New Year, new beginnings. It seems such a great time to make changes, we are full of optimism and enthusiasm to achieve our goals. We often get off to a good start, only to give up. It seems like we are having a constant battle with ourselves, the ‘inner critic’ telling us we will never succeed, so ‘why bother?’ or the ‘inner rebellion’ saying ‘why should you?’. Effectively, we seem to self-sabotage and we fail to make those changes we promised we would make.
We know that Mindfulness practice can be very beneficial in ‘changing the brain’. See New Year – Boost your brain with mindfulness. However, you may want a little bit of help in ‘kick starting’ that new habit.
This is where hypnotherapy can help – I often say it is a bit like ‘mindfulness on steroids’
If you want to make those New Year resolutions last and make the changes you want to see Book your Free Initial Consultation now online or in person.
How can Hypnotherapy help?
Did you know that the mind cannot tell the difference between visualisation and actual experience?
Try this.
Think of a ripe juicy lemon, holding it in your hand. Imagine bringing the lemon close to your nose and deeply inhaling its citrusy aromatic smell. Anticipating taking a bite, noticing how that feels. Now, imagining biting into the lemon, the juice released, the tang, the sharpness of the sour taste. Almost a shiver as the acidity, the bitterness invigorates your taste buds. Aware of how it feels, like you have actually taken a bite of the lemon. The mouth-watering, the almost painful tingling sensation reacting to the sourness, the acidity of the lemon.
This is a simple illustration of the power of the mind, imagining an experience.
In hypnotherapy we are able to rehearse the changes we want to see. This is why it is so useful to athletes, sports people who are able to use visualisation to perfect techniques and to build confidence visualising their success.
This can be applied to any habit we want to change, or to generally build our self-confidence, self-esteem. It gives us the ability to rehearse, and establish those templates in our brain that allows us to believe we can succeed – which is a powerful predictor of success.
Ready to make that change?
Book your Free Initial Consultation (online or in person) in January and get 5 hypnotherapy sessions for the price of 4.
