WEBVTT 00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:07.760 Welcome to the hypnotist. 00:00:07.840 --> 00:00:13.840 The show that gives you inside access to cutting edge hypnosis with real clients facing genuine issues. 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:16.000 Brought to you by the hypnotherapist 00:00:15.975 --> 00:00:17.655 demanded by celebrities, 00:00:17.655 --> 00:00:19.655 CEOs, and even royalty, 00:00:19.655 --> 00:00:20.695 Adam Cox. 00:00:21.015 --> 00:00:25.895 These recordings took place live from Evansville in London's world famous Harley Street. 00:00:29.170 --> 00:00:34.210 So get yourself comfortable and enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist. 00:00:39.010 --> 00:00:45.045 Hi. It's Adam here. Now I'm gonna guess. This is a guess because I don't know you personally. 00:00:45.445 --> 00:00:49.285 You've got at least one bad habit, something that isn't that healthy, 00:00:49.525 --> 00:01:00.840 and something that if you did less of that and more of something else, actually, it would improve the quality of your life, you would feel better about yourself, you might have more energy, more health, more confidence, something like that. 00:01:01.160 --> 00:01:05.480 Well, you've come to the right place because this hypnosis session is all about 00:01:06.255 --> 00:01:09.135 reducing unhealthy habits and increasing 00:01:09.375 --> 00:01:26.640 healthy habits. And there was a client that I was working with that used to drink alcohol on their own and then they stopped drinking alcohol and they started having sugary sweets and they didn't wanna replace one with the other. So you might be familiar with a game called Whack a Mole where 00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:29.120 in these kind of arcades, 00:01:29.600 --> 00:01:37.505 a little animal would pop up, you hit it with a a little hammer and then another one pops up somewhere else. That can happen with habits that actually, 00:01:37.745 --> 00:01:40.545 um, you break one habit and then another 00:01:40.705 --> 00:01:47.345 unhealthy habit just replaces it. So we don't want this psychological whack a mole taking place. What we want is to be intentional. 00:01:47.730 --> 00:01:51.730 There's one habit reduces, a healthy habit replaces it. 00:01:52.290 --> 00:01:52.770 And, 00:01:53.090 --> 00:01:55.730 um, it's good to have behavioral psychology 00:01:55.730 --> 00:01:57.330 alongside the hypnosis 00:01:57.570 --> 00:02:00.530 within this, and I make reference to a marble jar. 00:02:01.305 --> 00:02:03.385 So if you just think of a big vase, 00:02:03.545 --> 00:02:05.465 a glass vase or a big 00:02:05.945 --> 00:02:07.545 one of those big jars, 00:02:07.705 --> 00:02:10.185 the kind of mason jars. 00:02:10.265 --> 00:02:12.665 Now just imagine that you've got lots of marbles 00:02:12.825 --> 00:02:16.265 and every time you did something healthy instead of something unhealthy, 00:02:16.620 --> 00:02:22.540 you put one of those marbles and you put it in the jar and you could probably imagine what that would sound like, the rattling around, 00:02:22.940 --> 00:02:25.100 the glass on glass kind of sound. 