter to Change Lives.

He is the founder of the Order of Spellbinding Storytellers and the Tri-Pendulum Ambassadors FaceBook groups.