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The Portals of Possibility - Addiction 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 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 hypnosis session,
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you're going to be listening to an addiction themed hypnosis
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session. And I was working with a client
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that had a particular addiction to a substance.
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I'm not going to name the substance because it would
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potentially prime you in a way that isn't helpful for the
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session. All you need to know is that
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every now and then they would feel a compulsion to use this
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particular substance. And when they did, it really
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kind of drained them of energy, drained them of.
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Feelings of. Kind of focus and, and the kind
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of energy that was productive for them.
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So it did come at a cost and they wanted to make that change.
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So what you're going to hear is a hypnosis session that reminds
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them that they are capable of change, that they've made
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changes before. And then it has this form of
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timeline therapy where they get to see a future where nothing
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changes. And that's the future.
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If they continue to use and make certain choices, what impact
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that has on their finances and their business and even their
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health and future relationships. But then also an alternative
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future where they meet the underlying need in a different
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way and by doing so feel more empowered.
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They still get the same joy, but a different type of pleasure.
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And that pleasure comes from internal pleasure.
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And there's a great phrase which is natural highs and the body is
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capable of creating things that act like drugs, and we call them
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hormones or neurotransmitters. But things like adrenaline,
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things like serotonin and oxytocin and dopamine, you know,
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all of these things are internal.
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Drugs and they. Absolutely do change how you
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feel. You know, if you've ever had a
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sense of anxiety and your heart starts racing, you know that's a
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different biochemical reaction in your body.
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It's a state change. So anxiety isn't, you know, the
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ideal example of a positive emotion.
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But let's say you're feeling, you know, if you've been in
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love, that feeling of dopamine and serotonin and oxytocin all
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fused together feels wonderful. So those natural highs were a
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better way than synthetic highs that come from substances that
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tend to have a consequence. That's a biological consequence
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in the body. So I think anyone that feels a
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compulsion or a a real. Urge.
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To take something that feels pleasurable in the moment but
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has undesirable consequences will get some value of this
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particular session. And if you are interested in the
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idea of working with me from a hypnotherapeutic perspective,
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there's a couple of things that's worth looking at.
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One, there is a link in the show notes where you can actually
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take a suitability test and it's about 60 seconds long.
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You take a few buttons and you fill out a few, answer a few
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questions and you'll figure out pretty quick if hypnotherapy
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would be right for you. So if you've been curious about
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that, check out that link. And there is also a free course
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that I've put together. 21 of my favorite hypnosis sessions from
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my podcast have been collated together as part of a course.
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And again, you can sign up for that completely free.
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So check those out. And to get the most out of this
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session, find a quiet, comfortable place where you
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won't be. Disturbed.
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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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slow, long, relaxing breath. And as you exhale, allow
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yourself to release any feelings of tension, any stress, any
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worries that's in. Just allow those feelings to
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leave your body in your outward breath.
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And as you breathe in and breathe out, position your body
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in a way where you can really feel comfortable.
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That place where it's effortless to go deeper and deeper relaxed.
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I want you to get a sense that for the next few minutes, there
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is nothing that you need to do. Just allow yourself to
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experience thoughts and ideas that enable you to create new
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associations, new beliefs, and new connections so that things
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that you've wanted to do, you simply don't want to do them
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anymore. Not because you can't, because
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you don't want to. And I want you to think of the
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power of just adding one association as you breathe in
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and breathe out. I want you to imagine a
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delicious meal, your favorite meal.
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And imagine this meal in an elegant restaurant, on a
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pristine plate, on a table with a white tablecloth and silver
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cutlery. Imagine that delicious meal on
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that plate, on that table. And I want you to imagine seeing
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3 or 4 random strangers walk up to that plate, that meal, and
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just spit all over the food. People you don't know putting
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their saliva, their bacteria, their germs all over what
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previously was a delicious, desirable, some would say a
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compelling meal. But as you imagine those
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strangers spitting their saliva, their phlegm all over this meal,
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notice how easily something can shift from desirable to
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undesirable rapidly. And I want you to think, as you
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go deeper and deeper, relaxed, that there is something else in
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your life that has been desirable.
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And maybe it was desirable because it made you feel alert,
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made you feel good. Maybe it even made you feel
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aroused or excited or full of energy.
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I want you to get a sense that something can be true and yet
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still not worthwhile. Allow your imagination to take
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you to a place in nature, maybe a beach, maybe by a lake,
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somewhere in nature near to water.