00:02:25.580 --> 00:02:28.140 That becomes an anchor. It becomes a trigger 00:02:28.220 --> 00:02:39.535 that actually means that you get to feel good whenever you do the healthy thing. And then you get to feel good by rewarding yourself by putting the marble in the jar. And you also get to feel good whenever you see that jar 00:02:39.615 --> 00:02:52.230 filling up with marbles to say, oh, I've got lots and lots of healthy habits that I'm building in my life. So that's a it's a metaphor within the hypnosis, but I would encourage you to buy that big jar, 00:02:53.030 --> 00:02:54.470 buy the pack of marbles, 00:02:54.550 --> 00:03:03.745 and then give yourself a rule that says when you do something healthy or you do the habit that you want to cultivate more of, put a marble in the jar, 00:03:03.985 --> 00:03:07.585 uh, and then that creates a wonderful self fulfilling prophecy 00:03:07.745 --> 00:03:09.585 and positive reinforcement, 00:03:09.585 --> 00:03:11.105 which is part of behavioral 00:03:11.345 --> 00:03:12.385 psychology. 00:03:12.465 --> 00:03:24.950 Now this session is about wine and sugar. That's the habits that this client wanted to change and be more active and do things like more yoga and walking and things like that. It might be different for you. 00:03:25.510 --> 00:03:27.910 So if you like the idea of a bespoke session, 00:03:28.515 --> 00:03:40.915 something crafted specifically for you, have a look in the show notes because there's a suitability test, and there's a webinar, and there's various downloads and courses all there in the show notes. So check those out. 00:03:41.600 --> 00:03:46.880 For now though, find a quiet comfortable place where you won't be distracted or disturbed. 00:03:47.200 --> 00:03:48.960 Relax and enjoy the session. 00:04:06.605 --> 00:04:07.565 Take 00:04:08.125 --> 00:04:09.405 a deep breath in. 00:04:11.140 --> 00:04:12.740 And as you breathe in, 00:04:13.940 --> 00:04:16.980 breathe in that slow, long, relaxing breath. 00:04:18.420 --> 00:04:19.060 And 00:04:19.460 --> 00:04:20.980 as you exhale, 00:04:22.260 --> 00:04:24.420 allow your eyes to close 00:04:25.185 --> 00:04:27.505 and position your body in such a way 00:04:28.785 --> 00:04:30.545 where you can really feel 00:04:30.705 --> 00:04:31.505 comfortable 00:04:32.465 --> 00:04:33.745 and relaxed. 00:04:34.865 --> 00:04:35.825 That's it. 00:04:36.465 --> 00:04:37.825 Breathing and relaxation 00:04:40.550 --> 00:04:41.430 and 00:04:42.070 --> 00:04:43.430 exhaling tension. 00:04:45.670 --> 00:04:46.870 Each breath 00:04:46.950 --> 00:04:48.150 facilitates 00:04:48.710 --> 00:04:49.510 a release, 00:04:51.415 --> 00:04:54.135 A release of any stress and worries. 00:04:55.335 --> 00:04:58.535 A release of any frustration or annoyance. 00:04:59.895 --> 00:05:02.455 A release of anything that has been 00:05:03.495 --> 00:05:06.695 contributing to anything other 00:05:07.030 --> 00:05:08.310 than calm, 00:05:08.390 --> 00:05:09.190 peace, 00:05:10.150 --> 00:05:11.270 tranquility, 00:05:12.070 --> 00:05:13.350 and acceptance. 00:05:16.310 --> 00:05:20.150 And when you breathe in, breathe in slightly deeper than you normally would. 00:05:22.495 --> 00:05:23.215 And 00:05:23.535 --> 00:05:25.055 as you exhale, 00:05:25.935 --> 00:05:28.735 allow the outward breath to continue 00:05:30.895 --> 00:05:32.975 for longer than it normally would. 00:05:35.135 --> 00:05:36.415 And the deeper you breathe, 00:05:38.420 --> 00:05:40.260 the more relaxed you feel. 00:05:42.500 --> 00:05:44.500 And the more relaxed you feel, 00:05:44.900 --> 00:05:46.340 the deeper you breathe. 