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The Hypnotic Stepping Stones to a Future of Endless Food Possibilities · 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'll be listening to a hypnosis session created
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  for a client that had real issues with food that they
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  hadn't experienced before. And it really restricted the
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  amount of food that they could eat.
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  They were very much reliant on certain snacks and cold foods
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  and very, very limited amounts of hot foods.
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  It would feel daunting, stressful, just sometimes
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  impossible for them to eat certain foods and they didn't
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  want to do this. This wasn't through choice.
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  It was a debilitating aversion or hurdle.
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  So what you can hear in this hypnosis session is a way of
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  framing all of the previous foods that they've ever tasted
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  that they do feel comfortable as manageable stepping stones to
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  other foods like that. And that's how a lot of people
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  that, let's say, are less adventurous with food tend to
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  think anyway. If they've had, you know, an
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  apple before and there's something that's a new species
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  of apple, they have a belief that it's going to be OK because
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  they've had different varieties of apples before.
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  And therefore this creates a very easy, you can think of it
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  as an on ramp. It's a very easy transition to
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  go from eating something to eating something very similar.
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  And when you do that enough, it actually expands like a network.
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  A network is a connected nodes. Each node is like a a point and
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  then off that can come other kind of strands which go to
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  future nodes. So every food that ever had
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  before is like a node, and then the action of trying a different
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  food similar to that create the opportunity to expand the
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  network even more. Nodes are more technical terms.
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  Most people can't think of a node within a network, but
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  stepping stones we can. And therefore, if you think of a
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  stepping stone, and one stepping stone could lead to three or
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  four more stepping stones, and each one of those stepping
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  stones could lead to more stepping stones, pretty soon you
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  can expand way out of where you originally were because each one
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  creates more opportunities to expand further.
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  So I think if you either feel an aversion to certain foods, but I
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  would also say that this session could be really useful if you
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  feel limited in a different area.
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  Let's say it's social things. You could think of the social
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  things that you do feel comfortable with and then think
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  of things very, very similar to that, which then expands that
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  network. And that's really useful because
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  that's how the brain kind of works.
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  Neural pathways are a network. It's not just kind of lines of
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  code. It's a network of neurons that
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  create these neural pathways. And there's a great saying that
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  networks, neural networks that fire together, wire together.
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  And therefore it's quite a good strategy.
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  So to get the most out of this session, to think of an area of
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  your your life that you feel fairly comfortable and then what
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  it would be to expand that, whether it's food related or
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  not. And if that's the case, that it
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  isn't food related, just allow food to be a metaphor to give
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  you an idea of what expanding your comfort zone would look
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  like. Obviously this was created for
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  an individual, so a lot of the suggestions are going to be
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  highly relevant to someone with issues with the variety of food
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  that they were eating. But if you like the idea of
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  working with me bespoke to you and your needs, there will be a
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  link in the show notes where you can schedule that free
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  consultation call. For now though, find a quiet,
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  comfortable place where you won't be disturbed.
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  Relax and enjoy the session. Take a deep breath in, and as
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  you breathe in, breathe in a slow relaxing breath.
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  And as you exhale, just allow your eyelids to close and as
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  they close, feel a wave of relaxation going from your
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  forehead all the way down your eyes, all the way down into your
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  jaw. Just feel that wonderful feeling
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  of calm and relaxation. And when you breathe in, breathe
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  in just ever so slightly deeper than the breath before.
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  Maybe you feel your chest rise or your diaphragm expand, maybe
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  breathing deeper down into the belly.
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  And as you exhale, I wonder if you can elongate the outward
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  breath to make it a tiny bit longer than the breath before.
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  So breath, bright breath, you're breathing in deeper and exhaling
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  for longer. And what if each breath enabled
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  you to feel deeper and deeper, relaxed, almost like you're
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  calming your mind? That as your body feels more
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  relaxed, your mind quietens and opens up to the possibility of
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  wonderful positive changes. Keep on allowing your body to
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  release tension in every outward breath and feel yourself
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  becoming more and more relaxed, calm and at ease.
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  I want you to imagine perhaps a place that you've always found
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  comfortable in. A place where you can just relax
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  with no worries. Maybe a place from the peasant
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  or a place from the past. Maybe a cosy room place in a
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  park or a garden, somewhere where you feel completely safe
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  and at ease. And as you let this feeling of
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  being safe and relaxed grow, also allow your thoughts to slow
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  down as if they are drifting away on a gentle breeze.
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  With each breath you relax further.
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  And with every word I say, I wonder if you could feel more
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  open and ready to embrace new possibilities.
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  I want you to think of a future version of you, not far away in
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  the future, maybe just six months, where all the changes
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  you would like to happen have already happened.
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  Just imagine that version of you six months from now, eating in
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  restaurants, choosing anything you like from the menu, eating
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  out with friends, not feeling that there has to be any caution
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  or excuses. You can simply eat whatever you
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  would like, whenever you like. I want you to see that future, a
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  future where you can go out and have a burger with friends, or a
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  slice of pizza, hot meals and so much variety.
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  And I want you to imagine that there are many ways that that
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  future becomes a reality. Perhaps on one day you try
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  eating some foods that you never thought you could, and because
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  you do, it creates a revolution in your mind, but nothing can
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  quite go back to how it was before.
