5 Quick Shots With: Dan Candell

NORTHBOROUGH, MA—Dan Candell is a high performance hypnotist and transformation coach and operates a private practice in Northborough. Candell works with athletes, business owners, student, and people with severe anxiety, stress and fears. He also travels around the world speaking and performing his comedy hypnosis shows.

Vacation: It has to be Disney. There's nothing like taking several rides on Space Mountain and eating the many kinds of food from around the world!

Whopper or Big Mac? Definitely the Big Mac - I only have one a year, and if the special sauce isn't enough, I load that double patty with extra catsup. Since I also help people with weight loss, I feel like when I drive under the golden arches, I have to hide in shame!

Last book: "Integrative Hypnosis" by Melissa Tiers. I love reading books to help improve techniques I use on clients. This one book changed the way I work with people in a more effective way.

Hardest thing I've ever done: Okay, so I have not lived the typical "simple life." Who has, right? So I am constantly pushing my limits and seeing what I could do. But, if I had to go back (sorry to get morbid here), the hardest thing I had to do was to say goodbye to a childhood pet. I get choked up just thinking about it.

Worst Date: Oh gosh... there's no worse feeling than to be stood up. Years ago when I was in college, I was supposed to go on a date. It was with someone I'd been talking to for a while. I went to where we were supposed to meet (in a coffee shop), and I waited, and waited, and waited... My date never showed up... Oddly enough, one of my college professors was in the coffee shop at the same time and saw me as I kept looking at my watch. When he saw me frantically looking at my watch and my phone, he came over and sat down next to me and said "got stood up did you?" It was fine because we talked about business and marketing for about an hour as we both sipped on our coffees. So I guess I could say I had a coffee clutch date with my professor... Yeah, that happened.

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