If you have a phobia, or know somebody who has one, I wonder if you have ever noticed a reluctance to do something about it even though there is a desire to be totally free of it. And even though there is motivation for change behind that desire. I guess the reluctance occurs when somebody isn't experiencing that desire and motivation for change strongly enough or often enough yet.
Wouldn't it be great to experience the motivation so deeply and so frequently so you are ready to take the next step and have the change you've always wanted. And to be free. And to start feeling so good about the potential for things to be different now.
To help increase the momentum towards busting the phobia for good and bringing about permanent freedom from that old fear you can make some simple and effective preparations. Imagine your motivation for change is like a tiny flame. The following preparation helps the flame to burn more brightly, lighting the coals in the engine room of motivation driving the motors of change.
Consider your motivation for being free of the old phobia. What is important about having that freedom? Ask yourself: "what will be different in my life if I am free of it?" What benefits will you get from being free of that old habit of phobic feelings? What new opportunities will arise for you now? How is having this change beneficial to those around you? What will you be doing now that you couildn't have done before?
When you imagine sometime in the future now being free, having made the change, what kind of feelings and sensations do you experience? I wonder how things might look different in some curious way.
Before doing anything about how you feel differently in the situations where you used to have a phobia it's a good idea to start imagining what it is like having just completed the situation successfully e.g. having arrived at the airport after a relaxing flight, having completed the exam feeling calm and focused, having finished a very successful presentation, drying off after enjoying some time in the sea or a swimming pool, having a cup of tea after tidying up the shed full of cobwebs ...... I wonder what would happen if you spent a couple of minutes each day doing that, just imagining having completed that situation successfully.
After practising this kind of visit to the future you can allow yourself to discover, in your own unique way, how you know that you are experiencing the motivation for change more strongly. Then notice or feel what is different that means you are ready to take the next step and use some NLP and hypnosis to bust the old phobia completely.
Enjoy stoking up the coals of your motivation engine room.
If you have any comments or questions about this first step please feel free to post to this blog and I will be happy to give further suggestions.
I'll post another blog about some of the techniques used for the next step very soon.
Further Information:
Phobia Hypnotherapy Treatment
Hypnotherapy Shoreham
NLP Shoreham
EFT Shoreham
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