Change becomes easier when we stop fighting ourselves.
I’m Shelley Murphy, a Master Clinician in Hypnotherapy and former Registered Dietitian.
I offer support in shifting the deeper patterns behind food struggles, emotional eating, sleep challenges, and nervous system overwhelm.
For many years, I worked as a registered dietitian, supporting people through nutrition, behaviour change, and the complexities of their relationship with food.
What I began to notice , again and again, was this: people often knew what to do. But something deeper kept getting in the way.
This realization led me to explore the role of the subconscious mind in shaping habits, emotional responses, and long-standing patterns.
Over time, I trained as a clinical hypnotherapist, integrating approaches that are:
trauma-informed
grounded in nervous system regulation
informed by somatic awareness and NLP
In one-to-one sessions, I have the privilege of working with many individuals navigating:
persistent food thoughts
emotional eating
body image concerns
cycles of restriction and frustration
While this work can be deeply impactful, it is not always accessible. Whether due to cost, availability, or readiness, many people are looking for a way to begin this process on their own terms.
My digital hypnosis kits were created with that in mind.
They are designed to offer:
a gentle, self-paced experience
practical tools to support awareness and change
guided audio to help shift patterns at a deeper level
Many people find that, over time, this work can support:
a quieter relationship with food
less reactivity to thoughts and urges
a greater sense of ease in the body
“I felt deeply relaxed, grounded, and safe while listening. Shelley’s soothing voice, gentle pacing, and compassionate approach made the experience feel incredibly supportive.”
Hypnotherapy offers a way to work with change more gently and more deeply.
Rather than focusing only on conscious effort or willpower, this work helps create space for awareness, nervous system regulation, and new responses to emerge over time.
I’m especially drawn to approaches that feel supportive rather than forceful.
No harshness.
No shame.
No trying to “fix” yourself.
What I believe
Lasting change rarely comes from pressure, criticism, or trying harder.
It grows through awareness, safety, repetition, and learning to respond to yourself differently over time.
My work is designed to support that process gently and with care. Through my self-guided tools, guided hypnosis, and thoughtful education, I aim to provide an experience that respects both your mind and your nervous system.
“Shelley’s voice is calming, reassuring, and deeply relaxing. The experience felt safe, grounding, and completely non-judgemental. The recordings are beautifully paced and professionally done, and I found myself returning to them again and again.”
Background & Training
With a foundation in nutrition, behaviour change, and emotional well-being, I bring more than 25 years of experience helping people navigate patterns related to food, stress, self-trust, and health behaviours.
With a Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Nutrition, I completed a specialized community nutrition internship and then became qualified as a Registered Dietitian in Ontario.
My professional foundation was built over 25 years working within Ontario Community Health Centres, where I supported individuals facing complex physical, emotional, and social health challenges. Working alongside interdisciplinary healthcare teams, I developed extensive experience in behaviour change counselling, chronic disease management, trauma-informed practice, motivational interviewing, and health equity.
Supporting people whose health was shaped by trauma, poverty, chronic stress, food insecurity, discrimination, and other social determinants reinforced something I continue to believe today: sustainable change rarely comes through willpower alone. It happens when people feel safe, understood, and supported in working with their minds and bodies rather than against them.
That perspective continues to guide my work today, combining nutrition-informed knowledge, clinical counselling skills, and hypnotherapy to help people create lasting, compassionate change.
I integrate hypnotherapy, mindfulness-informed practices, nervous system awareness, and compassionate behaviour change support in my resources and services. I am currently continuing advanced studies in integrative psychotherapy and clinical hypnosis.