Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
Anxiety for the future can become a self-fulfilling prophecy: that's what's known as an 'anticipatory fear strategy'. It can hold you back and deny you opportunities. If those 'What If' thoughts could be entertaining, inspiring, they could give rise to useful ideas — turning 'Glass Half-Empty' into 'Glass Half-Full'.
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Anubis was the Egyptian God of birth and re-birth — the cycle of life — and it takes the image of a jackal. Adam uses this metaphor, which emerged through a dream of one of his clients, in order to help with moving from a negative to positive mindset. The episode develops a vivid imagination and is designed to transform the listener's outlook on life.
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Young people often find coping with tough decisions, or being evaluated, challenging. Adam Cox taps into the qualities of Messi to show that they can be emulated — a strong work ethic, the courage to make tough decisions, resilience to bounce back from failures: he explains how to connect with these, and how to use them as an anchor. The episode could help young people approaching exam season, or experiencing tough times at school.
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Driving in difficult conditions can challenge your comfort zone: do extreme weather conditions, fast or heavy traffic or darkness bring on anxiety for you? If you believe you can't handle difficult situations, if anxiety amplifies — this episode could be for you. Adam Cox uses a Virtual Reality headset as a metaphor of disassociation, helping to build resilience resources and to generate confidence for handling challenges which can trigger anxiety.
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In a session designed to build confidence for those in client-facing industries and in sales, Adam Cox looks at risk — reward using an analogy of visiting a casino. In contrast to putting a bet or stake at risk, he suggests that the only thing at risk in business development is your time, and that the rewards can be substantial. Such a mindset change can enable a more confident strategy for the future.
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Many people feel comfortable with communicating in a work environment, but are challenged in their social life. This may relate to feeling confident when there's a role to play, but finding themselves uneasy when the sense of purpose is not so clear. Adam Cox helps to explain how to use those existing skills in a new context, bringing calm and confidence to new opportunities for friendship.
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Well-meaning people with lots of empathy towards others can sometimes feel challenged by a loss of confidence and self-worth. Adam Cox helps to re-build that sense of purpose and fulfillment in order to re-establish direction and certainty.
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We all contain a wide variety of characteristics and capabilities, and weaknesses. The metaphor of a bungalow is used here to sort them into different scales of usage: the ground floor containing those in everyday use, less frequently used ones in the basement, and a motley collection of those we'd rather not admit to stored in the bunker. Adam Cox uses ego-state therapy to help us make peace between these disassociated parts so that they don't catch us unawares.
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In this short episode, Adam Cox links poetry and hypnosis to set out why bad things can sometimes turn out to be good. Sounds counter-intuitive? Listen in to explore your potential for unexpected benefits.
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To what extent is fear real, and to what extent is it an illusion? Childhood is often conditioned with constant reminders of what could go wrong, with fear being used as a primary way of controlling behaviour. However this can lead into continual anxiety about potential negative consequences as an adult, handicapping our ability to live life to the full. Imagination often amplifies fear: Adam Cox helps to put it into perspective in this episode. Image: Wikimedia
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