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Breaking the Invisible Wall of Procrastination · 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.
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  And in today's episode of The Hypnotist, you're going to be
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  listening to a hypnosis session created for a.
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  Client that was. In academia and they were
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  procrastinating over the final part of a research project.
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  They'd written the paper, they just hadn't done the citations,
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  the references, and they were dwelling on that.
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  And there was an element of certain fears is always daunting
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  to do the final step because it represents a change.
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  And sometimes we get into this feeling of overthinking about
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  what stuff really means and what it takes.
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  We turn the molehill into a mountain and that can happen.
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  What you're going to hear in this particular session is about
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  anchoring resource states. There's elements of future
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  pacing and there's also elements of breaking it down to make
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  something that is, let's say, daunting into something doable.
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  And I think that's the key thing, where the rubber meets
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  the road is actually doing the very thing.
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  And sometimes all you need is to take a little bit of action just
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  to break inertia. And when you start doing that
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  little bit, you end up doing the whole thing.
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  And most people can relate to at least one area of their life
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  where they feel this way. It might be this, you know,
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  creative project they've been thinking about for ages but just
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  haven't started. Or it might be a tax return or
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  something like that. But once you actually start, it
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  takes on a different connotation.
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  Then it's about just continuing doing what you're doing.
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  And there's an element of timeline element in this as
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  well, of the version of the client that never submits the
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  dissertation is going to be worse off than the version of
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  them that does. And, you know, there is this
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  feeling of, well, this could change everything.
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  Yeah, some, some things can change everything.
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  But life still comes one day at a time.
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  And it might give you opportunities or doors open that
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  lead to possibilities. But you can still be discerning
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  as to what you say yes, what you say no to.
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  So even if, you know, suddenly you were offered incredible
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  opportunities, you couldn't say yes to all of them anyway.
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  You'd have to be discerning about which ones you say yes to,
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  and thinking about it in a way of it gives you the option
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  without the obligation if there is fear connected with.
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  Let's say. Fear of success connected with
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  doing something. You can mitigate that fairly
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  easily by thinking, OK, but I can still decide whether or not
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  I take that opportunity later. So there's a bit going on in
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  this session, but at its core it is about releasing hesitation
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  and procrastination related to doing something that could
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  create some kind of ripple of change.
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  The reason that there's a reference to an.
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  Invisible wall. Is that's the reference the
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  client gave me? They said it almost feels like
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  there's this force field, this invisible wall stopping me from
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  doing that. Great.
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  You know, as a hypnotist, I'm going to harness whatever
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  metaphor the client gives me. And that's why it's included in
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  this session. It was created for an
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  individual. Not all of these suggestions and
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  and references are going to make sense for you because you're
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  someone else. But if you do like the idea of a
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  bespoke, customized hypnosis session for you, there will be a
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  link in the show notes where you can reach out and schedule that
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  free consultation call over Zoom.
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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, breathe in a
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  resourceful feeling of calm and relaxation.
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  And as you exhale, just allow yourself to feel that any
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  emotions you're holding onto that don't serve you are
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  starting to dissolve. Breathing in relaxation and just
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  allowing those emotions to melt away.
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  As you breathe out, feel that those emotions, the ones that
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  have been hanging around holding you back, just imagine how good
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  it would feel to feel like they're leaving your body in
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  your outward breath. When you breathe in, breathe in
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  deeper for longer, and as you exhale, just elongate the
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  outward breath to feel like you're breathing out longer.
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  Exhaling any of that tension, stress, or worry, feel it
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  leaving your body. The deeper you breathe, the more
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  relaxed you become, and the more how relaxed you become, the
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  deeper you breathe. Notice with.
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  Your eyes closed. That you can give more of your
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  attention to the sound of my voice, allow your body to relax
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  and of the inward breath. Invite calm into your system,
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  and on the outward breath, give yourself permission to let go,
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  to let go of any tension, any thoughts, any expectations.
