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Hypnotic Hope For Teens and Young Adults on Blue Monday · 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 today's
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  episode of The Hypnotist, you're going to be listening to a very
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  special hypnosis session that was created not for the client
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  that I was working with, but for someone that the client had in
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  mind that they wanted to really have an impact on.
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  And I was working with a client that had a real passion to help,
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  particularly teenagers and young adults going through really
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  severe levels of depression or mental health issues or anxiety.
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  And they really wanted something that may be a useful resource.
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  And the very timing of this you might be listening to this way
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  after it was first published. But it is.
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  Scheduled to be published on a day called Blue Monday and Blue
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  Monday is, from a a narrative, from an editorial perspective,
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  is meant to be the most depressing day of the year.
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  It's the, I think the third Monday in January and
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  particularly in Northern hemisphere tends to be quite
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  dark and grim and rainy and grey.
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  Christmas has gone and it has this idea that because of these
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  variables it's quite a a depressing time.
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  So that's the logic of it being published on this very specific
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  day. And it is aimed at teenagers and
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  young adults that may feel hopeless or may feel a great
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  deal of pressure, or maybe they feel sad too much of the time.
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  And there's designed. Really.
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  To do 2 things, 1A tool to change emotional state quite
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  quickly. And secondly, what I found,
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  because when I was a teenager, around 19 years old, I was going
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  through a very difficult period. And I think now I look back on
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  it and it actually helped me become a therapist.
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  But at the time, it felt very daunting, very overwhelming, and
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  it felt hopeless. And I remember at the time
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  having not just suicidal thoughts, but actually mapping
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  out how I would actually do it. And therefore working with this
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  particular client, I could really think of myself back then
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  what would have helped me. And I think it would have been
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  hope that comes from an idea that things possibly can get
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  better. And there's no way of knowing
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  that, but really hope. Is the.
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  Possibility, not the guarantee. And hope is all you need because
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  one of the key definitions of depression is a lack of hope, a
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  feeling of hopelessness. So when you have that hope, it
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  can make a big, big difference. And there is a metaphor.
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  For you to. See a future that might be
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  appealing or positive or compelling or just curious in
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  some way and therefore it could be useful.
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  Obviously this was created not for a specific client, but for a
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  specific type of person, generally a teenager, a young
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  adult. So if you know someone like that
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  and you think they may benefit from this particular session,
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  then you can forward a link to this.
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  Most of the podcast platforms have a share button and that
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  means you can send it to them on any of the messenger platforms
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  or in an e-mail. Or as a.
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  Text message or pretty much anything, so feel free to do
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  that if you think it might help just one vulnerable person.
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  But for now, find a quiet, comfortable place where you
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  won't be disturbed. Relax and I won't say enjoy the
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  session, but see if you can allow the session to.
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  Create the possibility. Of positive change.
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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, just allow
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  your eyelids to close. And as they close, position your
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  body in a comfortable position, in a position where you can
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  deeply relax without needing to make any movements or
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  adjustments. And when you breathe in, just
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  imagine breathing in slightly deeper than before.
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  And as you exhale, feel a wonderful sense of letting go.
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  And all those thoughts and all of those feelings that you've
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  been feeling are real and valid and raw.
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  Acknowledge them, experience them.
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  You can't truly let something go that you haven't initially
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  accepted. So breathe in and breathe out,
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  and just allow your body to rest and your eyes to get heavier and
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  heavier so your eyelids feel no desire to open at all.
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  And with your eyes closed, you may find your awareness
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  beginning to shift inwards, away from the outside world and
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  toward the quiet, private space within.
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  Continuing to breathe in that feeling of relaxation and
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  exhaling any fines of tension. So breathe in slowly and deeply
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  through your nose, hold it for a moment, and then let it out
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  gently from your mouth or your nose.
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  But with each breath out, imagine your body becoming
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  heavier and more relaxed. And let's use that attention of
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  yours to focus on the top of your head.
