I Almost Closed My Business Because of the Stress. Here's What I Did Instead.
I'm Kannary Keo, a hypnotherapist and the founder of Aloha Wellness in Woburn, MA. I work with founders, CEOs and business owners who have built something real and still can't switch off. I know that place because I lived there.
Under a minute, in my own words: you are enough, and what's been holding you back can change.
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Kannary Keo, Hypnotherapist
Why I Do This Work the Way I Do
My clients don't need another tool. They already have the books, the apps, the coaches and the routines. What they don't have is time to spend weeks working on themselves alone. They want someone to find what's in the way and help them clear it.
So my work is bespoke and done-for-you:
• In the way I work, most of the beliefs that drive the pressure ("I have to work harder," "if I rest I'll fall behind," "it's all on me") are formed early, often before age 9. They sit below your logical mind, which, in my view, is why logic alone often doesn't shift them.
• This isn't a replacement for therapy or coaching. It's a different kind of work, and it can sit alongside therapy.
• You stay awake and in control. You stay aware, and most people remember the session.
• Timeline: The private program runs for a minimum of four months. Some people need longer; we'll discuss it on your call.
My 5R Method works with the beliefs underneath the pressure, in session and with a nightly recording you listen to at home. It starts with a free Discovery Call.
If you're a founder, CEO or business owner, this is the work I do in my bespoke private program: deep sessions every two weeks, short Zoom sessions in between, direct messaging through a secure messaging app, and a nightly recording made for you alone. White-glove, from the first call.
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Kannary Keo, Hypnotherapist
• Certified Hypnotherapist
• Certified Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) Practitioner
• Certified Master NLP Practitioner
• Certified in IEMT (Integral Eye Movement Therapy)
• Certified in PSYCH-K
• Clinical Hypnotherapy training in progress, Hypnosis Motivation Institute (HMI)
• Certificate in Nutrition and Healthy Living, Cornell University
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My Story
"I had all the tools. I just couldn't make myself do it."
My family came to the U.S. from a refugee camp in Thailand when I was 3. My parents are Cambodian. I grew up poor, raised by a single mom, first in Portland, Maine, then in Massachusetts.
When you grow up without enough, you pick up a belief early: work harder. Do more. Don't stop.
So I did. I read all the books. I went to the seminars and the leadership trainings. I even walked on fire. For years I had the planners, the to-do lists and the cup of coffee, ready to go, and I still couldn't make myself execute. I called it "lazy-itis." I wasn't lazy. I was in my own way.
Then I tried hypnotherapy. In my first session, we found a belief I'd picked up when I was 7, from two things my mother said that I wasn't even consciously aware of. Once I saw it, things started to move. That's when I knew I wanted to learn how this works.
"I did all of that, and I still almost walked away."
I trained as a hypnotherapist and started Aloha Wellness about six years ago. I began by helping people with weight loss, moved into anxiety, and over time I realized the people I loved working with most were people like me: driven, responsible for a lot of people, and unable to turn it off.
About a year ago, I almost closed my business. Not because it wasn't working, but because the stress was too much. Like a lot of founders, I was trying to rescue everyone and take on everyone. I was saying yes because I felt I had to, because if I didn't, I'd fall behind.
Then the stress showed up in my body. I had heart palpitations and chest pain. I got everything checked, and my doctor cleared me. It was stress. That scared me more than I expected, because it meant I was doing this to myself.
I'd catch myself on the phone with my partner, barely listening, because a client email had just come in. Present in body, gone in my head. Maybe you know that one.
I'd also read enough to worry about what years of constant stress might do to my mind. I didn't want to reach my 60s, finally retire, and not be sharp enough to enjoy it. I didn't work this hard to burn out by 60.
"So I changed the model, and I changed me."
I stopped trying to help everyone. I rebuilt my business around choosing my clients: the people I genuinely want to work with and feel well suited to help. I did the work on my own beliefs, the same work I do with clients.
After I made that choice, I had my first six-figure month. Not from working more. From working with the right people, in a way that felt good to me.
Today I don't feel behind. I don't need to do more to feel like I've done enough. I don't need anyone's approval but my own. I'm present, and I actually enjoy the little things, instead of rushing through life.
That's what I want for you. (My business results are my own, and every client's experience is different.) Many of my clients come in not sure that's possible for someone like them. I wasn't sure either.
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What Clients Say
"… Kannary's ability to ask the right questions, listen deeply, use hypnosis to provide ah-ha moments and embed new behaviors, is uncanny."
— Jen Decker, Mediator, executive coach, business consultant, speaker, trainer and principal of Decker Mediation and Tailored Strategies
These are individual clients' own words about their experience, shared with their written permission. I don't track or promise results, and your experience may be different.
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One free conversation. We'll talk about what's going on, what it's costing you, and whether I can help. If I can't, I'll tell you.
The Discovery Call is free, 45 minutes, on Zoom. If we work together, your deep sessions are in person or Zoom, chosen together based on distance.
Private programs by application. Investment discussed on your free Discovery Call.
Hypnotherapy is complementary. It doesn't diagnose or treat medical or mental-health conditions, and it doesn't replace care from your doctor or therapist. Individual experiences vary.