How to motivate yourself to do whatever you want with NLP and Hypnosis…

By Silke Herwald – Clinical Hypnotherapist

As some of you may know my weight loss group is well on it’s way and the ladies are loving it!!! For so many reasons but one I keep hearing is that they are all using the strategies and tools for their weight loss goals and they have all found that these things are applicable for every day living too…

The next weight loss workshop will be in February so if you’re interested please send an email to silke@australianhypnotherapycentre.com.au as I am sure it will sell out very quickly once again. I will first release the dates to people who have registered their interest and on my Facebook page Silke-Herwald-Hypnosis-NLP.

Before we get started a few other things to keep in mind:
Also please keep in mind that I am a full clinical member of the AHA (Australian Hypnotherapy Association) hence you are eligible for a rebate from your health fund if yours offers it for Hypnotherapy.

Now how to motivate yourself?

For a start I’d like you to do a very simple exercise, a very simple exercise:
Get a smile on your face and just say to yourself: “wow, how awesome will I feel when I have done this”?
Good. now, notice how you feel…

And now say to yourself: “I really should be doing this.” Or: “I must do this” Or: “If I don’t do this than such and such might happen, so I have to do it”
Good. Now, notice how you feel…

Okay, obviously the first thing is to know what you want to get done. Now think of that thing you want to get done. You wanted to get done now. Got it? Good, do not do it just yet and read on…

As you know every experience has a beginning, a middle and end bit. I mean even having a cup of tea has a beginning (for some it might be putting the kettle on, for others taking a cup or a teabag out of the cupboard or it could be putting the bag in the cup, or having the first sip… you know what it’s like for you) Than it has the middle bit (whatever that involves for you and most likely it would involve actually having the tea) and then it has the end bit (which is the last thing you do that lets you know it’s done. Again for some it might be having the last sip, for others washing the cup or putting it in the sink)….

So far so good. Now the thing is why so many people struggle with motivation is because they only think about the middle bit… They imagine themselves getting stuck in the middle bit somewhere and all they do is notice the negatives… No wonder those people couldn’t get motivated…

But you are different now… So lets get back to what it was that you wanted to get done now. Notice what lets you know that it’s done, the last bit that you do… The very last bit. Sticking it in the mail, being under the shower after the gym… and notice what it is that you’re saying to yourself, what you look like, maybe a certain smile, how good you feel or the sense of relief that it’s done and dusted…

Got that? Perfect.

Now when the time is right for you to get it done all you do is fast forward yourself straight to the very end, to the very last bit that lets you know that you’ve done it. Great, now say to yourself whatever it is you say to yourself. I might be saying something along the lines of: “Wooohooo, how good does this feel, yippie!!!! Dear me, that was pretty darn easy. Yippie.”
And then get going straight away.

If then there still is procrastination then it might be useful to book in for a session with me as there can be an underlying fear of failure, perfectionism or a few other things in the way. And then it might be time to help you remove those so you can get more of what you want with ease. Anxiety and self-doubt can affect anyone at any time. It is interesting that it is regardless of what people have already achieved and NLP and hypnosis are powerful means of breaking negative patterns of behaviour and letting go of negative attitudes. Hence popstars like Lily Allen and Geri Halliwell and TV personalities like Oprah Winfrey, Jimmy Carr and Heston Blumenthal have also turned to NLP and hypnosis.

Till next time, yours in happiness and wellbeing
Silke