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Selective Attention Hypnosis to Switch Focus from Unwanted Sensations · 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, CEOs and even
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  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. This podcast features powerful
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  hypnosis, so do not listen while driving or operating machinery.
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  This recording is not suitable for those with epilepsy or
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  severe mental health issues, 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. And in this episode of The
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  Hypnotist, you're going to be listening to a hypnosis session
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  created for a client that had a obsessive focus on a particular
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  part of their body. And it was a part of the body
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  around going to the toilet. So everything from their bladder
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  all the way to where they go to the toilet from.
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  And I'm keeping it vague here because I want this session to
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  be useful for anyone that just has a selective attention focus.
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  And I'll give you a few examples of that.
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  It is possible for someone to focus on a particular pain, and
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  that pain might not be that noticeable, but they hone in on
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  that pain. Another example is tinnitus.
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  Tinnitus is a ringing in the ears and you get the ringing in
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  the ears that actually comes from ear damage, the tiny little
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  bones and all the drum. Or you can get ringing in the
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  ears just by noticing intently on that kind of very certain,
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  you know, like a low free or a high frequency.
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  It's like a white noise background.
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  But if you focus enough, you can find it.
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  Some people obsessively think about pitching and all of these
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  things. They exist for everyone to some
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  extent, but it's what you pay attention to.
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  This particular client, it was based on a on a sensation
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  because effectively they had a bit of a health scare.
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  There was nothing serious. But because of that.
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  Their brain was keep going back to that particular part of their
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  body. What you're going to hear in
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  this? Is.
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  Two key things. One, there's a metaphor that the
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  sensation was there and now it's gone, it's the past and then
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  recreating it by focusing it on it, not because it needs to be
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  focused on. And then the second thing is
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  almost like a kinesthetic swish pattern.
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  So generally the swish pattern, which is an NLP pattern is a.
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  More of a visual. Element.
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  So it's seeing something quite often in your mind's eye that
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  you would see, and then shrinking that down and
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  replacing with something else and quite often linking that
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  thought to the feeling. So it was visual and then
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  kinesthetic. This client wasn't visualising
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  anything, not even creating an internal picture.
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  Some people do that. They create internal
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  representations of body parts when they're thinking of that
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  area. This client didn't do that, it
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  was just a sensation. So what we needed?
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  Is to switch from the feeling to a different feeling and actually
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  the body part chosen there was the tongue.
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  Mainly because the tongue has got lots of nerves and also the
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  tongue is normally linked to pleasurable things.
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  So if we can go from discomfort or perhaps something.
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  That is linked. To the idea of anxiety.
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  To a. Different body part linked to
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  pleasure is almost training the brain to go from one place to
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  another place in terms of selective attention.
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  So there's a little bit going on here.
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  I think the kind of person that would benefit most from this
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  session. If you have got some kind of
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  let's say sensation around the bladder or around the urethra
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  around let's say pelvic floor muscles, you would might benefit
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  more just because that's what the original client was kind of
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  linked to. But it could be anything else.
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  If you're obsessively thinking about your little toe and don't
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  want to think about that anymore, this session could also
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  be useful. Obviously it was created for an
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  individual client with individual needs.
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  So if the idea of working with me to create something bespoke
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  for you appeals in any way, either click the link in the
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  show notes to schedule that free consultation call, or check out
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  my website whichisadamcox.co.uk. You'll find the link there.
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  You can book that free 30 minute Zoom call and we'll have a chat
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  and you get to just see if it feels like I'm the right person
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  to work with or not. For now, though, find a quiet,
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  comfortable place where you won't be.
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  Disturbed, relax and. Enjoy the session.
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  Take a deep breath in. As you breathe in, breathe in
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  that slow, calm, relaxing breath.
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  And as you exhale, just allow any feelings of tension, any
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  stress, just to feel like it's leaving your body in that
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  outward breath. And when you breathe in again,
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  just decide to breathe in deeper and longer than you normally
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  would. And when it's time to exhale,
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  just exhale for longer, really emptying your lungs so that the
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  next breath you breathe in is deeper than the last.
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  And maybe you can already notice that the deeper you breathe, the
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  more relaxed you become. And the more relaxed you become,
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  the deeper you breathe. As your body relaxes, your
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  imagination awakens, and I want you to imagine a picturesque
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  forest with a fresh stream, crystal Clearwater winding its
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  way through the forest, and use the power of your imagination to
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  imagine being there, there in the forest.
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  I want you to breathe in that fresh air of nature, maybe
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  seeing sunshine occasionally finding its way through the
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  treetops, perhaps shimmering off some of the surface of the
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  stream. And I want you to get a sense,
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  get a sense as you stare into the stream that's flowing, that
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  everything is as it should be. The stream will flow whether you
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  want it to or not, and the leaves will fall when it's their
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  time to fall. The sun will rise and the sun
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  will set, and there's nothing you need to do.
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  So as you breathe in and breathe out, feel tension melting away.
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  Feel yourself becoming deeper and deeper, relaxed and as you
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  stare, they're into the forest. I want you to to come to a
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  realisation that there is too many things to focus on.
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  It's not possible to focus on everything in the forest.
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  There are thousands of leaves and perhaps insects on the
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  forest floor. The ripple of water in the
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  stream is infinitely changing subtly.
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  You could focus on the temperature, you could focus on
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  anyone of infinite colours that exist there in the forest.
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  And I want you to get a sense of what a shame it would be to have
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  the whole forest to look at and spend too much time looking on a
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  single leaf on a single tree. Because the more that you just
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  focus on that one thing, the more you're missing out on
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  everything else. So imagine staring at that one
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  leaf on that one tree, and then seeing that it does fall.
