Endometriosis pain is often treated like a purely physical issue—but what if that’s not the full story? In this eye-opening conversation, Dr. Jennifer Schlueter joins me to explore the deeper layers of autoimmune healing and why true recovery requires more than medications or symptom management. Dr. Schlueter shares how unresolved emotions, stress, nervous system dysregulation, and spiritual disconnection can amplify autoimmune symptoms—including chronic inflammation and endometriosis pain. We discuss powerful mind-body-spirit tools such as subconscious reprogramming, energy work, emotional release, inner child healing, and intuitive self-connection that help women finally feel safe in their bodies again. If you’re ready to understand autoimmune disease from a holistic lens—and discover what’s possible when you heal all parts of yourself—this episode will inspire your next breakthrough.
Dr. Jennifer Schlueter is a certified, trauma-informed hypnotherapist and spiritual hypnosis trainer helping high-achieving women and healers heal emotional root causes, regulate their nervous systems, and manifest aligned lives. Her offerings include private coaching, a globally-attended Spiritual Hypnosis Training, and endometriosis healing. She blends science, spirituality, and joy with deep transformation — for women ready to feel enough, receive with ease, and live with purpose.
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AnnaLaura Brown: Okay, everybody. So, today on Autoimmune Rehab, I am happy to be able to interview Dr. Jennifer Schlutoter. I think she might I might be mispronouncing that name and she’ll correct me in a minute here. And she’s going to talk about a really interesting topic today. So, she’s going to talk about the combinations of some things related to trauma, mind, body, spirit healing, as well as uh your just some of different things related to that. the subconscious, hypnosis, different things like that. And we’ve covered a lot of those topics individually, but not together. So, why don’t you start off by telling us a little bit about yourself? Who are you and what brings you on to Autoine Rehab today?
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Yes, thank you so much for having me. So, my name is Jennifer Schlut and you pronounced that quite good and um I was so I was born and raised in Germany and then I went to the US and I studied there and I got a job there and it was quite a nice job.
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: It was a good job, but eventually I kind of felt unfulfilled. I didn’t feel that great and I kind of wanted more out of it. And because I felt that way in my personal life, I made some really bad decisions with guys and alcohol. So, um, yeah, my life went a little bit downhill. And then my friend was like, “Hey, Jenny, you should try my hypnotherapist.” And I said, “Okay, let let me try. I don’t know what it’s going to be like, but let me try.” And I went to the hypnotherapist and I just remembered that she put all of my bad things and bad stuff into a hot air balloon and let it fly off. That’s all I remember. Nothing else. But the next morning after that hypnosis session, I woke up and I had decided to quit my job and travel the world. So for me, hypnosis had such a huge impact on the first session already that I was like, “Oh, you know what? I’m
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: going to study it.” And so in 2018, I did study it. And um I’ve had a lot of clients since then and a a lot of them came to me with physical things like 50 years of of physical tension. One of them uh was trying to get pregnant but she had like three miscarriages. Another one came to me with back pain and within one session it was gone. And then after the one session this one lady was pregnant and after the one session this one lady got got rid of 50 years of tension. So, I was like, hm, I I really enjoy this topic, the topic of really releasing physical pain. And my friend was like, well, why don’t you try endometriosis and why don’t you try helping women with that because I know a lot of women with that and I just want to see if you can help them. And I said, okay, let me see. And um I it so happened that I one of her friends signed up for the program with me or for one session.
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Just one session, not even a program, just one session. And after that one session, so before the session, she had PMS to the point where she was annoying her husband every single month where he was like, “Oh my god, like the symptoms are so bad and it was not, you know, not good for the relationship.” And then she also had intense period pain and there was just a lot that she was dealing with. So after that one session, she just simply laid in bed next to her husband and was like, “Hey, I’m on my period.” And he was like, “What? Just like that? You were just on your period? Like there’s no nothing that warned me before.” And she was like, “No, I have no more PMS symptoms.” And then also she went dancing on the first day of her period on her second cycle, which was unheard of before. So it’s like I could see the success and I could see the ease of um how it was working for me.
