Introduction to Inspiring Hope | with Jill Nicolini

In this opening episode of Inspiring Hope, Lois Hermann joins host Jill Nicolini to share the extraordinary journey that led her from a pioneering career in medical technology to becoming a metaphysical hypnotist and founder of the Academy of Light.

Lois explains how her work helps sensitive and intuitive people restore clarity, protection, and empowerment through Energy Clearing & Alignment and empowerment coaching.

Topics include:

• Lois’s background in diagnostic ultrasound and corporate training
 • The surprising experiences that opened the door to spiritual work
 • Why protection is the foundation of energy work
 • How sensitivity can become a powerful strength

Learn more about the Academy of Light and Energy Clearing & Alignment at LoisHermann.com

Transcript

Inspiring Hope Podcast #1 – Introduction with Jill Nicolini

Speaker: Welcome to Inspiring Hope with Lois Hermann, a podcast that explores protection, healing, and personal empowerment through meaningful conversations and real-life stories. If you're sensitive, intuitive, or seeking clarity in this busy world, you've come to the right place.

Lois: Today's episode features a conversation originally recorded with Jill from the Global Podcast Network.

Jill: Welcome back to the show. We are excited to have Lois Hermann joining us now. She's an empowerment coach, metaphysical hypnotist, and founder of Lois Hermann and Associates and the Academy of Light. Based outta New Hampshire, she's Working with you online and globally, anywhere around the world as a coach, doing hypnosis.

We're talking energy clearing, alignment services, and so much more. So first and foremost, welcome to the show today. How are you? [00:01:00] 

Lois: I am great. Thank you very much. We're having a heat wave up here. it's all of 40 degrees here in New Hampshire. We're gonna be going down into the minuses soon 

Jill: Ooh, 

Lois: We're celebrating more.

Jill: I'm out on Long Island in New York, and they're saying like 22 inches of snow, so I'm assuming the storm's rolling in north towards you all. I'm not sure how your weekend fares. 

Lois: Well, we'll see. We're kind of used to snow around here, so we just stay put until it passes and then venture out when it's safe. 

Jill: Beautiful. Well, thank you for being here. So first and foremost, tell us a little bit about the company, what it is you do. Give us an overview, and then I just wanna dive into your background, and then we'll definitely dive into more specifics. 

Lois: Sure. My Lois Hermann and Associates company is based on helping people to empower themselves.

It starts with clearing energy, then moves into empowerment coaching, which combines hypnosis, [00:02:00] neurolinguistic programming, and spiritual coaching. So, the whole goal is to help people feel clear, safe, and empowered.

Jill: Thank you so much, and I think it's important that we do get to know you on a personal one-on-one level.

And let's talk a little bit about where you grew up and, uh, let's talk about your path along the way and those who've helped you, those who mentored you, and all the above. 

Lois: Well, I have a very interesting path. I was born in Yokohama, Japan, and grew up all over the world.

I was in a military family, and the beautiful thing about growing up and moving so much is that I got to experience cultures around the world and have a true appreciation for a variety of cultures and different types of people, and I love accents. Traveling also gave me a very strong appreciation for our military, military families, and the sacrifices they make.[00:03:00] 

Jill: Got it. From what I read about you, you said you learned to be very self-supporting. Tell me about your children. I know you raised them as a, as a single mother. Could you share a little bit about that? 

Lois: Sure. What happened was my background. I started in the field of diagnostic ultrasound.

I was a pioneer in that field back in the seventies, took a corporate job, moved across the country with my two children, and moved into a house with a ghost. So that changed my whole world. In the process of moving into this house with a ghost, I moved across the street from a woman who would become a lifelong mentor, who was a spiritual counselor and coach from A Course in Miracles.

And I also learned Reiki and hypnosis in order to help myself and my children to recover from divorce and moving, and all of the life [00:04:00] changes and getting through situational traumas. So the tools that I use for myself and others. As I was working corporately for Hewlett Packard at the time, people would say, can me with this?

So, I was scheduling conference rooms, helping people to shift different habits and attitudes, and just loved it. 

Jill: Got it.

Lois: So that's my background story. Can certainly talk about ghosts if you'd like. 

