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The Singing Hypnotist

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So as part of the 90 Day tRansformation Challenge, I’m “stepping into” a new “handle” “brand” or whatever you want to call it.

My friend Ned Depew saw me at the Honest Weight Food Co-op last week and made a point of telling me, “You know Mark, I’ve been thinking, you might consider calling yourself ‘The Singing Hypnotist’.”

And it was weird because I’ve been asking myself over and over again in my meditaitons and self hypnosis talk, “How can I authentically and holistically integrate my music, my message and my methods of personal transformation in a way that people instantly can relate to and understand? How can I combine what I do into one thing, that keeps me focused and on target without constraining and limiting me?”

So I sat down last night with my guitar and proceeded to sing a phrase that I heard somewhere or read somewhere.

“Sometimes you have to be nobody before you can be somebody” It’s kind of the perfect hypnotic phrase. it’s vague enough so that whoever is hearing it can translate it into whatever works for their unconscious mind… and ultimately the 90 day challenge as well as my one on one hypnosis and NLP work is all about becoming who we really want to be isn’t it?

So here’s what happened once I turned my cameras on. (I’m continuing to experiment with 2 cameras in order to improve the “watchability” of my musical videos. But I’ve also decided to start posting these as audio only podcasts to soundcloud.) Let me know what you think.

Here’s the audio only version:

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Get the full lyrics for this new song over at MarkShepardSongs.com : Song # 529 Be Somebody (world premiere)

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A Guide To Worrying

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My son Shared this with me this morning and I thought it was just so good I had to share it with YOU!

(scroll down for your daily Transformation Tune)

If it doesn’t seem funny to you then you definitely need to take my “CRUSH anxiety NOW!” Course IMMEDIATELY. :o)

I love the droll British monotone of his voice…. in NLP we call this a reframe… and yes it’s a bit sarcastic but what the hell, sometimes we need a little sarcasm to gob smack us out of our self pity and victim mindsets… standard equipment on most humans…

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Song #338 “Snap Out of It!”

The important thing is just to be fully aware that you CAN realize the change you’re looking for…

And here’s how

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– Mark

p.s. As of today we have only 4  spots left for the 90 day Transformation Challenge Master Mind which starts on Monday, Jan 9th.

As a former worrier and victim of my own self defeating thoughts, I’ve been there and done that and I can help you Stop the negative thinking patterns and start taking some intelligent effective action for 2017. COWABUNGAH BayBee!

A Hypnosis Session in Song

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One of the best Hypnosis Sessions I’ve ever Sung!

You may have landed here searching for hypnosis for any number of personal reasons. And I need to let you know up front that I’m not your average “hypnotist”. I HAD to learn Hypnosis and NLP in order to get out of my own way and get the personal empowerment tools that I lacked as a young man. Everything I’ve learned and all the clients and students I’ve helped over the years with my NLP and Hypnosis practice basically benefitted from ME being REALLY screwed up and doing everything possible to heal and empower myself.

This concert was a key “test” of my own personal progress. The song, “Rain” is a deeply hypnotic tune with a powerful message that you just might want to “install” deeply into your Rostromedial PreFrontal Cortex for the rest of the day. :o) (That’s the place where songs get “stuck” in your head and it’s actually really good self hypnosis if you choose the right song…)

I hope you’ll take a moment from your busy, action packed day to check it out.

I want to thank the video crew who schlepped all the way up to Albany from Brooklyn NY to turn the “Last Concert” into something that truly commemorates how far I’ve managed to progress over 40 years of clearing stage fright, self doubt, self sabotage, and all the other “cant’s” and excuses that “forced” me to work on transforming and healing Myself…

A lot of folks don’t seem to “get” what a big deal it was for me to

  • a. invite all those amazing musicians to support my songs, many of whom drove several hours to get there… and
  • b. persistently and continually promote the gig for 3 full months in order to “Sell Out” the concert.
  • c. have the energy and endurance to organize, set up, rehearse, do a sound check and then perform for over 2 hours with 8 other people…
  • d. And as a MASSIVE introvert who has performed solo for 30 years just hanging out with that many other musicians was a milestone as well.

One of the keys in personal mastery and self healing is to be able to “measure” or “gauge” your progress. A lot of folks, including myself, often fail to notice and appreciate their improvements or progress.

I hope you don’t need to be as miserable as I was in order to start working on your “stuff”. We’ve all got some. And THAT in a nutshell is why I HAD to learn NLP, Hypnosis, Energy healing etc.

Does that make sense?

