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Hypnosis to Learn From Previous Social Regrets · 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 you're about to listen to a hypnosis
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session all about changing social behaviour.
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And I was working with a client that felt that they couldn't
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really pick up on certain cues and respond in the way that they
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would want in certain social situations.
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And sometimes that made them feel that they weren't living up
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to who the person that they wanted to be, and maybe they
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would disappoint people they care about around them.
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So this uses the control room of the mind metaphor, but in a
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specific way. It's a form of control room of
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the mind plus stage disassociation and partly the
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rewind technique as well, so that this client could see
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behaviour they either regretted or were embarrassed by, and then
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they could keep rewinding and changing it until they were
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happy with it and then associate into that resourceful feeling.
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So they could really wire it in and feel that way.
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But then also to experiment with the idea of having this ability
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to evaluate pitfalls, but also easy wins in real time.
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And again, that's all within this control room.
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So if you've ever had situations where you felt that you
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embarrassed yourself in social situations or you didn't speak
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up as much as you wanted, or you wanted to be a bit more
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confident and not so people pleasing, you might get some
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value from this session. Just be aware that some of the
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suggestions are very, very connected to the client that I
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was working with and that might not be relevant for you.
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They wanted to be more supportive and and encouraging
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and protective. It might be that you want
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something else. Maybe you just want more
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confidence or you want more playfulness in certain social
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situations, in which case you can just change and adapt that
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for you. And if you like the idea of a
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bespoke session entirely calibrated for you, have a look
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in the description for a link where we can have a free 30
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minute consultation call. We'll have a chat and maybe I
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actually end up working with you directly and and I become your
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hypnotherapist. For now though, find a quiet,
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comfortable place where you won't be 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 resourceful feeling of calm and
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relaxation. And as you exhale, feel a
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wonderful sense of release, as if any tension, stress, or
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worries are leaving your body in your outward breath.
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And when you breathe in, just allow yourself to breathe in for
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slightly deeper than you normally would.
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And as you exhale, you can elongate the outward breath,
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breathing out maybe for twice as long as you normally would.
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And as you create that vacuum in the diaphragm, you're able to
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breathe in even deeper than you were before, each breath getting
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deeper than the last. But I want you to imagine
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breathing in a feeling of pure resourcefulness, breathing in
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the resourcefulness and exhaling any feelings of lack, of not
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being good enough. Just allow that so each breath
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makes you feel more worthy and more confident than the last.
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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.
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And I wonder if you could imagine a staircase that leads
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down to a room, and that room is a control panel for your mind.
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Let's just walk down this staircase, any staircase you
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like, a spiral staircase, a wooden staircase, or perhaps an
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opulent marble staircase leading down to this control room.
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And as I count downwards from 12:50, each descending number
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takes you deeper and deeper relaxed. 10 Taking that first
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step, just feeling a wave of relaxation from your forehead. 9
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loosening your jaw and eight, another step down the staircase.
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Just feel any muscles in your neck and shoulders that might be
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tense, just releasing that tension. 7 Just feel it going
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down now into your shoulders. And then 6.
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For your arms feeling limp, loose and heavy.
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And five, just imagine your internal organs all relaxing now
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halfway down the staircase. Four, that relaxation going into
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your gut, continuing to breathe in that distilled representation
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of worthiness that's in breathing in and breathing out.
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And then that 4 becomes 3 and just feel your legs feeling like
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your arms limp, loose, relaxed down into your calf muscles. 2
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and then one, even your toes can feel relaxed and then rippling
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up to the top of your head and down to your fingertips and
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zero. You are now at the bottom of
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that staircase and there is a short corridor that leads to a
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door, and behind that door is a control room.
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And this control room has the ability for you to make powerful
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changes to access more of those skills, resources, or abilities
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that you desire and to reduce anything that you don't.
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But standing in front of the door, I will count from 5:00 to
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1:00. And imagine opening the door and
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walking into that control room. And you may see a futuristic
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control room, a mechanical control room.
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Maybe it has dashboards and gauges or something futuristic,
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intuitive. Just your thoughts.
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Control things 5. Putting your hand on the handle
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4, turning the handle 3, opening the door, 2 walking through the
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door and one closing the door behind you.
