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2. One of the basic principles of
hypnosis and hypnotherapy – and,
indeed, of a lot of styles of
counseling – is that what we
believe deep down inside
ourselves shapes our behaviour in
a range of ways.
3. And often, we aren’t aware of the
wrong or faulty thoughts and
beliefs that we have buried down
inside our psyches – down in the
place known as the
unconscious/subconscious or the
spirit.
4. One of the things that
hypnotherapy aims to do is to
replace these deep beliefs with
new ones that produce different
behaviour, as a hypnotic trance
makes it easy to access this part
of a person’s psyche.
5. It’s good to evaluate what your
beliefs and thoughts are and to
have a sort of inner spring
cleaning. In many ways, getting
rid of toxic thoughts and beliefs
could be better for you than a
physical detox session.
6. In the old days, such as in the
Middle Ages, they used to have
regular periods set aside where
you did both – cleansing your
body via fasting and avoiding rich
food, and examining one’s soul.
7. In the Middle Ages (and some
people still do it today), this was
done twice a year, usually in the
lead up to the big festivals of
Christmas and Easter.
8. You may or may not want to
follow this pattern but now that
the winter is more or less behind
us, you might want to take time to
examine what you think and
believe about the world around
you and about yourself.
9. You may or may not want to do
this with the help of a counsellor.
Often, talking something out
without censorship can help.
10. Or you can find a very, very good
friend who will provide a listening
ear (make sure that you do the
same for them, of course!).
11. The ancient Celts had a word for
the sort of friend you could go to
for this sort of support and a
listening ear without judgement or
criticism – they called this sort of
friend a “soul friend” or
“anmchara”, and they had a
saying that “A person without a
soul-friend is like a body without a
head.”
12. If you haven’t got a friend you can
trust in this way and you don’t feel
comfortable going to a counsellor
– at least at this stage – then
journaling can often help – getting
your thoughts down freely without
censorship.
13. If you’re not much of a writer or a
typist, you can try journaling in
pictures or even into an audio file
of some type (don’t you miss the
old tape recorders and
Dictaphones?).
14. Just remember that Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram are not
your journal!
15. The important thing here is to
identify your self-talk. We all talk
to ourselves all the time, whether
we’re aware of this or not.
16. I’m talking to myself right now as
I type this article out.
17. And if we constantly repeat things
that stem from faulty or incorrect
thinking or beliefs, this will shape
our behaviour and our attitudes.