I would also like to publicly acknowledge my son Andrew who dove deep into editing this first video over the past several weeks. He reads these emails and APPLIES the (almost) Daily Mind Mastery Methods each day… and as a result he is CRUSHING it in his world. I am BEYOND proud of him. He reports that editing this video caused the words of the song to sink deeper and deeper into his unconscious mind to the point where it’s literally pushing him forward on HIS path with heart, which is making a name for himself and his crew in the TV and Video realms…

Go Andrew Shepard!!!! I’m so, so, so Proud of you son!!!!

Now. Let’s talk about YOU!
YOUR assignment for TODAY… (should you choose to accept it)… is to get THIS song stuck in your head… after all it IS HYPNOSIS! Honest Hypnosis that puts YOU in charge of your change… And share the hell out of it on Facebook or Twitter or to the dude or dudette in the next cubicle at work… Please? Thanks!

NOW!

Have an awesome day!

– Mark

p.s. Have I told YOU lately how PROUD I am of YOU? Well I am. Keep those emails coming! Contact Me

p.p.s. I was in the recording studio YESTERDAY with Joe Mennonna and I got some really good video of my recording process… with really good sound coming soon…

Thanks again for all your support!

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Perfectionism Is A Self Induced Hypnotic Trance

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Today’s mind mastery message is about “Perfectionism” and why “Rough Around The Edges” is Better than “Perfect”…

You may think it bold of me to claim that Perfectionism is basically “self hypnosis.”  People bitch and moan about the curse of their perfectionism as if it’s something they have no control over… And as your Honest Hypnotist, it is my duty to inform you that it’s your own self hypnosis that is holding that pattern of behavior, thought and perception in place…

For example, today’s transformation tune is “We Shall Live In Light” which was one of our encores at “The Last Concert of Mark Shepard and the Rogue Mystics” on November 19th…

We hadn’t rehearsed it and you can hear where we were a little rough around the edges.

And I say AWESOME! Because we did it anyway. Even tho it wasn’t perfect, or perfectly prepared. We just went ahead and kept singing in spite of our mis-takes.

And in music, particularly recording of music, we often do several “takes”. Then we can take the best one. That’s nice to have that ability. But in a live setting? It’s all or nuthin’… And I LIKE that. It keeps things real and healthy. It wasn’t a Mistake as in “failure” it was just a “take” that wasn’t as good as another take in a specific spot or spots…

A lot of people think their “perfectionism” causes them to constantly improve their efforts and that if they didn’t have this torturous tendency, they would just be lazy slackers sloppily slapping stuff together and calling it great…

This post is not about being slack or accepting less than high quality output in our efforts. We definitely want to continue to always improve, always strive for something better…

HOWEVER the perfectionist MONSTER must be tamed. The solution? Do your best and let it be good enough for today.

Tomorrow your best just might be better.

And that’s your Mind Mastery Message for today.

Do Your Best! Give it everything you’ve got! And enjoy that.
No regrets. No “do-overs”. Boom. Take action and learn from the action. Take the first step and then the next one, with a lightness of touch that is profound and urgent, yet gentle and forgiving.

That’s what seems to be working in my life these days and hearing back from my clients and friends who have explored this notion seems to confirm this… And it’s a relief because I used to sweat and fret about ALL the stuff that I couldn’t fix…

In fact I’m fond of telling my “perfectionist” clients that they aren’t actually “Perfectionists” at all. They’re “IMPERFECTIONISTS”. They continuously focus on what isn’t perfect as if somehow that will “fix” things and make them “acceptable” to whoever parent or teacher or boss they have yelling at them in their head…

It’s no fluke that the universal “problem” beneath every other problem in my 20 years of practicing NLP and Hypnosis is the belief, “I’m Not Good Enough” and as little kids, we often weren’t. And it drove us crazy.

But it doesn’t have to drive you crazy any more. Your best is good enough. And you will continue to get better as you take more action in your life. And you will have “learning opportunities” and you won’t like them at first… But when you begin to trust them, you will start looking forward to them and enjoying the fact that you don’t have to be perfect right out of the box.

And that’s actually… PERFECT! :o)

So give it a shot today in Your life and let me know what you think.

