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Hypnosis for Reframing Smoking as a Treat to a Punishment · 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 genuine
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  issues. Brought to you by the
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  Hypnotherapist, Demanded by celebrities CE OS and even
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  royalty Adam Cox, These recordings took place live from
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  Evans Clinic in London's world famous Harley Street.
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  So get yourself comfortable and enjoy today's episode of The
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  Hypnotist. Hi, it's Adam here and you're
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  about to listen to a hypnosis session designed.
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  To give. A new connotation to smoking
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  cigarettes. And.
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  This would also apply to. Smoking other things.
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  Like weed or something like that, but effectively the client
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  that I was working with was a smoker and.
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  In their teenage. Years, their 20s, it was
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  something that they would do to connect with other people
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  socially, smoke. It would be a treat, a reward
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  for them. So they had all of these
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  narratives, all of these belief systems, and they'd quit for a
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  few days, but a little voice popped up in their head that
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  says, come on, you deserve this. You know, it's a treat.
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  And that tells me that there is still a positive connotation and
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  that smoking has the meaning, not the reality, but the meaning
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  that it's desirable. So this hypnosis session does 2
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  key things. One, it reframes it from
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  something as a desirable treat to an undesirable punishment,
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  and at the same time gives them an alternative.
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  And that alternative is things that would actually be still
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  ritualistic, still represent a bookend of the day, still be do,
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  be something and do something that would be.
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  Considered a treat. But actually enhance the quality
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  of their life and. Give them good.
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  Feelings not related to nicotine so if you.
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  Feel right now that. Smoking is desirable and yet you
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  do want to quit. You might find this a useful
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  session, albeit. A disgusting one it.
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  Does have lots of references to some of the health and aesthetic
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  consequences of smoking, and that's designed to do the
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  opposite of what most smokers do.
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  Most smokers disassociate from consequences and associate into
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  the. Feeling it gives them.
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  What this is designed to do is to associate into the feeling of
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  disgust. Or it being.
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  Something repulsive and to associate into.
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  That feeling of. Let's say it being an
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  undesirable and all of the health consequences and physical
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  consequences of that. So it associates into the
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  consequences and disassociates into these old narratives that a
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  lot of smokers carry around, like it's pleasurable as a
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  treat, those kind of things. So if you are a smoker and you
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  feel like you want to change how you feel before you quit
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  smoking, this might be a good. Session equally.
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  Some of the references like the cacao ceremony, very tailored to
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  the individual client that I was working with.
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  That might not be relevant for you.
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  There might be other rituals. So if you do like the idea of
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  working with me directly, there will be a.
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  Link in the. Description in the.
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  Show notes where you can book a completely.
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  Free consultation call and we. Can have a chat.
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  Because it might be that. I'm the right?
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  Hypnotherapist for you for now though.
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  Find a quiet. Comfortable place where you
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  won't be disturbed. Relax and enjoy the session.
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  Take a deep breath in and as you breathe in, breathe in that
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  slow, long, relaxing breath. And as you exhale, just allow
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  any tension in your eyelids to release and as you breathe out,
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  that's it. Feel your eyes closing,
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  breathing in resourceful relaxation, and as you exhale,
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  feel a release not just of tension, but also old ideas that
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  aren't true anymore. As you breathe in, breathe in
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  new ideas. And as you breathe out, breathe
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  out old ideas. And I want you to link these
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  ideas to smoking, and perhaps you can breathe in the idea then
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  smoking is like a slow acting poison and breathe out the idea
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  that smoking is a treat. You can breathe in the idea that
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  smoking makes you smell, or that's killing off cells.
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  And maybe. Breathe out the idea that it's
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  rebellious or cool and you know the narratives, you know the
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  stories. Just imagine breathing out those
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  old stories and breathing in the new ones.
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  Like how you don't need it, you don't want it.
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  And you know that's true. Because if you were forced in a
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  prison cell to smoke a hundred a day, you know it would be a
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  matter of months before you'd struggle to breathe.
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  There'd be black tar in your nostrils.
