Under Load

The results are there. The cost is too high.

Private, one-on-one, hypnosis-led work for founders and senior operators who can still perform, but do not want brute force to remain the price.

What this is

Keep the capability. Remove the unnecessary load.

You are still delivering. The cost shows up elsewhere: thrash, dread, over-control, lost recovery, or an inability to disengage after the work is done.

Under Load changes the automatic response beneath that cost, then tests the change in the situations where pressure normally takes over.

The practice · pick the right depth

The Work is the center.

Breakthrough is a focused entry. Sparring is continuation. The Work is where a stubborn pattern gets changed, installed, and tested in ordinary life.

Breakthrough

One target. One deep hit. A focused intensive when the target is already clear.

$2,000entry

Sparring

Private continuation, not competition. Usually after The Work, with fewer sessions and a hard monthly boundary.

$1,200/mocontinuation

Select engagements — fixed-scope technical work. Separate page. Not the practice.

Proof, not promises

Results you can point at.

Remi Gai · founder & CEO, Inco · after a one-hour engineering workshop

Operator record

Pressure is not theoretical here.

Michal has operated inside Google, Instacart, founder rooms, engineering teams, and public conversations about discipline and performance. That record is context for the work, not a substitute for your result.

Change-work evidence

Automatic load can move.

Same-night session · client-reported attachment 10 → 0 · not medical treatment · on-camera consent to share

One clear target

He names the load. Then scores what changed.

This is evidence that charge can move. It is not a promise that every result or every session looks the same.

Follow-up text after the work: so much is different, put myself first, I never thought this was possible
Follow-up · life different in the best ways · client-reported
Thank you for helping me quit smoking cigarettes — it's a choice now not an addiction
Habit lock · “a choice now, not an addiction” · client-reported

Who holds the work

Michal Palczewski.

A hypnosis practitioner and longtime technical operator in Cypress, Texas. The practice is capped because depth and attention are part of the product. This is hypnosis-led change work, not psychotherapy, medical treatment, or crisis care.

Advanced Hypnosis Certification · 2025 · View credential

FormatWeekly live + async
Length10–12 weeks
CapacityAbout four seats
CompletionExplicit end session

People he has worked with

“Michal has a rare ability to provide unique insights and candid feedback that is actionable and genuine.”
Mike Jablonski · Staff iOS Engineer at Instacart · LinkedIn recommendation
“He taught me to work with intention: choose the outcome, set real priorities, close the loop, and keep improving month over month.”
Ash Deng · Senior iOS Engineer II at Instacart · LinkedIn recommendation

Before you stall

The usual pushback.

“I have already done therapy / coaching.”
Good. More insight is not the point. The work targets the loop that still fires when you already understand it.
“Hypnosis is soft.”
Not here. Direct. Spiritual without spa voice or a soft performance.
“I should fix this alone.”
You have been. If the pattern still runs your week, alone is the strategy that failed, not a virtue.
“What if there is no seat?”
Then there is no seat. The fit call makes that clear before either of us wastes time.

Start here · two steps

Name the loop. Then choose a time.

A short context first. Then book a private 20-minute fit call. We decide whether the work fits and which depth makes sense. It is not a free hypnosis or coaching session.

underload.io · Cypress, Texas

Your fit request is used only to assess fit and prepare for the call, then deleted after 90 days. Do not include medical records or anything you do not want stored. It is not sold or used for advertising. Book immediately after submitting; if you do not book, expect a reply within two business days.