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Hypnosis to Replace an Emotionally Triggered Habit · 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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  for a client that had a very specific habit that would.
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  Happen at night. And it was normally when they
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  were in a low mood, so feeling let's say not great, slightly
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  depressed or just not in the best mood and they would do
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  something to change their mood. It just wasn't the best way of
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  changing. Their state.
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  And when I asked the question to this client, what would have
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  worked better to actually change their mood, they came up with
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  some really good ideas about exercising or having a gratitude
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  journal, changing their breathing, having a cold shower,
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  things that actually would improve their mood much better
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  than what they were doing. But they wanted to break that
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  pattern. And sometimes it's useful to
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  make a distinction between the intention, which is normally
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  positive, and then the vehicle to meet that intention, which
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  isn't always optimal. And for this client, the
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  intention was to improve their mood, but the thing that they
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  were doing wasn't really doing that.
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  And actually it made them feel worse about themselves.
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  So it wasn't even doing the job that it was designed to do.
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  So in this hypnosis session, I actually use a metaphor of the
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  Three Little Pigs. The Three Little Pigs is a fairy
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  tale, like a children's story, but there's two key things
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  there. All three of the pigs had the
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  same intention, which. Was to.
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  Have a house that protected them, but only one of.
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  The three pigs, actually. Built a house that did that.
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  Also the third pig that. Was quite smart.
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  Would outmanoeuvre the wolf by pre empting them, anticipating
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  their intention and then doing something different.
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  To. Out manoeuvre and.
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  Outplay. Outsmart.
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  The wolf. So I use that as an analogy so
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  that the client could figure out that yes, they have this
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  intention and almost the wolf becomes that urge that they have
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  to do something destructive, but to outmanoeuvre them by doing
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  something that would actually meet the need in a more elegant
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  way. I.
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  Think. Anyone that has a habit?
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  That they want to break will. Benefit from this, but in
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  particular if it's a late night habit, then you'll get more
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  value because that's. What the client?
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  That I was working with, that's what they were dealing with.
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  The ideal way for you to benefit from this is to find a nice,
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  quiet, comfortable place where you won't be disturbed, relax
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  and just enjoy the session. Take a deep breath in and as you
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  breathe in, breathe in that slow, long relaxing breath and
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  as you exhale, feel a sense of release and relief as it feels
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  like any stress, tension and worries starting to leave your
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  body in that outward breath. As you find yourself naturally
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  breathing in, relaxation and exhaling tension with every
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  breath taking you deeper and deeper, relaxed.
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  As your body relaxes, your imagination awakens and I wonder
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  if you can remember being a child and being read a bedtime
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  story. Maybe you can use the power of
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  your imagination to imagine being a child in that same bed
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  being read a story of the Three Little Pigs, and I want you to
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  think of that first pig, the stupid pig.
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  Bad choices. They had the intention to
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  shelter and protect, but the vehicle they used was a House of
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  straw. It was a good intention, but an
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  ineffective solution. And that pig got eaten.
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  And there was another pig, another good intention.
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  That intention was to keep themselves safe.
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  But also the wrong tool, the wrong solution, the wrong
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  materials also led to that pig's demise.
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  But there was a pig in that story that had intelligence and
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  foresight. And when the wolf would kind of
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  trick, that pig was always one step ahead.
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  Whatever time that arranged to meet the pig would have already
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  done something in advance to do the thing, leaving that wolf
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  high and dry. And that pig also had a
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  wonderful intention to have a safe house.
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  But that pig was willing to do a bit more work and to invest a
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  bit more thought. And that pig found a good
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  solution to a wonderful intention, and in doing so
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  managed to outsmart the wolf. And I want you to think, think
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  of the wolf as a part of you that is trying to trick you and
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  to do something that doesn't align with your interests.
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  Maybe it's hijacking a positive intention, but trying to
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  encourage you to find a bad solution to that positive
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  intention. And I want you to think.
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  Think of the intention behind a particular behaviour.
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  Maybe it's to improve your mood, maybe it's to make you feel
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  better. I want you to get a sense that
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  the intention itself is wonderful.
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  Your unconscious mind is attempting to help you improve
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  the quality of your emotions, your mood, and your life.
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  And I want you to thank that part.
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  Thank that part for giving you an insight, not just in terms of
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  how you're feeling, but how you can solve that problem.
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  But I want you to thank that part for the intention, not for
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  the vehicle it's recommending, because I want you to think that
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  if you were feeling in a low mood late at night, there would
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  be so many other solutions to that problem.