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  There'd be yellow stains on your fingers, your skin would change
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  colour, and I don't know exactly how many months it would be
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  until you first start coughing up blood, but your unconscious
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  has an idea, some people believe.
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  That truth? Is what sets them free.
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  And I want you to think that there is this whole industry
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  built on associations and connotations and narratives that
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  aren't true. But what is true is what you
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  know to be true. And I want you to imagine seeing
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  yourself like on a big cinema screen, having worked hard all
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  day. And I want you to see that
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  version of you smoking at the end of the day, like a bookend,
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  like a transition from. Work mode.
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  To a different state of mind. But let's imagine, just for the
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  sake of this thought experiment, that one cigarette has the
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  impact of 1000, so that the slow acting nature of this is
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  revealed. And I want you to imagine
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  yourself in one cigarette having 1000.
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  And I want you to see those yellow stains on your fingers.
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  I want you to imagine how pungent that breath would be.
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  I want you to think about how much tar that sticky black
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  residue would be in your lungs if you had 1000.
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  And then I want you to see that loose, wrinkly skin, see your
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  complexion going from healthy and vibrant to grey and dull,
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  see yourself aging faster, see your eyes getting red as your
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  eyes aren't getting enough oxygen.
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  And as the observer, I want you to try as hard as you can to
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  make what you're watching seem like it would be a desirable
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  treat. Think of the grey skin and try
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  and convince yourself that you deserve it.
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  See that yellowness in the fingers.
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  Think, oh what a treat. And then see yourself and just
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  imagine that it's been years of this with a gravely voice.
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  The smokers cough, the smokers laugh.
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  You know the one. And then see yourself and one of
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  those smokers coughs, coughing up combination of phlegm and
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  blood, and you don't know if it's just a blood vessel that
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  was ruptured because it's not getting the health it needs or
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  the early signs of a tumour. And I want you to try as hard as
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  you can. To come to the conclusion that
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  this is a treat, this is something that you would want to
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  deserve. And what if what's really
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  happened is you've been hypnotized since you were very
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  young to believe something expensive, addictive, toxic,
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  filled with carcinogens is somehow pleasurable?
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  And what if this hypnosis isn't to convince you that smoking is
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  dangerous or disgusting, but to just.
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  Take away the previous. Hypnosis that told you it was
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  cool, rebellious, desirable or enjoyable.
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  What if the wool was pulled over your eyes all this time and now
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  you get to see it for what it really is?
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  I want you to get a sense that who benefits people believing
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  that this thing that's just a weed growing in the ground,
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  cheap yet addictive. It benefits by convincing people
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  that it's pleasurable and desirable, enjoyable and a
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  treat. I want you to get a sense.
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  Then the more you think, the more sinister it becomes.
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  I want you to get a feeling that a light is being switched on.
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  And then I want you to imagine stepping into that version of
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  you. So rather than seeing yourself
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  trying to enjoy that treat, you feel that it's the end of the
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  day. But just as you bring the
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  cigarette up to your mouth, feel the tightness in your chest,
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  imagine running your fingers through your hair and feeling
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  how brittle it is, or touching your skin and feeling how
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  lifeless or dull or wrinkly it feels.
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  And then imagine, just as you're about to bring it up to your
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  lips, you cough up even more blood, one of those scratchy,
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  gravely, harsh coughs. And just imagine coughing up
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  blood into your hand and try as hard as you can to feel like
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  this is a treat. I want you to imagine going back
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  into that cinema, seeing that version of you with a look of
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  resolve. But that treat only works if you
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  believe The thing is desirable. But if you believe The thing is
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  undesirable, then it would feel like punishment rather than a
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  treat. And I want you to imagine
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  rewinding that version of you. Because if there was a part of
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  you that felt that smoking was a way to reminisce and feel
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  nostalgic, I want you to see a version of you on that screen
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  looking at old photos, reading old messages or notes.
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  And I want you to see that that version there is able to
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  reminisce and get nostalgic much more effectively than a
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  cigarette ever could. If your unconscious now
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  believes, then smoking is not a treat, it's the illusion of a
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  treat. And if your unconscious mind
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  believes, then old photos and old items would be a much better
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  way to reminisce. If you truly desire it, just let
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  me know by nodding your head. That's it.