Jill: Please. I'm, I'm dying to hear this, please. And you're talking to someone who is a believer in all of this and those in the past life.

So please fill me in. This is interesting. 

Lois: We moved into this beautiful house in Westford, Massachusetts. This is a beautiful community and a lovely home. And my daughter, who was seven at the time, started talking to me about this lady who would come and sing to her at night. She wasn't afraid, but she kept talking about this lady.

And I just thought that was very strange.

Jill: And how old was your daughter? 

Lois: She was [00:05:00] about seven at the time. And I had a 3-year-old son. So this is all new to me. I knew nothing. 

While talking with my neighbor, Agnes Sallet von Tannenberg, I learned about the house I was renting. The woman who used to live in my house was a brilliant mathematician who had a daughter who was my daughter's age, and she had suffered extreme domestic violence, as I had, and her way out was to shoot herself in the head in the basement. Ugh. So, this was Judy coming to speak to my daughter, thinking it was her daughter.

And I'm like, okay, what do I do about this? So I invited Agnes and a priest to come over to bless the house. That's what you do, right? The priest comes and blesses the house. So, they came over. We had a lovely conversation, and they got up to leave, and I said, " Aren't you gonna sprinkle some holy water or [00:06:00] do something here?

They said, no, we've been given guidance that you need to learn how to do this. I said, me? I don't know anything about this stuff. But I'm really good at following instructions. So they told me what to do. I sat there, lit a candle, and had an imaginary conversation with Judy, and I said, "This is my daughter, and I'm going to take care of her, and it's time for you to go into the light."

So I felt some chills, blew out the candle, and went to bed. 

Jill: Wow. 

Lois: A couple of days later, I said to my daughter, "So does the lady still come and sing to you at night?” And she said. “No, but there's a little boy.” 

Jill: Oh, 

Lois: And then there was a soldier, and then there was a Native American. So, I became a spirit communicator, totally unwittingly, and it completely transformed my life, mission, passion, and awareness of everything that I never knew.

Jill: [00:07:00] Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. I, I love hearing this. I can't believe this. I mean, I do believe it, but this is fantastic. So you really are spiritually connected, shall I say. Correct. And, um, I love that you're here and using this blend of science-based hypnosis, now, empowerment coaching, and metaphysical energy clearing, which I was reading about to help people.

This is beautiful. Right. Alright, so can we talk a little bit about some of the specifics? Uh, I know you say clear the storms and shine your light. Right. So how do you help people align their energy? 

Lois: Well, for many years as a hypnotist, I've been a hypnotist, goodness, 30 years. Mm-hmm. Believe it or not, and I did it on the side for many years until I retired, and then I pursued it full-time. 

People would come to me with lethargy, fatigue, and just all kinds of different emotional issues that were causing disturbance in their lives. So I would hypnotize them, and [00:08:00] then come to find out, I'm hypnotizing spirits. I'm hypnotizing the spirits that are around the client.

So I've discovered that what we have to do is help the spirit safely to a place of healing in the light. And then all those patterns, habits, and feelings dissipate. Then it's easy to shift the patterns, the life patterns, if we can help those who are around the person to a safe place in life.

Jill: Wow. Amazing. Thank you. 

Lois: It is amazing, and it's never boring. It's always fascinating, and most of the time it's a family member, really. If somebody dies and they're not resolved with their life, if they're sad, mad, angry, whatever, if they have a lower vibration frequency, they do not transition into what I call the light.

Others would call [00:09:00] heaven. 

Jill: Mm-hmm. 

Lois: And those, they're at peace with their death. They go right into the light. And then they can come back when they're ready to assist. But those that are sad, or for whatever reason, stuck, who are they gonna be around? They're gonna be around family members and friends.

So what I've discovered is, let's just have a conversation. Tell me your story. So what we do, just like I did with Judy, is talk to the spirit, tell me about what happened to you. Because most of them. Just want someone to hear their story. Most people are not listened to, and the same goes for these spirits.

So I call it spirit rescue. It's not about chasing them away, which is what people do with sage, and then they just go away and come back, or they go to somebody else. But this is more about “Talk to me. Tell me what's going on. Let me see if I can help you to transition.” It's [00:10:00] healing. It's mission work, and it's transformative, and it totally makes sense to the client.

