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Hypnosis for Post-COVID Fatigue - Rebuilding Trust in Your Body · The Hypnotist

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  Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside
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  access to cutting edge hypnosis with real clients facing
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  genuine. Issues.
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  Brought to you by The Hypnotherapist, demanded by
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  celebrities, CEOs and even royalty, Adam Cox.
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  These recordings took place live from Adam's clinic in London's
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  world famous Harley Street. So get yourself comfortable and
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  enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  Hi, it's Adam here now. Post COVID fatigue is a horrible
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  condition and those people that have it or know someone that has
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  it knows how distressing, debilitating it can be.
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  And the client that I was working with had a very
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  successful career, very much into their health and fitness.
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  And then this condition came along and it kind of knocked
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  them for six. It really kind of derailed their
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  ability to live life on their terms.
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  Now, this is a session that uses two really important metaphors.
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  And it's all about finding balance, but also calibration.
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  The first metaphor is the metaphor of Icarus.
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  Icarus is based on Greek mythology where Icarus escapes
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  from an island and they make wings made of feathers and wax.
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  But the problem is is that if Icarus flies too high up into
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  the sky, the sun melts the wax and they crash into the waves.
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  And if they go too low then the waves start to get water on the
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  feathers and again they crash. So Icarus is really a metaphor
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  of not being too cocky or ambitious, but equally not being
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  reckless. It's about finding that kind of
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  middle ground. And that was very important for
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  this client with post COVID fatigue because if they push
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  themselves too hard, then effectively they would even use
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  the word a crash as to what they would experience with the levels
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  of fatigue that they would deal with.
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  So that's one metaphor. The second metaphor is about
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  riding a bike. Now, if you imagine a bike with
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  no gears and a wobbly steering and uncomfortable and the brakes
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  don't work, you're not likely to push that bike to the limits
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  because you know that you could easily crash the bike or fall
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  off the bike equally if you went from a bike.
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  Like that? Into a very modern lightweight
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  racing bike with lots of gears and very kind of responsive
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  brakes and very, let's say, good quality mechanics like good
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  pedals and gears and all this kind of stuff, Then actually you
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  could push that bike further and be safer than on that wobbly
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  rickety bike where nothing works.
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  And that's quite a good metaphor for this particular client.
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  Because they didn't know how far they could push themselves, they
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  always had to err on the side of caution.
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  So this uses some modality work, it uses metaphor, but it also
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  paces their experience by taking them back to a memory where they
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  felt really alert, full of clarity.
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  So there's an element of regressing to the time when they
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  felt they had the resources to deal with a situation like that.
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  So if you can connect with this idea of post COVID fatigue or
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  any fatigue or any autoimmune immune issues where you really
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  feel that you're drained and you can't trust your body anymore.
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  At its core, this is a session about rebuilding trust with your
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  body through recalibration and respect and self-awareness.
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  So if any of those themes connect with you, I think you'll
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  get some value from this session.
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  And equally, if you like the idea of working with me directly
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  rather than listening to recordings, have a little look
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  in the description or on my website, adamcox.co.uk and
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  you'll see that you can book a free consultation call or see my
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  packages and prices and things like that if that's of interest.
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  If it isn't. Forget, I said.
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  That, but if it is, check that out.
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  For now though, find a quiet, comfortable place where you
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  won't be distracted or disturbed.
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  Relax and enjoy the session. Take.
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  A deep breath in, and as you breathe in, breathe in that
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  slow, long, deliberate breaths of relaxation and calm.
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  And as you exhale, just imagine your outward breath is a release
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  valve for any feelings of tension, stress, worry, or
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  anxiety that you've been holding onto, and feel that relief and
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  release in your outward breath before breathing in another deep
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  breath of resourceful relaxation.
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  It's good to relax, but it's better to feel resourceful, to
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  feel that your resources exceed the demands around you.
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  But right now, right here, there are no demands on you, nothing
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  you have to do, no particular way.
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  You have to think, and therefore your resources dramatically
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  exceed current demands. And I want you to feel how that
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  feels. Connect without feeling.
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  And the deeper you breathe, the more relaxed you feel.
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  And the more relaxed you feel, the deeper you breathe.
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  And as your body relaxes, your imagination can take you back to
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  a memory. You need to think of a time when
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  you were fit, healthy, energetic, with clarity.
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  A time when you were riding on a bicycle over hills, climbing the
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  gradients of mountains, looking at picturesque lakes.
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  And as you breathe in and breathe out, feel that sense of
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  freedom, a connection with your body, that connection with
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  nature. That's it.
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  And maybe you can recall a particular lake that maybe you
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  stopped by for a while. And I want you to imagine
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  staring at the lake, and I want you to imagine seeing someone
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  with wings made of wax and feathers flying over that lake.