00:05:48.340 --> 00:05:51.460 And just scan your body for any clues of 00:05:52.095 --> 00:05:53.615 tension, stress, 00:05:54.895 --> 00:05:58.575 any echoes of emotions that aren't needed right now. 00:06:00.895 --> 00:06:02.095 And every exhale, 00:06:04.110 --> 00:06:07.790 allow yourself. Give permission to just let go 00:06:10.270 --> 00:06:13.470 and feel the release of that unnecessary 00:06:13.470 --> 00:06:14.350 emotion 00:06:15.710 --> 00:06:16.750 there 00:06:17.625 --> 00:06:19.305 in the outward breath. 00:06:23.705 --> 00:06:24.745 That's it. 00:06:27.225 --> 00:06:29.065 And there may be sensations, 00:06:30.510 --> 00:06:31.470 tingles, 00:06:32.350 --> 00:06:33.390 twitches, 00:06:35.230 --> 00:06:37.950 lightness or heaviness that lets you know 00:06:39.390 --> 00:06:40.830 that this release 00:06:41.070 --> 00:06:41.870 is happening. 00:06:45.085 --> 00:06:47.325 And every time you notice something, 00:06:49.405 --> 00:06:50.445 you allow 00:06:51.165 --> 00:06:52.925 your unconscious mind 00:06:53.965 --> 00:06:56.845 to facilitate more of that release. 00:07:01.940 --> 00:07:05.380 Because there is nothing that needs to be done, nothing to manage, 00:07:06.820 --> 00:07:08.420 nothing to figure out. 00:07:10.180 --> 00:07:11.220 Just this, 00:07:12.340 --> 00:07:12.980 just now. 00:07:15.345 --> 00:07:17.665 Just the simple permission 00:07:18.545 --> 00:07:20.465 to arrive somewhere 00:07:20.465 --> 00:07:21.505 quieter 00:07:21.585 --> 00:07:22.465 than outside. 00:07:26.550 --> 00:07:27.350 Noise 00:07:27.750 --> 00:07:29.750 doesn't just come from 00:07:30.310 --> 00:07:33.910 building work and the external environment. 00:07:36.150 --> 00:07:39.590 Sometimes noise happens inside your own mind. 00:07:42.865 --> 00:07:46.145 The nervous system sometimes forgets what 00:07:46.545 --> 00:07:48.545 stillness feels like 00:07:49.905 --> 00:07:50.865 until 00:07:51.585 --> 00:07:52.465 it remembers. 00:07:56.590 --> 00:07:58.270 Notice the weight of your body, 00:07:59.870 --> 00:08:02.430 the places of contact and support, 00:08:04.270 --> 00:08:05.310 the breath 00:08:05.550 --> 00:08:08.110 moving on its own without instruction, 00:08:10.395 --> 00:08:11.355 Reliable. 00:08:12.715 --> 00:08:13.435 Constant. 00:08:15.275 --> 00:08:16.555 Always there 00:08:16.875 --> 00:08:19.355 even when everything else 00:08:19.915 --> 00:08:20.635 felt 00:08:21.130 --> 00:08:22.250 uncertain. 00:08:25.930 --> 00:08:27.530 Your unconscious mind 00:08:28.490 --> 00:08:30.570 is incredibly resourceful. 00:08:32.570 --> 00:08:35.850 It's been working on your behalf even in the hardest weeks. 00:08:37.885 --> 00:08:41.965 It's been finding clarity in places you didn't expect it. 00:08:44.285 --> 00:08:46.125 And here, now, today, 00:08:48.125 --> 00:08:50.445 you get to let that clarity settle, 00:08:52.630 --> 00:08:53.670 to deepen, 00:08:55.430 --> 00:08:58.230 to become something that lives in the body 00:08:59.110 --> 00:09:00.710 and not just the mind. 00:09:05.915 --> 00:09:08.555 I want you to remember a place, 00:09:10.155 --> 00:09:12.955 a place perhaps that only you know, 00:09:15.035 --> 00:09:17.355 a place from childhood, a place in nature, 00:09:19.250 --> 00:09:21.010 Perhaps a place outside 00:09:21.010 --> 00:09:22.210 that felt 00:09:22.610 --> 00:09:23.570 yours. 