The document discusses the concept of an "Inner Helper", which is a mental process that allows people to connect to their sense of self in order to access inner resources. It describes how concentrating and using self-suggestion can generate helpful imagery, thoughts, or feelings from one's memories and experiences. Scientists have found that areas of the brain linked to attention, self-awareness, and response to suggestion are activated during this process. The document suggests people can use their Inner Helper to find courage and strength or get suggestions for improving themselves, such as managing their weight.

1. Your Inner Helper
• Being human means having a sense of Self.
• Your memories, experiences, thoughts, emotions, imagery, relationships,
successes, self-esteem and more make up your Self--who you are and who you
can be.
• You also have an Inner Helper.
• Inner Helper is a name for a mental process in which you connect to the Self in
a special way.

2. Your Inner Helper
• You use your Inner Helper to connect to the rich resources of your unique Self.
• Of course, people can have the subjective experience of using their Inner
Helper, without giving it a name.
• Have you ever tried to summon up your "will power?"
• Have you ever looked within yourself for courage and inner strength to carry
out a decision?
• That's a search for your "Inner Helper"

3. Your Inner Helper
• When you concentrate, you begin to explore the fascinating landscape of the
inner mind.
• You connect to your Inner Helper by using self-suggestion.
• You concentrate and suggest to yourself connecting to your Inner Helper.

4. Your Inner Helper
• Concentration and self-suggestion generate imagery.
• You may get an an image of someone you admired, or someone who liked
and supported you.
• You may get a significant thought or message.
• You may remember a past success, or get in touch with your self-esteem.

5. Your Inner Helper
• Colors may appear that are meaningful to you.
• You may remember how you acted or felt at another time that was helpful to
you.
• You can find inner resources to resolve a conflict, solve a problem.
• You may discover you have courage and resiliency.

6. Your Inner Helper
• As you concentrate you notice the images that appear.
• Imagery can lead to self-suggestions.
• You can't predict what kind of suggestions you will get as you activate your
Inner Helper.
• But usually you can trust them. They're your suggestions.

7. Your Inner Helper
• An Inner Helper serves your best interests.
• An Inner Helper can limit excessive self-criticism.
• An Inner Helper can lift self-esteem,
• Your self-esteem may lift because you are willing to struggle with your weight..
• An Inner helper remembers successes.

8. Your Inner Helper
• An Inner Helper transfers learned courage and self-esteem to challenges, like
learning to manage your weight.
• You can use your Inner Helper to get suggestions from your Self about
managing your weight.
• You can get reminders of techniques you can use.
• When you concentrate on the search for inner help, you become more self-
aware.
• You strengthen your sense of Self.

9. Your Inner Helper
• Scientists have always been curious about how the brain gives rise to the
experience of mind.
• Their view is, that you are not your brain, but your brain enables your mental
processes.
• Scientists have located sites in the brain that give rise to the sense of Self.

10. Your Inner Helper
• They have located an "executive system" in the brain which controls higher
mental functions.
• The executive system regulates emotions, reduces mental conflict, balances
urges with control, makes it possible to carry out daily routines and is responsive
to suggestion.
• The executive system is always on.

11. Your Inner Helper
• Scientists have discovered a reward system in the brain that can be triggered
by over consumption of sugar and sweets.
• The reward system goes awry in addiction.
• The executive system can help moderate this over-activity in the reward
system.

12. Your Inner Helper
• Scientists have discovered that when you concentrate you activate higher
centers of attention in the brain.
• Higher centers generate imagery.
• Images are a form of self-suggestion.
• Higher centers respond to self-suggestion.

13. Your Inner Helper
• When you concentrate, imagine asking an Inner Helper for imagery that will
lead to self-suggestions about managing your weight.

14. Your Inner Helper
• The audio unit can guide your search for an Inner Helper although it may take
practice to recognize its presence.
• With practice you may find that an Inner Helper can narrow the gap between
how you are and how you want to be.
• When you are ready to search for the Inner Helper part of the mind, go to the
next slide and press the audio icon.

15. Your Inner Helper