Why curiosity, creativity, and a slice of pie belong in the same conversation.
Every year on March 14 — Pi Day (3.14) — mathematicians celebrate the mysterious number that describes the relationship between a circle’s circumference and its diameter. This year, let’s explore Pi Day pie and the power of the mind, and how the celebration can inspire both mathematical curiosity and creativity.
Bakers celebrate something even better.
Pie.
And today in my kitchen, the celebration includes one of my favorites: strawberry rhubarb pie.
Pi is fascinating because it never ends. Its digits continue infinitely without repeating.
In many ways, the human mind behaves the same way.
For more than 25 years as a clinical hypnotherapist in Palm Harbor, Florida, I have watched people discover abilities within themselves that they didn’t know were there. When the mind relaxes and becomes curious instead of fearful, new pathways often begin to appear.
Sometimes the change is subtle.
Sometimes it is dramatic.
People come to see me believing they are “stuck” with something:
- anxiety that seems to appear without warning
- habits they can’t seem to break
- fears that make no logical sense
- even unusual physical responses like chronic hiccups
Yet when the mind is given the right conditions, it often begins to reorganize itself in surprising ways.
That is one of the remarkable things about hypnosis.
Many people imagine hypnosis as something mysterious or unusual. In reality, hypnosis is simply a natural state of focused attention — something the mind enters many times every day while reading a book, driving a familiar road, or becoming absorbed in a story.
When that focused state is used intentionally, it can help the mind access resources that are normally operating quietly beneath the surface.
Just like Pi, the possibilities inside the mind are far more expansive than most people realize.
That’s one of the reasons I enjoy small traditions like baking on Pi Day.
There is something wonderfully grounding about the simple process of making pie: measuring ingredients, rolling dough, smelling fruit and sugar as it bakes.
In a world that moves very quickly, moments like these remind us that curiosity and creativity are part of healing too.
And sometimes the most meaningful discoveries happen when we slow down long enough to notice what the mind is capable of doing for us.
Traditions often live quietly in the kitchen. This strawberry rhubarb pie is one of them in our house. It’s my husband’s favorite because his Granny used to grow the strawberries and rhubarb herself and bake pies for him. My version leans a little more strawberry-forward, with a splash of orange juice and orange zest to brighten the fruit. When the pie comes out of the oven and the kitchen fills with that familiar smell, it feels like those memories are still very much alive.
So today I’ll enjoy a slice of strawberry rhubarb pie.
And I’ll remember something I have witnessed countless times in my office:
As a clinical hypnotherapist in Palm Harbor, I’ve spent more than 25 years helping people discover how powerful the mind can be when it learns to relax, focus, and work with its natural abilities. When the mind becomes curious rather than afraid, remarkable things often begin to happen.
Just like Pi…
the possibilities continue.
Debbie Lane, C.Ht.
Debbie Lane’s Wisdom Hypnosis
Palm Harbor, Florida
Helping people discover the healing within.
Curious about how hypnosis works?
You can explore a free guided hypnosis audio here
If you would like to learn more about hypnosis for hiccups and other mind-body responses, you can read more here