Jill: Wow. Well, thank you for sharing this. I would love to hear more specifics about, uh, the people you're helping and the services you offer. I mean, there's so much, right, uh, of reading about the energy clearing alignment, the empowerment coaching, and then there's the Academy of Light Training too.

So what did you want to cover first? 

Lois: The empowerment coaching 

Jill: mm-hmm. 

Lois: Comes after we do the energy clearing. What I have also learned over the many years is that I don't do this alone. This is one of the things that's unique about the type of work that we do. I did this alone for many years, and then I would end up with some of the spirits attached to me.

Mm-hmm. Which was not always good. So, most of the spirits are just lost. But there are some that are more nefarious that are out there, and they're just looking for an opportunity to feed on somebody [00:11:00] else's light. We can go into that in depth at another time. However, my goal is to help. Clear the path for empowerment.

So, once we clear the energy, then we can do the hypnosis coaching, the empowerment coaching. What I have learned to do is we do this as a team. So I have a team of people who, if you were to go into trance and you wanted to speak with your grandmother, you could. However, if you've got energy around you that's lowering your vibrational frequency, and I learned a lot about this in my many years in ultrasound, if your vibrational frequency is lowered, you're not gonna be able to talk with your beloved grandmother who's vibrating at a high rate in the light.

We've gotta get your vibrational frequency up to a level where you can communicate. It's a signature match. Does that make sense? 

Jill: Absolutely does. 

Lois: So what we have is a team of people who keep their vibrational energy high [00:12:00] so that when we work with you as a client the first time, there are three of us working with you.

One person, whom we call the navigator, is navigating this session. Another person is a communicator, one might call them a psychic medium, who's able to read your energy and see what's going on around you. And then we have a protector on the team who's saying something is coming in here. So that first session is very intense, and it's all about what we can do to help clear this beautiful person who's come to us.

And then our goal is to help this client, the person, to be able to communicate with their divine guides, angels, grandmother, beloved one, whomever. So for the next session, the goal is for the client to be able to communicate. So, we just maybe have one person who's acting as a projector, making sure everything is clear. So the goal is to get the client to be able to [00:13:00] sustain the energy and be in a place of joy, peace, grace, and higher vibrational energy.

Jill: All right. Thank you for this. And also, let me just ask, I know you've been doing this for quite some time, and you mentioned helping people feel protected, grounded, and empowered. Could you share a client story or two about someone that you are working with or have worked with?

Would love to hear some of these transformations and how you've been helping people. I read some great reviews online, and I do wanna share a few as well. Uh, is there any in particular you wanna start with, though? First? 

Lois: What did you find 

Jill: I like this one. I like a holy cow.

“I feel amazing and so hopeful.” This is Julie A says, thank you so much, Lois, and the team for the work you do. It's amazing and life-changing. I'm sleeping better, feeling happier, and so much calmer. I look forward to learning more and deepening my spiritual connection with Archangel Jophiel.

I'm not sure if I'm pronouncing that correctly. Thank You, love you amazing ladies. 

Lois: Oh, and see, she's mentioning our team, and that's the way that we work now. And it's a team of people who are so focused, heart-centered, and focused on what we can do to provide a service to this person.

And, um, the transition, the transformations are miraculous and lasting. That's why we also teach protection, because you know what, it's, it's kind of like Ghostbusters. You go out into the world, and there's so much negativity out there now that it's important to learn how to put on your protection.

We lock our cars, we lock our house, we've got cold weather coming. We're gonna put on our boots, our hats, our scarves, our gloves, but nobody teaches anybody how to protect our energy. 

Lois: And that's the big thing that Archangel Michael taught me, goodness, almost 30 years ago.

He said, you must ask for projection first, then healing, then empowerment. So our whole foundation is based on that, [00:15:00] getting the client clear, teaching them how to protect themselves. Then we can focus on healing, and then empowerment. So that's how we work within the sessions. And many of our clients say, I wanna learn more about this.

