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Hypnosis To Reduce Anxiety While Driving - Motorway Anxiety Hypnosis · 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 CE OS and even royalty Adam Cox, these
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  recordings took place live from Evans Clinic in London's world
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  famous Harley Street. 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 if you've ever felt anxious
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  on being on a big motorway, a freeway, busy roads, intense
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  traffic, then you might be able to connect with the overall
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  premise of this hypnosis session.
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  Because I was working with a client that for years we're
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  completely fine on motorways and busy roads.
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  But then. A couple.
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  Of things happened and it got them questioning whether or not
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  they could. Handle it.
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  And then that's how the seed of anxiety was formed and it grew.
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  And it grew because the idea of driving on roads made them feel
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  anxious that they would avoid going on roads, which then gave
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  them more evidence that they couldn't cope, which then
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  increased the anxiety. What this session does is.
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  Starts to link. Resourceful states.
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  Like confidence and. Fun, excitement, freedom,
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  fearlessness to the idea of driving.
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  Now, I've done a lot of work with this client before.
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  This is. Taking it to a first person
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  experiential perspective of imagining driving on roads that
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  previously were challenging for them, but in a really
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  resourceful way, and I use. Virtual.
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  Reality as the metaphorical device.
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  To get them. Imagining what it would be like
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  to be driving on roads in a first person perspective while
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  feeling confident. And we use this idea of avatars.
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  When they were 18 years old, they were driving fearlessly.
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  When they were 35 years old, they were driving very
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  experientially and they knew how to drive and it didn't faze them
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  at all. Or the future version of them
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  when they're finally through this and they can drive without
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  any issues. They get to choose the avatar
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  and then experience these previously challenging roads to
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  feel what it would feel like to be resourceful and confident
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  while driving on roads that once felt beyond reach.
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  So if you have motorway anxiety or driving anxiety, there might
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  be certain elements in this that you can really connect to.
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  Please be aware though that it was created for an individual.
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  They specifically had a anxiety connected to motorways and large
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  a roads and and dual carriageways.
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  For you, it might be different. You know, I've worked with
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  people that their fear is if it's kind of single.
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  Lanes but. You know, there's what seems to
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  be quite close online traffic on opposing traffic or it might be
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  like winding roads in the countryside.
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  This wasn't this client, but I've worked with people that are
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  so hone into any suggestions that really connect with where
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  your situation is. Ignore and disregard any that.
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  Don't quite fit. And if you like the idea of
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  having a bespoke session with me so that we get to build it
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  specific to you and your particular triggers or needs,
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  there will be a link in the description, but also on my
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  website, whichisadamcox.co.uk. Check that out.
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  Book a free consultation call, we'll have a chat and it might
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  be that you experience a live session with me rather.
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  Than just recordings like this one.
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  For now, though, find a quiet, comfortable place where you
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  won't be distracted or 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 that slow, long, relaxing breath.
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  And as you exhale, just allow your eyelids to close, and as
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  they close, give permission to release any tension.
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  That's it. Exhaling tension and breathing
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  in relaxation. Each breath enables you to
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  breathe in a feeling of resourcefulness and to exhale
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  like a valve. Any pressure, any stress, any
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  tension you've been holding onto.
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  And what if most of that pressure, tension, and stress is
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  linked to the idea that you should be doing something that
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  doesn't feel like it used to feel?
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  As you breathe in that feeling of resourcefulness, just scan
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  your body for any clues of tension, worry, or anxiety.
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  Imagine those feelings melting away, and then as you exhale,
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  just imagine a dark, shadowy color leaving your body and your
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  outward breath to represent that tension, anxiety or worry.
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  Many people feel tension around the back of the neck, the jaw,
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  around the temple, the forehead. So as you breathe in that
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  feeling of relaxation, give permission to release.
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  Imagine that tension leaving your body, arms and legs,
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  feeling more comfortable, more relaxed.
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  And if tension is around the face and the neck and the
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  shoulders, anxiety is often hiding there in the gut.
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  Sometimes it feels like a vice or a twisting sensation.
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  And just imagine, as you breathe in that feeling of resourceful
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  relaxation, any sensations there in the gut start to do the
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  opposite, twisting the other way around.
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  If something feels tight, allow it to expand.
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  That's it. And perhaps you've already
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  noticed that the deeper you breathe, the more relaxed you
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  feel. And paradoxically, the more
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  relaxed you feel, the deeper you breathe.
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  And as your body relaxes, your imagination can awaken.
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  And I want you to imagine what it would feel like to be in a
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  room with the world's most advanced virtual reality
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  headset. Perhaps you can imagine this is
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  technology from the future available now.
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  Virtual reality so good it becomes indistinguishable from
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  reality. And I want you to imagine as you
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  put the headset on, you are introduced to a screen where you
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  can see three different versions of you.
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  I want you to imagine seeing the 18 year old version of you, a
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  fearless driver. Nothing phases them when they're
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  behind the wheel, nothing feels daunting.
