How Hypnotherapy can change negative thought patterns.

I was chatting with my colleague, Steve, this morning about choice and positive thinking. He was working with a client the other day and came up with the analogy “I choose cherries.” Re-framing a negative mindset into a positive one.

As human beings, we are conditioned to think negatively and the subconscious part of our brains is where those learned responses live. However, we can choose to respond to a feeling or situation in a different way – and hypnotherapy enables us to do this by making a shift in the subconscious, in order to find a more positive way forward.

I wrote a blog some time ago about rain and how, as adults, we have forgotten the pleasure of jumping in puddles. Often people feel their mood sink when the clouds gather and rainfall starts – but children see rain as an opportunity to splash about in a puddle and have fun. This is a perfect example of “I choose cherries” and to feel liberated. There is always another path – and with the help of hypnotherapy you can find it.

As I sat down at my laptop today, I felt pretty overwhelmed at the amount of social media content that has been scheduled for May! My days are very busy with clients and now my weekends are taken up with writing blogs and recording videos. I was surprised I was feeling this pressure and lack of inspiration. Having talked it through, I realised I could choose to respond to this challenge in a different, lighter way and to step away from feeling overloaded.

I started by asking myself what I love about writing – what does it bring me? This re-framing and also firing up my inner coach enabled me to feel encouraged and positive. I went out for a walk which gave me some time to reflect and re-boot – and now I am writing!

There are, of course, lots of things we do need to give discretionary thought to in life and to analyse before making decisions. However, it is good to sometimes not worry about consequences and to do something for fun that feels liberating.

Hypnotherapy will enable you to free your mind to make new choices and not feel trapped into following old modes of behaviour. It can open your mind to positive thinking, help you bring greater clarity to your thinking, and release constricting beliefs and fears that have been holding you back.

If any of this resonates with you, do please get in touch for an online appointment. It is an extremely relaxing and enjoyable way to spend an hour and we can help you to find those cherries!