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PTSD Hypnosis to Release Trauma and Feel Empowered · 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 can listen to a fairly short hypnosis session.
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  And it was actually just a way of cementing some of the work
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  that we had done with the client in the session, but they wanted.
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  The ability to. Do the same thing with other
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  memories and this client had symptoms of PTSD, so post
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  traumatic stress disorder, and that is one of those symptoms is
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  reliving a traumatic memory or things that remind them of that
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  traumatic event. Set them off and they can feel
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  tearful or overwhelmed or panicky or whatever it might be.
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  They can be triggered into emotions and one of the memories
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  that was very traumatic for them was seeing a parent being very
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  cruel to an animal. At an age.
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  Where they were too young to do anything about it, maybe six or
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  seven years old. Because of that, not only did
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  they feel powerless and helpless, but they also felt
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  guilty that somehow they caused that thing to happen, which
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  isn't true, but it can feel like it's true at the time.
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  And these things can play out. And as a result of seeing this
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  cruelty now as an adult, they're very protective over animals
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  and, and they, they help vulnerable people and, and
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  animals, but they couldn't, they couldn't have the ability at the
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  time. So this is about looking at the
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  past in a way to give it a new meaning, to scramble up the
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  memory in the way that was causing some kind of trauma or
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  link to an unresourceful state. And then taking the current
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  version of themself plus a a resourceful previous version of
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  themself into that memory to update it the way that they
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  would want it to be. And in doing so, it can help
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  with situations where there might be clear memories
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  connected to something that links to symptoms of PTSD.
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  So if you feel that this resonates with you, think of
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  those things. And we're going to do it in a
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  way that makes it safe for you to do that.
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  It's called stage disassociation.
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  You're not going to relive the moment until you've messed up
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  the link between the moment and any kind of emotions connected
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  to it. So you can think about that, but
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  wait until the session starts. So you do it in a way where
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  you've got at least one or two levels of stages to really
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  disassociate so you're not reliving a traumatic memory
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  again, but you're looking at it in a way where you can change it
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  and make it empowering for you. And if PTSD or anxiety triggers
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  are plaguing you in some way and you do want a more bespoke
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  session, there will be a link in the show notes where you can
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  schedule that free consultation call to explore working with me.
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  For now though, 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, just imagine
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  breathing in a feeling of calm and relaxation.
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  Breathing in that relaxation and as you exhale, just allow your
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  eyelids to close as you give permission to yourself to go to
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  a place of relaxation where change can happen naturally.
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  Breathing in that resourceful relaxation and allowing any
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  feelings of tension, worry, or even helplessness to feel like
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  it's leaving your body in that outward breath.
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  It almost feels like you're breathing in strength,
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  empowerment, a deep sense of compassion.
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  And what you're exhaling is any feelings of helplessness, any
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  feelings of weakness, any feelings of powerlessness.
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  Allow those unresourceful feelings to feel like you're
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  exhaling them, breathing in what you need and exhaling what you
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  don't. I want you to use the power of
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  your imagination to imagine a secret room in your mind that
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  looks like your own private cinema.
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  Imagine walking into that private cinema, seeing that
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  large screen, and imagine seeing very, very comfortable chairs.
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  And I want you to find the most comfortable chair.
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  Consider yourself Goldilocks. Maybe one chair is too hard, the
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  other too soft. And find the most comfortable
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  chair. And imagine placing yourself on
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  that comfortable chair in your own private cinema, in your
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  mind's eye, and you're about to see a memory.
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  A memory that originally was traumatic or emotionally
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  overwhelming in some way. You're not reliving the memory
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  because you're in a private cinema, you're just seeing the
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  memory as if it was a movie on a screen.
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  And originally I want you to imagine seeing it from a first
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  person perspective, almost like there was a body Cam on you back
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  then that filmed everything. You're not re experiencing the
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  memory, you're seeing the footage of that memory.
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  So play it forwards from beginning to end, knowing that
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  you are safe and comfortable in a cinema, seeing a memory on a
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  screen. And maybe there's certain
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  elements of that memory that feel distressing because you
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  remember what happened and that's OK.
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  But I want you to imagine you have a remote control for this
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  movie of this memory with brightly colored buttons.
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  I want you to notice that different buttons do different
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  things. You can turn the whole memory
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  into an animated cartoon and try that.
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  Now press that button, change the memory into a cartoon, and
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  notice it feels different. There's another button makes
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  everything like a black and white movie, and that changes
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  things. There's a button that shrinks
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  down the movie to the size of a dot, and when it's small that
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  also drains any emotion away. Make it the normal size, but
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  this time imagine that there's a rewind button.
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  So everything's happening backwards again.
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  You're in a cinema, just seeing a movie of a memory, but now
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  everything is happening backwards.
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  People are walking backwards, talking backwards, everything is
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  happening backwards. There's another button that
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  flips it, so now it's happening backwards and upside down.
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  Or perhaps you turn it into what would look like an old
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  photographic negative, just black and white but inversed.