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  Everything feels doable and you could experience driving from
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  their perspective. But you have choice.
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  The second avatar. The second option is you as a 35
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  year old. A steady hand, wise experience,
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  confident and calm. That version of you is relaxed
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  at the very idea of driving a 7 or 8 hour drive.
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  No big deal. Motorways a roads not important.
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  Whatever's the fastest way is the right way.
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  Or maybe you'll choose that future version of you.
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  I want you to see the version of you that is happy when driving
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  on any road. In any conditions.
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  That version of you did have a period of their life where they
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  felt anxious, but they're over that now.
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  And see that future version of you, not just happy, but
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  resilient. They were able to harness a
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  feeling of courage, tenacity, or determination to get out the
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  other side. And I want you to imagine that
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  it doesn't matter which one you choose, because the next time
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  you listen to this recording, you could choose a different one
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  to connect different resources to that feeling of driving.
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  So once you've decided which of these three avatars you will
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  embody, now imagine stepping into that version of you and let
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  me know by nodding your head. That's it.
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  And I want you to breathe the way they breathe.
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  Have the inner dialogue that they have, feel just as relaxed
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  as they would feel and feel how you would feel about driving,
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  the way they would feel about driving.
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  Maybe it's fun, maybe it's just something pragmatic.
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  Maybe it represents freedom, or maybe it represents something
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  mundane that you've done 1000 times before.
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  And as you connect with that, I want you to imagine in this
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  virtual reality, you're not seeing a car, you're seeing your
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  car. I want you to imagine opening
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  the door, sitting in the driver's seat, and maybe
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  starting that car. But the sensation of feeling
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  your body weight in the chair makes you feel grounded and
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  relaxed the very moment you feel the sensation of the steering
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  wheel in the palms of your hand. You feel in control the very
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  moment you start moving forward. Movement equals motivation, and
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  I want you to feel that motivation.
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  And if you choose to play music, music connects with that feeling
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  of freedom and fun. And I want you to imagine you're
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  about to go on a drive. And I want you to imagine there
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  is a particular a road you have in mind.
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  And I want you to imagine feeling more comfortable, more
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  confident, more relaxed than you can ever remember.
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  And just imagine taking those small roads, those constant
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  stops and starts at roundabout or traffic lights until you're
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  able to get to a slightly faster moving Rd.
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  But maybe just AB Rd., maybe maybe one of those country roads
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  where the traffic's moving in both directions.
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  But I want you to feel connected to a smile.
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  I want you to feel that same way you felt in the past when you're
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  about to do something that feels like it may be just beyond
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  certain ideas of what feels comfortable, maybe a jump.
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  And I want you to feel then sometimes having an easy win and
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  give you the confidence to do something a little bit more
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  daunting. And maybe you need that and
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  maybe you don't. Maybe you just feel fearless or
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  confident or happy. I want you to imagine continuing
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  to drive until you find a slip Rd. that is feeding into an A
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  Rd. But I want you to feel that any
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  signposts are now a signal that you have the resources required.
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  Every signpost is a signpost of capability and as the slip word
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  merges into that a road, I want you to feel that you are merging
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  with every version of you that knows how to confidently, calmly
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  and relax. Drive.
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  See what you would see joining that stretch of Rd. on that
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  junction. But notice how you're handling
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  the wheel. That steering wheel feels
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  relaxed. Maybe it's loose, one hand near
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  the bottom. Maybe your other arm is just by
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  your side. Maybe there's someone in the car
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  with you and you could imagine chatting and feeling relaxed.
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  Or maybe maybe you've got the music turned up high and it just
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  feels like that version of you that is carefree and I want you
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  to make the evaluation while you're on that first stretch.
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  I can do this. I want it to feel like this is
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  well within your capabilities. I want you to think while you're
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  on that road. But if a small child starts to
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  think there's a monster under their bed or in the closet, all
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  they have to do is to look under the bed or open the closet to
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  see that the monster was never real.
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  But they don't, because the monster's too scary, and every
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  time they don't look, the monster gets bigger and bigger.
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  But what if this whole game of anxiety is a bluff?
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  What if where it all came from was just a false positive?
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  A day when you felt overwhelmed and drowsy?
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  A day when you may have even had a fever and a thought popped
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  into your head. I can't do this.
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  Not because you couldn't drive, but because of another reason.
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  In which case, what if all the anxiety has not come from the
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  challenge of driving on these roads, but by a self fulfilling
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  prophecy of thinking that it was something beyond reach?
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  That would be like trying to put out a fire but using petrol
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  instead of water. The very thing you were doing to
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  help made the thing worse. But now, as you imagine driving
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  on that a road connected to a feeling of resourcefulness, of
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  calm confidence, it's almost like you're like that child
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  that's looked under the bed and finally realized that the
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  monster was never real. And when you know the monster
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  isn't real, how difficult does it become for the monster to
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  come back? And I want you to imagine
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  choosing to spend maybe an extra 2 junctions there on that a Rd.
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  not because you should, but just because you could.
