How Hypnosis Helps: A Video Transcript
People often come to hypnotherapy when they are struggling with something, often a behaviour, that they want to change but for some reason they can’t change it
They feel frustrated, stuck in a rut, like they are their own worst enemy, really self-sabotage-y…
They’re wondering, “Why am I doing this to myself?”
And then the problem gets worse when they blame themselves and feel guilty because they think that because they know something consciously they should be fully on board, like: “Why can’t I stop this when I KNOW better”
For example, someone with a strong fear of birds KNOWS that they can walk down the street and pass 100 different birds in the day and none of the birds are likely to attack them, but still this fear is ever present
And they are starting to realize that maybe it is something within their own minds that’s holding them back.
And that can be frustrating… when it feels like some powerful part of your mind is holding onto something that you know you don’t really want.
We are going to explore this today:
I will explain my point of view on how our minds work (how we get stuck) and how hypnosis can help…
When we are young we are constantly taking in and imprinting different kinds of messages from the world to help us figure out who to be and how to be, and even as adults we can still be imprinting messages at certain times.
And these messages can hold pretty fast in us
So here’s what is going on in our minds…
We have 2 parts to our minds, you can think of it like an iceberg
We are aware of what’s above the water line, but there is a lot more going on underneath…
Our conscious mind is our logical mind, it hangs on to our short term memory and our will power. And it is in charge of about 5-10% of our mind power, 5-10% of your behaviours come from your logical mind, 5-10% of your behaviours you can control with will power…
So you can see already how this might not always be working in your favour
If we take into consideration the characteristics of our subconscious mind it gets even more clear how this can be holding us up…
One of our subconscious mind’s primary functions is protection! It wants to keep you alive and safe, and keep your life running smoothly…
And it does this by storing up all your life’s experiences and it uses those experiences to create beliefs about the world based on associations it might make…
SO for instance… it may be that when I was young a bird attacked me, and though I wasn’t hurt this was upsetting for me, I didn’t like it, and
so my protective subconscious mind took note of that experience and then while I was growing up anytime there were birds nearby I was uncomfortable and usually I would actually move away from where the birds were, sometimes I would even start to feel like I was panicking…
so I was acting based on that past experience from when I was very little… but obviously I KNOW that not all birds are going to attack me, unfortunately, our subconscious mind is also illogical! So I couldn’t use logic and reasoning when I was in those situations to make being near birds easier, I just had to get away. Because the protective illogical subconscious mind is running 90-95% of our behaviours.
This means that though our conscious mind might know better, our behaviour is predominantly governed by our subconscious reactions to the world.
Alright, so here we are stuck in this behaviour from our “helpful”, powerful and illogical subconscious mind
Enter hypnosis!
Hypnotherapy accesses our subconscious and allows us to communicate with that powerful part of our mind in a way that it will actually listen to, and so at this time we can introduce the subconscious mind to the beneficial ideas that are already in the conscious mind.
(For instance, there was a big shift in my feelings about birds when my subconscious mind heard that birds are generally safe. Yeah, I already knew it logically, but my subconscious mind needed to hear it directly)
This communication with the sc mind gives you back fuller control of your own behaviour and empowers you to make positive changes in your life!
You might have a lot of questions about hypnosis so I have more videos all about what hypnosis is, what it isn’t and how and why it works… but for now I will say that hypnosis is a natural heightened state of awareness and concentration that you have probably already experienced without knowing it, for instance when you are so focused on a task that time seems to just fly by, :) that’s a hypnotic state.
Hypnotherapy is usually a very pleasant experience for my clients, they say it is a familiar feeling like being in meditation or daydreaming…
So what can you expect from our sessions together?
In the consultation, we will talk about
what might be holding you back from getting what you want,
what your desired outcome would be and
what habits or behaviours you’d like to leave behind.
I will explain how hypnosis could help and go over my specific plan for us.
Then over a series of hypnotherapy sessions we’ll
introduce your sc mind to the goal,
we’ll determine and remove any reasons your sc may be holding onto that old behaviour,
we’ll replace those old sc beliefs with the logical beliefs your conscious mind already knows
and all the while we will be reinforcing your desired future outcome
so your subconscious mind has a clear picture of what you want and how to get you there.
Now, if this seems like something you are interested in hearing more about
I always offer a free consultation to people who are thinking about working with me.
I want to make sure that I// believe hypnotherapy can help you with your goal and
I want you to know// you feel comfortable with me.
To book you can go to my website theanswerwithin.ca and click "Book Now" or you can email me at jennifer@theanswerwithin.ca
Feel free to explore my website and watch some more videos there or on my YouTube Channel at The Answer Within
Thanks for watching, for listening, (and reading) and hopefully we will be exploring the answer within you, soon!
