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Hypnosis To Choose to Win the Game of Discerning Eating · 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 hypnosis session,
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  you're going to be listening to hypnotherapy designed for fussy
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  eaters that feel that there's a lot of foods that they can't try
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  or deal with. And I was working with a client
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  that really had issues eating food in public places or food
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  they haven't attempted before. And they were using a word a
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  lot, which is a very common word in the English language, which
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  is try. And a lot of people actually
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  have positive connotations with the word try.
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  You know, they say, like, it's good to try, try, try, try
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  again. But here's the interesting thing
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  about the word try in a lot of different contexts, it actually
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  has the presupposition of failure.
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  So it's like, Oh, well, I'll try through that tonality.
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  It has this connotation of, well, you might attempt it, but
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  it's not going to go well. And this particular client I was
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  working with would use that to describe experiencing new foods
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  that they hadn't had before without realizing there would be
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  a connotation that it wouldn't go well and they wouldn't either
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  enjoy or be able to eat those particular foods.
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  So what this hypnosis session really is, is a reframe to get
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  them thinking about choosing rather than trying, because
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  choosing comes from a place of empowerment.
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  You either choose to do or not do, rather than try with the
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  expectation of failure. Also, this was a very
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  competitive client, very successful in sport.
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  So there is an element of gamification here where we
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  actually create this idea of a game of red, amber and green.
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  And red are all the foods they've never even attempted
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  before. And amber are ones that they've
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  attempted a few times but not got to the point where they feel
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  that they could eat them whenever they wanted to.
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  So that would be the amber. And then the green is almost
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  like the safe list. And the safe list would be all
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  of those foods they can just know that they can eat whenever
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  they're hungry or whenever they feel like eating.
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  There's certain foods that they have a high level of belief that
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  they could eat in whatever the circumstances would.
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  Be. Therefore, we've now got a game
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  and the game is to attempt or choose foods from the Red List
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  almost in low stakes environments where it's a shot
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  to nothing. And then if they decide that
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  they don't like that, then that's still a victory because a
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  lot of people don't like certain foods.
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  You know, there's lots of foods I don't like.
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  You know, I've attempted them, I don't like them, I'm not going
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  to eat them again, that's completely fine.
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  But by attempting things on the Red List, they either know they
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  don't like them or it moves to the amber list.
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  So it's not quite the safe list yet, but they have had
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  experience and maybe they had a few mouthfuls and maybe they ate
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  the meal alone but not around other people.
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  That gets it on to the amber list.
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  And then for anything on the amber list, the goal is to get
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  it to the green list through repetition but also eating in
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  different circumstances. So if you feel like you're a
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  fussy eater or know someone, and by the way that that term fussy
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  eater is just a value judgement, fussy is entirely depending on
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  the individual, but. If you can.
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  Relate to that term and there's so many foods that you feel are
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  off limits for you, either because of the food or the
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  context where you eat them. You might get some value from
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  this session. And if you like this kind of
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  stuff, there's actually some free gifts that I have, free
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  downloads, free access to courses, all in the description.
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  So if you like more of what I do, click the description, have
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  a look at some of those things I'm offering completely free.
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  But for now, you might get some value from this session.
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  So find a quiet, 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, and as you breathe in, breathe in that
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  resourceful feeling of calm and relaxation.
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  And as you exhale, just allow any feelings of worry, stress,
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  or tension to feel like it's leaving your body in that
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  outward breath. On the next inward breath,
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  breathe in the longer and deeper than you normally would.
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  And as you exhale, if you haven't already, just allow your
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  eyelids to close and notice that with your eyes closed, how much
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  easier it is to focus your attention on the sound of my
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  voice. Breathing in relaxation and
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  exhaling that tension. That's it.
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  Just scan your body for any clues of stress or worries.
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  Focus on the location, and as you breathe in that feeling of
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  resourceful relaxation, give permission to release, to
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  release that tension. Imagine it leaving your body as
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  dark shadows in your outward breath, Breathing in those
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  resources you need and exhaling any feelings or emotions that on
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  helping you right now. Feel your muscles relaxing
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  firstly in your shoulders, your chest, around your face.
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  Almost as though your body is remembering what it feels like
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  to really relax, to really let go now, letting go of anything
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  it doesn't need to carry in this moment.
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  And then another deep breath in. That's in.
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  And with each breath, just feel that release, Find yourself
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  sinking a little deeper into comfort, into calm, into
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  stillness. And here in this place, your
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  conscious mind can take a step back so that your imagination
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  can take a step forward. You already know you like to
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  play games, sport, to win. And I wonder if your imagination
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  can begin to play a new game, a game of confidence, curiosity
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  and choice, breathing in and breathing out.
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  And I wonder if you can use the power of your imagination to
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  imagine a traffic light. You could imagine you're in the
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  car. Or by the.
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  Side of the. Rd.
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  And just imagine seeing that traffic light with the green,
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  the amber and the red. Hold that thought.
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  And then imagine being in a comfortable place in your own
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  home, a place where you feel relaxed.
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  And I wonder if you could imagine a glowing console.