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  Just imagine it would be dangerous for them to get too
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  close to the water of the lake. And equally in the blue skies
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  and sunshine, maybe beyond their limits if they go too high.
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  And as you see this modern Icarus flying over the lake, I
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  want you to connect with that time in your life.
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  Or it was intuitive and your body naturally adjusted whenever
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  you were getting close to limits.
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  I want you to get a feeling that that element of thriving within
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  boundaries existed in your past and will exist in your future,
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  and feel that you are reawakening the neural pathways
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  to thrive within limitations, and occasionally to test those
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  limitations to reflect and refine.
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  I want you to imagine there by the lake is a comfortable chair.
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  Imagine sinking into that comfortable chair, and as you do
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  so, just get a sense that each breath is taking you deeper and
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  deeper, relaxed and near this lake, a cycle lanes and paths
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  and roads. And I want you to imagine, as
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  you drift off into a dreamlike sleep, your imagination sees two
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  different bikes side by side. One of the bikes represents
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  modern technology, gears, an onboard computer and another
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  bike seems basic, limited, only three gears, no suspension and
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  maybe maybe it's not even that safe.
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  Loose handlebars, ineffective brakes.
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  I want you to get a sense, then you will experience the bike
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  that best represents your mind, body, connection.
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  Now allow the bike to change to reflect one life feels like for
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  you, with no need to judge, just notice.
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  I want you to see that those limited gears have an element of
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  limitation, that if you needed to change gears quickly for
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  different gradients or terrains, it would be more challenging on
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  this basic bike. Imagine sitting on that bike and
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  notice the brakes. They were, but not smoothly.
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  Sometimes there might be abrupt, so even if you want to slow
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  down, it feels like you're stopped in your tracks.
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  And sometimes the brakes feel that.
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  When you want to brake, you can't.
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  And it continues. And before you even start riding
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  the bike, you notice something else.
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  That when you ride this bike, your vision is compromised,
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  almost like wearing glasses of the wrong prescription, almost
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  like everything is a blur or like riding through mist.
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  And I want you to imagine that dizzy, blurry sensation.
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  It's enough to move, but not enough to feel confident riding
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  that bike. And as you begin to ride slowly
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  at first, notice how difficult it is to judge how fast you're
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  going, how much effort you're using, and even whether the
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  terrain or gradient is changing. And when you try the low gear,
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  it feels heavy and draining. And when you try the high gear,
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  it feels exhilarating briefly, but then unstable.
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  And even the middle gear feels like it's not quite right, like
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  you're guessing, like there's no fine adjustment.
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  But when you ride this bike, you're just hoping everything's
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  going to be OK. And just imagine riding around
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  hills and around that terrain near the lakes, and if the path
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  or Rd. subtly changes. A small incline, a change in
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  surface, a shift in wind. You feel unstable and sometimes
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  unsafe because this bike doesn't tell you when you're approaching
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  a limit. You only figure that out after
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  you've already crossed it and connect with that feeling of
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  frustration because you used to know your limits.
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  You used to feel the edge and adjust before crossing it.
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  But what if on this bike you only find out all of that later
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  the next day, in your mood, your energy and your body?
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  And imagine riding that bike with blurry vision where nothing
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  quite works. Well, you can imagine that
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  riding like this requires constant vigilance, always being
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  cautious, assuming potholes and slippery surfaces even if there
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  are none. And that would be mentally
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  draining and physically exhausting.
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  But as you continue riding this bike, notice that you're not
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  being reckless. You're being cautious.
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  But caution without accurate feedback can feel like anxiety
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  and worry. Because without those clear
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  signals, every choice can feel like a risk.
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  And the nervous system doesn't like uncertainty, so it
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  tightens, it monitors, it worries.
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  And I want you to get a feeling that you've not lost discipline
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  or intuition. What's changed is the interface.
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  If you have a powerful computer but someone cracks the screen,
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  the computer is still powerful, but now you have to figure out
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  all the bits that are missing. And I want you to feel that
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  riding this bike feels like you have to make up for the
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  deficiencies in the bike, that the interface between you and
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  your body has changed, but no one showed you the new controls.
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  Imagine returning back to where you were, feel your feet on the
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  ground, and for a moment just stand there looking at this
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  bike. Not angry, not blaming it, just
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  recognizing that it's no longer the right tool for the terrain
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  that you're on now. I want you to notice that all
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  along there was that other bike, and it looks familiar, perhaps
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  like a bike you used to own. But this is modern, this, this
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  is sturdy. And as you walk over to the new
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  bike, you can lift it up. It feels strong and sturdy, but
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  light. This bike is not reckless, it
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  just has lots of resources and capabilities that the other bike
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  didn't. This bike has an on board
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  computer with accurate feedback. Consider this bike intelligence.