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: So that I decided to actually dive deeper into this in my um PhD dissertation where I took five women with endometriosis and also help them through hypnosis and finding the emotional root cause.
AnnaLaura Brown: Wow. That’s That’s a lot. And that’s yeah, I mean that sounds really amazing. And like I said, I’ve interviewed a few other people that have used hypnosis to help with their healing and one that actually now is a hypnotherapist after her experience with healing her lupus through um hypnotherapy and hypnosis. So tell us a little bit give us your description of hypnosis because I know a lot of people have different descriptions. So tell us how do you define hypnosis personally?
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Yes, my shortest description is magic and miracles because so much can happen um in hypnosis. But how I would actually define it is as a relaxed form of healing. I would say that short and sweet.
AnnaLaura Brown: Okay. I like that. I like that for sure. So tell us a little bit more.
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AnnaLaura Brown: So you did this research study on these women with injuries. I always have a hard time pronouncing that word. And what uh how did you do that as a scholarly research? Because I find that really interesting because it’s not really, you know, you don’t really view hypnosis and scholarly research in the same sentence a lot of times.
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: So I actually have a um I want to clarify that I have a PhD in spiritual healing and they have allowed us to do any type of research. So I did a case study. It was not like a medical research but it was a case study. So I took these five women and I gave them an intake form and I asked them several questions about the symptoms they had um the amount of pain that they have on a scale from 1 to 10, what they have tried before and if they were open to do hypnosis to heal that and then I did a process of one to three sessions depending on the person and depending on how much they needed because one of them was like after one session she was like oh I’m good fine and then others they were like yeah I actually would like three sessions and then after I took another form and I asked them again, you know,
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: how much pain do you have on a scale from 1 to 10? What symptoms do you still have? And four out of five have completely decreased their symptoms, completely decreased their scale uh of pain and also really increased their emotional well-being because it was the first time that they they had ever let go of the emotional root cause of their endometriosis. And the only so hypnosis, funny enough, is only is only in medical research when it’s it’s about pain. For example, there’s people who use hypnosis if there if some people are allergic to anesthesia. So people use hypnosis to actually get into a relaxed state of mind so people can operate on them, do surgery on them. Some people do it for themselves and other people have a hypnotherapist. Then there’s hypnoirthing in context with that as well which also just makes sure that the pregnant woman is calmer and has a more pleasant birth as pleasant as that can be right and then there’s also research on hypnosis really decreasing pain and anxiety.
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: However, there was no research that I have found where with hypnosis, you went to the emotional root cause or the psychological root cause of somebody’s symptoms and pain and condition, release that and then saw, okay, not only did I decrease symptoms and pain and increased emotional well-being, but I’m I also feel lighter like I something left my body. And so, um, that’s what I did. And I want to really get into an actual medical research. This I’m putting this out in the universe. It’s going to happen somehow. And I want to make sure that I get this out to more people because it’s so powerful.
AnnaLaura Brown: Yeah, that that’s true. For sure. Yeah. And absolutely. Yeah. I mean, like I mentioned, the other lady that came on and talked about hypnosis, she talked about how she got introduced to it by learning about in the context of, you know, some of the studies out there on releasing pain. I believe there’s also studies out there or at least people that have had good experience with getting over addictions.
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AnnaLaura Brown: So like specifically people that have addictions to cigarettes and alcohol, things like that, that kind of stuff. So you know, it’s a lot of people when they hear of hypnosis, they think all this woo woo, you know, like put you in a trance type thing. But that’s that’s really not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about using this to, like you said, actually help with your emotional pain and then as a result your physical pain. So talk to us a little bit about your experience with the combination of the mind body and we could also say spirit healing the mind body and spirit healing because I know a lot of people don’t realize that when you have physical symptoms whether it’s pain or whatever there’s also you know some additional emotional things whether it’s trauma or some other kind of emotional things behind that and you know you don’t just randomly get physical pain for no reason usually especially if it’s ongoing and chronic.
