Princess Diana used hypnosis to overcome problems with confidence and public speaking. She is now remembered as one of the most influential and admired women of her time.

Reese Witherspoon has used hypnosis to overcome her insecurities. Years of being told she was too fat or short for Hollywood roles had hurt her self esteem. She turned to hypnosis for a confidence boost before taking on the role of Cheryl Strayed in ‘Wild’.

Sylvester Stallone worked with the famous hypnotherapist Gil Boyne while filming Rocky.

Lily Allen, Sarah Ferguson, Sophie Dah and Geri Halliwell have all used Hypnotherapists to keep in shape.

Mozart composed the famous opera “Cosi fan tutte” while hypnotized.

Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis, James Earl Jones and Tiger Woods all used hypnosis to overcome stuttering issues.

Mark Knopfler, Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Ellen DeGeneres, Ashton Kutcherand Charlize Theron all beat their smoking habit through hypnosis.

Aaron Eckhart has credited hypnosis with changing his life forever after he used the practice to give up smoking and alcohol.

Kevin Costner flew his personal hypnotist to Hawaii to cure his seasickness.

Jackie Kennedy Onassis used hypnotherapy to relive and let go of tragic events in her life.

Albert Einstein was known to go into a trance through self hypnosis every afternoon. His theory of relativity came to him during one of these sessions. He also used trance states to develop his ideas.

Lord Tennyson Alfred wrote complete poems while hypnotized.

Fergie keeps a hypnotherapist on speed dial when she’s touring, according to Marie Claire magazine.

Thomas Edison used self hypnosis on a regular basis.

Rachmaninov reputedly composed one of his concertos following a post-hypnotic suggestion.

Sir Winston Churchill used post-hypnotic suggestions in order to stay awake all night and avoid tiredness during W.W.II.