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  See how many gears there are on the back wheel, 9 different
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  options and three on the pedals. There are 27 different
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  combinations of all the torque that you can get from this bike.
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  If you wanted to go up a high gradient, you could just adjust
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  quickly and your energy would make that easy.
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  And if you were going on level terrain or down a hill, you
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  could choose that low gear and that would just be more
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  efficient. Feel that with this bike choice
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  exists again, no longer push or stop and not boom or crash, but
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  calibration. The brakes respond as you would
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  want them to. You push hard on the brakes, you
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  stop instantly. You gently squeeze the brakes,
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  you slow down gradually, but every everything is smooth but
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  the pressure equals proportion. I feel like those blurry glasses
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  are no more. Feel that you've got perfect
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  vision. Accurate vision, you can see
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  texture gradients, changes, can even assess the wind based on
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  how trees are blowing. And this bike doesn't wait for
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  danger, it communicates early. And riding this bike doesn't
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  feel like danger. It feels like fun and freedom.
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  And as you begin riding this new bike, the body understands
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  something that those 27 different combinations of gears
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  aren't about speed, they're about state.
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  And some combination support rest, repair and that
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  parasympathetic safety, and others allow focus, engagement
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  and gentle sympathetic activation.
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  The gear is not right or wrong, it's just useful depending on
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  the context. And I want you to feel that your
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  nervous system is connecting with all of these functions in
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  this bike and activating the similar neural pathways that
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  exist in your brain, allowing the bike and your brain to say a
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  little less, a little more, stay here, move forward instead of
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  only knowing when it's already too late.
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  And imagine as you're riding difficult terrains around those
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  mountains, the image of Icarus flying over these huge lakes
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  reappears. And I want you to see that
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  Icarus is not flying blind anymore.
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  Icarus has that perfect location in proportion to the lake and
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  the skies. I want you to get a sense then.
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  What's OK in one terrain doesn't make sense in another.
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  You've had times when you've gone really fast on your bike.
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  You wouldn't go that same speed if the roads were icy and you've
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  had times when you've felt comfortable climbing a high
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  gradient, but you wouldn't do the same thing if the surface
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  was wet mud instead of the tarmac of roads.
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  I want you to feel that the on board computer is also giving
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  you information, speed, how much the wheels are turning, even
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  your energy levels. You can see it all and feel like
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  all of these resources are activating within you.
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  And I want you to feel that sustainability lives between
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  excitement and collapse. And I want you to feel that
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  before it was difficult to read where those edges were, but feel
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  that your brain is relearning, recalibrating exactly where
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  those boundaries and limitations are so you can intuitively
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  change what you do depending on all the variables.
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  Feel that integration happening because you haven't become
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  weaker. Your brain has just become more
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  vigilant, more sensitive, more precise, more attuned.
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  What if this new version of you isn't built for forcing?
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  What if it makes more sense to adjust and refine based on
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  feedback? I want you to feel that this new
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  way of thinking, unconsciously, is an upgrade.
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  It feels more like the new bike than the old bike.
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  And I want you to imagine returning that bike, coming back
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  to the lake, lying on that relaxing chair, and just imagine
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  future moments like an activity, a decision, a burst of
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  enthusiasm. And before you overdo it, your
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  body unconsciously signals for you to adjust the gears and you
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  continue not stopping, not crashing, just riding well.
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  And I want you to imagine what it would be like if your brain
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  learns over the next weeks and months what it would feel like
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  to trust again. Everything that happens is a
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  feedback loop. Train those neural pathways to
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  no longer ride blind or blurry, but know what to do and
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  unconsciously switch gears depending on what your body
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  needs in that moment. Imagine yourself a year from
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  now, a year of all of that feedback and refinement.
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  What would that feel like? And see that future version of
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  you, the things that you could do in your future that might
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  feel beyond reach now. But trust that if your intuition
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  is showing you a future of more choices and more capabilities,
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  it's because your unconscious mind believes that that is
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  possible for you. And the more you make that
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  future bright, compelling, desirable, the more you're
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  unconscious will make refinements and adjustments to
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  reawaken old neural pathways, just like turning an old bike
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  into a new one. And as you hold that thought,
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  it's time to return to the present for taking these new
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  thoughts, ideas, and awaken neural pathways with you.
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  So take a deep breath in through the nose and out through the
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  nose. Wiggle your fingers and wiggle
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  your toes. Connect and calibrate into the
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  here and the now as I now count from 1:00 to 10:00.
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  Two, awaken you starting to count 123 waking up 456.
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  More alert. 7-8 Open your eyes. Open your eyes. 910.
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  Wide awake, Wide awake, wide awake.
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