How It Works


First, let's take a quick look at how your mind determines your behaviour.You probably already know that your mind has two major parts to it – your conscious mind and your subconscious mind.

When you use your willpower and effort, you are only using one part of your mind, your conscious mind. However, it is the subconscious mind that stores the belief systems, behavioural patterns and habits that affect your life.

And whenever there is a conflict between the conscious and the subconscious minds, the subconscious mind always wins. This means that no matter how strong your willpower is, no matter how hard you TRY to MAKE this change happen, you'll continue to fall back into past behavioural patterns.

My approach works directly with your subconscious mind. Using a combination of hypnotherapy, NLP and advanced coaching methods I help you to align your subconscious beliefs and patterns with your conscious goals. This means that you can achieve what you want to easily and effortlessly.

My unique approach works really consistently because it addresses the following aspects of change on a subconscious level:

1. Limiting Beliefs
Almost everyone has had experiences with limiting beliefs affecting their ability to achieve change. For example, if someone wants to quit smoking, but deep down they believe that they won't succeed then, more than likely, they won't.

It's not just a matter of choosing to believe something different. It's much more complicated than that. Beliefs are tied into how you identify yourself and your values. It's because of this that they ultimately affect how you behave. So, even if someone believes that they can quit smoking, but in doing so they'll start overeating and pack on the weight, then their mind has no choice but to create that behaviour.

My approach gets to the core of your limiting beliefs as well as how you identify yourself with them. Then I help you to transform them into something that supports your goal. And once you do, you'll find that creating change is easier than you ever thought possible.

 

2. Self Sabotage
Most people have some element of self sabotage that prevents them from kicking a bad habit or creating a new positive one. No matter how motivated you are to change, there's a part of you that simply likes things the way that they are. And it's that part of you that manages to stop you from achieving your desired outcome.

You probably know someone who's decided that they want to start exercising more and have gone and joined a gym or purchased the latest fitness equipment. And how long do they keep it up? Some longer than others, but eventually, they just stop. What's happening is that some part of themselves starts to find reasons not to exercise, procrastinates doing the exercise and ultimately convinces them to just give up.

Without properly dealing with issues of self sabotage, all your efforts to change are wasted. My approach focuses heavily on eliminating these issues so that you are completely congruent in the pursuit of your goal.

3. Extreme Self Care
Change is stressful. There's no doubt about it. Even when the change you're making will benefit your life, you will still experience stress to some degree. Stress is also one of the main reasons that people give up on their goal. It weakens their resolve and, before they know it, they're right back where they started.

Abandoning your goal not only wreaks havoc on your self esteem. It supports existing limiting beliefs and may even create new ones, making it even harder to succeed next time. The disempowerment that most people feel after an unsuccessful attempt at change may only seem fleeting at the time, but it sets you up for failure in the future. If you've ever tried to change and failed then this had definitely affected you.

Reducing stress and increasing self esteem are an inherent part of my approach. This is the most nurturing and supportive aspect of my work , as well as the part that I enjoy the most . How you feel about yourself and your ability to deal with stress are important factors that determine your success at creating change. Once these areas are of yourself are optimised , then change is much easier to achieve. Aside from that, this aspect of my approach will have benefits that flow into every area of your life.
 

The Bottom Line
When you only deal with one or two of these aspects (even at a subconscious level) then, chances are, you'll end up falling short of your goal. Sure, you might be able to change for a little while but, eventually, you'll fall right back into those old behaviour patterns that you're trying to overcome.

But when you bring all three together, then you can create the powerful, permanent change that you desire. Better yet, you'll have a soaring sense of self confidence and empowerment that will affect all other areas of your life.

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