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Ready?
Good. Let's Begin!
Every day, your thoughts create your mood. You
can even change your thoughts by "pretending."
After all, during hypnosis, you are imagining
or pretending, and the end result is that you
think and feel the way you were imagining (even
seeing yourself as a non-smoker or as your ideal
weight). You can try this experiment. The next
time you begin to feel angry or sad, smile, instead.
It doesn't really matter that you don't feel happy,
you are pretending. You will be amazed at how
much better you feel! Smiling
releases an endorphin into your bloodstream, and this chemical
makes you feel better instantly. Each and every
day from now on, make a decision that you can,
and will be happy; smile, and think (and even
talk) in a positive way, and good things will
happen to you! Make sure that everything you say
about your family, your job, friends, and even
yourself is positive and uplifting. You are manifesting,
or creating your world in the best way possible,
not ignoring the negative. If you surround yourself
in positive, the negative sometimes will just
take care of itself. If you feel good, chances
are you will not grab that extra piece of cake,
or smoke any cigarettes! Simply feeling good may
not work as well for those who over-indulge alcohol
or illegal drugs, because they are using mind-altering
substances much stronger than cigarettes or food.
Can alcoholics or addicts make changes? They certainly
can, with more time and a little effort, and the
complete understanding that once free, life-long
vigilance against restarting destructive habits
must be observed. The good news is, any behavior
that is begun, no matter how strongly imbedded,
can be stopped, and never be a problem in your
life again, if that is your true desire.
Increasing Motivation
In order to increase motivation, sometimes,
all you have to do is to think of how something
would benefit you. If you gained weight after
a devastating divorce, you might realize that
staying at home, eating ice cream and remaining
miserable gets old after awhile. Even your best
friends will desert you sooner or later. The best
medicine would be to start a new life, and find
new interests. But what if you
can't get off of the couch? First, tell yourself
that regaining your life does not mean that what
happened to you was not wrong! You may have heard
the expression, forgive and forget. Forgive, because
you remove the toxic subconscious waste that animosity
causes, and more importantly, because it benefits
you. Forget, because letting go of the memory
allows you to move on. Sometimes the attention
and pity feels great at first, but unless you
shed that defeatist attitude, and the memory that
caused it, positivity cannot come into your life.
All the attention in the world is not worth remaining
unhappy! Let go of your "history." Like yesterdays'
news, it is useless. Use the lessons you have
learned as building blocks for the future. Secondly,
make a list of your short-term goals, and think
of it as your road map. Be flexible. Be persistent.
Allow yourself the time that it will take to achieve
your goal. Third, and most important of all, be
patient with yourself. How does hypnosis fit into
the picture? Simple - knowing does not mean doing.
Hypnotherapy, by sending new messages into your
subconscious mind, can help you to make the permanent
changes that you want to make - easily, automatically,
and effortlessly.
Transforming - Just Like The Butterfly! Like
the butterfly, after using hypnosis, you seem
to leave an old, useless and unnecessary part
of yourself behind. You don't miss it at all.
It kept you a prisoner, and now you are free!
Don't wait another day to set that butterfly
within you free!
A Certified Member OF The National Board Of
Hypnotists
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