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Absolutely. So, I’m a big believer and this may sound suspicious to some people and some people may not believe it, but I’m a big believer and I’ve I’ve read the research of people who have researched how emotional trauma emotions that have been stuck in the body for years, decades even or even half a century sometimes, how that is causing pain and physical symptoms.
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: So, there is research on that and there’s also research on that this trauma and emotions, they’re also impacting the immune system, right? and they’re impacting immune system function. This has all been proven, but there are people who are very skeptical about that um because they just like they have so much pain and they’re trying to find something and nothing helps. So, it’s it’s very hard to to say, “Hey, this is not something I found. This has existed for a long time, but but you know, would you be open to try it?” So, I I feel like there’s still quite of a lot of resistance in there, especially when it comes to past lives or when it comes to something from your ancestors. If you look into the study of epigenetics, this tells you that your pain or your symptoms can even come from generations before you and what they’ve been through and their trauma. And if you look at um I’m giving this po book on every podcast because it’s so good.
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: So there’s a therapist who looked at the symptoms and the pain that every single one of his patients had and then he wrote down the corresponding emotional root cause, what they’ve worked through. It is called the encyclopedia of ailments and diseases. And whenever I have a pain, whether it’s an ear ache, a stomach ache, I look into this book and I’m like, “Oh my goodness, this is so true.” It is actually f it is so fascinating and it gives me goosebumps every single time. So if anyone wants to check that out, it’s by Jacqu Martell. It’s really really cool.
AnnaLaura Brown: Okay, awesome. Yeah, I’ll link to that in the show notes so that people can check it out. Yeah, I’ve I I haven’t heard of that one, but there is actually another book that I have that’s pretty similar. It’s called The Body No Body Code by Dr. Brian or Dr. Uh, I’m looking at it over here. um Bri Bradley Nelson and he’s actually like the creator of the emotion code which is like a form of like an energy healing type thing kind of kind of a similar type of concept that each part of your
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Ah, okay. I haven’t heard of that one. That’s also great to know.
AnnaLaura Brown: body that has whether it’s some kind of pain or some kind of a problem that there’s an emotion connected to that and try to figure out what that emotion is so that you can then you know learn how to release that and therefore e help ease your physical pain your physical symptoms. So, yeah.
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Exactly. And how accurate have you been finding that one?
AnnaLaura Brown: Um, you know, I found it it really depends. I think I’m one of those people that well, I definitely think that there’s, you know, the emotions and the physical have connections. A lot of times I still have a tendency to sometimes feel like sometimes you need to use other methods as well you know and I’m kind of a fan of the combination of of you pulling different energy things along with changing your diet along with you know supplementation along with other things and not just saying okay this is just going to be a magic fix and this is the only solution to the problem but I feel like a lot more people have like you said those tra trapped emotions and those trauma that they just don’t realize are there and can even expand to other things like you know like your lack of forgiveness towards other
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AnnaLaura Brown: people, your attitudes towards people that have done things to you that maybe they shouldn’t have and you’re continuing to harbor that and that as a result is causing you a lot of pain and other issues.
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Absolutely. And I want to share something because I just came back from something. So it’s it’s it’s called myore reformation and it’s a form of therapy where somebody really digs deep into your body until the past the muscles but into the fashcia and they whenever they dig there at at certain body parts something comes out right and and you will scream you will cry and it’s not more painful than on another body parts but you will have so much more emotion associated with that and for anyone who is a little bit skeptical about emotions being stuck in a body I invite them to try a therapy therapy like this a therapy that is that works with the body a therapy that is uh connected to bo or that connects body and mind where you can actually see like oh okay there’s something to it like I’m crying because this person is touching my clavicle or my my forearm or something you know so it’s it’s quite interesting
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AnnaLaura Brown: for sure. And I think there’s a form of massage that does that too, like myofacial or something massage or whatever that’s designed to help release that too. So yeah. So yeah, there’s definitely more and more I think of the research of that kind of stuff coming out there. And yeah, I hope you do get to do the actual medical research on it because that would be really interesting for a lot of people. Would probably help some people that are just like, “No, there’s absolutely nothing to it. Not going to try it at all.” You know, so For sure.
