How To Reprogram An Addicted Brain Through Hypnosis & Neuroplasticity - Angela Carney

<p><strong>She Was Sober for 16 Years. Then She Lost It All, and at 53 Rebuilt Her Brain From Scratch. Angela Carney on Hypnosis, Addiction and the Subconscious Mind.</strong></p><p>Angela Carney got sober in her early thirties and stayed sober for 16 years while building a successful business from nothing. Then her mother died, the pressure mounted, and a &quot;harmless&quot; habit reopened a door she thought was closed for good. What followed was years of cross-addiction, the loss of her business, and a rock-bottom moment at 53 where she sat down and Googled four words: &quot;Can I fix my brain?&quot;</p><p>What she found, neuroplasticity, the theta brainwave state, and the power of the subconscious mind, became the foundation of her recovery and her work today as a hypnotherapist helping others beat addiction.</p><p>Ryan sits down with Angela for a genuinely fascinating conversation about how the mind actually works.</p><p><strong>What we get into:</strong></p><ul><li>How someone relapses after 16 years sober and what &quot;cross-addiction&quot; really means</li><li>Why your dopamine system never forgets, and how addiction hijacks the reward pathway</li><li>The conscious mind is 5% of you your subconscious runs the other 95%</li><li>Why you can consciously want to stop and still be unable to</li><li>Neuroplasticity: why your brain can change at any age, not just before 25</li><li>The theta brainwave state, and how the first 7 years quietly shape your whole life</li><li>The night Angela felt overwhelming joy in the middle of withdrawal, and what it taught her</li><li>Why advertising is a form of legal hypnosis, from Pringles to Nike</li><li>Why the subconscious doesn&#39;t hear the word &quot;don&#39;t&quot;, and how to talk to it instead</li><li>Self-pity versus self-compassion, &quot;mood hoovers,&quot; and training your brain toward the positive</li><li>Ryan&#39;s own visualisation story after his accident, and where it overlaps with Angela&#39;s</li><li>Her message to anyone who&#39;s tried to stop ten times and thinks this is just who they are</li></ul><p>Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos exists to platform guests who&#39;ve turned adversity into hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.</p><p><strong>Follow:</strong> @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis</p><p>If anything in this episode affects you, support is available in Ireland. The HSE Drugs &amp; Alcohol Helpline is free and confidential on 1800 459 459, and Samaritans are available 24/7 on 116 123.</p><p>🖊️ Sponsored by <strong>The Ink Factory</strong>, Temple Bar — Ireland&#39;s highest rated tattoo studio. theinkfactory.ie | @theinkfactory</p>