Here’s the “Rough Around The Edges” Transformation Tune for the day:
Song #253 “We Shall Live In Light” (Live with the Rogue Mystics)

– Mark

p.s. Tomorrow will be the last song from my concert on November 19th. I’m hoping to share with you some of the first video that the crew captured as soon as Saturday or Sunday so check your emails! (that is if you’re one of the cool cats on the Mind Mastery Daily email list… If you’re not yet, then go right ahead and use the handy form on pretty much every page of this site. No purchase necessary. No Obligation. Unsubscribe at any time. But don’t miss out on your daily dose of mind mastery magic and music ok?)

p.p.s. We have more and more people raising their hands and responding to my invitation to be a part of the next 90 day challenge. If you’re even a little bit interested in seeing how much more you can have, do and BE in 2017 with support, coaching, and some significant applications of NLP and Hypnosis in your tool kit, just click the contact link and let me know that you’re interested. Details are being developed as the Holidays begin to close in… LOL :o) The Contact Link

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Your Headline Here

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[Your Headline Goes Here…]

I never really know what the subject line or the headline should be until after I write the post… So why do I keep attempting to come up with them FIRST?

Because MailChimp, the email system I use, ASKS for subject lines and headlines FIRST. And I usually start typing THERE before I paste it all HERE… I do that because I know a lot about the people who are on my email list…

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…And it helps to have an audience in mind when communicating ideas…

And I COMPLY with friendly, helpful MailChimp by attempting to fit into THEIR agenda. It’s just easier. They make it easier by gently putting a deadline on an action. Do it now! Here! Just fill in this little blank right now… right now. right now… do this now…

It works. AND it’s a form of every day “hypnosis”.

Do you see how “hypnosis” is all pervasive? We are constantly being “guided” by other people’s “agendas” or “programs” for us.

And for the most part we LIKE it. It’s not some “evil plan”. It’s helpful. [Yes… my email list is helpful and free]

We like it because deciding what to do all the time is EXHAUSTING. But this is one key clue to what’s constantly going on beneath the surface of “us”.

Your conscious mind thinks it’s in control but it is always TRUMPED by your unconscious mind’s constantly seeking direction for what to do next… It either comes from your conscious mind or it’s going to come from somewhere else… the media, your family, your friends, your neighbors, (not that any of that is bad, it’s not “bad” its just constantly slipping through your “filters” and affecting you without your conscious awareness and my whole deal is that I help people to be Modern Jedi Mind Masters by teaching them how to see the actual “Matrix” of the world we live in so compliently).

So today, don’t do anything that I tell you to do.
Don’t do anything that I merely suggest you do.
In fact don’t do anything that anyone else wants you to do…

Until YOU decide you want to do it.

That’s what I’m working on today. It all started when the cashier at the store told me to “have a nice holiday”. And I told her, “I will if I want to!” And it’s only the first week of December so can’t we wait at least another week to start with all the Xmas stuff? Sheesh…

end of short rant.
Oh! Where was I? Oh yes!

Attempting to be clear about what I really want to do today… Because there’s a ton of stuff that HAS to happen today… But what I really feel like doing is just lazing around the house… So I figured I’d write some of these thoughts down in the process of checking one thing off the to do list and possibly getting a couple others done at the same time… and it just irked me for some reason that before I have any idea what I’m gonna write about these darn “Mail Chimps” want to know what my dang subject line and headline is…

And I do NOT have a clue… And you know what else? The hardest part of writing or of starting ANY project is actually STARTING… but Once you take a deep breath and start something, it begins to line up priorities  for you.. in the same way… So hey, whatever gets you started…

And if just riffing about something totally inane and un related to anything gets the creative juices going then you might want to give that a try sometime… but only if you want to…

And all that brings me to today’s “HEADLINE” (remember the whole thing about the “headline” up there at the top?)

And if your process requires that you shake things up every once in a while that may mean challenging the existing order, questioning authority and stepping back out of the “matrix” of everyday life for a few moments… for me, that means today I’m putting the headline LAST.

And I’m skipping the “subject” line until I’m damn well ready to put something INTRIGUING in it…

For YOU it may mean turning off the TV for the rest of the day, or your cell phone (gasp!) or ignoring your constant texts and emails for an hour or two… or until YOU are ready to have clear thoughts and a centered approach to your day… Hell don’t even bother listening to the awesome song I’m sharing with you below. Unless you have the desire to tune your inner world more with my help.

then go right ahead…

and did you see what I just did?

I told you what to do by telling you to feel free NOT to do anything I suggest…

Whatever you do, Don’t have a fabulous day… unless you simply insist on having a fabulous day.

Oh Yes! here’s the headline:

ABDUCTED BY ALIENS!

Compulsive Singer/Songwriter/Storyteller/Hypnotist Returns with This Message…

“Begin to Practice Considering the Possibility of

THINKing FOR YOURSELF This Holiday Season”

or how about this one?

Kardasian SUCCESS SECRET! The TRUTH REVEALED.

How the Kardasians (and Donald Trump AND Oprah) Have Been Completely Honest About Who They Are So That They Turn Some People Into Raving Fans (and safely ignore others who despise them but who they will never win over and who they don’t even worry about winning over because they don’t need to)…

and How YOU Can Too!

or how about this one?

