This part threw me off, and I think it was the Tim's attitude I didn't like.
Isn't this just like saying to your out of shape friend "You just gotta force yourself.."?
My counterargument (in my head) is that I bet it's more realistic that people just live in various head-spaces which more conducive or less conducive to being hypnotized.
I recently caught/noticed my therapist doing (probably unintentionally) some ASMR-type mildly hypnotic speaking to me. I believe it was in response me explaining my hypervigilant suspicion/avoidance of the Pharma-Sponsored MSM pandemic narrative. And while having noticed it, I was still able to benefit from the positivity coaching, but there was this highly distinct line I couldn't cross which felt almost exactly like when you're driving-while-sleepy and almost nod off. .. The experience threw-off my trust for a day or so, but ultimately I realized she only has wonderfully good intentions and was probably just leaning into the positivity with ASMR as a best available tool, rather than trying to backdoor some programming.
I grew up in, and grew out of a certain religion which often gets accused of being a cult, which for me created what I think is a special ability. Being able to entertain any conception of reality, while not needing any one to be correct.
All that said, I still have no idea whether I'd be easy, or impossible to hypnotize.