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Fear of Flying Hypnosis - Expanding the Comfort Zone for Freedom · 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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  enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  Hi, it's Adam here. And in today's episode of The
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  Hypnotist, you could be listening to a fear of flying
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  hypnosis session. And it was created for a client
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  that when they were reasonably young, travelling on their own,
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  they had a bit of a panic attack.
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  They felt very, very anxious on a plane and they were given a
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  choice. They could either stay on the
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  plane and take the flight or they could leave the plane.
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  And in that moment they left the plane.
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  And from that point onwards, flying triggered this feeling of
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  anxiety, sometimes panic. And yet they had a career that
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  they were taking lots of flights anyway.
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  But some of these flights that were longer or unexpected would
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  create more anxiety. So they really wanted to just
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  banish this fear rather than have a life of carrying on with
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  this fear. But sometimes the brain is a
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  little bit tricky and it kind of keeps this thing that even if a
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  flight was totally fine, it has this idea of but but what if you
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  were lucky? What if the next time it's
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  worse? You also get this strange thing
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  where it doesn't become about the flying anymore.
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  It becomes about the fear that you feel while you're flying.
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  And then that becomes an element that even if you try and help
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  that with medication like Xanax or alcohol, you don't even get
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  the full benefit of saying, well, I I beat that fear because
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  you can attribute it to whatever was helping you to get through
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  that. So you get this weird thing
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  where sometimes doing things to help actually keep you trapped
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  in the very thing you want to avoid.
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  This uses the level of an expanding and contracting
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  comfort zone. It also has an analogy of video
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  games. A lot of video games have this
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  kind of idea of a boss level that when you get through
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  certain things, you have to defeat the boss before you get
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  to the next level up. So there's a few metaphors and
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  analogies here designed to almost gamify the experience and
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  to treat it like, OK, you're going to get some benefit of
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  desensitization from travelling with someone else under the
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  influence of medication on a short flight.
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  But you would get way more benefit if it was a longer
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  flight that was unexpected, that you're flying on your own
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  without any assistance from alcohol or medication
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  whatsoever. And under those circumstances,
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  that's going to be more of a victory.
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  That's going to expand your comfort zone even more and the
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  more you believe it, the truer it becomes.
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  Obviously it was created for a specific client and they had a
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  couple of flights they knew they'd be taking in the next
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  year. One, the longer one was going to
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  be 14 hours. We really wanted to kind of
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  frame this 14 hour flight as kind of like a boss level, this
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  kind of element that once you defeat that, then anything below
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  that feels easier in comparison. And again, the more you believe
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  it, the truer it becomes. It might be that you have a fear
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  of flying, but require a different approach, different
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  metaphors, different analogies, different direct suggestions.
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  In which case there will be a link in the show notes where you
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  can schedule a free consultation call to explore working with me.
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  For now, though, you might get some benefit from this session,
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  even though it was created for someone else.
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  So find a quiet, comfortable place where you won't be
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  disturbed. Relax and enjoy the session.
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  Yeah. Take a deep breath in and as you
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  breathe in, breathe in a wonderful feeling of calm and
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  relaxation. And as you relax, just allow any
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  feelings of worry, stress, or tension.
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  I feel like it's melting away, it's diluting and dissipating.
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  And imagine feeling it. Leave your body in that outward
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  breath. As you breathe in, breathe in
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  deeper than the previous breath. And as you exhale, exhale for
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  longer, allowing more of that unresourceful tension or concern
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  to feel like it's leaving your body.
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  And when you breathe in, breathe in that deep breath of pure
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  relaxation, a wonderful feeling of getting more and more
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  courageous and confident, relaxed and optimistic.
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  The deeper you breathe, the more relaxed you become, And the more
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  relaxed you become, the deeper you breathe.
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  And as your body relaxes, your imagination awakens as your body
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  begins to relax even more. Maybe you've already noticed
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  your breathing settles into a smooth and steady rhythm, and
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  with each breath, each moment, your conscious mind, that
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  overactive part of your mind begins to rest while your
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  subconscious mind becomes more alert, more receptive, and more
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  ready to embrace a powerful truth.
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  The truth that you are becoming free.
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  And in this calm, open space within your mind, I want you to
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  imagine your comfort zone as a shape.
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  Many people think of a circle. Some people make it 3
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  dimensional, like a sphere. Whatever it is, make it glow.
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  A glowing circle, a glowing sphere that surrounds you.