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  Maybe it's the scalp, maybe it's your forehead, but focus on a
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  specific part of your head and imagine, just like when a Pebble
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  is thrown into a pond, it has an initial point of impact and then
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  ripples outwards from that part of your head that you're
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  focusing on. Imagine a ripple of relaxation
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  washing over your scalp and just releasing any tension or
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  tightness. And I wonder if you can allow
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  this feeling to flow down, relaxing your forehead, your
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  eyes, and your jaw, letting all of the muscles in your face
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  become soft, loose and relaxed. And allow these ripples of
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  relaxation to continue to move down, down through your neck and
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  your shoulders, releasing any pressure or weight that you
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  might be carrying there. Most people don't know that
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  emotions are stored in the body. Stress sometimes in the jaw or
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  the temple, anxiety in the gut. So allow allow this ripple of
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  relaxation to release those emotions, releasing any tension
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  or tightness, opening a valve to let unwanted emotions escape.
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  So allow this feeling to flow down, relaxing your forehead,
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  your eyes, and allow it to go all the way down now, neck and
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  shoulders, all the way down into your arms and all the way down
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  to your fingertips. And with each breath, you feel
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  this sense of ease and calm flowing down your chest, into
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  your gut, and through your legs. Maybe it ripples all the way
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  down to your toes, and I wonder if you can get your body to
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  become so deeply relaxed that even the idea of movement feels
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  like too much effort. And maybe it's as though your
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  body is sinking into a soft, safe cloud that supports you
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  completely. And as you rest and allow your
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  body to relax, imagine what you're breathing in.
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  That feeling of relaxation is pure, clean, fresh air.
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  Imagine the cleanest and purest and possible going in through
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  your nose and your mouth, and with every inhale feel that the
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  clarity and the clearness of the air is bringing in a
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  resourceful, healing energy, giving you a sense of lightness.
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  But as you exhale, I wonder if you could imagine heavy emotions
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  like sadness, emptiness or anger leaving your body.
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  But picture it as a dark grey mist, that the mist of those
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  tiny droplets are carrying away those heavy emotions out of your
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  body, breathing in fresh clean air and exhaling the emotions
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  that need to be released. The deeper you breathe, the more
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  relaxed you become, and the longer you exhale, the more of
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  those unwanted emotions leave your body.
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  But with each outward breath, the dark grey mist gets lighter
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  and lighter. And don't be surprised if very
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  soon you're breathing in clear air and breathing out clear air
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  like your body is being cleansed.
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  I want you to get a sense that you're inhaling hope and
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  exhaling the weight of sadness. You're inhaling peace and
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  optimism and exhaling any pressure or tension, and with
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  every breath you're creating more and more space within you
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  for clarity, for calm, and for something new.
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  Because life can feel so heavy, so dark sometimes, like the
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  whole world has turned grey, and some days it's hard to see any
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  colour or any light. And maybe you felt that way
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  lately. Or maybe you're feeling that way
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  now. And maybe you've looked at
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  others and felt like you don't measure up.
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  Like their lives seems so much better, happier, or more perfect
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  than yours. And it's easy to feel lost when
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  you're comparing your inside feelings to someone else's
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  outside image. And that pressure, that feeling
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  of not enough can grow and grow until it feels unbearable, like
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  you're carrying something far too heavy for just one person to
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  bear. But here's the thing, even in
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  these moments when it feels like there's no way out, you are
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  still here. You are still breathing.
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  And that means there is hope, even if you can't see it yet.
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  Because sometimes those heavy feelings comes with thoughts
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  that are hard to face. A thought that there might be an
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  easier way out, an escape from all these heavy emotions,
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  Something to make it bearable. And maybe you've wondered if the
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  pain will ever end. Maybe you've wished and willed
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  for a way to escape it. And it's OK to think those
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  things and feel that way. It's OK to acknowledge them.
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  But what if those thoughts, those feelings, aren't about an
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  end at all? What if they're about a
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  beginning, a sign that the part of you that feels so stark, so
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  small, is now ready to change, to grow, to transform?
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  What if it's a metaphorical end rather than a literal end?
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  An end of the past, a chapter, a childhood, and all the things
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  that no longer serve you. There's clothes you used to
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  wear, and you don't wear them anymore.
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  That's not the death of those clothes.
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  You just changed them for something that fits you better
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  for where you are now. As you say goodbye to those
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  things that no longer serve you, you start to think about the
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  seasons, and maybe you're just in a bleak, dark season and it
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  feels like this season is going to last forever.
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  What if this is just preparing you for the next season?
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  A season where it gets easier, brighter.
