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Habit Change

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37057223_mHey Fabulous One, Welcome to whenever you are reading this!

We are continuing to shake up routines today.

So, watch the video first, then read my brilliant thoughts below it…

When people think about hypnosis they usually think about it as a way of changing habits.

And it is. Faster. Easier. Better.

But the majority of people kind of believe in it like its some kind of magic voodoo thing where the hypnotist “makes” them change. The reality is far more interesting. The person who says they want to make the change, will only make the change if they want to make the change.

Smoking is a habit. When people want to quit, they are actually not quitting cigarettes so much as they are retraining their unconscious mind to let go of the habit of smoking.

Overeating is a habit. When people want to lose weight they often attempt to change their habitual way of eating and moving (or not moving as the case may be). Weight loss is more challenging than smoking cessation because there are usually multiple changes that need to be made in multiple areas of your life.

Anxiety is a habit. It is habitual, vivid repetitions, of what you do not want, played out on your internal movie screen. Your body reacts biochemically to the habitual focus on doomsday scenarios and the body needs less and less reminding to create the habitual fight, or flight hormones a pumpin’.

So when I say it’s a good practice to consciously PRACTICE changing things up in very small ways. It’s just one of many ways I’m attempting to give your power back to you so you can stop doing the stuff that stops you and start doing the stuff that will lead you to the health, wealth and love that you say  you want.

So your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to do something differently in the next 24 hours. And then repeat. See what else begins to change as you demonstrate to your unconscious mind that change is actually fun. At the very least it’s more interesting than doing the same old thing and expecting a different result. LOL.

Peace out,

– Mark

p.s. Want to go deeper? Here are a few of my Related courses you might want to check out:

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Letting Go

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Hey there oh RADIANT one.

Let’s Tawk About LETTING GO (shall we?)

After my fabulous week of cranking out admittedly BRILLIANT, fresh and challenging videos, I thought it might be nice for us both to kick back a little bit with a song…

I’m not suggesting you let the song’s refrain get stuck in your head or anything…

But if it DID… What WOULD that be like? LOL…

This was one of the first songs I wrote that was inspired by my work as a healer/hypnotherapist/NLP practitioner.

People have come to me so emotionally wounded, so devastated by their childhood experiences that it literally becomes a self fulfilling prophecy…

Ultimately whatever happened in the past is gone, our memories of it and beliefs around our pasts can be healed and released. It starts with the intention of “letting go”.

And no I’m not saying that all you have to do is listen to this song a million times and anything you want to let go of will “magically” just loosen up it’s hold and sweetly drift away on the breezes like the dandy-lion seeds in the picture, BUT if you DID listen to this song a million times, it might FACILITATE it (at least a little bit).

When we release ourselves from attachment to our “horror” and “shame” stories and begin to live more and more in this sacred present moment healing can take place…

And of course it is a process we are in that sometimes seems like 2 steps forward and 1 step back, but it is happening…

Looking back at the 10 years of “lessons” since writing this song it feels like it was as much a message for me as it was for my clients…

As I often say to my current hypnosis clients and NLP students, the tools and techniques from Neuro Linguistic Programming or “Processing”, or from traditional hypnosis don’t instantly “fix” us, but they give us resources to heal ourselves faster, and more completely than if we were just using trial and error… or going through the same old behaviors and expecting a different result… (which Einstein is famous for saying is literally the definition of INSANITY).

Imagine singing yourself sane. What would THAT be like? :o)

Your Daily Mind Mastery “Take-Away” on this beautiful Saturday in November is to practice IMAGINING letting go. Let of of whatever it is that when you let it go would empower you to feel lighter, stronger, more at home in your body and in this present moment…

Let this be your soundtrack for the day.

Please click the arrow to play:

Let It Go

Song # 344   |   3/1/05   |   CD: Eyes On The Horizon

Refrain:
Let it go, let it go. Let it slip away
Let it go, let it go. Let it slip away
You will feel much lighter by the end of the day

I don’t know, I don’t know, Why you chose this road
I don’t know, I don’t know, Why you chose this road
It’s the perfect path for you to make yourself whole

Refrain:

I wish that you could see, the person that I see
I wish that you could see, the person that I see
Shining back at me so magnificently

Refrain:

Bridge:
I don’t know why you chose this experience
All I know is that on some level you did.
And if you chose it, you can change it kid.
It might be uncomfortable to admit it but you’ll be glad you did
You can blame it on your childhood
You got beat up  even when you tried to be good.
Your mom and dad, well they did the best they could
And you can’t escape the fact that their best was often not very good at all…
You got in the way and you got hurt and I’m sorry for that…

But they’re not around, they’re dead and gone or at the very least
They are no longer bigger than you.
So who’s beating you up now? Every single day?
Who’s keeping you depressed and tired and hurt and angry and overweight?

And if you chose it you can change it kid!
And if you chose it you can change it now…

Refrain:

I’ll sing this song for you. I’ll sing this song for me
I’ll sing this song for you. I’ll sing this song for me
Let’s get tangled up in the sweet melody

Refrain:

Look around, look around. See beauty everywhere
Look around, look around. See beauty everywhere
When you see your self make sure you that notice it there.

Refrain:

Copyright 2005-2015 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.

Want to crank up your “Letting Go ” muscles?