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And imagine yourself in that control room and I want you to
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see a couple of dials. I want you to see a dial for
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confidence and just turn that up.
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And then I want you to see a dial for people pleasing, which
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may be too high, and just dial that down.
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And I want you to imagine there is a comfortable chair and a big
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screen. And this screen could look like
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a cinema screen or it could look like a high tech monitor or
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perhaps a very large flat screen TV.
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And this screen has the ability to not just observe memories,
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but to change them with all the wisdom, knowledge and creativity
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you now have. And I want you to think back to
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a specific memory where you came to the conclusion that your
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behaviour wasn't quite right. Maybe you were not protective
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enough, encouraging enough, supportive enough, or perhaps
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something else. I want you to imagine sitting on
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that chair, looking up at that screen, almost like you're
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taking the viewpoint of a documentary filmmaker that
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happened to be in that place at that time, and therefore you see
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yourself on the screen like an actor.
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You're simply the observer. And sometimes when you observe
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yourself like you're someone else, you can distill new
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insights and distinctions that were invisible at the time, and
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there is no requirement to remember it perfectly.
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Your unconscious will fill in the gaps in the same way that a
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dream feels like it's real, because your imagination fills
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in the gaps. That's what I want you to
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imagine. There you are, seeing what
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happened on the screen exactly as it was, and then perhaps it
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continues until you found out that what you did was somehow
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wrong, disrespectful, or not supportive enough, or something
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else. If you could imagine seeing that
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as it actually was, then play it again from a different angle.
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Just imagine a camera at a different place in the same
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room, maybe closer, maybe further away, until you get a
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clear representation of what happened and also what you would
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like to change. And once you've seen it as it
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was, let me know by nodding your head.
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And then imagine rewinding it. But this is the control room of
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your mind. You are the director here.
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And I want you to imagine Take 2, see yourself doing something
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else in that same situation that would have improved it, improved
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it for you, improved it for your relationship generally, knowing
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what you now know would have been a preferable version of
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what happened. But Take 2 isn't enough.
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Some of the great directors had 1020, sometimes 50 takes for the
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same scene. So I want you to imagine you
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keep rewinding it and playing it forward until you get exactly
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the right take. Maybe it's your mannerisms,
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maybe it's your tonality, maybe it's what you said or what you
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didn't say. Maybe it's being more vocal and
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supporting someone, or maybe not saying anything and just
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observing. But I want you to keep changing
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the takes until you found the perfect one, and then test that
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scenario out. Allow it to continue until you
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get that vote of reassurance from someone else's
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interpretation that if you did do that new thing in that same
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situation, their emotional evaluation would have been
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different. When you found like, you've got
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the right version. That's good for you and good for
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others at win win. Let me know by nodding your
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head. That's it.
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And then rewind it. And when it's at the beginning,
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I want you to see another dial that is sensory acuity, the
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ability to notice and observe what's going on.
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Not just your own feelings and other people's, but maybe even
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the facial expression and the cues from someone you care for.
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You dial up the sensory acuity and you dial up your
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self-confidence, people pleasing and poor boundaries.
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That's dialed all the way down. You can feel confident being the
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person you want to be. And when you've got all of that
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right with the right level of resources, step into the screen.
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And now just imagine it's the very beginning of what happened,
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but you are now in your own body.
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And from a first person perspective, I want you to feel
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that you're testing out two of your favorite scenarios to come
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to the conclusion which feels right, not just looks right.
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Try that first version, see how that feels, and then try the
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second and see how that feels. Just like you're trying on some
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clothes in a fitting room, but you're only going to choose one.
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And once you've chosen the best one and you imagine how it would
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feel to do those things, to say those things, to be that way and
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feel that way. And if it feels right, let me
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know about nodding your head. That's it.
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And then continue the rest. And then just see if the
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anticipated feedback observations change, and if it
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does, it's right. And if it doesn't, just go back
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and make it minor tweak, a change in amendment as you
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consider yourself like Goldilocks, but instead of three
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bowls of porridge, you've got 30.