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  You could listen to a recording that immediately puts you in a
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  different state, makes you feel a different way, and when you
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  feel a different way, any urge to do something undesirable
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  simply disappears. I want you to think of how good
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  you felt in the past when you've been truly considerate and
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  thoughtful and helpful for someone else, and if those times
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  when you did those things and thought that way really did make
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  you feel better. Let me know about nodding your
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  head and if it made you feel better then it stands to reason
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  it will also make you feel better in the future as you
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  start to separate intention from execution.
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  You can agree with the intention to change and improve your mood,
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  but find a more elegant way of doing that.
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  And maybe that is to be thoughtful and considerate and
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  helpful. Maybe it's to learn one new
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  thing that enhances your life. Maybe it's to do something
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  physical. And maybe that's 5 or 10 minutes
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  of exercise making you stronger, changing how you feel about
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  yourself, giving you an opportunity to go beyond what
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  you've done before. And I want you to imagine how
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  you would feel if it was late at night.
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  Just imagine doing some exercises and you get to decide
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  if you think this would make you feel better.
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  Maybe it would make you feel stronger, accomplished,
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  energized or something else. Or maybe you would take a
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  shower, hot or cold, just to break you out of that temporary
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  emotional mood, giving you a different feeling.
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  And don't be surprised if that new feeling enables you to go
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  back to bed, sleep deeply in a way where you feel much better
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  about yourself. Or maybe, maybe it's an
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  opportunity if you wake up in the middle of the night feeling
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  in a particular mood of some kind.
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  What if this was an opportunity to train your body in your
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  diaphragm to breathe differently?
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  Long breaths in, retaining the breath and feeling on the
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  outward breath, you're releasing any of those unhelpful emotions,
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  and then retaining that breath when there's nothing in your
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  lungs activates the diaphragm so that the next breath in is even
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  deeper than the last. I want you to imagine if 30 or
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  40 long deep breaths would change your mood.
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  And each time those breaths get longer and deeper.
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  Imagine your cortisol levels going down and your oxytocin and
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  serotonin increasing. That simply by breathing
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  differently you can release stress and anxiety and activate
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  those feel good hormones. Or maybe you decide to reflect
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  on the day, any frustrations, annoyances, get them out of your
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  head, into somewhere different, on a screen, on a piece of
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  paper. But then command your mind to
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  focus on what you're truly grateful for.
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  And maybe that's qualities that you admire in yourself.
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  Maybe it's things that are healthy in you, but aren't
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  necessarily healthy in all people of your age.
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  Maybe it's the people in your life.
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  There will be a day that comes when none of us are here.
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  Isn't it a good idea to be grateful for those people that
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  positively impact your life while they are?
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  Or perhaps, perhaps it's your cognitive powers to create
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  ideas, to think of things differently.
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  Maybe it's a moment, an experience.
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  I want you to get a sense that there is infinite things to be
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  grateful for, and by training your brain and your mind to hone
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  in on what you are grateful for, you increase those wonderful
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  feelings, enabling you to successfully improve your mood.
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  I want you to think of this as having so many options to
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  improve your mood, and what previously was the first choice
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  is now falling down a hierarchy so it's not even on the list.
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  Because there are so many more elegant, effective ways to meet
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  that need that actually do the job properly.
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  In any other area of your life, if you bought something to do
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  something and it didn't do it, you would stop using that thing.
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  A hammer that can never hammer a nail.
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  Why would you continue to use the hammer if it can't do the
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  job that you bought it to do? And I want you to reflect that
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  for so long now you've been using a vehicle to get you to a
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  destination, but it's been breaking down on every journey.
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  It's not getting you to the place you wanted it to.
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  And if you're ready to let go of that vehicle and to consider
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  using vehicles that will be more useful, let me know by nodding
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  your head. And the next time you feel a
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  particular. Urge related.
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  To a mood. You'll smile just like that
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  intelligent little pig. You will have things planned in
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  advance. You will outsmart and
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  outmanoeuvre the wolf. So when it comes knocking,
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  you're already prepared. And if you have an idea of what
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  you will do when that moment comes, let me know by nodding
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  your head. That's it.
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  Because you can either outsmart the wolf or be eaten by the
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  wolf. The choice is yours.
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  It's time to leave this place with a clear intention to do
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  something now or in the future when the time arises to make it
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  empowering for you to rewire your brain in new useful ways
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  that are helpful now, but also build new habits that enhance
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  the quality of your life. So take a deep breath in through
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  your nose and out through your nose.
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  Just wiggle your fingers and wiggle your toes, let's say.
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  Connect and calibrate into the here and the now as I now count
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  from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you.
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  Starting to count 123 waking up 456 more alert 7-8.
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  Open your eyes. Open your eyes 910.
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  Wide awake. Wide awake.
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  Wide awake. Thank you for listening to The
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