00:09:26.290 --> 00:09:29.890 Maybe it was surrounded by trees or water or open sky. 00:09:32.145 --> 00:09:35.585 It doesn't even have to be a real place. It could be 00:09:36.465 --> 00:09:38.545 just within your imagination. 00:09:40.225 --> 00:09:42.945 A place the mind goes when it needs to 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:45.440 find itself again. 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:49.600 And in this place, 00:09:51.760 --> 00:09:53.840 there is a particular quality of light, 00:09:55.805 --> 00:09:59.085 the kind that makes everything feel truthful, 00:10:00.845 --> 00:10:02.285 the kind that 00:10:02.525 --> 00:10:06.205 doesn't allow shadows to be confused for solid things. 00:10:10.390 --> 00:10:12.390 And with each breath, 00:10:13.910 --> 00:10:15.510 you can go deeper 00:10:15.670 --> 00:10:16.950 into this place. 00:10:18.310 --> 00:10:20.790 As I count down from 10 to one, 00:10:22.230 --> 00:10:24.230 give permission to go deeper. 00:10:25.855 --> 00:10:26.655 10. 00:10:27.855 --> 00:10:28.575 Nine. 00:10:29.855 --> 00:10:32.975 The ordinary noise of the day receding. 00:10:33.135 --> 00:10:33.775 Eight. 00:10:35.055 --> 00:10:35.695 Seven. 00:10:37.455 --> 00:10:37.855 Six. 00:10:40.030 --> 00:10:43.950 Arms and legs becoming heavier and more relaxed, more at ease. 00:10:45.310 --> 00:10:46.110 Five. 00:10:46.830 --> 00:10:48.110 Four. Three. 00:10:49.630 --> 00:10:50.670 A deep, 00:10:50.990 --> 00:10:52.430 comfortable stillness. 00:10:52.430 --> 00:10:53.470 Two and then one. 00:10:56.105 --> 00:10:57.545 And what if here, 00:10:58.905 --> 00:11:00.985 in this space of deep knowing, 00:11:02.585 --> 00:11:04.425 your unconscious 00:11:04.585 --> 00:11:05.465 is listening, 00:11:07.550 --> 00:11:08.510 ready 00:11:08.590 --> 00:11:10.670 to receive what is true, 00:11:11.870 --> 00:11:13.070 what is real, 00:11:15.950 --> 00:11:18.670 what you have already decided 00:11:19.535 --> 00:11:22.975 at a level far deeper than words. 00:11:27.855 --> 00:11:31.935 You already know that there is a particular kind of freedom that 00:11:32.660 --> 00:11:35.540 doesn't need to announce itself loudly. 00:11:37.460 --> 00:11:39.060 It arrives quietly 00:11:40.980 --> 00:11:44.660 in the gap between the old habit and the new decision, 00:11:47.315 --> 00:11:50.915 And sometimes a person doesn't fully recognize it 00:11:51.315 --> 00:11:52.595 for what it is. 00:11:55.315 --> 00:11:56.035 Think 00:11:56.675 --> 00:11:57.875 of a realization 00:12:00.290 --> 00:12:02.850 where you have arrived at something important, 00:12:04.290 --> 00:12:05.890 not through willpower 00:12:06.770 --> 00:12:10.930 and not through struggle or white knuckling your way through a craving, 00:12:12.130 --> 00:12:13.010 but through 00:12:13.250 --> 00:12:14.130 genuine 00:12:14.130 --> 00:12:14.690 clarity. 00:12:16.895 --> 00:12:19.535 The kind that comes when the body and mind 00:12:20.415 --> 00:12:23.055 and all of your history and experience 00:12:23.695 --> 00:12:24.815 all speak 00:12:25.215 --> 00:12:26.335 at once 00:12:26.575 --> 00:12:27.375 and say, 00:12:28.830 --> 00:12:29.470 no. 00:12:30.190 --> 00:12:31.230 Not this. 00:12:32.270 --> 00:12:33.790 Not anymore. 00:12:38.670 --> 00:12:42.110 I want you to think of that recent moment where 00:12:42.855 --> 00:12:44.055 it made sense. 00:12:46.135 --> 00:12:47.975 You introduced a boundary 00:12:48.775 --> 00:12:49.815 and felt 00:12:50.455 --> 00:12:52.135 no fear of loss, 00:12:52.455 --> 00:12:53.895 but a sense of liberation. 