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  I want you to get a sense that this sphere, this circle can
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  expand or contract. Every time you do something
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  outside of this comfort zone, it expands proportionately in every
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  direction, and every time you avoid or rely on a substitute to
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  help, it contracts. But this means the power to
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  change and adapt. This comfort zone is within your
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  control because it grows not just from doing something new,
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  but from doing something challenging, daunting, perhaps
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  even undesirable. What if you've already expanded
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  it more than most ever will? Many people in your situation
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  would have avoided flying, and yet you've been on hundreds of
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  flights. This shows a level of resolve,
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  of courage, of dedication and determination.
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  It's time to banish echoes of fear for good.
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  I want you to imagine traditional weighing scales, the
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  kind of ones that used to be made of brass.
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  You would put weights on one side and something else on the
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  other to measure the weight of that thing.
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  But this time, rather than weights made of metal, I want
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  you to imagine on one side you place fear, and on the other
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  side of the scales you place freedom.
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  And the heavier the fear, the smaller the comfort zone
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  becomes. Very small comfort zone becomes
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  almost like a prison cell. You have freedom, but only
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  between the four walls. But other people, the planet is
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  their space. Because each time you take a
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  flight, especially when you do it on your own or without
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  medication, the weight shifts, the scale tips freedom gains
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  strength. Your comfort zone expands.
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  Every flight you take is like lifting A heavier weight at the
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  gym. Short flights add strength, but
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  longer flights even more. Flying with another person adds
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  strength. Flying on your own adds more.
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  Even flying with medication gives you something.
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  Flying without medication gives you so much more, and each time
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  your comfort zone stretches, grows, opens up the sky a little
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  more. What if the world is your
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  playground? You're becoming someone who
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  chooses growth over comfort, and every time you fly, you are
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  proving it. I wonder if you could imagine
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  yourself the gate of a great adventure, like a warrior about
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  to enter battle. And not just any battle, but a
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  battle that has lasted years. And this time you're ready.
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  Because this is more than just a flight.
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  This is the final level boss battle, a level in the game of
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  life that you are now ready to defeat, and you carry with you
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  the memory of every flight you've ever taken.
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  Victories. Every single one.
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  There was only one time you got off that flight, but if that
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  just proved that avoidance creates more weight on the
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  balance of fear. From that point onwards, anxiety
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  never defeated you. It tried, but you boarded
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  anyway. It pushed, but you sat in your
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  seat. It whispered lies, and yet you
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  landed. Feel now, in this adventure
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  within your imagination, that you hold the sword of defiance
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  because you're no longer fighting the flight.
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  You're fighting the idea that you were ever powerless, and
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  that was the lie. Think about another powerful
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  truth about a flight years ago, the one time you backed away
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  from. And if you could go back and
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  live that day again with what you now know, you would take the
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  flight even if anxious, because doing so back then would have
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  saved you many anxious moments that then followed.
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  And if that was true then, it's true now.
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  So you don't go timidly into battle, you go courageously into
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  battle. You no longer need anxiety to
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  decide for you, because you're the one levelling up.
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  You're the one collecting the winds.
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  You're the one walking into every airport with your head
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  high. Not because the fear is
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  completely gone yet, but because you've learned to keep moving
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  courageously despite it. You embrace the flights, Seek
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  out the flights. Choose to go longer and further
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  than ever before because each flight expands your territory.
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  Each take off is a flag you plant in the skies.
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  And from this point forward, every time you feel even a
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  flicker of doubt or anxiety, you'll remind yourself this is
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  just the boss music playing. I've already beaten this level
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  before. I can do it again.
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  And I'll do it better this time. Because your comfort zone
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  doesn't shrink anymore. It grows.
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  It stretches, it expands to fit the skies.
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  And you, You were made to fly. Now, as you begin to come back
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  to the here and now, you come back with a new perspective, a
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  new attitude, a desire to win more battles, to shift the
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  weight of fear and freedom, to expand your comfort zone.
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  Think of perhaps the ultimate level.
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  A long flight, 14 hours, no medication, and flying solo.
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  You are looking forward to vanquishing that level because
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  in doing so, every flight less than that will feel like a walk
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  in the park, like a computer game.
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  When you complete an advanced level, the levels that preceded
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  it feel easy in comparison. It is true in a game.
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  It is true in your life, so you relish taking on those
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  challenging levels, knowing it is the key to expanding your
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  comfort zone and a future of more freedom.
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  It's time to return to the here and now.
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  So take a deep breath in through your nose and down through your
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  nose. Just wiggle your fingers and
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  wiggle your toes. Start to connect and calibrate
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  into the here and the now as I now count from 1:00 to 10:00.
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  To awaken you starting to count 123 waking up 456 More alert 7-8
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