are your fears holding you hostage ?

How often do you delay doing the things you’ve always wanted to do because when it comes right down to it, you’re too afraid, too uncomfortable? Perhaps you’ve delayed going on that diet, starting that exercise program, quitting the smoking habit, or avoided talking to your spouse about what is important to you. Maybe you dreamed of continuing your eduction or starting a new career but found yourself stuck, paralyzed with fear, doing absolutely nothing at all. You may have found yourself avoiding social situations, refrained from speaking up and thwarted efforts to pursue your dreams because it would involve breaking out of your comfort zone. Think about it. Do you notice that your fears have been holding you hostage inside your comfort zone? And really...how comfortable is that?

If you want to change your bad habits, end an unhealthy relationship, get a new job or ask your boss for a raise you will need to step out of your normal routine. By doing the thing you fear to do, you expand the territory of your comfort zone. But imagine if the fear wasn’t even there? That would make things much easier wouldn’t it?

Let’s be honest it is not the fears themselves that you are afraid of... you are afraid of the resulting uncomfortable feelings that may occur if you step outside of your comfort zone. But how do you really know you are going to have those feelings? Perhaps you think you know because you’ve experienced stress, anxiousness, panic attacks in the past and believe if it happened once it can happen again. Even thinking about those negative possibilities causes you to have a relapse of those feelings which in turn may cause secondary symptoms of stress like depressed feelings , heart palpitations, and sheer exhaustion. Is this sounding familiar?

Now STOP for a moment, take a breathe and start to observe purposefully. Fear, like stress, is not a tangible thing. It is merely an idea, an opinion, an assumption. It has no form. It is merely an illusion of your mind.

Illusions can disappear as easily as they appeared. You have the power to dissipate the illusions that were created or stored by your own mind. Hypnosis is a process that can help you do that. During a hypnosis session we utilize techniques to get to the root perceptions that are creating the illusions of fear. Perceptions are the filters by which you see and experience the world. By changing these filters, these perceptions, the illusion of fear disappears taking away with them the old fearful thoughts and feelings.

When you diminish or eliminate the fear altogether then you no longer need to continue those unhealthy behaviors like smoking, overeating, nail biting, alcohol and drug use that were failed attempts to combat uncomfortable feelings. Imagine being comfortable with eating right and exercising. Imagine being comfortable giving a speech to a group of people. Imagine being free from old negative behaviors. Imagine having healthy, positive productive behaviors that enable you to achieve success in all areas of your life.

Come on! Aren’t you ready to live a little ...or a lot?! Schedule a free consultation and learn how hypnosis can help you release yourself from the bonds of fear so you will feel free to achieve your goals!

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