00:12:55.580 --> 00:12:56.940 You escaped 00:12:57.340 --> 00:12:58.300 the issue. 00:12:59.420 --> 00:13:01.340 You weren't running away from it. 00:13:04.220 --> 00:13:07.260 A direct message from your own intuition, 00:13:07.260 --> 00:13:08.860 your own experience saying, 00:13:13.795 --> 00:13:16.755 I don't want to drink alcohol at all. 00:13:19.395 --> 00:13:20.915 You don't want it, 00:13:22.115 --> 00:13:24.355 and that 00:13:23.760 --> 00:13:25.840 is not a limitation, 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:28.400 not a sacrifice. 00:13:30.160 --> 00:13:32.800 That is simply a fact about who you are. 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:35.520 You don't want it 00:13:35.920 --> 00:13:36.480 anymore. 00:13:39.525 --> 00:13:44.085 You are not someone who wants to drink, but is trying not to drink. 00:13:45.525 --> 00:13:48.325 You are someone who simply does not drink 00:13:49.285 --> 00:13:51.525 because you simply do not want to, 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:58.520 and you can notice the difference between those two identities. 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:03.960 The person trying not to do something 00:14:05.160 --> 00:14:07.560 is always in a mild state of resistance, 00:14:09.495 --> 00:14:11.095 still attached 00:14:11.415 --> 00:14:12.615 to the thing, 00:14:14.215 --> 00:14:15.815 a constant struggle, 00:14:17.415 --> 00:14:18.455 second guessing. 00:14:22.350 --> 00:14:24.110 But the person who simply 00:14:24.430 --> 00:14:27.390 does not want to do it and does not do it 00:14:28.670 --> 00:14:31.390 has stepped outside the equation 00:14:31.470 --> 00:14:32.190 entirely. 00:14:34.945 --> 00:14:37.345 They are not at war with alcohol. 00:14:38.705 --> 00:14:41.025 They are indifferent to it. 00:14:45.025 --> 00:14:46.705 In the same way that 00:14:48.450 --> 00:14:49.890 a nonsmoker 00:14:51.170 --> 00:14:53.170 that would never want to smoke 00:14:54.370 --> 00:14:56.610 does not need willpower 00:14:58.370 --> 00:14:59.970 to not pick up a cigarette, 00:15:01.465 --> 00:15:02.505 It's just 00:15:02.825 --> 00:15:04.265 background noise. 00:15:05.705 --> 00:15:06.825 It exists. 00:15:07.385 --> 00:15:08.425 It's there, 00:15:09.705 --> 00:15:11.145 but they do not want it. 00:15:14.310 --> 00:15:17.110 And your unconscious mind can make this shift, 00:15:19.110 --> 00:15:22.070 not as an instruction to be enforced, 00:15:24.310 --> 00:15:28.070 but as a recognition of what 00:15:26.605 --> 00:15:28.525 is already true. 00:15:30.365 --> 00:15:32.445 You've already crossed the threshold. 00:15:33.725 --> 00:15:34.845 The decision 00:15:35.405 --> 00:15:37.085 has already been made. 00:15:40.490 --> 00:15:41.690 This is just 00:15:42.410 --> 00:15:43.290 enabling 00:15:43.290 --> 00:15:45.450 all parts of your unconscious 00:15:47.930 --> 00:15:49.450 to recalibrate, 00:15:50.730 --> 00:15:52.090 to synthesize, 00:15:53.130 --> 00:15:54.090 to integrate. 00:15:56.035 --> 00:15:58.195 And whenever you think about a future 00:15:59.395 --> 00:16:01.555 where alcohol might be present, 00:16:02.995 --> 00:16:05.235 you already know in advance 00:16:06.435 --> 00:16:07.555 you don't want it. 00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:11.740 Alcohol is not 00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:13.740 in your future, 00:16:15.180 --> 00:16:16.860 but it was in your past. 