Many people think of hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis primarily as a tool for combatting bad habits like smoking or over-eating. However, it can also promote personal growth more generally. For example, perhaps you want to enhance some of your skills or want to target specific areas of insecurity. Here are the key facts you need to know.
Hypnotherapy can give you the power to achieve goals, no matter what those goals may be. Whether you struggle with low self-confidence, can’t seem to stick to resolutions or are looking to transform your life by learning how to achieve unlimited wealth, hypnosis taps into the parts of your mind that are holding you back. Reshaping your subconscious with productive suggestions that promote positivity, proactivity and self-esteem, the process can lead to huge personal changes in just a few sessions.
When you use hypnosis for personal development, the positive results impact on all areas of your life. For example, your interest in hypnotherapy might have been triggered by a desire to boost your public speaking skills and to feel calm before giving presentations, but that may lead to promotions, bigger earnings, greater job satisfaction and a more robust self-concept. In addition, whenever you become more confident about some aspect of your life or skillset, this self-assuredness is infectious—it can improve relationships (both old and new), and lead to embracing new opportunities that used to seem too intimidating to take on.
You can use hypnosis in the traditional way (i.e. through in-person sessions with a hypnotherapist), or you can opt for self-hypnosis. While some people do prefer face-to-face contact with a hypnotherapist, using self-hypnosis recordings allows you to do your personal development work on your own time, and in the comfort of your own home - and as a bonus, you can listen to the recordings as often as you like.
There are dozens of different self-hypnosis techniques that you can use for personal growth. Some programs target a need for relaxation or positive thoughts, while others focus on achieving goals and building confidence (whether you need it in some specific arena or in general).
It’s possible to learn self-hypnosis techniques that you don’t require the use of recordings and which simply involve learning how to put yourself directly into a hypnotic trance. However, most people find it much more straightforward acquire techniques with the help of self-hypnosis recordings (during which a professional hypnotherapist gently leads you into a trance and then offers the suggestions that you need to improve in the ways you desire). It’s also easier to use more advanced techniques when they’re spoken aloud to you.
One example is NLP Future Pacing—this type of Neuro-Linguistic Programming stimulates your brain by change its previously learned responses to things in your environment. So, in the arena of personal development, NLP Future Pacing might help you to move past an old fear of flying by leading you to develop new feelings and beliefs about flying. It can do so by focusing your subconscious mind on the future, creating a vivid imaginary scenario in which you can essentially act out your new response to the old trigger (the idea of flying, in this case). When you are consistently able to see a positive outcome during NLP Future Pacing, you know that hypnotherapy has “rewired” you in the relevant way. Meanwhile, if your Future Pacing exercises don’t lead to positive visualizations, this simply helps you see where you still need to make changes and can help you focus in on the highly specific roadblocks that still stand between you and your goals.
Evidence suggests that self-help hypnosis can work for a wide range of personal growth goals. For those who want to improve low self-esteem, it provides a way to removing outdated, limiting assumptions from previous negative experiences, installing self-valuing beliefs in their place. Studies also show a connection between self-hypnosis and the ability to overcome procrastination, whether at work or in creative endeavors. Further, in the realm of anger management self-hypnosis can be used to complement more traditional forms of therapy—and some research even indicates that hypnotherapy is more effective. It is safe, easy to practice and offers the further benefit of providing a period of intense, restorative relaxation.
So, whether you use your self-help mp3 for motivation, anxiety, focus or something else entirely, you have good reason to be optimistic about the outcome. We provide a large number of customized program that are applicable to most common goals and personal struggles, so you’re sure to find something that suits your specific needs.