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  And before long, your breathing finds its natural rhythm.
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  And when it finds that rhythm, I want you to imagine a gentle
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  wave of relaxation beginning at the very top of your head.
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  Feel that wave of relaxation spreading slowly downward like
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  warm sunlight, beginning there with the crown and then going
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  down your forehead, into your jaw, down through your
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  shoulders, all the way down to your fingertips into your chest,
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  your legs. I wonder if you could even
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  imagine your toes feeling heavy and relaxed, warm and at ease.
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  I want you to feel that this is a safe sanctuary.
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  There's nowhere else you need to be and nothing else you need to
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  do. I want you to get a sense of
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  what it would feel like to stand right at the very top of a
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  beautiful spiral staircase, where each step down is a step
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  deeper into your mind, your imagination, your unconscious,
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  deeper into clarity, into focus. You get to imagine what kind of
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  spiral staircase this is, perhaps made of marble or iron
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  wood or something else. And with each number I count,
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  imagine yourself taking one step down this spiral staircase. 10
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  and then 9 deeper, 8 and then seven more relaxed.
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  Six and five. The world just fading away.
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  Four and three drop, leaping down effortlessly, and then two
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  and one nearly there until zero. You get to the bottom of the
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  staircase, a part of your subconscious mind where you get
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  to let go of those things that are holding you back and embrace
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  new resources, new feelings that move you forward.
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  So in this place, imagine seeing something in front of you.
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  I want you to imagine a representation of a wall.
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  Not a thick physical wall, but one made of something less
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  solid. Imagine feeling it.
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  It's invisible, yet present. This is a wall of resistance,
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  inertia, resentment I want you to feel as you walk closer to
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  it. It's a wall separating you from
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  a desirable future. A desirable future could be the
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  relief of getting something done that's been holding you back.
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  But a desirable future could be your career, your life.
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  Years from now. This wall is getting in the way.
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  A part of your mind felt that this wall is protecting you.
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  What if the wall that was designed to protect is now an
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  impediment, a barrier, a prison that's holding you back from the
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  future you desire and deserve? This wall is not a mountain.
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  It's not even a wall of a maze. Just a strange, invisible weight
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  of a wall. But what if the weight of this
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  wall you built yourself from the pressure of what hasn't been
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  done? What should have been done?
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  Frustrations, resentment, resistance built the very wall
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  that is now holding you back. I want you to imagine you're
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  holding a sledgehammer. Feel the weight of it.
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  This sledgehammer is a metaphor for action.
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  The wall doesn't go by itself. Something needs to be done.
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  Might be 15 minutes or half an hour of dedicated time, but
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  allow the sledgehammer to represent focus and action.
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  And imagine. Imagine smashing that
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  sledgehammer against that invisible wall.
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  At one point he felt this invisible wall was impenetrable.
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  But as you imagine hitting this invisible wall, you can hear the
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  sound of damage to bricks. You get a sense that the
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  invisible wall, this unknown, is becoming real.
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  You get to see it as a wall that is not like a fortress wall, but
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  more like like a wall of a standard building, and your
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  sledgehammer can breakthrough it.
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  What you thought was an impossible barrier.
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  The more vulnerable than you think action is breaking the
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  barrier. As you continue to smash into
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  that wall, you can see cracks, see it wobbling.
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  As you stand before the wall, something is beginning to shift.
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  Place your hand on the wall and feel that it is way more fragile
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  than you ever thought it was. The cracks are getting larger
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  and the wall is starting to crumble.
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  Give it a little nudge, a push push and feel that that once
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  invisible wall is crumbling down.
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  You don't even have to push that hard.
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  The weight of the wall itself creates a cascade of bricks
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  falling on bricks that were once invisible and now you can see
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  them. Bricks of resentment,
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  frustration, resistance all come crumbling down.
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  All it took was some action and less than you thought.
