Sleep Magic: Setting Your Intentions For The New Year — Sleep Hypnosis For Motivation (Rewind)

Host: Jessica Porter
Release Date: December 31, 2025

Episode Overview

In this special New Year's Eve edition, hypnotherapist Jessica Porter invites you to gently set intentions for the year ahead through the soothing practice of sleep hypnosis. Rather than the typical pressure-filled resolutions, this session focuses on cultivating lasting self-care habits and positive expansion in your life. You'll be guided through relaxation, visualization, and intention-setting exercises designed to anchor motivation throughout the year—all as you drift into restful sleep.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Energy of New Year Intentions

• Timing and Meaning: Jessica highlights the significance of setting intentions just after the winter solstice, a period that symbolically shifts from “intense contraction to the beginning of expansion.”
  • Quote [01:02]: “It’s no accident that we make resolutions right after the dark fist of the solstice. It’s like a boomerang of energy as the direction changes…”
• Clarity, Not Pressure: She encourages listeners to forgo strict resolutions framed by willpower, in favor of gently envisioning change through the subconscious mind.
  • Quote [01:45]: “It’s one thing to make a promise at the beginning of the year, and another thing to actually practice the new behavior all throughout the year.”

The Structure of the Sleep Hypnosis

Jessica's process unfolds in two guided intention-setting segments:

1. Self-Care Habit Formation

• Guided Visualization ([06:00] onward):

  • Listeners are encouraged to select one simple, loving act of self-care to focus on for the year (reading before bed, journaling, etc.).
  • You are guided to fully imagine performing this self-care act in the present—engaging all senses and emotional responses.
  • The visualization continues month by month, picturing yourself consistently engaging in this self-care, noting how it becomes easier and more natural with time.
  • Quote [08:43]: “You are creating new neural pathways for this behavior, practicing it… You’re already doing this self-loving act. Well done.”

• Building Momentum Through Repetition:

  • The exercise is repetitive and comforting, creating a felt sense of success and routine as you “move along the timeline” into each new month, from January to December.
  • Emphasis is placed on feeling how the habit becomes part of your core self.

2. Expansion into New Pursuits

• Visualize Growth or Creation ([14:20] onward):

  • Next, Jessica prompts listeners to select another intention—something related to outward expansion: a creative pursuit, a career move, or deepening relationships.
  • The same gentle timeline exercise is repeated: envisioning small steps or bold moves toward this goal, feeling growth and satisfaction.

• Sensory and Emotional Anchoring:

  • Jessica asks listeners to check in with their feelings and physical sensations at each point in the visualization, further strengthening the intention’s integration.

  • Quote [16:40]: “Notice how it feels to expand in February, and allow yourself to relax into it… The more you’re expanding, the more relaxed you’re becoming.”

The Role of Imagination and Subconscious in Behavior Change

• Power of the Mind’s ‘Engine Room’:
  • Quote [01:32]: “…we will have you practice these behaviors in your imagination, which is like the engine room of your life.”
• Jessica repeatedly references the idea that visualizing change establishes real neural pathways, making future action more natural and sustainable.

Deep Relaxation as the Foundation

• Progressive Relaxation Induction ([06:00–12:00]):
  • Throughout, Jessica’s hypnotic language invites listeners to sequentially relax the body—eyelids, scalp, shoulders, chest, down to the toes—creating profound calm and receptivity.
  • Quote [07:30]: “As your shoulders are relaxing, all of the responsibilities you carry on those shoulders have fallen to the floor… Because as you sleep, you’re free. Free. Free to rest, free to heal, free to dream.”

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Reframing Self-Improvement:
  • [01:45] “It’s one thing to make a promise at the beginning of the year, and another thing to actually practice the new behavior all throughout the year. So that’s what we’re going to do tonight…”
• Celebrating Small Wins:
  • [09:15] “Well done. You’re already doing this self loving act. Well done.”
• Easing Into Expansion:
  • [15:25] “Ask your intuition now: what is the next thing that I want to expand into? What’s my next move? How do I want to grow?”
• Normalizing Growth Through Repetition:
  • [18:08] “It feels normal now. The expansion has a life of its own.”
• Closing Ritual for Rest:
  • [20:10] “You feel very good having practiced all these positive behaviors. And now it’s time to rest… As you drift and float.”

Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment |
|------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 00:11 | Introduction — Jessica welcomes listeners, sets the supportive tone for intention-setting |
| 01:00 | Discussion on why and how to set intentions after the solstice; reframing New Year’s resolutions |
| 05:55 | Start of relaxation induction and sleep hypnosis |
| 07:00 | Progressive muscle relaxation guidance begins |
| 09:00 | Visualization of self-care habit, building through the months |
| 14:20 | Visualization of expansion/creation in another area of life |
| 17:30 | Anchoring the sensations and emotions of a year’s worth of progress |
| 19:50 | Final relaxation, affirmation, and preparation for sleep |

Tone & Language

Jessica’s approach is gentle, loving, and unhurried, marked by repeated affirmations and soothing imagery. She frequently reassures listeners of their progress and worth, inviting relaxation rather than obligation.

Summary Takeaways

• This episode is an immersive, guided hypnosis session that gently leads you to set realistic, loving intentions for the New Year.
• Through monthly visualizations and deep relaxation, you’re invited to practice a chosen act of self-care and embark on a path of growth—using your imagination to strengthen lasting habits.
• The experience is welcoming for everyone, whether struggling with insomnia, seeking motivation, or simply wanting to start the New Year mindfully and peacefully.

“As you practice these new behaviors and deepen these neural pathways… soon you’ll find—perhaps it’s happened already—these behaviors are feeling normal, are habits, and they make you very, very happy...”
— Jessica Porter [19:15]

For best results, revisit this episode throughout the year for reinforcement—and, of course, to drift into restful, transformative sleep.