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And as you stare at the water, the waves, the breeze, the
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sound, just allow your imagination to take you deeper
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and deeper, relaxed. And sometimes when people stare
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into the water, they drift off into a Daydream state.
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And in that Daydream state, sometimes people think about the
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future. Sometimes it's a future they
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want. We can call that optimism,
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aspirations, excitement, and sometimes people think about the
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future they don't want, and that might lead to feelings like
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anxiety or paranoia. But the future is yours to make
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it. Some people are simply going
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with the flow and end up wherever life takes them, but
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there is a small percentage of people under 10% that make their
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life as they want it. These are the entrepreneurs, the
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goal setters. They have an idea of the life
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they want and they make it happen.
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And I want you to think all the way back before you had a
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business, didn't it start just as an idea?
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But then you aligned that idea with action decisions.
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And even though sometimes it wasn't easy, you did what was
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necessary to keep that business growing.
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Therefore, you are one of those people that makes life alter to
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your imagination. You change it, you steer life in
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the direction to give you more of those things that you desire
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and if that can work in your business life, it can also work
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in a different area. I want you to get a sense that
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there is always a choice. People don't consider that
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things staying the same is a choice.
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It feels like a choice or a decision is only when you make a
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change. But that isn't true because if
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you can make a change and don't, then you are choosing to stay
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the same. So there in that nature, breathe
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in and breathe out, but breathe in a feeling of resourcefulness
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and all the resources you would want most clarity, energy,
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belief and motivation. Breathe in all of those
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resources and then exhale anything that is holding you
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back. Sometimes we do what's easy and
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not what is what's required. So just feel like you're letting
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go of anything that is impeding the quality of your life.
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This might be a habit, a compulsion, or just a desire.
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So as you breathe in and breathe out, they're in nature.
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I want you to imagine 2 futuristic portals.
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Maybe they are glowing spiral like circles, or maybe they seem
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to be a gateway to another dimension, but just imagine
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these portals. They're in nature.
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These are portals through space and time to give you an
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experience of two possible futures.
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And the first portal allows you to experience life if it stays
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the same. Same choices, same habits.
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We consider it a trajectory, a way of moving through your
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future in the similar direction that you're already heading.
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And that might still lead to good places.
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But maybe there is a risk that you undo lots of those wonderful
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things that you've built so far. But I want you to imagine seeing
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yourself like you're someone else as you walk through the
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portal, become an observer, see you like you're someone else,
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like a watcher. And I want you to see your life
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on the trajectory it's been heading.
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I want you to see that maybe once or twice a month there's
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this desire to go out, see yourself drinking the alcoholic
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drinks that you drink and then see see that urge.
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Maybe the clue is your facial expression or your behaviour
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sending a message to someone. And I want you to see that
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version of you consuming a substance and then being under
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the influence of that substance. You're just the observer, but
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you get to see yourself with new eyes.
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Now what my like feel amazing for you doesn't seem so amazing
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when you're the observer and I want you to choose to give
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different associations, evaluations, meanings to what
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you observe. You might use words like risky,
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reckless. You might even use judge mental
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words, words like embarrassing, pathetic, whatever the right
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words are for you, you get to use them.
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But I want you to see what happens over a longer period of
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time. What happens the day after
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you've consumed. See the tiredness, perhaps
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anxiety, See the opportunity cost of that momentum you've
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been building suddenly grinding to a halt.
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I want you to observe potential risky behaviour, perhaps even
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illegal behaviour or dangerous in some way.
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And perhaps being the observer, it reaches a point where a
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thought starts to take root. And maybe that thought is this
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isn't worth it. It's not worth it because just
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because you can do something doesn't mean you should.
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And I want you to get a sense that what if each time you
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consume you are buying a ticket that increases the probability
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that your life gets much worse? I want you to think of.
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A world of 8 billion people. How many people of a similar age
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to you had a heart attack on that night that they consumed
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the same thing you're consuming? How many had sex with a stranger
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and then weeks or months later found that they had an incurable
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sexually transmitted disease? How many people, while they were
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under the influence, did something that meant that they
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lost their business? They ended up in jail?
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And of course, it doesn't mean it will happen just because it
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could happen. But each time you're buying that
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lottery ticket, you increase the odds of that undesirable thing
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happening. So allow your imagination not to
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show you a prophecy or a prediction, just possibilities.
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What horrible things could happen if you stay on this path?
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I want your imagination to show you things that give you a sense
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that the risk is not worth it anymore.
