Constance G. Palinsky was born on May 31, 1927 to George and Genevieve Ignace. Her parents were of Hungarian, Polish, and Prussian descent and taught her that anything can be achieved if you really want it. Connie says "No one tells me I can't". At the age of nine, her father took his four children to their unabridged dictionary and crossed out the word "can't". Connie recalls the event, " I thought, if Dad wrote in the dictionary, he really means it! He said " You will not use the word can't in this house".
The reason I remember my age is because the incident was the same year that Mr. Franklin Pierce perished in the process of saving Alma Dorn and myself from drowning. We were playing in Kersley Lake and we were pulled down into an undertow hole. Mr. Pierce jumped in and pushed us up and out of the whirlpool and two "unknown young men" pulled us to safety and pumped the water from our lungs.
It was a near death experience that one never forgets. Twenty years ago when Mom died I found the newspaper article and picture in her cedar chest. Could they, the young men, have been angels? No one saw them leave. The newspaper said no one could find out who they were. It sort of haunts me and I wish that I could thank them if they were human. I do, in fact, thank my angels for sending them to us. It continues to remind me that I must pay back for each extra day that God gives me.
Connie's father was a tool grinder by trade and had a passion for art, music and inventions. Her mother was a perfectionist and a loving but strict childcare giver who was a beautiful vocalist, accomplished pianist, and great sales shopper.
Connie was raised and educated in a Catholic home and enjoyed painting, sculpting, jewelry making, and all forms of art. She enjoyed participating in basketball and bicycle riding during her elementary school years and roller skating and horseback riding in high school, and reading Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung during geography class. She says "whenever I could, I skipped school to go flying with a pilot friend.
Connie says "I was introduced to hypnosis by Dr. Phillips because of my boring, hypnotic voice. I studied jewelry making, design and repair with Master Jeweler, Ed Keenman." In July 1943 she married Joseph Palinsky, a master tool and die maker who, like her father, is a prolific inventor, enjoyed roller skating, was an avid motorcyclist and boater. Connie is the mother of three sons, two of whom are now living, Joseph II and Mark R.
She owned and operated the Conne' Studios of Art from her home to be with her children. Throughout the state she commercially taught the Conne' Painting Method and has also won the Michigan Professional Photography Association's "Oil Colorist of the Year" award.
Connie says "Three artists and myself used hypnosis, in a method similar to automatic writing, to paint, to get our works exhibited in museum's and juried art shows. When her sons were in their early teens she became a Doesn't Presenter for The Flint Institute of Arts. She would go to public schools with a traveling art show, introducing 4th, 5th, and 6th graders to "How to feel texture with your eyes". Connie tells us " I loved how some of the students would later bring their parents to the Gallery and passionately explain the techniques without even touching the works; even becoming excited while explaining the prints, watercolors, gauche, impasto, etc. I loved every minute of it.
Art is eclectic and draws people from all walks of life. People are interested in learning about and developing the unknown and so am I. Many individuals asked if I knew of any psychic groups in the area. Having experienced the Silva Mind Control training and much group work, I felt that developing the International Psychic Arts Research Foundation was in order. It was a great group of 43 people from all walks of life; doctors, nurses, psychotherapists, hospital executives, business owners, housewives and others. We all had one purpose, researching and expanding the psychic phenomena. This led to my first book "Psychic Healing Touch" for the Canadian Group that first asked me to teach them the method. Since the meetings were held in our gallery and I had Silva training, it was expected of me to develop the scripts for the meditation circles; thus my interest in hypnosis scripting was rekindled. There were so many private sessions of hypnosis for meditation that I had to hire help in the gallery to replace me so that I could continue these free sessions. There was no alternative but to further my hypnosis training and certification as a professional and The Hypnotechnology Center was created.
During this time frame she embarked on training as an electroencephalograph researcher from a friend, Nona Werby, who owned and operated the first EEG Laboratory in the area. "We were both interested in the effects that mere words had on the human brain and body.
There were 20 medical doctors referring clients from our area and I was the first female hypnotist in the area and the second hypnotist in Genesee County, Michigan. The building where I had my clinic was a medical building with emergency facilities and this allowed me to have afternoon and evening hours; often from 3:00pm to 11:00pm in the evening.
One of the wonderful things about Connie's knowledge, training and skill in hypnosis is how she uses her abilities to heal herself in record time. One evening in March she slipped on an ice patch and broke six ribs which forced her to close the center. She had sustained a blood clot from the internal bleeding and was on medication and rest so that her body would dissolve the clot. After returning to the doctor for x-rays to check on the progress of her clot the doctor said that the x-rays could not be hers and sent her for more x-rays for a total of six times. To his disbelief, the clot had all dissolved in two weeks time. Connie tells us that self-hypnosis for meditation is important for the body to heal itself. During the time that she was healing, her husband was working long hours, which enabled her to completely focus on her healing; she concentrated on maintaining the alpha brainwave state most of the time.
She says that it was like God giving her a wake up call to slow down.
Years later, after her husband had retired and they had bought a motor coach and spent 3 years traveling and laying around she got bored and took an offer as an assistant manager at a prestigious jewelry store in the area. When former clients and galley customers came in and saw her they wanted to know why she was in that line of work.
Connie says " I might as well have been sleeping in the streets! . . . Within six months, I had to quit. Then it happened, a wonderful friend, Dr. Dianne Dailey, who was a Psychotherapist, opened the Dailey Life Center. This was a counseling and therapy clinic and she offered me the position of Senior Hypnotherapy Counselor. I couldn't refuse because she agreed that I could take as much time to travel as I needed. I had it made! I was going to do what I loved to do and without the bother of office problems. It just seemed right. How could anyone ask for more? When I turned 70 I tried to retire, but, former clients and other problem cases kept coming up. What can I say."
Connie says "These are just some of the interesting aspects of my life that led from an avocation to a vocation" and she loves every second of it!
Connie has received training including instruction by the following:
Connie has published these copyrighted works:
Connie has been recognized in the following publications:
Connie is a Registered Therapist Member of IAMTS. You can find her in the IAMTS Members listing in Michigan, USA. You may order Connie's books by contacting the Leidecker Institute at (847) 844-1933.