HUH? Ummm… Hey!

Well. Whatever. Here’s a song. I’m not suggesting it’s a good song. But it sure makes me happy when I sing it or listen to it so maybe it IS a good song… Joy Adler says it’s a great song… Joe Mennonna believes it’s a fabulous song… But YOU can decide… if you want to… Whenever you’re ready to be ready…
Song # 499 “Honest Rock” (Live with the Rogue Mystics)

– Mark

p.s. BTW whatever you do DON’T listen to the song…

p.p.s. … Unless you want to…

p.p.p.s. But Thank you for wanting to… It helps a lot…… on Wednesdays… in December…

Inspirational Picture

p.p.p.p.p.p.s. Here’s an inspirational picture I would normally put up at the top of the post, of someone doing something really intense and cool that you and I will probably never do but that we think we could do if we wanted but the truth is we don’t want to climb rocks because we know we could really, really, really get hurt and that would be dumb.

But then we stop ourselves from doing other things that we THINK could hurt us but that would be GOOD for us if only we would take a deep breath and be honest with ourselves you know?

About why we’re really here. I mean, really.

Why are YOU here? What’s this life thing all about?

and it felt really good to put the picture last because I hope you remember the visual and metaphorically imagine yourself successfully climb ing to the next level of mastery in our next 90 day Challenge… so if  you want to work on your “stuff” with other people who are also working on their stuff click this Contact Link and reach out to me ok? Let me know you want to be on the VIP list of “interesteds”. Ok? cool.

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Going All In Before Your’e All Out

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crows-in-a-tree-1400Fresh Insights, Excites, and Recites…

Hey Kids, I just got off this awesome podcast/Youtube interview with “Resilience Champion”, Zaheen Nanji.

She asked me a ton of awesome questions about CRUSHING anxiety and helping people to make Rapid, Real, Relevant Changes and Improvements in their lives with NLP and Honest Hypnosis Tools…

As usual when I get to be the center of attention and talk about something that matters this much to me, I was my funny, entertaining and educating self… ;o)

We both went into trance and the 40 minutes whizzzed by like greased lightening, lightening and lightening, releasing and resourcefully responding… that’s right… mmm hmm…

LOL…. I should have a link for you by tomorrow… so you can hear for yourself… and enjoy my conversational hypnosis… about hypnosis… and NLP… and YOU changing stuff and liking having the power to change whatever you want, whenever you want to change stuff…

Today tho, For your Mind Mastery Message, I have a fresh new video I made for you where I wax eloquent about one of my most-est favorite-est topics: Going “All In” Before You Go “Out”.

And in support of my Daily Mind Mastery Message I have this Transformation Tune, aka, “song” Recorded live Nov. 19th with the Rogue Mystics…

Your “assignment” today (should you choose to accept it) is to CLICK THIS LINK and let me know what you want to work on for YOUR next 90 day challenge.

I’ve heard from a few of you SERIOUS action takers like Linda, Paula, Mike, Mike, Leslie, Lewis, Andrew & Starsky Scherherazade (not their real names).

Now about about the rest of you? Seriously. I want to know what you would improve in your life if you COULD improve it significantly, noticeably, measurably? And would you be interested in get some support or a lot of support or a medium amount of support to actually GO FOR IT and Git R Done?

Of course if you just want to keep doing what you’ve been doing because it’s working pretty well that’s fine too. The biggest lesson I’m taking away from my own work with mentors and coaches is that mentors, “guides” and coaches help to cut the time between dream and reality significantly. So I want to share some of the processes that are working really well for me and my team… with YOU. That is, if you want it. If not that’s fine and I’ll just keep doing it by myself and my team and you can keep doing what you normally due…

HOWEVER, if you are even slightly interested in improving and area or every area of your life, faster, easier better, we will be starting January 2, 2017… and running through the end of March. I’m still kicking around ideas for how to best support YOU to ROCK the first 1/4… But there WILL be an application process and more information about the program coming soon…

You’ve got nothing to lose by simply “raising your hand” and beginning to consider what you want for yourself in 2017…

Got it?

Good!

Peace out,

– Mark

p.s. definitely listen to today’s transformation tune in a decent pair of headphones before you go to bed tonight…

You WILL feel better in the morning… even if you feel fine right now… and who am I to tell you “don’t change now!” or “change now”. You should be able to change whatever you want to change, whenever you want to change it.

Now… where was I? Oh yeah Planet Earth. December 2, 2016
Did you watch the video and listen to the song? Seriously. It’s for your own good. LOL… sweet dweams.

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