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  A season where those emotions that have been elusive to you
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  become more frequent. Maybe what you're feeling now is
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  not the end, just a moment of transition, of becoming
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  something stronger, wiser and more resilient than you ever
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  imagined. The strongest, tallest trees
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  weathered the harshest storms. They became stronger because of
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  their adversity, and maybe you're in a storm right now that
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  will help you to become stronger than you ever thought possible
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  in your future. As you continue to relax here,
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  listening to my voice, let's explore a tool, something you
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  can use whenever those feelings feel overwhelming.
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  Maybe it's as simple as counting down from 5:00 to 1:00, and with
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  each number you can feel yourself stepping back from
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  those intense emotions. Creating space to breathe, to
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  think, and to feel more in control.
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  So let's try it now. Try and bring up one of those
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  intense feelings. Acknowledge it, accept it, no
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  longer trying to suppress it, and five take a deep breath in
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  and just release that breath. Slowly breathe in again. 4 On
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  the outward breath, just release any tension in your body.
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  Three, try and locate the location of that feeling in your
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  body, maybe your chest, your head, your gut or somewhere
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  else. Breathe in and just set the
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  intention to allow it to be released as five goes to four
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  goes to three and then two. Finding a calm, quiet centre
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  within you. I want you to get a sense that
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  the body needs equilibrium for every intense emotion.
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  The opposite also exists and locate that opposite feeling.
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  If you're feeling sad, find a reason to smile.
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  If you're feeling hopeless, look for where hope exists in your
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  body. Exhale that hopelessness and
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  breathe in hope. And then one get a sense that
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  even if you're just one or 2%, like you've released that
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  emotion, then that's progress and progress once can lead to
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  progress against. And I wonder if the more you
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  release any heavy emotions, the more space you're creating for
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  something positive to grow. Maybe a dream, an idea, a plan,
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  a goal. Because you can use your breath
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  to release these emotions Whenever sadness, anger or
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  anxiety feels like too much, simply take 5 long outward
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  breaths and just imagine how it would feel for that energy to
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  leave your body like a grey mist, creating a window of
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  opportunity for something new. And I want you to use the power
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  of your imagination to imagine something beautiful.
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  Imagine staring into a crystal ball and seeing a possible
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  future for you. I want you to see a future where
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  something meaningful, something empowering, something exciting
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  is happening in that future for you and you don't know how it
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  will happen. All you need to do is imagine it
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  happening. Sometimes the people that have
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  the biggest impact on humanity are those that have experienced
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  the most pain and sadness. It creates a thought that if
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  they can help just one person to feel better, then it's all worth
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  it. And maybe as you stare into your
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  crystal ball, you see something that makes that future
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  desirable. You impacting the world.
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  You overcoming adversity. Maybe it's creating something,
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  achieving something, or just experiencing something.
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  Just see that future now. And if it feels like a struggle
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  to see a positive future, ask the crystal ball to show you
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  what could be there if your season changes, Where the things
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  that feel heavy feel lighter and hopeless is replaced by new
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  dreams, new connections, and new possibilities.
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  Nobody knows what they don't know.
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  So take your time, patient with yourself.
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  What if you're doing better than you think you are and things
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  will get better at their own time?
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  What if the future ahead of you is so much more desirable,
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  beautiful and wonderful? What if you have to live that
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  future and imagine going back in time at the age where you are
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  now that wouldn't believe how incredible your future becomes.
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  You don't know what you don't know, which means there is a
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  possibility that things do indeed get so much better.
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  I want you to get a sense that this crystal ball is showing you
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  just one of infinite possibilities.
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  Possibilities of new friendships, connections,
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  insights, moments of pride and accomplishment, adventures.
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  And whenever you listen to this recording again, you will see a
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  different future. And all it takes is one seed of
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  an idea to be planted in your mind that will unleash
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  motivation, determination, resilience, and tenacity to do
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  one thing to move you in that direction.
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  As you continue to breathe in and breathe out, notice that
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  that dark grey mist isn't there anymore.
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  What you breathe out is just as clear and pure as what you're
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  breathing in, giving you a clue that something has changed.
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  Maybe you feel lighter, more optimistic.
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  Maybe there's a glimmer of hope. And hold on to that, because
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  that is a seed that will enable wonderful things to grow.
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  Shortly. I will count from 1:00 to 10:00
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  to bring you back to the present, to the here and now.
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  So take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your
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  nose. Wiggle your fingers and wiggle
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  your toes. Connect fully into the here and
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  the now as I 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.
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  Wide awake, Wide awake, wide awake.
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