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And you can keep trying the porridge until it's exactly the
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right one for you. So when you feel like you've got
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that updated version, I want you to feel that that is then
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updating your subconscious mind so that anything similar in the
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future will activate this version of you with this
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confidence, this level of sensory acuity, and this ability
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to do things on your terms in the way that you desire, but in
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full consideration of someone that you care for.
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Go back to the chair and then think of one more situation that
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perhaps required you to evaluate things in real time.
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Maybe it was a large social gathering, maybe something
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different. And again, see that on the
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screen as it was. But as the observer, you could
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imagine that there is additional information that you can pick up
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on. Things that feel safe, things
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that feel reasonable and OK or easy wins.
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Things you could do to let someone know that they are
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supported, they are respected, they are protected, and I want
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you to get a sense that there is a particular tone of voice and
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that has the ability to evaluate your options.
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What can I do here? What's the pitfall?
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And sometimes all it takes is to evaluate the pitfalls and avoid
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them and see those low hanging fruit, those easy wins, and pick
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them. And I wonder if that part of
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your mind would be willing to coach you to look for those easy
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wins and avoid those pitfalls. I just see that version of you
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on that screen in that same situation.
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We're making different choices based on what you're picking up
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and what you're observing in real time.
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And then rewind it, step into that version of you and feel how
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it would feel to go in armed with an inner coach, a warm
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encouraging voice, say you've got this, but it might nudge
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you. You could say wonderful things
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about that person to that group and it would get back to them
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and they would feel honoured and supported or.
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That person there seems quite arrogant, quite pushy.
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If that person says something rude, you could easily ask in a
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very firm, respectful way, what did they mean by that?
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And that would be you protecting and perceived to be protective.
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And if you could imagine that confident, encouraging voice
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guiding you in real time, let me know by nodding your head.
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And I want you to feel this is a cheat code, a way for you to
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have an edge. Because by training your brain
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on the past and feeling resourceful and empowered in the
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present, you get to avoid more of those pitfalls and pick more
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of those low hanging fruit, those easy wins to step into
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that feel what it would feel like in that dynamic with that
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voice encouraging you, guiding you, evaluating scenarios,
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things to avoid, things to be. I want you to imagine there is a
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dial that represents the resources of someone that you
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admire having those qualities. Picture their face and just
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imagine dialing up their resources in you in that same
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context. What it would feel like to
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emulate their way of being in certain situations for you.
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Dial that all the way up and feel how it would feel to be
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that way. And if this feels like it would
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be helpful, let me know. By nodding your head.
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That's it. And then you return to the
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chair, see the screen and now see images of your past.
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But you having the resources you would need.
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But also see yourself in the future.
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See yourself with more confidence, more sensory acuity,
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just noticing what you need to notice.
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But also the ability to protect. If someone needs protecting to
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encourage, if they need encourage to support, if they
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need supporting to not say anything, if it doesn't make
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sense to say anything at all, because you don't have to say
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something. You just could say something.
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And I want you to feel that your unconscious mind is going to
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extract wisdom from the past and consider anything in your future
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as reconnaissance. So you just get better and
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better and better. It's time to leave this control
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room. But I want you to see another
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dial that represents worthiness and just put that all the way up
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to 100 that you feel absolutely worthy.
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And then you leave the control room, You close the door, you
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walk up that same staircase, and then imagine floating all the
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way back to your present. Very soon I will count from 1:00
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to 10:00 to awaken you. And you will awaken feeling
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resourceful, confident, worthy, with almost like a software
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update to iron out the bugs of the past and install new
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strategies for the future. 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, wiggle your toes, connect and calibrate
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into the here and the now as I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to
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awaken you. Starting to count 123 waking up
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456 more alert 7-8. Open your eyes.
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Open your eyes 910 Wide awake, Wide awake.
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Wide awake. Thank you so much for joining me
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on today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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And if you've enjoyed this show or got some benefit from it, you
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may know of one other friend or family member that may also
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benefit from this hypnosis session.
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In which case I'd like to ask a favour of you.
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And that is if you could spend 10 seconds to share this episode
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with someone that you know that may also benefit, that would
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really help me to access new people that don't already know
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about this show. Thank you very much for
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listening and I will see you again on the next episode.