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From Breakdown to Breakthrough - Guided Hypnosis for Self-Healing, Confidence and Purpose · 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, CEOs and even royalty, Adam Cox.
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  These recordings took place live from Evans Clinic in London's
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  world famous Harley Street, so get yourself comfortable and
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  enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  Adam here, and you're about to listen to a hypnosis session all
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  about recovering after a breakdown.
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  And I was working with a client that had been hospitalized for
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  mental health issues, specifically relating to
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  something called psychosis, where you start to not be able
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  to differentiate between reality and what your perception is.
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  And this particular client had gone through a period of making
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  certain decisions that were built on trusting certain people
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  that maybe they shouldn't, trying certain things that in
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  hindsight they wouldn't. And as a result of that, it LED
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  them down a path where they had certain choices taken away from
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  them. They were hospitalized, had to
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  spend time in certain places, and couldn't access some of the
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  people that they love for a period of time.
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  Now they were out of that situation.
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  I don't work with people currently experiencing
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  psychosis, but this client clearly wasn't in that place
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  anymore. But they had had a breakdown.
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  They had had what was diagnosed as psychosis for a period of
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  time. The issue was no longer the
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  psychosis. It was feelings of shame,
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  feelings of guilt, feelings of hopelessness, and a lot of
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  regret from those decisions. And that's very understandable
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  because when life takes you on a certain path, if that's
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  distressing and traumatic and you lose certain things, that's
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  valuable for you. It's natural to kind of feel the
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  weight of those emotions, but that doesn't necessarily serve
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  you going forward. There is a need sometimes to
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  accept what has happened has happened and then to build from
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  that. And sometimes it's helpful to
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  think of things like a forest fire.
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  I'm in the UK. One of the ironically best
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  things to have happened to London was the Great Fire of
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  London. London was a dirty city, full of
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  rats and full of poor quality buildings and and very, very
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  dangerous alleys. Now, nobody wanted the Great
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  Fire of London. People died, there was lots of
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  damage, but the aftermath of that was a new city could be
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  built. And I think forest fires and and
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  kind of destructive things that are then followed by something
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  powerful and positive can be a really helpful metaphor for
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  going through a breakdown. Because if the breakdown enables
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  a reset, a re evaluation of life's priorities and what's
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  valuable, and you can extract all of the wisdom from the past,
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  it can actually be a platform to build something better than ever
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  before. And that's certainly a more
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  useful narrative than the narrative that most people give
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  some kind of breakdown and that is that they are broken.
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  That if they've broken down, they are worth less than they
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  were before. And that's not an empowering
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  narrative. So this is a session all about
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  hope, wisdom, discernment and optimism.
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  So if you've experienced a breakdown, if you've experienced
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  a really tough time and you've got to a very low place, you
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  can't trust your judgement because when you've got that
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  lack of the positive neurotransmitters, there's a
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  lack of serotonin and oxytocin, your judgement as to what your
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  future's going to be like can't be trusted.
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  But when things improve and you get more of those positive
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  neurotransmitters and you get more joy and happiness and
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  gratitude and feelings of fulfilment, well then how you
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  think of the future changes radically.
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  So I would encourage you if you've gone through a tough time
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  and you're feeling low into this hypnosis session with an open
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  mind and stop believing that things not only can get better,
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  but will get better if you can extract all of the wisdom from
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  the past and start acting as if things will get better and
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  acting in accordance with that. This session was created for an
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  individual client. Some of the suggestions are
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  specific for them. They may not be relevant for
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  you. So if you do like the idea of
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  either working with me over multiple sessions or just a
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  single session, there will be a link in the description where
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  you can book that free consultation call over Zoom.
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  For now though, find a quiet, comfortable place, ideally the
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  kind of lace where you're not going to be disturbed for about
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  20 minutes or so. Relax and enjoy the session.
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  Take a deep breath in and as you breathe in, breathe in a feeling
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  of quiet confidence. And as you exhale, set the
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  intention to release any insecurities, any guilt, any
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  shame. Just allow it to leave your body
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  as you breathe out. And as you breathe in and
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  breathe out, allow each breath to become deeper, longer,
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  breathing in more and exhaling. And I want you to think that if
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  hope had a colour, what colour would it be?
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  You don't have to consciously think.
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  Allow your intuition to create that colour for you.