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  It all feels very strange. And then attempt to play it
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  forward, seeing a button on this remote that scrambles
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  everything. Just imagine that all these
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  moments are scrambled up, and sometimes you try to listen to
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  an old bit of music and an old CD or vinyl, but the track skips
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  it plays a bit of the song, jumps forward, then jumps back,
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  and the song is unlistenable simply because it doesn't follow
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  the same sequence. So as you allow this memory to
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  jump forward and back, scramble it up like all the scenes are in
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  a blender, and it just doesn't seem to make any sense.
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  Again, notice it's draining away any of the emotions to this
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  memory. You know what happened happened,
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  but any connection to a physical sensation in your body seems to
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  be diluting and changing and dissipating.
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  And just imagine there is a cord, a rope, or a piece of
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  string that goes from you to this movie.
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  And consider this cord an attachment of emotions.
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  We need to imagine you have a pair of golden scissors.
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  Moment you cut the cord, the memory will exist, but no more
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  emotions will be connected to it.
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  No more disempowering emotions. And when the time is right, just
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  imagine cutting that cord with golden scissors and feeling that
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  the memory can exist without needing to link to any memories
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  that make you feel bad in any way.
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  When you're ready to do that, let me know about nodding your
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  head. That's it.
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  You've now got a scrambled movie of an old memory that, no matter
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  how you play in it, doesn't seem to make you feel anything.
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  But the absence of a feeling isn't quite enough.
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  The past is the past. So let's make it empowering and
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  positive for you. Rewind it to the beginning, but
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  this time see yourself as characters in the memory, but
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  this time 2 versions of you. The version of you as you were,
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  but with all of your strength and memories and the current
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  version of you back in that same memory.
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  The past and the present are now colliding.
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  There is 2 versions of you. And then play that memory
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  forward the way you would have wanted it to have been if you
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  could go back in time and make it as you would have wanted it
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  to have been. I want you to bring justice to a
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  sense of injustice, power to a sense of powerlessness, fairness
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  to something that was unfair to right or wrong.
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  Remember, you're in the cinema watching this on the screen, but
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  you're now seeing 2 versions of You Make Things Right.
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  You're the director of this movie.
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  Keep changing different variations of this new memory,
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  this new movie, until it's exactly the way you would want
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  it to be. Something that makes you feel.
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  Is the audience watching this satisfied, Powerful.
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  You are rooting for yourself on screen to bring justice to an
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  injustice. And when you find that updated
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  version feels just right, let me know by nodding your head and
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  then rewind it to the beginning. And then step into one of the
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  versions of you. Maybe the younger version of you
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  that was in that moment, or maybe the version of you that is
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  your current age. Now back in that memory, you're
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  in a first person perspective. And now feel, feel that sense of
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  power, strength, courage, a sense of justice.
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  And because this is just your imagination, you can add special
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  powers, invincibility, fearlessness, super strength.
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  I want you to get a sense that you could even enable someone to
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  change places. So if someone is being cruel,
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  they experience their own cruelty on themselves.
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  If someone is being mean or abusive, they are then the
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  perpetrator and the victim simultaneously.
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  Consider this karmic justice. Update things, but feel that you
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  are in your own body, in the memory, experiencing it as you
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  would have wanted it to have been if you could make it
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  powerful for you. Try out different versions until
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  there is a certain combination of things that happen that make
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  you feel strong, powerful, like a hero, a sense of justice.
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  And when you found that winning combination, let me know by
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  nodding your head, knowing that you can come back to this
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  private cinema in your mind whenever you choose to do
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  something different with this memory or any other.
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  To banish some demons that have been plaguing you for a while,
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  to give a sense of powerfulness and empowerment to something
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  that felt different. I want you to get a sense then.
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  It all makes sense now. Certain emotions that you were
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  holding onto weren't yours. I want you to get a sense then.
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  You've got clarity now. You know that those emotions
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  weren't for you, they were for someone else.
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  I want you to get a sense then. Now you know that those emotions
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  can seek out their rightful owner.
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  Whether they claim them or not is unimportant.
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  The emotions for you to keep are the empowering, positive, useful
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  emotions. The combination of perhaps
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  compassion and strength. Anything else, whether it's
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  sadness, anxiety, guilt or stress, whenever for you.
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  So allow them to find their rightful owner.
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  And when they found their rightful owner, let me know by
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  nodding your head. And then you can leave that
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  screen, finding yourself back there in the cinema.
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  And now, even if you try to play the original memory and try and
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  do that, now, notice the feelings have changed.
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  There is a sense of objectivity, perspective.
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  You can see what really happened, knowing that you have
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  all of the strength and power to live your life on your terms,
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  without holding the emotional baggage of someone else.
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  Now we need to get a sense. Then you can leave this private
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  cinema in your mind, knowing that you are powerful, you are
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  strong, that you have the qualities to make a difference.
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  So as you leave that cinema, find yourself starting to
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  connect with your present body, your present moment, with a deep
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  sense of empowerment, but also perspective.
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  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. Start to calibrate with the here
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  and the now as I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you.
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  You'll awaken feeling strong, powerful, with a sense that the
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  past is the past, and you can extract all of the wisdom,
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  insight, and value from that, and none of any emotions that
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  are disempowering in any way. Starting to count 123 Waking up
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  456. More alert 7-8.
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  Open your eyes, open your eyes. 910 Wide awake, wide awake, wide
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  awake. Thank you for listening to The
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