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  It dawns on you that you're choosing all of this.
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  And sometimes choosing to do something that at one point felt
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  beyond reach can feel liberating.
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  Maybe you call it courage, More faith, more stubbornness, more
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  tenacity. The word doesn't matter, but
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  feeling a resource to do something is the very thing that
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  makes the monster disappear. Connect to that feeling of calm
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  confidence and then see a signpost to leave this stretch
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  of the road. And as you leave, maybe there's
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  a roundabout, or maybe it just filters directly into a dual
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  carriageway. And I want you to feel that this
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  feels well within reach. I want you to imagine feeling
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  that the dual carriageway, like the A road, now, feels within
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  your comfort zone, not beyond it.
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  And the more time you spend thinking that way, the more you
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  will create a desire to do the thing the deep down you already
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  know you're able to do. Just like when you saw those
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  jumps and sometimes you thought a Biddle a bit too long on those
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  jumps. And the longer you thought, the
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  more it felt beyond reach until the moment clicked.
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  And maybe you said something to yourself, something like I'm
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  just going to do it. And you did.
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  And notice how quickly you went from anxiety to a
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  accomplishment, excitement, pride, just based on a decision
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  followed by action. And I want you to feel that
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  these roads are not the problem. They are the Canary in the coal
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  mine. They let you know how you're
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  progressing when you start to do things that before you were
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  avoiding. Your comfort zone is expanding,
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  and when the comfort zone keeps on expanding until there isn't a
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  single Rd., motorway or weather condition that would feel
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  daunting to you, then this fear is banished forever.
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  Rather than looking at things to avoid, your mind takes you to a
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  place of challenges to overcome, and each one makes the next one
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  easier. A busy single lane makes a slow
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  dual carriageway seem easy. An empty dual carriageway makes
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  you feel that you can handle a busy dual carriageway.
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  A busy dual carriageway makes you feel that you can do an A
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  Rd. on some mid morning or late afternoon, avoiding rush hour.
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  And when you've done it without much traffic, your mind will let
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  you know that you can then do it with traffic.
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  And if you can do an A road with traffic, then you can join a
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  motorway where there is none. And when you feel comfortable on
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  that motorway without traffic, as more traffic starts to
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  appear, it still feels within the comfort zone.
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  And I want you to imagine each level is expanding your comfort
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  zone. You're still connected to that
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  feeling of fearless, calm confidence.
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  Every time you do something beyond the previous limitation,
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  you feel happy. Because what is happiness if it
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  isn't growth, if it isn't expanding choices and
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  possibilities? And then allow this virtual
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  reality headset to take you to a combination where two busy
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  motorways connect in a big city. And rather than this being
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  daunting, you feel like the hero meeting, meeting their nemesis.
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  And rather than feeling intimidated, you feel
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  courageous. Rather than feeling daunted, you
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  feel excited. And I want you to imagine that
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  you are in your car, driving around 2 busy motorways just
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  long enough for you to feel bored.
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  Because here's the irony. Most people think that facing
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  their fear is going to feel exhilarating, but that's not the
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  real goal. The real goal is to keep doing
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  it until it becomes meaningless. And when it becomes meaningless
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  and something that may used to make you feel anxious makes you
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  feel bored, then that's when the fear is dead.
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  And I don't know if this will take days or weeks or months.
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  All I know is that you already have the normal pathways that
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  know how to drive confidently on any road.
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  You've had moments of driving on major roads in different
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  countries with different rules and signs, and you were fine.
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  And what if all of this is just that tiny monster that was
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  allowed to grow and it felt scary because you kept on
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  avoiding it? And now you're willing to open
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  that closet? Look under the bed, but from a
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  place of choice. Courage, tenacity, not
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  obligation. When you choose to do it, it
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  sets you free. When you feel like you have to
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  do it, it deprives you of the win.
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  And I want you to imagine experiencing a future one year
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  from now. Can you imagine doing a long
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  journey with many motorways and it just feels like you're more
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  interested on what music you're playing and what's going to
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  happen when you get there, what roads you're on, the type.
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  And anything like that is almost meaningless.
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  And if your unconscious can connect, let me know by nodding
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  your head. That's it.
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  And then imagine driving back in reverse order, all the way back
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  to your home, feeling calm and confident, relaxed and fairness.
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  Perhaps with relief or liberation, but not necessarily
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  that. Spring calls on the icing on the
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  cake, not the cake itself. And then when you return home,
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  feel like you're drifting back to where you are now, taking all
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  these wonderful changes with you and feeling like you have primed
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  the very ways of thinking so that you want to take what
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  happens in your imagination and make it real.
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  So take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your
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  nose. Wiggle your fingers, wiggle your
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  toes, connect and calibrate into the here and the now as I now
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  count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you.
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  Starting to count 123, waking up 45.
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  Six more alert. 7-8 Open your eyes, Open your eyes. 910 Wide
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  awake, Wide awake, wide awake, thank.
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  You so much for joining me on today's episode of The
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