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Start to imagine things that you've spent years building is
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lost. Hopes that you have for the
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future disappear instantly. And you don't have to force
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yourself to not want to do something, just feel like these
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thoughts are like strangers spitting on a delicious meal.
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You could of course still eat the meal, but maybe you don't
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want it anymore. And imagine seeing yourself
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maybe 20 years in the future on this pathway.
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Was 20 years of needing this thing to feel a sense of release
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or enjoyment done to your body, done to your life?
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Sometimes when someone does certain things, it takes future
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vitality and energy and brings it forward.
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But sometimes that comes at a cost of aging.
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Sometimes people that are addicted to certain things at
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the age of 40, they look like they're 60, the age of 50 and
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they look like they're 80. To just allow your imagination
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to show you a version of you on this pathway where something has
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taken its toll, and then allow yourself to go back through the
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portal, walking backwards. Whatever.
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You're not changing, you are choosing.
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You can choose to do what you've always been doing, each time
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taking on more risk. Or you could venture through the
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new portal. And this portal isn't a portal
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of willpower and discipline, it's a portal where because of
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new associations, you simply don't want that thing anymore.
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And as you walk through this portal again, become the
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observer. And I want you to see then
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certain shifts and changes have taken place, certain things have
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lost their appeal. And maybe it wasn't about
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stopping. Maybe it was about swapping.
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Instead of going to bars and clubs, maybe you see a version
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of you doing something else that gives you that sense of release,
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that sense of connection, that sense of fun and enjoyment.
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Maybe instead of certain types of interactions, there's more
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meaningful or long term interactions.
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Maybe this version of you is drinking less alcohol because
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you don't feel like you wanted or needed.
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And what if by drinking less alcohol, you end up doing
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something else less often, or not at all?
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But does the observer see that expression on your face now?
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Not doing the thing gives you that feeling of joy, a feeling
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of pride, a feeling of being in control.
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And perhaps the most empowering thing would be that even if the
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people around you are consuming something, there is no desire
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for you to do the same. Consider this the empowered you,
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the intentional you, the version of you that is in control of
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your life, not through discipline, but through desire.
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You simply desire a better life, and you've come to the
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conclusion that your life and your future is better when
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certain things aren't there. Sometimes a life gets better
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when there's one toxic person that you decide you don't need
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them in your life anymore. And I want you to think of this
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substance as a toxic friend. A false friend, someone that
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took more than they gave, someone that betrayed you again
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and again. Sooner or later you would decide
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that they are not a friend and you would continue your life
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without them in it. So imagine this future, a future
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where that false friend, that substance is no longer there,
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and see this future getting better and better.
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See yourself with more energy, more vitality.
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See your business going to the next level.
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Financial success increase status.
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See yourself brimming with confidence and pride, See new
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friendships, new relationships built on something different.
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See the quality of your life increasing, but also imagine you
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found an alternative way to release all of the pressure that
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can build up when you've got lots of responsibilities.
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Maybe that's something that gives you an adrenaline boost,
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or maybe it's something calm and in nature that gives you that
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serotonin and oxytocin. In the past, you were seeking
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the drugs externally to consume them.
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In this future, you want your body to create them for you.
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The dopamine, the endorphins. I want you to see a version of
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you that seeks natural highs, the biochemical reactions that
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come internally, not externally. And maybe this future is more
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desirable, gives you more energy, more confidence, more
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vitality, more of everything that you want.
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See yourself 20 years in the future following this timeline.
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Natural highs your body creating your joy and gratification and
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experiences and then allow your unconscious mind to decide which
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future is more appealing, future of synthetic substitutes or real
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experiences. So as you walk backwards through
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the 2nd portal, you realize key choices and decisions.
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Are you voting for what future you want?
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Anytime you do the habits and behaviours of the past, you're
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voting for that future of risk, of less energy, of aging more
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rapidly. Or you're voting for a future of
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natural highs, pride, accomplishments, a sense of ever
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increasing vitality and well-being.
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But you vote for the future through your actions, your
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behaviours and allow your unconscious to guide you towards
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the future you truly desire. But it's time to leave this
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place. Leave the portals, leave the
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place in nature and return to the present with a new sense of
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clarity as to what it is that you really want.
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So take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your
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nose. Just wiggle your fingers and
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wiggle your toes. Connect and calibrate into the
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here and the now as I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken
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you. Starting to count 123 waking up
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456 more alert 7-8. Open your eyes.
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Open your eyes 910. Wide awake.
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Wide awake. Wide awake.
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