Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
When people hold back, it can result in frustration over what could have been achieved. A more courageous and decisive stance can result in great opportunities. This episode features a footballer's ambitions which could be lost by hesitancy, but it can be a metaphor for all sorts of situations when you're confronted by that fork in the road: whether to hold back for the cautious route, or give it your best.
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
This episode is about harnessing strategies which you may have developed during childhood, including love and acceptance, in order to make more use of it in your life today: it's particularly relevant to the degree to which you may feel obliged to feel responsible for relationships with others. It's also worth thinking, as you listen to this episode, about how many young peeople growing up today might be handicapped from using this 'inner child' approach in future as a result of spending an excessive proportion of their time on social media.
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Career development is not just about doing your job really well, but also about responding to the inner call for more challenge and opportunity: what can be described as the progressive rather than cyclical approach. But it's not just a matter of expecting these things to fall into your lap: preparation and applying those extra skills call for action on your part. Clarity, belief — then action: these are the key ingrdients for going for promotion or, indeed, starting your own business.
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Defiant natures often arise from being treated badly in the past, and can therefore draw people back into re-living those difficult, and sometimes abusive, experiences. However it is possible to build a more constructive, harmonious future, gaining empowerment to accomplish difficult things in the face of that adversity. If you feel that life has treated you unfairly, listen to this episode to help you to look ahead to a compelling visionn for the future.
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The Christmas/New Year break often features an excess of alcohol: the challenge after the new year is to bring the quantity and frequency you consume back under control — 'everything in moderation'.What changes do you want to make in your consumption? Adam Cox may have the answers.
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Empowerment is all about the freedom to make choices and be more in control of your life. Conventions and rules are of course helpful in providing a structure for everuday life, but they can also tie you down. Adam uses the metaphor of game-playing in this episode to help with breaking free in order to find more spontaniety, more fun and adventure in life.
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
Inception Island is a rather special island in a rather special Canadian lake; Adam uses this analogy to help you to create a wonderful feeling of positive relaxatin — just what's needed for Christmas time. Inception islands are also known as recursive islands: try this YouTube video — https://youtu.be/YaBy5fLUsCc?si=TAOb4iKKRYtMuudn
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Love, joy, gratitude — all things to be sought in abundance over Christmas. Adam helps to improve personal relationships in ths episode, looking for opportunities to build goodwill rather than at what could go wrong.
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
Building new relationships is a key element of most walks of life, from personal dating to extending the customer base of your business. Using a fishing analogy, Adam encourages building more variety into approaches to extend social interaction. So, if repeating the same approach isn't working for you, try something different and explore what the alternatives might be.
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
Whether it's for a family occasion or for a business event, the prospect of public speaking can be daunting. It's all about anticipatory fear, so this episode is all about building a sense of confidence and comfort in order to prepare for it. Adam Coc uses the imagery of a walk which you enjoy in order to help prepare for your upcoming speech: don't just assume that you can tell yourself you can cope on the day — if there's continuing underlying anxiety, it may well take hold without this preparation.
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