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  See the leaf gently float not to the ground, but to the surface
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  of a stream. As the leaf hits the surface of
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  the stream, the current takes it away downstream.
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  I want you to get a sand. That something that you've been
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  thinking a lot about doesn't require you to think that much.
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  I want you to get a sense that whatever the original reason was
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  for spending so much time thinking about that thing is
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  like the leaf that is floated down the stream.
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  It's just your past. No need to give it much thought
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  anymore. And if you ever do think of that
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  one leaf floating down the stream in a split second, you
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  can just decide to focus on something else.
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  In the forest. You could think of the beauty of
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  a tree, a clearing. In the woods, maybe there's an
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  animal like a squirrel or a deer.
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  I want you to get a sense There is so many other things to focus
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  on, and the great thing about focusing is all you have to do
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  is notice. The moment you notice one tiny
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  thing, your focus shifts. And where focus goes, energy
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  flows. And perhaps you focused on
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  something that didn't seem right just because you were spending
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  so much time thinking about that thing.
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  And if the focus is on what may not be right, anxiety is
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  thinking about something you don't want to happen.
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  So rather than focusing on an area which leads to thoughts you
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  don't want thinking and emotions you don't want feeling, notice
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  how easy it is to notice something else.
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  I want you to try your hardest and think about that part of
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  your body. Maybe it's a sensation, a
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  location. Try as hard as you can to focus
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  and then notice how quickly you can switch it just by thinking
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  of a memory of perhaps eating something unique.
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  Feel like you're flashing back to a memory of eating a
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  particular type of food with a particular combination of
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  tastes, textures, colours, maybe something unique or surprising,
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  and jump back into that memory and feel like you're
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  experiencing that thing, like it's happening in the moment.
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  Maybe you could imagine what it would be like to experience
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  those a combination of texture, taste, sensations and feelings.
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  And the more you notice, the better you feel.
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  Because the more you notice something of your own choosing,
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  the more you are in control. And the more you're in control,
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  the more that that other sensation just feels like a leaf
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  floating down the stream, far, far away, no longer your present
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  but your past. And as you think about that
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  sensation with that particular food at that particular time,
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  maybe you smile because the original memory was enjoyable.
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  The better you feel thinking about this, the more you're
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  training your brain to be rewarded whenever you think of
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  something that you choose to think, rather than just where
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  your mind has been taking you. I want you to get a sense.
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  Then there is infinite things that you can notice.
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  You can notice the sensation of your tongue and your mouth.
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  You can notice the sensation of your fingertips whenever you
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  choose. You can notice the speed and
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  frequency of your breathing. You can notice how often you
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  blink. If you try hard, you can even
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  notice a pulse or a heartbeat somewhere in your body.
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  And what's interesting is that if you're noticing that, you're
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  not also simultaneously noticing something else.
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  And I want you to treat it like a game.
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  Whenever you start noticing something that isn't useful,
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  treat it like a game of tag or pass the parcel to switch it to
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  just noticing something else. And the quicker you notice
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  something else, the less likely your brain is to take you back
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  to that previous thing that you noticed.
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  And even if it does, you can just do the same thing again,
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  notice something else, and you don't even need to notice what's
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  happening in the present. You can think back to a
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  wonderful memory or think forward to a future exactly as
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  you would want it to be. So now try and think of that
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  previous sensation, and if it doesn't come up then that's
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  great, but if it does, switch immediately to something else.
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  A game that the more you practice the better you get.
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  Meaning the amount of time you think about what you were
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  thinking reduces and reduces and reduces until it's hardly any
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  time at all. Perhaps much more similar to how
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  it was 5 or 6 years ago. Meaning that you could think of
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  that area, but only if you had a very good reason to, and the
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  absence of that good reason. You don't need to think of that
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  area at all, but rather than not thinking, just decide to switch
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  whenever you do. And if your unconscious mind is
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  happy to really good at this new game, let me know by nodding
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  your head. And as you think about that
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  original leaf, there's nowhere to be found.
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  The stream has taken it far, far away.
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  I want you to get a sense, then. Something intense a year and a
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  half ago has now floated far, far away and doesn't need
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  thinking about in the same way again.
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  I want you to get a sense that you're leaving the forest, but
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  just as you leave, you see another leaf floating back on
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  the stream, also being carried away as it occurs to you.
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  All thoughts, all sensations. All emotions are temporary
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  leaves on a stream floating away, and you can choose to
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  focus on leaves falling and floating where you can be
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  intentional and think of the things that make your life
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  better than ever before. That the part that was trying to
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  keep you safe could keep yourself much healthier and
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  better than ever before. But coming up with ways for you
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  to be healthier, more active, to eat better than ever before, and
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  in doing so can actually keep you safe.
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  Consider that a seed planted like a seed planted in a forest
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  that will only turn into a tree months into the future.
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  But now is the time to return to the present.
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  And as you start to return, take a deep breath in through your
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  nose and down through your nose. Just wiggle your fingers and
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  wiggle your toes. Connect fully into the here and
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  now, and very soon I will count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken
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  you. You will awaken feeling
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  resourceful, empowered, knowing that in an instant, just by
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  remembering or noticing something, you can switch focus
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  instantly, quicker than you could turn a channel.
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  With a remote control and ATV screen, it's possible to shift
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  your focus instantaneously, so take that deep breath in through
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  your nose and out through your nose.
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  Wiggle your fingers and wiggle your toes as I now count from
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  1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you. Starting to count 123 Waking up
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  456 more alert 7-8. Open your eyes, open your eyes.
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  910. Wide awake, Wide awake, wide
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  awake. Thank you for listening to The
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  Hypnotist with Adam Cox, the show that gives you inside
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