Check out my “kick the ass of anxiety” Course: CRUSH anxiety NOW!

Thoughts? Questions? Comments? Contact me baby.

 

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Some People Make A Living Surfing

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9664488_mSome People Make A Living Surfing.

Yes?

OK.

So I have a point to make. I make it pretty clearly in this video. Watch it to find out.

So what do you think? What is it for you that is the equivalent of “surfing”?

And what do you tell yourself when you see other people doing what you would “love” to do?

  • Did they just get lucky?
  • Were they born with a silver spoon in their mouths?
  • Were they in the right place at the right time?
  • What else do you tell yourself?
  • What beliefs do you have in place that block YOU from doing what you actually want to do?

What would it be like to be able to let go of those old limiting beliefs AT WILL? Easily? Safely?

Once the “table is cleared” of old patterns, baggage, habits, limiting beliefs etc, you can then install beliefs that SUPPORT your healing, personal growth, and expansion…

Sometimes it takes a moment. Sometimes it takes a long time. Either way it’s worth going for…

Learn how in CRUSH anxiety FOREVER! (special beta test price expires soon)

–  Mark

p.s. if someone can make a living surfing, I personally believe that it MUST be possible do find a way to make a living that YOU love.

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Real Quick

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hh-10-08-promise-ss2cropReal. Quick.

Real quick.

or REEL Quick!

[The following is a blog post by America’s Honest Hypnotist, Mark Shepard. It is a devilishly well intentioned hypnotic experience that is designed to leave you feeling extremely impressed with him as a human being…]

It’s Saturday afternoon and I haven’t forgotten you.

I REMEMBER you.

I got started on a new mod for CRUSH anxiety FOREVER this morning and I got so deep into it that I just flaked on my
Daily Mind Mastery Responsibilities…

So I need to jump back in to setting up the next step to totally CRUSH anxiety FOREVER…

This one technique I’m teaching today in this module simply kicks ASS!.

Old traumatic memory? POOF!

NEUTRALIZED…

Damn! I LOVE this work.

Special thanks to Linda for asking me better and better more intelligent questions every single day.

And yeah. You are intelligent. We all are over here. Only SMART people get anxiety.

Seriously.

Some of us are so smart that we create, almost impossible to escape, “traps” of thinking that we get stuck in…

Double Binds…

…suck

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t…

No. Way. Out.

(it appears)

But it’s an illusion.

You’re free.

“You’re free little bunny! You’re FREE!”

to change your mind about your problem.
To change your mind about what’s possible
To change your mind about the fact that
you can change everything with your mind.

So, let’s chill out a bit today and kick back with this song:

What If We Could Be Real?

(The Velveteen Rabbit Song)

| 9/25/12 | #456

If I were a velveteen rabbit
worn away with love from a child
would I be grateful?…
if I were a rock in a river
tumbling until I was smooth
would I be grateful?…

If I were a word on the air
spoken only to disappear
would I be grateful?
And if there was every reason to cry
And it caused my heart to open up wide
would I be grateful?

Refrain:
What if we could be real?
What if we could love ourselves exactly as we are
and allow the love of others past the bars of our hearts
What if love made us real?
Brave enough to feel
So we could finally allow ourselves to heal?
Truly Grateful for this moment
Grateful for this moment
Grateful for this moment of our lives

If you were a velveteen rabbit
worn away with love from a child
would you be grateful?…
if you were a rock in a river
tumbling until you were smooth
would you be grateful?…

If I were a dandelion seed
And everybody called me a “weed”
Would I be grateful?
If I was a hole in the road
That everybody cursed as they drove
Would I be grateful?

If I dared to go for my “dream”
And my world fell apart at the seams
Would I be grateful?
If I was a breath of fresh air
And you breathed me in but didn’t much care
Would I be grateful?

Refrain:

Bridge:
What if we weren’t so focused on lack and pain?
What if when we fell down we just got up again?
What if love was like sand on a beach
plenty within everyone’s reach
Nothing to steal, nothing to hide, nothing to fear?

Copyright 2012 by Mark Shepard

 

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Damn! I’m GOOOOOOD! :o)

 

  • Mark

P.s. Hey! do you have questions? Contact me.

Best Exercise For Flat Abs

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29640402_mHey! Skip the damn gym with it’s banks of TV’s and weird smells.

Today I take you through one of the best exercises for your abs that you can possibly do right in the comfort of your own back yard.

Plus! You’ll get outside, get something accomplished, see your progress and have a beautifully High Intensity Interval training experience.

Here’s the video:

Here’s the theory behind HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)

Do an intense “push” for 30-45 seconds with a “rest” interval of 90 seconds or so. Maximum number of sets should be about 8 (or 20-30minutes 3 X a week).

You can do H.I.I.T. on an elliptical machine, on a bike, running sprints, walking or running up and down medium hills, jumping on a trampoline etc.

Forget long, boring cardio. This is by far one of the most effective exercise concepts (other than doing everything really, really S.L.O.W.L.Y.)

You get more results, faster, better, with a continued spike in metabolism increase that continues to burn fat long after the exercise is over…

But none of those GET SOMETHING USEFUL DONE quite like raking which just naturally creates the High Intensity Intervals for optimal training!  Plus the neighbors get to see you being all like “working in the yard” which they like.

Just saying’ :o)

Give it a thorough test today!

Cowabungah baby.

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