With the new year come New Year’s resolutions. It makes me laugh to think back to how many times I have probably made the same New Year’s resolutions over and over again. How many times can you make the same resolution again and again I ask myself? Lose weight and start exercising! How boring. What we really need to get to is the emotional root of these behaviors so we can figure out why we can’t seem to get there from here. For many of us, it comes down to our self-image. I know so many adorable, beautiful people who don’t really believe in the heart of their hearts that they are adorable, beautiful people. Now I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but many of us could use a tune up when it comes to our self-image. Confidence is what makes people beautiful when it comes right down to it. Haven’t you ever met someone, who at first glance didn’t seem that attractive, only to realize once you had gotten to know them how wrong you were? I have.
Hypnosis is a great way to give yourself an image boost because it works at the subconscious level of the mind where change is more easily implemented. Since the subconscious mind simply records and plays back information, we are usually stuck with whatever tapes have been playing over and over again, many of them since our childhood. Now I don’t know about you, but confidence is not something that ever came easily to me. For as long as I can remember, I have been struggling with my self-image. I wish that I could say that I loved and adored my reflection all of the time, but sometimes that simply isn’t so. Quite frankly, there are times when I look in the mirror that I don’t quite like what I see and I think to myself, “Who is that person staring back at me?”
Growing up, I often felt frumpy, if you know what I mean. Confidence and grace never came easily to me as an awkward teenager. My younger sister always had a great sense of style and we always joked that she got the looks in the family; she could wear a paper sack and look fashionable. My older sister was very thin and outgoing, which made her nearly perfect in my book. Growing up, I struggled to feel “cute”. I wish I could figure out why I felt that way. If I had known back then how easy it was to improve your self-image with Hypnosis, I would have jumped on the bandwagon way back then with no holds barred.
When I was a teenager, I remember my father installing a basketball hoop for us on the side of the house. He used to tell me that as soon as I started to play more that my little pot belly would go away, it’s just baby fat he would say. Why do I feel like I still have the baby fat? I did finally get to a place in my early thirties when I lost 25 pounds and I finally felt halfway decent about my weight. It took me 6 months of counting calories and fat grams to really change how I ate, so you might say I did it the hard way. I stayed at a healthy weight of 130 pounds for quite a while and even got too thin during one stretch when I weighed 115. I think at that point I had gone too far, because I was a little too thin. I am finally at a point where I am happy with my weight, although I admit I still find myself getting obsessed with a number on the scale and even though I am a comfortable size 6-8, most days I still wish I could lose yet another 10 pounds. I wonder how we can ever get to a point where we love ourselves, no matter what? Why are we so obsessed with a number on a scale anyway and why are we continually comparing ourselves to everyone else?
Ever since I can remember, food has been my emotional comfort. Every family function was based around great food. I grew up in the Midwest where food is abundant and food meant comfort. If we were feeling blue, sugar was a great pick me up. The only problem is you eventually have to learn how to substitute other things for emotional comfort or you will continue to use food. Food cannot continue to be a substitute for emotional comfort indefinitely. We eat when we are not really hungry and we don’t know why. In the end, it just makes us bloated and cranky and it doesn’t really help. Using a tool such as Hypnosis is a great way to jump-start the New Year. It is so much easier to make changes when you’re not fighting with your own subconscious patterns. Combining something like a confidence booster along with Hypnosis for weight loss, is a great one-two punch. I like to suggest at least 3 sessions for anyone looking to make changes because one solitary session may not be enough to effectively reprogram your mind. Remember, you have been playing the same old recordings over and over again, so one session may not be enough to turn you completely around. Great work takes time, much like working on a fine painting. If you have been struggling with the same old New-Year’s resolutions over and over again, give yourself a break. Treat yourself for the new year and give Hypnosis a try and celebrate in style. Aren’t you worth it?
Sweetdreams everyone……
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