Are you sick and tired of carrying patterns that never seem to change?
If you are exhausted from repeating the same emotional cycles, the same self-sabotage, the same weight struggles, the same relationship patterns, or the same habits that keep pulling you backward, this work may be for you. Ashes to Ascension Hypnotherapy offers virtual hypnotherapy for clients across North Carolina and beyond, with in-person sessions available in North Raleigh, Graham, and Selma, North Carolina.
There comes a moment when you realize that healing can’t stay at the bottom of your to-do list.
You've been strong for everyone else. You've carried the responsibilities, the expectations, and the emotional weight for far too long.
Now it's your turn.
The Rising Retreat is a luxury healing experience for women ready to release old patterns, heal their inner child, regulate their nervous system, and reconnect with themselves in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Imagine waking up in a private Bali villa, surrounded by beauty, sisterhood, and support. Days filled with healing sessions, sacred ceremonies, rest, reflection, and experiences that nourish your soul.
What You'll Experience
✨ Inner Child Healing
✨ Private Hypnotherapy Session
✨ Subconscious Reprogramming
✨ Nervous System Regulation
✨ Reiki & Energy Healing
✨ Sound Baths & Meditation
✨ Sacred Balinese Ceremonies
✨ Yoga & Deep Rest
✨ Sisterhood & Connection
✨ Bali Cultural Experiences
✨ Luxury Villa Accommodations and many more!
This isn't about escaping your life.
It's about returning to yourself.
Is This Calling You?
If your heart feels a pull toward healing, softness, freedom, and becoming the woman you know you're meant to be...
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Your next chapter begins in Bali!
This work is for you if…
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Tired of being the "strong one" everyone relies on.
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Always pushing through on empty.
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Saying "I'm fine" while carrying stress, heartache, and a restless mind.
This work may support you if...
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Stuck in old patterns
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Emotionally overwhelmed or shut down
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Carrying heavy emotional weight
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Disconnected from yourself
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Ready to finally feel safe, free, and whole
What Michelle helps you release...
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Inner child wounds.
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Emotional overwhelm and anxiety.
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Self-worth and confidence blocks.
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Relationship and family patterns.
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Weight loss resistance and emotional eating.
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Smoking cessation and other repetitive habits.
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Money blocks
How hypnotherapy works
A lot of what people are fighting is not just happening in the conscious mind. It is happening in the subconscious, where old pain, protective beliefs, and survival patterns keep running long after they are no longer helping.
Hypnotherapy helps us work with the subconscious mind instead of against it. When the subconscious mind feels safe enough to release what it has been holding onto, the pattern can begin to change at the root instead of coming back again and again.
That is why this work is about more than symptom relief. It is about lasting transformation.
Hi! My name is Michelle O'Connell
I am a certified hypnotherapist and the founder of Ashes to Ascension Hypnotherapy. My work is rooted in emotional healing, subconscious reprogramming, intuitive insight, and deep respect for the courage it takes to heal.
I believe transformation happens when you finally feel safe enough to stop performing and start listening to what your soul, body, and subconscious have been trying to tell you.
My role is to hold a grounded, compassionate space where you can release what no longer belongs to you and reconnect with the calm, clear, empowered version of yourself that has always been there.
Services
I offer a holistic range of transformational services designed to help you release emotional blocks, shift limiting beliefs, and create lasting personal change.
My practice includes personalized, multi-session hypnotherapy packages, a 2-hour single-session option, and comprehensive, all-inclusive retreats featuring modalities such as Reiki, sound therapy, and somatic movement.
To help you get started, I also provide a free 1-hour introductory consultation to explore how hypnotherapy can support your goals, as well as a 20-minute connection call specifically for those interested in my retreat offerings.
Service Areas & Availability
To ensure accessibility for all clients, I offer flexible session options:
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Virtual Hypnotherapy: Secure, online sessions available to clients across North Carolina and beyond.
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In-Person Hypnotherapy: Private, 1-on-1 sessions are available by appointment.
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North Raleigh, NC
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Graham, NC
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Selma, NC (Serving the Johnston County area)
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Read MoreThis is a brief introductory conversation to discuss your goals and answer questions.
Read More6-session hypnotherapy package to release emotions, shift beliefs, and create lasting change ($875)
Read More12-session package: clear emotions, shift beliefs, plus custom timeline hypnosis. ( $1,500 )
My Mission
To guide you through the process of shedding the old, fear, doubt, guilt, trauma and awakening the version of you that already lives in freedom, abundance, and peace.
Through each session, we release what no longer serves and rebuild from truth, confidence, and inner calm.
WHAT CLIENTS CAN EXPECT
You can expect a space where you do not have to keep performing, coping, or pretending.
This work is designed to help you understand what keeps repeating, why it is there, and what needs to shift so you can stop carrying it.
My client's experiences
Mallory M.
Working with Michelle was life changing. I came to see her for an issue I had been trying to resolve through trauma therapy for 6 years. In 6 weeks, I accomplished my goal. Additionally, I am more
confident, mentally flexible,
and calm. The change in
my perspective really cannot
be described. Michelle
definitely has a gift and you would not regret working with her.
Phoebe F.
The breakthrough sessions have truly been transformative. I no longer recognize the person I used to be.
Thank you Michelle
Svetlana K.
Michelle is amazing. Her voice is soft and soothing, and she guided me into a hypnotic trance with ease. I was able to access events from my past that I had forgotten and see how the beliefs I formed at a very early age have been affecting my life and holding me back from reaching my full potential. As far as I know, she is currently offering complimentary sessions, so you truly have nothing to lose. Experience it for yourself and start transforming into the person you want and deserve to be.
Trina K.
Had the privilege to experiencing a breakthrough hypnosis session with Michelle, and it was truly transformative. From the very beginning, she created a safe and supportive space where I felt completely comfortable to open up, her approach was both professional and compassionate, guiding me through the process with clarity and confidence.
I can’t recommend her enough to anyone looking to heal, for real breakthrough and lasting change. She has a gift, and I’m grateful to have has the opportunity to work with her.
Your Journey Begins Here
Exciting Announcement from Ashes to Ascension Hypnotherapy 🌿
I’m so excited to share something that’s truly near and dear to my heart.
A complete 4-part hypnosis series created to support both men and women in releasing and transforming generational energy connected to the mother and father dynamics.
Each journey gently guides you into the subconscious to help you reconnect with emotional safety, balance, and self-trust while staying grounded in strength, love, and awareness.
Every session is crafted using NLP language, gentle relaxation, and powerful subconscious reprogramming to support emotional clarity, inner peace, and authentic self-leadership.
🎧 Whether you’re beginning your inner work or continuing your growth journey, these tracks were created with intention, love, and respect for your personal process.
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With gratitude,
Michelle O’Connell
Ashes to Ascension Hypnotherapy
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