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Hello Welcome To This Week's Adam Up
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Following on from my announcement in last week's Adam Up, I received a number of emails from people looking to get themselves into shape for Summer. I have heard from people doing all kinds of different diets, all kinds of different work-out regimes, all kinds of fitness schedules....
I have heard from people who have hired personal trainers, started going to classes and those who lift weights in their garage...
At the same time as telling me their plans, most of those who wrote to me also told me about the problems they were having with it.
The things is, they were not really actual problems. They were not immovable issues - they were actually excuses that seemed to permit the individual to not achieve what they were setting out to do.
I wanted to say that I do not find running multiple marathons each year an easy thing to do. The hypnosis skills I employ do not make it an easy thing to do either. They help me in a number of ways, but I still have to overcome a great deal of challenge. I also have to swat a number of excuses that I give myself and offer those closest to me for ever not running or working out. There are going to be challenges. There are going to be some hurdles to get over, and importantly, there are going to be excuses that need to be swatted!
A lovely quote I read recently goes as follows:
"Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means
. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible"
That is by Francois De la Rochefoucauld. I really rather like it and it is a great way to start an edition of Adam Up that focuses on breaking through excuses.
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Blimey, blimey, you'd be amazed at the excuses that I am given from clients in therapy concerning their issues. Of course, some are very valid and not to be ignored.
Yet in therapy and in life, so many people insist on excusing themselves for all manner of behaviours, thoughts, limitations and mistakes.
Whatever it is you want to do in this lifetime, do you have a set of excuses that you offer up to yourself and others that makes it ok not to do those things? Not to live those dreams?
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Seven Steps To Blasting Through Old Limiting Excuses:
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Step One:
Induce hypnosis. You can do so by any means you desire or know of. You can use the process in my self-hypnosis book, use the free audio at this website to practice or have a look at the following articles as and when you need them; they are basic processes to help you simply open the door of your mind:
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Step Two:In this receptive state of mind, have a really good think about something important that you wish to achieve in your life. Perhaps think about a desired outcome you'd like in your life but that you are perhaps procrastinating about, or making excuses for not doing.Importantly at this stage, as you think about that outcome, that goal, or that achievement in your life, think about the actions you'd have to take, the actions that are required for you to accomplish this thing.
When you think about those actions you'd have to take, notice and become really tuned in to yourself...
- What is it that you actually do instead?
- What feelings and thoughts come up before you get sidetracked?
- What are the excuses that you come up with to make it ok not to accomplish?
If the excuses do not directly make themselves obvious, perhaps notice how your thoughts redirect you, and what thoughts do actually redirect. We can refer to those thoughts as excuses for the rest of this exercise.
All the time, notice subtle thoughts, images in your mind, feelings that you feel and be very perceptive of this. being in a good trance state should amplify those and make them more obvious than usual.You might find that if you attempted to put these feelings or thoughts into words, they possibly sound silly - that is the stuff we are after!
They are deep routed rationalisations and excuses that tend to get buried and hidden usually, yet have all the power to keep you off track to achieving that outcome you really do desireSo get as much of an awareness as possible of these excuses, notice how you perceive them if they have sounds to them, any internal dialogue, feelings and so on...
Then when you really have a feel for them, move on to the next step.
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Step Three:Now we want to assess the excuses and see what they are up to...The best way to ascertain the pattern of your excuses is to ask yourself some questions and trust your unconscious mind's responses...
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Is it really just an excuse?
- Do I want to keep this excuse?
- How does using the excuse serve me?
- Is there some way that I gain from using this excuse?
if there is some valid value you receive from this excuse, then you can allow yourself to keep those parts of it, you can maintain them should you wishWith the answers and getting an idea of the purpose of your excuse, move on to the next step.
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Step Four:
Did you ever say the expression "Hell NO!"?? Did you ever deeply refute and refuse something with a strong sense of "NO!" ??
Now is the time to recall a time when you said or felt like saying "Hell No!"
Maybe it was an occasion when you were absolutely disgusted at something, when you totally refuted something, or maybe when something was utterly and completely unacceptable to you. Get in to a state of "Hell No!" and the more disgusted, the more you mean and refute with that sense of "Hell No!" the better!!
Imagine that you spread this state throughout your body. imagine it as a colour. Imagine the sense of it connecting to every cell in your being.
Spend as much time as you possibly can to ensure you get a very deep rooted sense of "Hell no!" running through every cell of your being.
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Step Five:
Imagine your excuse in front of you.
Tread on it.
That's right, stamp on it. Stomp on it. jump and down viciously on it. Use all the mustered up power of your "hell no" state and bounce up and down on that excuse.
