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Hypnosis for Losing Weight Without Stress and Struggle · 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
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  genuine. Issues.
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  Brought to you by the hypnotherapist, demanded by
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  celebrities, CEOs and even royalty, Adam Cox.
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  These recordings took place live from Evans Clinic in London's
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  world famous Harley Street. So get yourself comfortable and
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  enjoy today's episode of the. Hypnotist do you ever feel that
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  in order to lose weight it has to be very stressful?
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  Lots of pressure, lots of rules, eating food you don't like, and
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  even then you've got to really battle your way through it.
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  Adam here. And I was working with a client
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  that really felt that way and they had attempted to lose
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  weight on almost 100 different occasions.
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  They did it from a place of stress and pressure and
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  perfectionism. They would give themselves very,
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  very challenging rules and standards that they had to
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  follow. And if they didn't, then they
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  would be very critical with themself and quite often because
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  they couldn't deal with that shame and blame and low self
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  worth, they would then reject it eventually and go back to eating
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  in a normal way. And this in in almost ensured
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  this almost pattern of attempt and then failure, attempt and
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  failure. And there is a psychological
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  phenomenon called learned helplessness.
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  Whereas if you attempt and fail something enough times, your
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  brain doesn't even believe that you can.
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  In this hypnosis session, we actually start with the future.
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  And they wanted to imagine themselves wearing jeans of a
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  certain size and looking good and feeling comfortable in those
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  clothes, and then working backwards and saying, right,
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  there are two different strategies that could get them
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  to that place. The strategy they've always
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  done, full of perfectionism and stress, and a different one
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  which is more aligned with progress and feeling natural and
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  just making good choices consistently.
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  And then they got to observe which one is more likely to help
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  them move forwards. So if you feel that losing
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  weight is a struggle and it's very stressful and you want to
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  lose weight without the stress and the struggle, this could be
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  a very useful session. Just be aware that some of the
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  suggestions are entirely tailored to the client that I
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  was working with and might not be quite right for you.
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  So if you like the idea of using hypnosis to lose weight and you
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  think I might be able to help you, there will be a link in the
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  description where you can book a free consultation call to
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  explore working with me and we can have a chat on Zoom and I'll
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  explain how I work and what's different from just listening to
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  these recordings. For now though, find a quiet,
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  comfortable place, the kind of lace where you're not going to
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  be 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, feel a wonderful sense of release, as
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  if any tension, worries or stress is starting to leave your
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  body. As you breathe out, breathing
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  in, relaxation, exhaling tension.
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  Each breath takes you deeper and deeper, relaxed eyelids feeling
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  heavier. And scan your face and neck and
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  shoulders for any clues of tension.
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  And just giving permission to allow your body to release any
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  feelings of pressure and stress and instead allow a feeling of
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  ease, a feeling of freedom as you breathe in.
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  Imagine breathing in a feeling of resourceful relaxation, and
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  as you exhale, just allow any feelings or echoes of stress to
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  feel like it's leaving your body, and imagine them as
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  shadows or dark grey clouds just leaving your body as you breathe
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  out. And because you're exhaling
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  stress and exhaling pressure and breathing in that resourceful
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  feeling of relaxation, each breath takes you deeper and
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  deeper. Relaxed.
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  As you breathe in and breathe out, your body feels more
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  relaxed. And as your body relaxes, your
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  imagination awakens. And I wonder if you could
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  imagine staring into one of those crystal balls, The kind of
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  1A fortune teller or a Mystic may have.
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  Consider that big glass ball a window into your future.
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  And I want you to imagine a very desirable future.
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  As you stare into the ball, you can almost see a hologram of
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  yourself months in the future, smiling.
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  I want you to imagine seeing a future version of you wearing a
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  particular size of jeans That would be evidence of an
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  emotional and physical transformation.
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  I wonder if you can see yourself wearing those jeans, perhaps in
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  a public place like a restaurant out with friends.
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  And I want you to see what are the clothes you're wearing with
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  those jeans so you get a sense of your body shape.
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  But what's more important than your body shape is your
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  demeanor. And maybe you notice how relaxed
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  you look. Maybe you notice how much you're
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  smiling, the way your facial expressions and body language
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  gives you a clue that this future version of you is oozing
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  confidence, smiling, laughing. See how comfortable you look in
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  your own skin, a complete absence of stress, pressure and
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  rules. And see that future version of
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  you looking comfortable, relaxed, and just natural.
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  But you can see that future version of you wearing those
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  jeans in that public place, socializing with friends.
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  Just imagine stepping into the crystal ball like you're a
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  stranger in the same place now, seeing yourself the same way a
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  stranger would look at you. And if you could see yourself
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  with that same level of confidence, that same comfort in
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  your own skin, smiling, relaxed. Let me know by nodding your
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  head. That's it.
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  And I want you to imagine floating up over that version of
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  you and going back in time to see the timeline that connects
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  you with that future version of you.
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  And because this is just your imagination, just imagine the
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  version of you in the present is being duplicated to create 2
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  identical versions of you. Because sometimes the only way
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  we can know the best way to get from A to B is to compare
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  different strategies. And let's just say that first
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  version of you can't make any mistakes, has to do it right all
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  the time. That first version of you can't
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  mess up, can't get it wrong. And I want you to imagine
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  observing that first version of you has to count calories, has
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  to do a certain amount of steps, has to exercise a certain number
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  of times. And I want you to see the
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  expression of that version of you maybe looking more stressed,
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  maybe more pressured, maybe move more in a dialogue of blame and
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  shame, genuinely feeling that everything has to be done
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  perfectly, and just be the observer of that version of you.
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  And that version of you still loses weight, but maybe does it
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  with more stress and more pressure and finds it more
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  difficult to recover from a set back.