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  And then rewind again. And I want you to imagine seeing
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  a different version of you, an enlightened version of you, with
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  a different way to separate work mode from relaxation mode, with
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  a different way to bookend the day.
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  I want you to see that version of you after a hard day, looking
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  forward to preparing a ritual, a ceremony of Kakao prepared in a
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  particular way. Like a ceremony, not just
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  consuming that superfood of raw cacao, but an act of self love,
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  of self kindness. A real.
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  Treat as that version of you is able to access new levels of
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  gratitude. That version of you is able to
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  still reminisce whenever they choose to.
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  That version of you can just let go of the past whenever it comes
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  up. That version of you can set
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  powerful intentions that ripple through space and time and
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  change your future. That version of you is treating
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  yourself with self love rather than self destruction.
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  But that doesn't have to be an everyday thing.
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  Some days might treat yourself to a different ritual of
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  self-care. Or maybe a particular warm drink
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  that just helps you relax. Or maybe instead of a whole
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  ceremony, just some high quality high coca salad chocolate that
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  still activates all of the neural pathways that a cacao
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  ceremony would without needing the ceremony.
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  And all of these are actual treats.
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  I want you to get a feeling that a treat is something that
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  enriches and enhances your life. If someone said it would be a
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  treat to experience. Something painful?
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  You may disagree. I want you to get a feeling then
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  it is the meaning you give these things that determine whether or
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  not they are pleasurable and a treat.
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  Because one person's treat is another person's punishment.
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  I want you to wonder that if someone had secretly, covertly
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  and subtly been poisoning you with all of the health
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  consequences that smoking can give, and after 10 or 20 years
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  of them doing that, you discovered what they were doing.
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  That they were maliciously aiming to make you age more
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  rapidly, get sick more often, to impact your body's health and
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  vitality. Imagine they were doing that for
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  20 years. If that's worthy of a prize,
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  then what they're doing is a treat, and if that's worthy of
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  the punishment, then what they're doing is a crime.
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  And I want you to feel that you are re evaluating what smoking
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  means to you and with. That new connotation.
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  I want you to imagine what it would be like to try your
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  hardest to imagine it being a pleasurable treat with this new
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  connotation, this new meaning. And the more you try and imagine
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  doing it, I want you to make it more disgusting, thinking of
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  that blood, that tar, that phlegm, and that aging.
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  Just imagine being outside where you normally are and feeling
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  that repulsion like it's a punishment.
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  Feel that disgust. Imagine the blood or a small
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  tumor. Imagine the black tar, the foul
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  breath, the yellow fingers, and try and imagine enjoying it with
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  all of those thoughts in mind. Imagine the possibility of
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  having a lung removed, having a tube opened up there in your
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  throat, and try and perceive it as a treat.
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  And if your subconscious mind, that part, that voice that feels
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  like you deserve a treat, isn't that willing to accept that this
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  is not a treat at all, just the illusion of one?
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  Let me know by nodding your head.
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  And I want you to think of what's a real treat.
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  Something valuable, enjoyable, something that enhances your
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  experiences. That's what you really deserve.
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  And as you allow these thoughts to take root in your mind, I
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  want you to imagine what it would be like tomorrow, and I
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  want you to see that future version of you.
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  Set the intention now and imagine what it would be like.
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  And if this feels that your future is now moving in a new
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  direction and it's because new neural pathways have been
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  created and an old neural pathway has been given a new
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  meaning. And with that in mind, it's time
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  to leave this place, this future, this cinema, this
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  experience, and start drifting back to the here and now with
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  all these new ideas and changes. So take a deep breath in through
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  your nose and out through your nose.
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  Just wiggle your fingers and wiggle your toes.
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  Connect and calibrate into the here and the now as I now count
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  from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you.
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  Starting to count 123 waking up 456 more alert 7-8.
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  Open your eyes. Open your eyes 910.
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  Wide awake, wide awake, and wide awake.
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