Toni Mackenzie

It’s a fact that no-one is born lacking confidence or self-esteem – or feeling anxious. Any such feelings develop as a result of the early experiences we have and the childhood messages we receive – spoken and unspoken – which are absorbed into our powerful subconscious minds. The negative beliefs you develop during the first 6-7 years of your life become limiting beliefs, leading to feelings of unworthiness, imposter syndrome and a fear of being ‘not good enough’ – weighing you down, holding you back and stopping you from being truly happy. I enable people to rapidly get to the root of their surface problems and issues and uproot them, setting them free to change their mindset, take control of their lives and become the best version of themselves. I began to follow my passion in understanding the human mind by studying psychology. My desire to help people resolve their mental and emotional issues led me to train and qualify as a Counsellor but seven years down the line I decided that talking therapy alone just didn’t seem enough. I trained as a Clinical Hypnotherapist, Psychotherapist, EFT Tapping practitioner, NLP practitioner and Life Coach, then in 2005 set up my private practice, Inner Depths Hypnotherapy & Life Coaching. I later became the first person worldwide to qualify as an RTT (Rapid Transformational Therapy) practitioner and also integrated this method into my repertoire. In 2016 my self-development book, ‘Your Flight to Happiness: A 7-Step Journey to Emotional Freedom’, was published and immediately became an Amazon bestseller. My main reason for writing it was to share the powerful lessons I learned along my journey, which enabled me to grow my wings, learn how to fly, become empowered and discover that true happiness comes from within. The flying theme partly stems from my former career as an air stewardess who married an airline pilot – before my metaphorical ‘Plane Crash’ – which I refer to in the opening chapter. Each of the seven steps, or ‘flying lessons', contain practical tools and techniques, inspirational quotes and pages for notes to help the reader grow their own wings and find happiness. I’m based in Altrincham, close to the South Manchester and Cheshire border and as well as face to face sessions, I work with clients worldwide online via Zoom.