Pick up and throw it to the ground. Tear it in two, cast it to the floor again and stamp ferociously upon it.
Keep stomping. keep stamping.
Unleash every ounce of your "hell no" state upon that empty excuse. make it sorry!
Only move on when you are sure as possible that you have got all that pent up state unleashed on that excuse and it is fully destroyed
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Step Six:
Have a good test to make sure you did this.
Think about your goal, your desired outcome or that thing that you want to achieve.
Notice what happens when you imagine taking the actions that move you toward that outcome. Notice what you feel right now, what thoughts you have and what images come into your mind as you think about it.
Get a real sense to see if there are any other excuses lurking in the darkness somewhere. If you get a flavour of any, then return to the earlier steps and run through the process again. Think about how any lingering excuses can interfere with the very enjoyment of your life, how they can be hurdles to your accomplishments and leave your life a lot less satisfying.
When you are sure that you are free of those last remnants of excuses in relation to this outcome, then move on to the next step.
Step Seven:
Remind yourself of your state of "hell no" and how you used this with such conviction. think about a time in your future, ideally the next occasion when you will start working on this goal, or moving toward that outcome...
Just imagine that as you start doing that thing, you smash the last remnants of the old excuse with a massive "Hell NO!"
response... Then imagine watching yourself doing that thing, taking that action, leading that life and accomplishing that.
Enjoy the beautiful feelings you get with knowing that you get that done in the end and how wonderful it feels.
Once you have enjoyed enough of that, wiggle your fingers and toes and open your eyes.
Then - and this is important - go and take an action that is undeniably convincing to you that you have gotten rid of all those old excuses and start hatching your plans for a happier life.
Do that now. today!
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Articles Of The Week
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Here are a selection of topical articles that I enjoyed reading this week related to the fields of hypnosis, hypnotherapy, psychotherapy and other forms of personal development. Some may have just amused me or made me smile. If you ever come across any related articles that you think may feature well, then get in touch with me and we can share them here:
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-- Avoid Disappointment - Book Early
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A woman was a passenger in her elderly mother's car, and as they were driving, the daughter noticed that the mother ran a red light.
She did not want to offend her mother, and she didn't want to start a conversation about whether or not her mother might be too old to drive, so she just kept quiet.
A couple minutes later the mother ran another red light, so the daughter felt like she had to say something, but didn't know what to say.
Finally, after a few moments of thinking about it, her mother ran a third red light, so the daughter, very tactfully, asked, "Mom, did you know that you just ran three red lights?"
The mother's eyes grew as big as saucers when she looked down at the steering wheel and exclaimed, "Oh! Am I the one driving???" Thanks to all of you who send the jokes in, I love getting them. |
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In the meantime, enjoy finding mental calmness and clarity of thought ...
I thank you for reading...
Goodbye for now.
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I am delighted to announce that within our Platinum members area we just added footage from a recent seminar.
My own presentation about how to use hypnotherapy with children and the presentation from Jill Harrington relating to counselling skills for hypnotherapists will be available by this weekend.
For those of you that are members, I hope you enjoy it.
If you are interested in hypnosis or are a student or a professional in the field of hypnosis, then our platinum area is a mighty resource. As well as it containing many hours of footage from my hypnotherapy diploma course, rapid inductions and hypnotic phenomena seminars, it has several additional lectures and footage as well as audio guides.
The Platinum Membership
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Jill Harrington -
Counselling For Hypnotherapists
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Adam Eason -
Hypnotherapy For Children
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Catherine Young
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Catherine Young, Therapist, Bristol, UK "When I was looking for a Hypnotherapy Diploma course, I spent a lot of time researching different courses, and it was Adam's course that stood out above all others for me.
The course content was what attracted me to Adam's course, as it had a wonderful balance of NLP, hypnotherapy, not just theoretical teachings but a lot of practical elements too.
When I embarked on the Diploma Course I knew nothing, absolutely nothing about NLP and I had experienced a little hypnotherapy as a client. Adam listened and helped further explain whatever anyone on the course had difficulty in grasping. He puts so much time, his wonderful energy and expertise and has a wonderful unique approach making learning so much more fun.
Everything I learnt on the course from a theoretical point of view was backed up by Adam with practical work. My confidence grew and continually grows from the encouragement and group support also.
As Adam attracts individuals from all over, those studying his Diploma are a wonderful mix of people... I have made many long-term friends on this course as well as the confidence to go out in the wide world and make a difference to other people's lives as hypnotherapy has done so far in my life and I hope continues to do so as I have a wonderful career ahead of me.
Thank you so much Adam for your encouragement and belief in me, to get me where I am today." MORE TESTIMONIALS HERE
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