And that's when we came up with the Academy of Light. So, the Academy of Light is a five-level training program. The first one is for all, I call them lightworkers. Anybody that's spiritually aware and curious, that first eight-week program is how to protect your energy. That's what it's all about, clearing and protecting your energy.

The second one is NLP, Neurolinguistic Programming, which I love, love, love to teach. How to communicate clearly with your family, your friends, your clients, and the spirits. And then the third one is when we get into the spirit rescue work. And the fourth one is the very much more metaphysical, [00:16:00] extraterrestrial, you know, interdimensional stuff.

And then the fifth level is metaphysical hypnosis. I am a certified hypnosis instructor, and so I love teaching hypnosis. However, I love teaching the metaphysical part of it. So it's a year-long process if somebody wants to go through the training; however, you don't have to do it all. Somebody can just do that eight-week training on protection, and it's all good. It's wonderful. 

Jill: Wow. Thank you for this. And you mentioned your team, how many people, uh, work with you? 

Lois: I have eight people on my team right now. There's one other, what we call a navigator. They're all in different mentoring levels, so some of them are learning to be navigators. 

They are new hypnotists, and I mentor them over time so they feel really comfortable and confident conducting those sessions. So it's not like you take a course and boom, you're out there on your own. Everything we do is through group mentoring.

Jill: Beautiful. Joseph says he's attended several of your [00:17:00] professional development seminars. I wanna talk about that too. Really enjoyed them. And, uh, mentioned that you shared some useful tips and techniques that can help us in the everyday world. In addition, while participating in one of your five-minute communication exercises, I learned more about a coworker I've worked with for 20 years than I ever had before.

What's that all about? 

Lois: Oh, that was an NLP exercise. Again, it's about listening. About listening with all of our senses. Most people are so busy thinking that they don't pay attention to what's in front of them. And as I say, listen, we listen. We think that we're supposed to listen with our ears, but somebody can be, you've, I'm sure you've experienced this, where someone says, oh, I'm fine.

Jill: Yeah, 

Lois: The tone isn't fine. Their attitude isn't fine. So, to observe beyond the obvious, and that's what I love, love, love to teach. It's how to listen with all of your senses to truly understand, [00:18:00] relate, and gain rapport with your clients, with, again, your family, your friends, your children, so that you can be a better communicator.

That's what NLP is all about, neurolinguistic programming. How our neurology is affected by the linguistics, the words we see, speak, hear, read, think, and that's what it's all about. A little simple exercise to teach people how to be more aware of. What someone is trying to communicate with you. 

Jill: Got it. Now, let me ask you, there's a membership associated with this as well.

People can join as members, and what happens then if they do? 

Lois: Yes. We have the Community of Light. 

Jill: Mm-hmm. 

Lois: That our clients, once they've been through a clearing, if they want to continue, they can, and we meet twice a month. One of them is a meeting, a discussion group, and then we do simple journeys.

We take a journey together. [00:19:00] I've been doing journeys together with my team for five years. 

Jill: Mm-hmm. 

Lois: Once a week. And what we are doing is basically bringing light to the world because somebody's gotta do it. So true. So much shadow, so much pain, so much misery. We can collectively just bring light. So our community of light is made up of people who have been through the clearings, who understand what we do, and who can then join.

Jill: Yeah. All right. Well, what else do you wanna make sure we cover for today, being it's our first time here. So at this time, lemme just ask you how we can reach you.

What is your contact information? 

Lois: It's lois@loishermann.com, and Hermann has two n’s. And I am thrilled that you visited my website, as we just revamped it. 

Jill: Oh, Nice, Yeah.

Lois: Do you like it? I'm thrilled with it. 

Jill: I love it. And then it also recommends some books. I wasn't sure if you wrote the books or if these are some that you have or just recommend.[00:20:00] 

Lois: Oh, I've written and published four books. 

Jill: Wait, these are yours? See, that wasn't in my notes to ask you about this. Oh my God. You are an author too. Tell us. I'm glad I brought this up. Go ahead. 

Lois: So, the first book is The Spirits of Amoskeag. I was called to investigate the deaths at an assisted living facility outside of Manchester, New Hampshire.

