Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
Compulsion is very different from habit: there's an internal dialogue driving that action, so that it feels essential in order to avoid some unpleasant consequence. It's not just eating, although that is the subject of this episode — it can apply to anything you feel you have to do, such as repetitively checking things or washing hands. It's therefore closely related to OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and arguably a form of superstition, which is thought to affect between 1% and 4% of people. If this is something you experience, Adam Cox helps to break those patterns of inner dialogue to provide you with freedom of choice.
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People who are trapped in a sense of unworthiness may not even realise it, as the mind can accumulate irrefutable evidence for itself to support all sorts of belief systems — what hypnotists describe as cognitive bias. However the trap can be exposed: for instance, in the case of unworthiness by finding it difficult to receive a compliment. Adam Cox helps to unwrap such traps and shows the way to escape their clutches.
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Doubt and uncertainty can sometimes help fill the void on how to pursue an elusive aim of seeking success in life, however you choose to define that. It can create space for something new and provide space for thinking creatively about the future ...
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Smoking can start in feeling part of a rebellious group of teenagers, but often turns from something that supports that bond-building sense of solidarity to a burden that has not delivered its early promise. Like so many things that promise one thing and turn out very different, it can feel like deceit. The ultimate rebellious behaviour may therefore be to reject that deceit, and the smoking that came with it.
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
Lack of confidence arising from personal situations can impact your working experience and ability to hold down a job. Whether it's shame, regret or frustration, sometimes it can help to look back through the lens of what you now know in order to find a new confidence and resilience: and particularly so for empaths. Note: 'Empath' isn't an official psychological term, but it's generally defined as a person who is highly attuned to the emotions of others. Empathy is an essential skill for all kinds of relationships. But people with very high levels of it may have a hard time setting boundaries between themselves and others.
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The placebo effect drives an element of expectation or belief for people taking part in a medical test, when they don't know whether they're taking the 'real thing' or are part of a control group. In this episode, Adam Cox uses the metaphor of a sleeping tablet rather than the actual thing to drive that placebo suggestion, thereby inducing a self-fulfilling policy to help you sleep. An added bonus here, too: there's no wake-up call at the end of the session, so you can just keep on sleeping!
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
Serial entrepreneurs have to adjust their mindset for selling in different situations, and Adam Cox helps with that adjustment by mapping across from one state to another, and by using the hypnotic technique of future pacing to adopt different approaches.
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In an interesting episode for summer holidays in the moors, woods and countryside: yes, this is about calming anxiety about unpleasant insects that burrow and bite, such as ticks. Adam Cox helps you to look at such perceived threats in a different way — to disassociate from anxiety, and to build your confidence to deal with such infestation!
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
Adam Cox shows how we all have reserves of inner strength and power which are much greater than we realise. Athletes competing in the Olympics show how they have mastered the ability to tap those reserves; this episode uses a broad metaphorical approach to help anyone to see that they don't need to look elsewhere. You already have those resources —Adam will help you find them.
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The entanglement of phobias and beliefs is a curious characteristic of the human condition. This episode tackles one such, in relation to birds — but the approach which Adam Cox takes to interrupt that association could help in other areas too. Most phobias are maintained by association, but what is it that builds these fears? Maybe something you've read or watched, but it may also be an association subconsciously introduced by others. Break that association! Lose that phobia ..
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