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Yes, I’m so excited. I I really I I know I will do it at some point. And I also want to get um I also want to get other um diseases and ailments as well and see and show people, hey, this is not just endometriosis. This is for anything that you have. So I’m I’m really excited to bring this forward eventually.
AnnaLaura Brown: So, another question you had me ask that we haven’t really I mean we’ve kind of touched on it but haven’t discussed it really too much is what do you feel like the main things are that can happen when people just kind of they experience some sort of trauma and they just kind of stuff it down, dismiss it, say, “Oh, it’s not a big deal.”
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AnnaLaura Brown: And they just try to move on.
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: That’s a great question. So I will say that especially for us women, it will be the overdoing like I can do it. I can handle it. You know, I don’t need anyone else. I don’t I’m not going to ask for help. I’m not going to ask for support. I can do it. The the over the hyperindependence. It’ll be the people pleasing also for us, especially for us women, which is just like um stuffing down my anger about what this person said instead of, you know, speaking my truth. Not in an angry way even, but it’s just like speaking my truth and speaking out what I think. Um and it’s also a disconnection from your body. Meaning that, you know, you could there could be anything in your body. You go to the doctor and they’re like, “Ah, you’re fine.” But then you’re like, “I know something is wrong.”
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: So there is a little bit of connection with your body, but there’s not enough connection to help you see what it actually is or help you get rid of this. And then there’s a disconnection with people as well because people who have had a lot of trauma and who’ve had to go through a lot of things also, they’re disconnecting from people because they don’t trust people anymore, which is a natural natural thing, right? So this happens a lot as well and I see this a lot.
AnnaLaura Brown: Yeah, for sure. Absolutely. Yeah. And they say that, and statistics prove it as well, that that’s one of the reasons why a lot more women get autoimmune conditions than men, is because as women, we have a tendency to take it all in and to try to do everything for everybody else and not take care of ourselves. And it backfires on us by our body attacking itself physically. So Yeah.
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Absolutely. And also for us women especially the womb is the center of creation not literally only as the they it can birth children but also the center of creation in a creative aspect.
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: So no it doesn’t mean you can draw yourself healthy but it means that you’re consuming too much. You’re consuming too much. You’re probably tired too. You know, if you if you’re people pleasing, if you’re doing all the things for anybody else, then instead of creating for yourself, instead of taking care of yourself and letting out your feelings or creating art or dancing, having fun, right? Even having joy, instead of doing that, you’re just you’re not expressing yourself creatively. And that comes back to the womb as well. And this is something else that I found with endometriosis as well. There was an artist and she could not create because she didn’t feel worthy of creating anymore because she had endometriosis.
AnnaLaura Brown: Wow. Yeah. So then how did she like get out of that? Did you work with her on the hypnotherapy and that kind of stuff or Okay.
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Yes. Yes. So we used hypnos we used hypnosis, breath work and EFT and then we eventually got through that um it made her feel really unworthy to with her art and as soon as we shifted that as soon as we were like even though you have pain and even though you may feel like s*** a few days of the week or something you are still worthy of creating.
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: You’re still worthy of creating songs or you’re still worthy of creating writings or poems or whatever it is that you’re creating, right? like you’re still worthy of that and you can still do that. And these are going to be because some of the women they’re like hm I don’t know if this is going to be good enough if I if I create from a place like that but it you actually it is good enough.
