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The HÜMMO Method: Finally, Something NEW in NLP?! with NLP Master Trsiner Hugh Comerford

Episode Summary

Imagine someone places their hands on your shoulders, says, “Enjoy the trip,” and you enter a profound altered state. Completely sober. No expectation. No hypnotic induction. Yet suddenly, you’re buzzing. Nearly thirty years ago, NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer Hugh Comerford encountered an enigmatic French-Canadian energy healer who could produce experiences Hugh couldn’t explain=and couldn’t explain himself. So Hugh became obsessed with a question: Could you model the unconscious competence of a “unicorn” healer and teach it to anyone? The result is The Hümmo Method—a strange nexus of NLP, breathwork, perceptual shifts, and energy work. In this episode of Open Loops, Hugh reveals how the method emerged, why he says belief isn’t required, the curious power of turning your problem into an “it,” and what happens when an NLP modeler spends decades trying to reverse-engineer the seemingly impossible. .....Like Greg does sometimes when he looks into the ingredients of a Celsius can. What happens when something shouldn’t work according to your model of reality...but somehow does? Listen to this week's episode to feel the shift(s) yourself...

Episode Notes

Imagine someone places their hands on your shoulders, says, “Enjoy the trip,” and you enter a profound altered state.

Completely sober. No expectation. No hypnotic induction.

Yet suddenly, you’re buzzing.  

Nearly thirty years ago, NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer Hugh Comerford encountered an enigmatic French-Canadian energy healer who could produce experiences Hugh couldn’t explain=and couldn’t explain himself.

So Hugh became obsessed with a question:

Could you model the unconscious competence of a “unicorn” healer and teach it to anyone?

The result is The Hümmo Method—a strange nexus of NLP, breathwork, perceptual shifts, and energy work.

In this episode of Open Loops, Hugh reveals how the method emerged, why he says belief isn’t required, the curious power of turning your problem into an “it,” and what happens when an NLP modeler spends decades trying to reverse-engineer the seemingly impossible.  

.....Like Greg does sometimes when he looks into the ingredients of a Celsius can.  

What happens when something shouldn’t work according to your model of reality...but somehow does?  

Listen to this week's episode to feel the shift(s) yourself...

Hugh's Links:

Explore The Hümmo Method™: https://www.hummomethod.com/

Pre-order The Hümmo Method: Energy Healing for the Rest of Us on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H4DNQJGV

Book release: August 18, 2026 — available in Kindle and print editions.