And in the process, I helped over 300 spirits to transition into the light, and I promised them I would tell their story. So the Spirits of Amoskeag is their story. And there's a whole lot of backstory to it. And again, I would love to go into that more in-depth, but that's what their story is. This is the story of the children who worked in the mills and died as a result of injuries in the Mills.

So it's a very sad story, but it's their story that I promise to tell. The fun piece is about a year after its publication. I come from a corporate background, and I love to teach using my PowerPoint. I was teaching a group of very psychic people about the spirits of Amoskeag, and at the end of the presentation, a woman came up to me and said, " Is it your birthday?

I said, no. She said, well, the whole time you were talking, there was a young man standing next to you, the spirit of a young man, holding a cupcake with a single lit candle, wanting to give it to you. And I said, oh my gosh. One year ago this day, I received the preliminary copy of their book in my hand.

I had completely forgotten, but they remembered, and they were thanking me. So it was really poignant to be able to honor them by telling their stories. And there are so many stories to share of transitioning, helping these lost souls that have been ignored, neglected, [00:22:00] and otherwise devalued. I'm a firm believer that it's not about ghost hunting, it's about ghost rescue, helping them transition, because they're people too.

You don't poke fun at them. You ask, What can I do to help you?  

Jill: Here is another.

Lois: With Gary and then the Chronicles of Hope. That's a whole other story that happened in 2016. Almost, oh my goodness, it's been almost 10 years ago. So, like I was saying, if you wanted to come and see me to communicate with your grandmother, you do that.

I'm just taking notes. I'm the scribe, the guide, and the protector. You have the opportunity, if you're clear, to be able to communicate with the divine. This gentleman comes to me with crazy white hair, an Einstein kind of guy. A brilliant gentleman who has difficulty sleeping. We help people to sleep all the time, through hypnosis.

He goes into a trance, opens his eyes, looks me square in the face, and says, [00:23:00] we need your help to save humanity. Ugh. Humanity is facing the next great apocalypse. If they do not change their ways, there may not be much time left. 

Jill: Oh my gosh. 

Lois: So six pages of my scribbled notes later, he comes out of trance, and I said, what did you think of that? He said it was very relaxing. Wait a minute, I just a minute. So the next time he came, I said, " Do you mind if I turn a little recording app on my phone in case whoever this is comes back?” And I ended up bringing in one of my consultants at the time to prove that this guy wasn't just pulling my leg.

And we ended up doing 20-something sessions over a couple of years that turned into the three books. And these are messages for humanity, which is what I have been passionate about for the past, oh goodness, at least eight years. 

Jill: Amazing. Thank you so much for sharing all this. And so, like, my mom [00:24:00] passed away eight years ago, and so you're telling me we all have, we are all intuitive, right?

We can all connect with each other, and if I calm down, I can kind of be more intuitive. To listen to her, talk to her, I'll get a sign of some sort. Right. 

Lois: That's right. Absolutely. And you're exactly right. That's how hypnosis is the bridge, because we're usually so busy in our daily life that we can talk to them, but we don't hear their message because we're so busy.

Jill: Yeah. 

Lois: Once we learn to calm our mind with hypnosis, getting into that, in-between, that safe in-between space, then we can receive. Their messages. 

Jill: Got it. 

Lois: The goal is to be able to actually have a two-way conversation where you're truly receiving the messages clearly from them. 

Jill: Wow. 

Lois: And it's really important that you know that it is her, she probably gives you a little, I call 'em God winks all the time. Little heart rocks or something. A way of letting you know [00:25:00] that she is there with you. 

Jill: Thank you so much. And I can't wait to talk again. It was a pleasure having you here. Excited to get to talk to you. How did you wanna leave off with your listeners?

Lois: I just wanna let everybody know that there's nothing wrong with you. If you're feeling off, you're likely just sensitive, intuitive, and caring more than you realize. So with the right support, with protection and awareness, that sensitivity becomes strength. You become aware, and you become the conduit for directing your life.

Jill: Beautiful. Thank you so much. Have a fantastic day. Again, if you do wanna reach out, L-O-I-S-H-E-R-M-A-N-N. Thank you again, enjoy the rest of your day. Thank you. 

Lois: You are welcome. 

Jill: God bless. Thank you.

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