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  This resistance that you've been carrying wasn't about this small
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  thing that you needed to do. What if it was the weight of
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  holding something unfinished, something that you thought
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  protected you but actually became a weight that held you
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  back? And now you can feel that
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  lifting, as if a fog is clearing, as if the heaviness
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  that used to live in the future is now dissolving into the past.
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  And I want you to scan your body and feel a surge of motivation,
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  feel a focus drive, not to do the final step, but to do the
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  thing that's been getting in the way.
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  Imagine that hour or two of just doing that thing.
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  It's easier than you thought it would be.
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  It gets done quicker than you thought it would take, but
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  whether or not you do the next thing, that's for you to decide.
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  The initial thing is just to break down the wall.
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  This was never a mountain. Just one more step on a path
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  that takes your future into the direction you intended.
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  Feel that surge of energy to do what is necessary.
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  I want you to feel there's something wise inside you.
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  The delay of doing the final thing is a gift, gives you a
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  pause of breath, time to review, to revise, but this time free
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  from any pressure, free from the resentment, the heaviness you've
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  been carrying, free for many stress and concerns.
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  The step after the step will be something you're completing and
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  not rushing, preparing and not reacting.
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  Allow your mind to be open to two futures.
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  There's a version of you that never does this final few
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  things, meaning all the work you've already done goes to
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  waste. And this resentment, this
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  frustration, this resistance, you keep carrying that forever,
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  and there will always be that. What if the wandering, the
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  doubt, that unfinished energy that never gets fully released.
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  But there is a different timeline, the version of you
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  that does what is necessary. Earlier than you planned, you
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  take it to that next level, you submit whatever comes your way.
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  After that it's just information.
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  In life, you either win or you learn.
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  The only way to lose is to not try or finish.
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  See that version of you doing whatever is necessary.
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  Citations, revisions, the final checks before submitting, but at
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  a time when it felt right. And that version of you doesn't
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  feel forced. Free of any resentment, any
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  resistance, any procrastination, any any fear, that version of
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  you does what is necessary and is rewarded with so much relief
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  and release and momentum. This version of you has turned
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  inertia to momentum, and that momentum will carry on far into
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  the future. This is the strong, courageous
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  version of you. All of the options and none of
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  the obligations just open doors of possibility with the choice
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  of which ones you walk through. Any fear of the unknown is
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  softened by patience and wisdom, because the future only ever
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  comes one day at a time. So imagine seeing a future
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  version of you, perhaps as early as tomorrow or the day after a
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  week from now, doing what is necessary to get done.
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  See that version of you doing whatever is necessary.
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  See yourself doing it with focused attention.
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  See yourself resolute, determined, tenacious.
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  See yourself like an artist stepping back from a painting
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  with calm, clear eyes. See yourself passing the true
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  finishing line. Not the one that you thought was
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  the finishing line, but the true finishing line.
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  And beyond that finishing line, there will be other races to
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  run, other projects that inspire you and capture your
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  imagination. But for now, those are just
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  choices, not a chore. And when it's all finished, you
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  can just rest and reflect before you decide what happens next.
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  I want you to get a sense then that resistance and resentment
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  feels like it's already lower. And when you do this thing
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  that's been a cause of procrastination, that's when you
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  finally let go of the weight of all of this resistance.
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  Some people wait for the feeling to go before they do the thing,
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  but sometimes doing The thing is what creates the change.
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  Doing what's necessary is breaking the invisible wall.
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  And if you feel that you've unlocked a resource is necessary
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  to break that invisible wall, let me know.
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  By nodding your head, you can see it, you can feel it, and you
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  are just an hour or two away from freedom.
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  The wall that was there to protect was now holding you
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  back, and that wall will very soon come crumbling down.
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  It's time to return to the here and the now, taking these
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  resourceful feelings with you. 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.
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  Start to connect and calibrate with the here and the now as I
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  now count 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 Wide awake,
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  Wide awake. Wide awake.
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