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  And the console also has the three colors of the traffic
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  light green, amber and red. And you can think of this
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  console as controls a dashboard and interface for your very own
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  food explorer game. And just by being here,
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  listening to my voice and thinking of red, amber and
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  green, you are already winning because you are already playing.
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  Because this is a game about discovering more options, more
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  choices, nothing you have to do, and everything you get to do to
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  give you a future of more comfort and more freedom.
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  And I want you to think about the green color and let's call
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  it the Green Zone. And the Green Zone represents
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  all of those foods that you already know that you like and
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  already know that you're comfortable eating.
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  You've tasted them, you enjoy them, you feel good eating them,
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  and you can eat them anywhere by yourself, in front of family or
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  friends. These are your reliable choices
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  and whenever you're feeling uncertain, stressed or
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  overwhelmed or just want something familiar, Green Zone
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  foods are there for you. Consider this your safety net,
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  your fortress, and then imagine the amber zone.
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  And these are all the foods that you have experienced before.
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  You've tasted them, smelt them, sometimes even enjoyed them.
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  This is the area, the no man's land.
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  And maybe they go to green or maybe they go to the blacklist,
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  but it's too early to know yet. Maybe you need more time.
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  Maybe you need to experience them in a different place, with
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  different people and when you're feeling a different way.
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  And that's OK, because Amber Foods are there for exploring
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  when you feel safe, curious, or comfortable.
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  And maybe you're more comfortable when you're eating
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  alone or feeling calm and relaxed, and you can choose
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  something from this zone and just see what happens.
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  A family meal might be two things from the Green Zone and
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  one thing from the amber zone. You just get to experience and
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  then think of the red zone, and the red zone is the most
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  exciting zone because this zone holds all of the foods that you
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  haven't chosen yet. You can't have decided if
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  they're right for you or not because you haven't experienced
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  them yet. Maybe you haven't had the
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  opportunity or you didn't feel like it, and that's OK.
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  I want you to get a sense that these are your unknowns, new
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  experiences. But instead of pressure, red
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  foods are like bonus levels in a game.
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  You don't have to like them, but even just testing them is a win.
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  And you're choosing to test them with no obligation.
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  And you can smell them, taste them, nibble them, or eat them.
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  All of the options are yours, just to find out if they've got
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  what it takes to move from the red zone to the amber zone, and
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  wherever they go, you win. If you don't like it and you
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  know that for sure, you can choose to put it on your
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  blacklist and you never need to revisit or even think about that
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  food again and if it's OK or even enjoyable.
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  It's too early to put it on the green list, so it moves to amber
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  and you can experience it again later when you choose to, and
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  only after time in amber when you've tasted it, enjoyed it and
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  experienced it in different situations.
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  When you come to the conclusion that you feel totally
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  comfortable when you've eaten it, even in front of strangers,
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  only then does it earn its way into your Green Zone.
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  Because this isn't about forcing or trying.
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  This is about choosing. You choose what to taste.
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  You choose when you choose how far to go.
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  You choose if you eat that thing around other people or
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  privately. If you eat it mindfully or
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  mindlessly, if you eat it fast or slow, these are all choices
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  that you get to make and you're not trying to win or trying not
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  to lose. You're choosing to just play the
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  game, to grow, to experience. And every time you think about
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  food, I wonder if you can feel more curious than cautious.
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  Because it can be a winnable game for you, your game.
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  And when there's no failing, it's just learning.
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  Because when you feel very comfortable with that amber
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  food, it moves to green. And the more your Green Zone
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  list grows, the more choices you have.
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  And when you eat out a busy restaurant or feel that you're
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  feeling stressed or pressured, that's the time to choose those
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  foods from your Green Zone. And when you're feeling playful
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  or comfortable, you might choose Amber.
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  And if you're feeling courageous, adventurous,
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  mentally strong, even just playful, maybe you choose one or
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  two things from the red zone just to see.
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  Because now you know that you are in control.
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  You get to choose. You no longer try.
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  You choose. You choose them, you test them,
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  and every experience makes you more discerning.
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  Knowing what you feel comfortable with, what you like
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  and what you don't like. You are a food explorer,
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  curious, brave, discerning, and every time your Green Zone
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  grows, one choice at a time feels like a victory that when
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  you. Choose those red.
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  Foods or amber foods, you could be discerning about how how you
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  make it more winnable for you. How you find the higher ground.
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  And maybe you could imagine yourself a year from now,
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  imagine yourself eating foods that right now are on your amber
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  zone but in the future will be in your Green Zone.
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  Get a sense that your Green Zone is growing and growing until you
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  have so many choices but no location, no situation feels
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  daunting, no environment feels pressured because you have so
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  many choices upon which to choose.
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  Get a sense that this is your future, a winnable future of
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  exploration, testing, choosing and winning.
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  But it's time to return all the way back to the here and now,
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  taking these new ways of thinking with you.
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  You are choosing and choosing to have more choices.
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  So take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your
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  nose. Just wiggle your fingers and
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  wiggle your toes. Connect and calibrate into the
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  here and now. That's it.
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  As I count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you starting to count 123
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  waking up 456, more alert. 7-8. Open your eyes.
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  Open your eyes, 910. Wide awake, wide awake, wide
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