SWISH off your fears & bad habits !

Common PhobiasAcrophobia Fear of heightsAchluophobia Fear of darknessAgliophobia Fear of painArachnophobia Fear of spiders Aviophobia Fear of flyingDentophobia Fear of dentists Dromophobia Fear of crossing streets Hydrophobia Fear of water Necrophobia Fear of death Phasmophobia  Fear of ghosts

Uncommon PhobiasAmaxophobia Fear of riding in a carArithmophobia Fear of numbersAurophobia Fear of goldChronomentrophobia Fear of clocks (or time)Consecotaleophobia Fear of chopsticksEpistemophobia Fear of knowledgeEuphobia Fear of hearing good newsGeliophobia Fear of laughterLeukophobia Fear of the color whiteGenophobia Fear of sex

Let’s consider some BAD HABITS

Let’s consider some BAD HABITS

Let’s consider some BAD HABITS

Let’s consider some BAD HABITS

Let’s consider some BAD HABITS

I can’t help it! err…or can I ?

Replace an undesirable state with an empowering one!

The SWISH PatternSWISH is about replacing your response to a particular trigger image (e.g. biting your finger nails or the fear of heights) with a new, positive response.

APPYING The SWISH PatternSTEP 1Identify the behaviour you want to change. Create an internal representation of that behaviour as you see it through your own eyes. E.g. if you want to stop biting your fingernails, imagine a picture of you lifting your hand, bringing your finger to your mouth and biting a finger nail.

APPYING The SWISH PatternSTEP 2Now, create an ‘ideal’ representation of the new you – picture yourself as if you have made the desired change. When you picture yourself, it should be a disassociated view (not from your point of view but more of a watcher of yourself in a movie)E.g. you might picture yourself as taking your fingers away from your mouth, seeing your nails perfectly manicured; you are well dressed & magnificently groomed; totally in-control and confident.

APPYING The SWISH PatternSTEP 3SWISH! – see your ideal representation getting bigger and brighter, replacing the image of your undesired behaviour. Your trigger image (nail biting) becomes smaller and dimmer as it is overlapped by the new you.E.g. you might picture yourself as taking your fingers away from your mouth, seeing your nails perfectly manicured; you are well dressed & magnificently groomed; totally in-control and confident.

Let’s start swish-ing!The key to this pattern is speed and repetition.Close your eyesCreate a big & bright image of the behaviour you would like to change (trigger image). Now create a dark, sub-image of how you would like to see your new self.SWISH! (pause & experience)Open your eyesRepeat #1 two seconds later.