AnnaLaura Brown: Oh yeah, absolutely. I mean, we need to start valuing our contributions and our self-worth and everything else a lot more. For sure. So, what should somebody know if they’re sitting here, they’re thinking, “Okay, you know, I’ve had this pain forever. I’ve
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Yeah.
AnnaLaura Brown: had this. I’ve had that. I want to try to see if hypnotherapy can help me.” What should somebody know about it before they just go willy-nilly and go find somebody to help them do it?
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: So I will always say that find somebody who’s experienced in what it is that you’re looking for.
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: So specifically mind body connection, find somebody who you trust. So look at their social media. If they have social media, find somebody that you trust where you like the energy. Like you have to be able to vibe with that person. You have to see like, “Oh, I I really like their energy and I’m sure they can help me.” Like there is a feeling inside of you that says, “Hey, this is the person I want to work with and I really want you to trust that feeling.” And also wait. If you have to wait uh don’t make this decision out of a high or out of a low, right? If you have to wait it out, wait it out and then trust your gut eventually. And work with someone like I said, Yeah. who’s who’s experienced and work with someone also who works that this is the most important one works with the mind and the body because some hypnotherapists they only work with the mind but also work with someone who knows what to do with the body because the emotions and the trauma are stuck in the body.
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: So the hypnotherapist needs to know how to use his or her tools to get that out.
AnnaLaura Brown: Yeah, that’s a good point for sure. So, tell us a little bit about how you work. You work virtually, so you have like a website or something that people can go learn a little more about you and they can reach out if they want to.
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Yes, absolutely. So, I have a website and it’s called www.mindersconscious.com. I have Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest. So, you can literally find me anywhere. Tik Tok as well. And then I also have a lot of free meditations, guided hypnosis, um, guided things and all of that online. And then you can already get a feel for me and see how you like it.
AnnaLaura Brown: Awesome. Cool. Okay. So, we will link your website below. We’ll probably find link to at least one of the guided meditations and link it because that would probably be helpful to people and we’ll probably link your Instagram and then you know if people want to find other thing on other places they can go looking elsewhere too.
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AnnaLaura Brown: So tell us a little bit the last question I always like to ask people or maybe I should ask you first anything else that you feel like I didn’t ask you that you want to talk about
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: I want to mention that especially if you’re a woman listening to this and if you’ve been finding yourself in this conversation like, “Oh yeah, I people please. Oh yeah, I do too much and stuff.” I just want to say like put the focus back on you and ask yourself before anything else in the day like what would make me happy today? What would bring me joy today? And go do that thing and really schedule time in your calendar, alone time, time that you don’t have to take care of anyone else. Like really schedule that time in and make sure you fill your cup before anyone else’s because I know as women we want to take care of the whole village. Um, but we want to give before our own cup is full.
AnnaLaura Brown: Awesome.
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Dr Jennifer Schlueter: So you But it’s better to give from an overflowing cup than from a half empty. As cliche as it sounds, but it’s just a reminder.
AnnaLaura Brown: That’s great. I love that for sure. So, the last question I always like to ask every guest that comes here on Autoimmune Rehab is this. If you could go back in time to, let’s say, you know, before you really knew what hypnotherapy was, or maybe you’d heard of it, but you definitely weren’t a practicing hypnotherapist at that time. you know, you hadn’t experienced the healing for yourself and the hearing for healing that you’ve experienced for a lot of your clients. What is one thing you know now that you wish you had known then that you would tell yourself?
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: I wish I could have known that anything is possible if I set my mind to it.
AnnaLaura Brown: That’s awesome. I love that. That’s a great way to end it. Anything is possible if you set your mind to it. Okay. Well, thanks so much Dr. Jennifer for coming on and like I said we will be linking your information, contact website, all that stuff below. So if you are at all interested or can relate it all to what she said, please reach out and let her see how she can help you.
Dr Jennifer Schlueter: Thank you so much for having me, Anna, and thank you so much for putting out your podcast and for your work
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