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  Make it bright, vibrant, and as you breathe in, imagine
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  breathing in that colour of hope in through your nose, into your
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  lungs. And just imagine your heart
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  harnessing that hope and distributing it to every cell in
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  your body. And just imagine that hope going
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  wherever it feels like it's needed most, maybe in your head,
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  your heart, other parts of your body.
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  And as you exhale, release any shame, any guilt, any regrets.
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  Just allow them to leave your body.
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  Imagine them as a grey dark shadow, breathing in hope and
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  releasing anything that is weighing you down.
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  That's it. And the deeper you breathe, the
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  more hope you breathe in. And the longer you breathe out,
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  the more you're releasing anything that isn't serving you
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  as you consider this an emotional transfusion, melting
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  away those blocks, those hindrances, those things that
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  are getting in the way of living life on your terms, breathing in
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  what you need and exhaling what you don't.
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  That's it. And the deeper you breathe, the
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  more relaxed you become. And the more relaxed you become,
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  the deeper you breathe. That's it.
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  And I want you to imagine a place from your past that
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  reminds you of times when you felt great, optimistic,
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  positive, no people around, just the place.
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  And I wonder if you could imagine floating back to that
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  place. You know logically that your
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  body is where it is, but when you dream, you can be anywhere,
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  and now you can be anywhere too. So imagine being in that place
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  where you felt safe, optimistic, calm and relaxed in a good
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  place. And just imagine a comfy chair
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  in that place. Imagine sinking into that chair
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  and just allow the muscles of your body to relax even more.
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  Any thoughts of your mind can begin to settle, just like
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  snowflakes in a snow globe that's finally been set down.
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  That's it. And you might imagine that snow
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  globe, all the snowflakes there settling, resting, going down to
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  their natural place. That's it.
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  And as the stillness returns, you can drift a little deeper
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  inside to that quiet space within you where understanding
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  begins to amplify. And I want you to get a feeling
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  as to what it would be like to have been on a journey.
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  In fact, you could imagine a pathway.
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  Imagine that pathway and you're standing on a path, a winding
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  path through a forest after a storm.
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  The air is fresh and the ground is soft beneath your feet, and
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  though there are broken branches and fallen leaves, there's also
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  new life sprouting everywhere you look, tiny shoots of green
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  pushing through the soil as if the earth itself knows how to
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  heal. And whether it's a violent storm
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  or even a forest fire, nature resets, recalibrates, and when
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  the difficulties are over, things start to renew.
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  So imagine walking forwards on that path now, and with every
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  step you take along that path, feel yourself walking forward.
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  Forward towards peace, towards meaning, towards hope, toward a
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  brighter horizon that was always meant for you.
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  And maybe there was a time, not so long ago, where your mind
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  took you to places you never intended to go, and it may have
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  felt strange, unsettling, scary even.
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  Like Icarus flying too close to the sun, or even like you're
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  falling in a dream. But even that experience, in its
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  chaos and confusion, what if that was part of your inner
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  workings learning journey? Sometimes the mind doesn't
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  break, it breaks open. And through that opening light
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  can enter in ways it never could before.
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  And I want you to think back to that time, but look at it from a
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  position of learning. Observe that period in your life
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  through new eyes. Your job is not to judge, but to
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  extract wisdom. And I want you to imagine that
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  past almost like a timeline of events, and you can visit
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  certain key people you met, key decisions you took, observe what
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  happened without judgement, just to extract wisdom.
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  What if all of those things didn't happen to you, but for
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  you? Is it not the case that you're
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  wiser now than you were before? Is it not the case that you're
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  more discerning now than you were before?
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  In which case there is no need for shame, regret or guilt
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  because the function of those emotions is not to punish you,
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  but to influence your future. So visit key things that change
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  the trajectory that led to a place where you didn't want to
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  be through the eyes of what could I have done differently
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  and what would I do differently if I were back in that same
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  situation now? And as you think that through,
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  maybe there's certain people you wouldn't have formed friendships
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  or relationships with, certain things you wouldn't have
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  consumed, experienced, or done. And you may know that now, you
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  just didn't know that then. And that's where the wisdom
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  comes in. Because if you're wiser now,
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  more discerning now, then even something traumatic or
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  unpleasant can still have utility.
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  They say there is treasure in the trauma.
