Hello and thank you for visiting Optimal Mindset.

I hope the information I’ve provided is useful for you, and I’d be happy to answer any other questions you may have. If you only have a minute to check out this site, here’s my message in a nutshell:

I’m Carmen.

It is my life’s passion to use my experience, training, intuition and skills to contribute to everyone’s “mutual arising,” that is, the improvement and empowerment of all things.

If you are my client, I will be your partner and collaborator in the pursuit of your goals and the refinement of your skills in designing and achieving your life’s dreams.

If you are my client, I will listen patiently and with full attention, sensitivity and respect, and provide a safe, supportive and nurturing environment for you to express yourself, and be heard with understanding and encouragement.

In sessions, we will talk comfortably and with mutual respect; you may laugh, cry, feel comforted, encouraged. . . on many occasions you may find yourself thinking, “Aha! I never thought of it that way!” At the end of each session, you will feel more relaxed, refreshed, and re-centered, and you may find yourself walking into your day with a fresh new perspective that motivates and inspires you to take action on your goals.

I’m on my own journey, too, of life transitions, tragedies and triumphs.

I feel honored and blessed to have my clients share their lives and dreams with me, and it is my passion to use all my skill, knowledge, experience and intuition to help my clients build confidence and find inspiration.

I believe in the power of language to create our realities, especially the language of our inner dialogues, and I strive to become the nurturing ally to the voice within you that dreams of living to your fullest function and form of existence.

To this end, it is my pledge to myself and my clients, that I will continue to pursue more knowledge, more training, a more joyful and abundant life, more awareness and compassion, to live by the most Optimal Mindset I can, for myself, to share the energy and progress with others.

Happy to be part of the human heart - Carmen

Testimonials

When I came to Carmen I was at a very low point in my life. I was living in a run-down house, driving a beatup old truck, frustrated and unhappy with work, and had a nonexistent love life. I wasn’t even sure if I believed in hypnosis or not, but at that point I was so miserable that I was willing to try anything that might help.

As I worked with Carmen to adjust my mental state and visualize success in every area of my life, things just seemed to fall into place... Now I live in a beautiful home with a great guy, drive a new car, and have doubled my income!

I wouldn’t have believed all this was possible if it hadn’t experienced it myself. Thank you, Carmen, for your positive energy, for your insightful advice, and for teaching me how to “conjure” up all the things I need for a great life! Sincerely, Audrey W.

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Carmen, you are a shining star. Not only has your direct advice to me been an absolute lifesaver, your example shows me that there is hope everywhere if we just stop clinging to our preconceived notions and start swimming in the currents our dreams reveal to us every day.

You help me take a little step into that surf every time we talk, to seize the fistfuls of our own seaweed and let them drag us rightfully into the current of our true existence.

I'd gladly give up all the mottled US Mint greenies I have to reach that point, and I think you are among the few on this earth with the clarity and strength to lead me to that point.

- Chris B.

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I sought out Carmen because I was feeling overwhelmed by a barrage of disjointed thoughts of negativity and felt my creative flow was being interrupted... My creativity was at a standstill, and I just wanted to get my mind a bit more even and get some ideas moving again.

I went to three sessions, saw immediate results, and by the third session was back writing down ideas and pursuing some older ideas with new energy and more vigor. I clearly recall leaving the first session feeling very clear headed and also feeling peaceful.

First of all, I had tried to by hypnotized other times, with other people, even friends, to no avail. With Carmen, all three sessions, I went "under" as they say. She makes you feel very comfortable, and I really felt like I was talking to a fellow artist, a colleague, even a friend.

She is an artist herself and very understanding of how creativity can get interrupted. She explained her techniques, even drew them out on paper to show what we were going to try to access in my mind using the hypnosis. She was really part therapist, part hypnotist in the process. Also, she provided a recording of each session so I could go back and review it for inspiration or reinforcement. Then, if I wanted to try self hypnosis, I could use the same techniques she had used in our meetings.

I would recommend Carmen to anyone who first is willing to make a change, seeks relaxation, motivation, or creative inspiration. She is also a vocal coach, and being a singer myself, down the road I hope to be able to work with her in that regard as well!

- Adam A.

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Carmen, you're one of the most enigmatic enlightened souls I am bound to meet. Your journey, brilliant writing, vibrant inventive mind, passion, insight, and creativity over the years has inspired me to change many key facets of my life. Thank you.

- Steev D., digital media guru and visual/musical artist