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  Something significant happens, almost like the straw that
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  breaks the camel's back, like a dam is burst and a future gushes
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  through, giving you limitless potential.
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  It doesn't have to be that way. It could also be day after day,
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  week after week, tiny progress. Just one new food you weren't
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  eating before become something you feel fine with, and that
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  becomes a stepping stone. I want you to picture a table.
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  And on that table is all the foods you already feel
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  comfortable eating. Your favorite meals, snacks,
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  flavours, some food that's cooked, lots that aren't.
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  These are foods you know and enjoy, and they make you feel
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  safe and at ease thinking about them or eating them.
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  But let's imagine that each of these foods is a stepping stone
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  that leads towards something new.
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  If you feel comfortable with a slice of bread or toast, it's
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  not that far away to eat the bun of a burger.
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  If you enjoy eating chips, it's not that hard to imagine eating
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  fries by the side of a burger. You start to see these things as
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  different versions of something you already like, and maybe you
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  think of a time when you've eaten something like beef jerky.
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  Beef is beef, and maybe you could imagine that a burger
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  isn't so different. And notice how these small
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  changes feel more achievable when you think of them as being
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  similar to things that you're already comfortable with, like a
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  gentle evolution of what you already know.
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  Each new food is just a tiny step from where you are now, and
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  every attempt feels manageable and safe.
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  And what if you started thinking about eating new foods?
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  There's no big deal. See them as a fun experiment, a
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  shot to nothing. If you try something new and
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  like it, that's a success. And if you try and don't like
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  it, or perhaps feel that you can't chew or swallow, it's no
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  big deal. You simply try again another
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  time. No pressure, only possibilities.
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  Nobody was born having already tried food.
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  Every food that you feel comfortable eating now there was
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  a time that you had never tried it.
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  So think of all the foods you've tried, even those that were just
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  once. Then think of those that were
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  once once but are now familiar regular foods.
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  Each one is proof of your ability to explore, adapt and
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  grow. Your previous behaviour becomes
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  evidence that you can do something slightly different
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  from what you've done before. The leap from going from a chip
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  to a baked potato isn't that that hard, because they're still
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  potatoes, and if you can have a normal whole potato, you could
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  have a sweet potato and all the different varieties of that.
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  Everything you've eaten before is a stepping stone.
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  You try a new vegetable once that's raw, it's only a small
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  step towards having the same food cooked.
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  And there's many different ways to cook foods roasted, steamed,
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  boiled, fried or blended in a soup.
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  And if you try a new type of meat, maybe you can imagine
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  exploring all the different ways it can be cooked or seasoned,
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  eaten in a sandwich on a plate right next to chips.
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  Or perhaps when you think of all the times you've drunk a
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  smoothie, isn't a soup or a Stew just a smoothie of savoury foods
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  that's hot. Allow your mind to see all the
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  links to what is familiar, comfortable, not too different
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  from what you're already doing, and before long you'll begin to
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  realize something profound. It's no longer about whether you
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  can eat certain foods instead, and very quickly it becomes
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  about what you want to eat. Most people in the world have
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  tried less than 1% of all the foods that exist.
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  You don't need to feel comfortable eating all the
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  foods, just feel comfortable evolving, taking that leap from
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  that stepping stone to something slightly different to those
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  things you're already eating. Your food world will expand so
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  much that your choices are based on desire or perhaps other
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  motives like fuel for sport food that just linked to social
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  occasions but no longer linked to limitation.
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  So think back to that version of you in the near future, but this
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  time imagine yourself sitting at a table with friends or family
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  really enjoying a meal. And maybe it is that burger with
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  fries, or a slice of pizza, or perhaps a three course meal in a
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  nice restaurant. See yourself feeling relaxed and
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  at ease, choosing foods that you enjoy without hesitation.
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  Imagine that as a bright future, a compelling future, a
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  motivating future for you, a future where you have.
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  So many choices that eating becomes simple and enjoyable and
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  before long something you do effortlessly.
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  You don't think about walking or breathing.
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  There's so many things you do on autopilot and you see yourself
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  in the future eating foods effortlessly, seeing yourself
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  looking free, confident, but also excited about the variety
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  in your meals. From this point forward, every
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  time you try something new, you're taking another step
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  towards this future. Every new food becomes a new
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  stepping stone to other new foods, which in turn become new
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  stepping stones, enabling you to have so much variety.
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  Each small success builds your confidence and every attempt is
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  an opportunity. And to get to that version of
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  you, you were patient with yourself.
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  Change can happen fast or slow, and sometimes just one small
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  step at a time. As you imagine that future, feel
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  that you are unlocking all of the resources to make that
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  future possible. And as you hold that thought,
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  it's time to return to the here and now with a sense of
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  optimism, hope, and excitement for the future.
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  It's a feel that you are leaving that place and returning to the
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  here and now. As you take a deep breath in
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  through your nose and out through your nose, just wiggle
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  your fingers and wiggle your toes.
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  Connect fully into the here and now.
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  As I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you, you will
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  awaken with a sense of clarity, the feeling that this game is
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  winnable. Looking forward to taking those
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  small evolutionary steps. Starting to count 123 Waking up
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  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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