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  And I want you to extract every bit of gold dust from that
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  moment. Extract to all the value not to
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  be perfect, but to make progress, to feel more
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  resilient, more prepared, more discerning for the future.
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  Because that chapter, that period of your life, staying in
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  places you didn't want to be, long nights or difficult days,
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  but on a sign of weakness or failure.
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  What if they were evidence of your strength, your sensitivity,
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  your desire to be trusting, to be experimental?
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  You're very depth of experience. But now, looking back with wiser
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  eyes, you can begin to recognize that the choices you made,
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  people, substances, paths you trusted, all contributed to what
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  now seems like a mistake, something undesirable.
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  But they do not define you. Life gives lessons, and they
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  were lessons, perhaps intense, accelerated lessons that have
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  given you inside. Few people ever gain.
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  Many people try to help others from a position of second hand
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  knowledge, but you've glimpsed the edge of reality and come
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  back stronger. You came face to face with the
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  abyss, but not beyond it, and you are more aware of your power
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  and the sacred responsibility that comes with it.
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  So imagine now, holding that old version of you in your mind's
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  eye, the one that struggled and lost their footing for a while,
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  and you can send them compassion, understanding, and
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  gratitude. Because that version of you
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  escaped the pull of the abyss, came back from the brink of that
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  black hole. You survived it.
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  That version of you got you through the storm and made it
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  possible for this version of you to exist.
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  Wiser, steadier, grounded in the present.
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  And you might even think of your mind like a powerful instrument,
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  a deep ocean, vast and mysterious.
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  And now you've learned how to navigate its depths.
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  You know where the currents are strong and how to steer your
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  ship with purpose. As you remain on that path,
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  continuing to walk forward, I want you to imagine your future
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  unfolding like a sunrise, each day a little brighter than the
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  last, where you can wake each morning with a quiet sense of
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  ever increasing purpose, a spark of curiosity for what this day
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  might hold. Don't be surprised if you notice
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  yourself smiling more often in a mirror, a reflection in the shop
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  window. Not because everything is
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  perfect, but because. You have accepted the past, are
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  at peace with your journey, and optimistic of continued
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  progress. Don't be surprised if you begin
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  to attract those people who see your value, that you attract
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  work that fulfills you and attract opportunities that match
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  the person you've become and are becoming.
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  What if you give a vote of confidence in the person that
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  you're becoming? If the person of you that has
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  got through this does certain things, then set yourself
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  challenges to do those things. Small, incremental, tiny steps.
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  Small decisions that build a stronger and stronger foundation
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  under your feet. I want you to get a feeling that
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  when you lose hope, even for a while, you can't know what the
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  future has in store. Therefore, make decisions as if
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  your future gets better and better.
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  And each decision, each action, creates more of those wonderful
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  things that let you know you're making even more progress.
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  And as weeks turn into months, you can look back and realize
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  how far you've come, how much lighter, calmer, and more
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  hopeful you feel. What if that difficult chapter,
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  that daunting period, was not the end of your story?
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  It was the prologue to your awakening?
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  And I want you to think of just one powerful thing that when
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  that happens in your future, will be a milestone of progress,
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  a significant thing that lets you know you're moving in the
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  right direction. And just imagine that now,
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  initially seeing yourself like you're someone else, but see
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  that future version of you with the positivity, energy and
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  smiles of your past, but also tempered with the wisdom, the
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  grounding, the experience of what you've gone through.
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  The goal is not to become who you were, it's to become better
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  than you were. The energy and joy of your past,
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  but also the wisdom of your experience.
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  I want you to get a sense that you can step into that future.
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  Feel how it would feel as if you were living that future now.
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  Starting to feel that you are priming your mind to reawaken
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  those neural pathways that can hope, that can believe, that can
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  trust in your abilities to make things better than ever before.
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  It's time to leave this forest path in your imagination and
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  return to the present. But in doing so, take wonderful
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  new ideas, wisdom, resources all the way back with you realizing
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  that this has been a journey within your imagination.
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  A journey of thoughts within thoughts, ideas within ideas,
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  and dreams within dreams. But now take a deep breath in
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  through your nose and down 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. You will awaken feeling more
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  optimistic, having released any shame or guilt, and feeling a
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  sense of hope for the future. Starting to count. 123 Waking up
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  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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