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  And if you can observe some of the challenges that that version
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  of you would face, let me know by nodding your head.
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  But remember, there's two of you.
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  So let's imagine the other version of you doesn't need
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  stress to lose weight. They understand that they need
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  to be in a calorie deficit, that the more they move, the more
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  they boost their metabolism. They know the need to eat good
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  quality food. But beyond that, no need to
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  count every single calorie, no need to follow rigid regimes.
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  I want you to see that version of you in a more natural way of
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  losing weight, choosing to have the best quality foods because
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  you really enjoy good quality foods.
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  That version of you sees progress as an energy booster,
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  and that might be weight lost on the scales, a reflection in the
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  mirror, or perhaps simply making amazing choices.
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  But every time that version of you evaluates that they're
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  making progress, it galvanizes their enthusiasm and energy and
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  focus. I want you to see that second
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  version of you enjoying the journey, enjoying those long
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  walks, enjoying time in the gym, doing it with a level of
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  enthusiasm, energy and fun. And that second version of you
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  learns from setbacks. There is no failure, only
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  feedback. That second version of you is
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  very forgiving. If there's a set back, they
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  learn from it, dust themselves down, and you can always tell
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  that the inner dialogue of that second version of you is not
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  full of harsh criticism, blame and shame, but encouragement,
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  support, understanding, and in a pep talk.
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  That no matter what happens, they can dust themselves off and
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  start again with that new level of drive and enthusiasm.
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  And let's treat it like a game. You're the observer, and I want
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  you to see which of these two versions of you becomes that
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  future version of you, looking relaxed, comfortable, wearing
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  those jeans, smiling, oozing confidence.
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  And when you know which strategy, which version of you
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  is going to be more helpful? Let me know by nodding your
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  head. And I want you to float down
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  into that version of you and feel how it would feel to look
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  at things that way. No pressure, just a really
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  desirable image of the future that is tantalising.
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  You like eating healthy, delicious food.
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  That's no punishment. You enjoy moving your body,
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  walking, exercising as you consider yourself like an
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  incredible car or an expensive piece of machinery.
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  You're not a museum piece. You were meant to move and then
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  hear that in a dialogue right there behind your ear.
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  Lots of encouraging thoughts. You've got this.
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  You can do this. You love eating?
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  Then you don't need to eat then. Not from shame and blame and
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  criticism, but from support, encouragement.
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  And just notice in this reality that you don't need stress and
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  pressure to lose weight. There's only two things you need
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  alignment with the strategy that works and consistency.
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  And then just imagine living that way for several weeks and
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  then you have a set back. Something happens that means
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  that you didn't eat the kind of food you wanted or exercise in
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  the way that you wanted, but instead of feeling like a
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  failure, hear that in a dialogue.
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  Don't worry, it's only a minor set back.
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  Tomorrow will be fine, and if it feels that you can fall down and
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  get up with more enthusiasm than when you fell, if it feels that
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  this isn't a failure, just a feedback loop, perhaps even a
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  springboard into even more progress, let me know by nodding
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  your head. That's it.
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  But most of all, notice the absence of that stress.
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  The notice that instead of perfectionism, this version of
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  you is obsessed with progress. Progress could be anything.
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  A new recipe deciding to have slightly less of one thing to
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  try. A new fruit, vegetable or lean
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  protein to lift slightly heavier weights, to do an extra class,
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  to walk a different route. It's all progress.
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  It almost reminds you of when you used to play tennis for fun.
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  Not to win, just to get better. I don't want you to imagine
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  going on this journey, navigating all the difficult
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  things, a stressful day at work, a big social celebration.
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  Perhaps even the time of year where there's always more
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  temptations, a Thanksgiving meal, Christmas dinner.
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  And I want you to feel that there are so many ways that you
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  can deal with stress without needing food, breathing a
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  certain way, certain types of music, getting things out of
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  your head and writing them down. Stress does not need to be a
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  reason to eat. And if anything, you've learned
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  that breathing well, moving well, and just moving forwards
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  helps with stress more than food ever could.
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  So imagine going through time, navigating those challenges,
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  each one making you more resilient for the next, until
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  eventually imagine trying on genes of a certain size and they
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  just fit perfectly. Imagine the sensation of the
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  genes on your skin, looking yourself in a full length mirror
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  and making plans to meet up with friends.
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  And realize that when you're at this weight, just as you didn't
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  need to be perfect to lose the weight, you don't need to be
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  perfect to maintain that new weight.
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  Imagine having a burger or fries, even a pizza.
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  But imagine feeling so confident in your own body, feeling the
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  absence of that stress, feeling a sense of ease and natural
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  feeling that you deserve to be this shape.
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  And when you feel that way, consider this like coordinates
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  to where the treasure is on the map.
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  Now you know where it is, your unconscious will help you to
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  find it. Because this future is your
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  treasure and you know exactly the best strategy to find it
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  sooner. No failure, only feedback, No
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  perfectionism, only progress, giving your body what it needs
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  in a way that makes the journey just as enjoyable as the
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  destination. It's time to leave this future,
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  but take back all of these strategies, thoughts and ideas,
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  new ways of thinking, and even a new positive encouraging in a
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  dialogue to replace one that used to be critical and full of
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  blame and shame. So take a deep breath in through
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  your nose and out through your nose.
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  Wiggle your fingers, wiggle your toes, connect and calibrate into
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  the here and the now as I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to
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  awaken you. Starting to count 123.
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  Waking up 456 more alert 7-8. Open your eyes, open your eyes,
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  910. Wide awake, wide awake, wide
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  awake. Thank you so much for joining me
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  on today's episode of the Hypnotist.
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