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:20.540 It belongs to a version of you 00:16:21.020 --> 00:16:22.700 that you have already 00:16:22.780 --> 00:16:23.500 outgrown. 00:16:27.445 --> 00:16:31.445 And every social situation that once felt like it required 00:16:32.005 --> 00:16:33.925 willpower or negotiation, 00:16:35.365 --> 00:16:37.045 every offer of a drink, 00:16:38.005 --> 00:16:42.700 every moment where the old habit would have reached for something in a glass, 00:16:43.820 --> 00:16:45.900 can now carry a different feeling. 00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:49.180 Not deprivation, 00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.500 not discipline. 00:16:53.435 --> 00:16:54.155 Simply 00:16:54.315 --> 00:16:56.155 the quiet satisfaction 00:16:57.275 --> 00:16:59.915 of someone who knows exactly 00:17:00.075 --> 00:17:00.955 who they are. 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:11.020 You fully integrated 00:17:11.020 --> 00:17:12.780 that realization now. 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:16.380 So let's turn your attention to something else, 00:17:17.900 --> 00:17:21.340 something that wears a more innocent disguise. 00:17:25.525 --> 00:17:27.205 Your body has been sending 00:17:27.445 --> 00:17:29.525 equally clear signals about, 00:17:31.925 --> 00:17:33.525 and there is a substance, 00:17:34.805 --> 00:17:36.085 an addictive substance, 00:17:37.570 --> 00:17:39.410 a poisonous substance 00:17:40.690 --> 00:17:43.650 responsible for killing millions each year 00:17:44.690 --> 00:17:47.250 that is added to almost everything 00:17:49.330 --> 00:17:51.810 that has been normalized so completely 00:17:53.235 --> 00:17:56.835 that the food industry has made billions ensuring 00:17:57.555 --> 00:17:59.795 people never stop to question it. 00:18:02.515 --> 00:18:04.835 It hides in birthday cakes 00:18:05.490 --> 00:18:07.090 and office biscuits 00:18:08.210 --> 00:18:10.290 and sauces and condiments, 00:18:14.450 --> 00:18:16.050 and the body experiences 00:18:16.050 --> 00:18:17.010 not as a food, 00:18:18.425 --> 00:18:19.865 but as a drug. 00:18:22.745 --> 00:18:26.265 Some people call it the most deadly of the white poisons, 00:18:27.705 --> 00:18:28.585 refined 00:18:28.585 --> 00:18:29.065 sugar. 00:18:31.330 --> 00:18:35.090 Not the natural sugars in an apple or a banana or 00:18:35.570 --> 00:18:37.330 dried fruit like a fig. 00:18:39.730 --> 00:18:42.050 These things come packaged with fiber. 00:18:43.585 --> 00:18:45.105 A grape has sugar, 00:18:46.065 --> 00:18:47.185 but has water 00:18:48.145 --> 00:18:50.385 to carry and dilute that sugar. 00:18:52.705 --> 00:18:54.465 Fruits have micronutrients. 00:18:55.850 --> 00:18:58.250 They work with the body's enzymes, 00:19:00.090 --> 00:19:01.130 but the white 00:19:01.370 --> 00:19:02.970 crystalline substance 00:19:04.010 --> 00:19:06.250 that has been stripped of everything 00:19:06.250 --> 00:19:07.690 except its hit. 00:19:10.195 --> 00:19:13.315 When refined sugar enters the bloodstream 00:19:14.195 --> 00:19:15.395 in a drink 00:19:16.515 --> 00:19:17.715 or a sweet 00:19:18.675 --> 00:19:19.955 or a piece of chocolate, 00:19:21.290 --> 00:19:23.690 it does not behave like food. 00:19:25.370 --> 00:19:26.410 It creates 00:19:26.810 --> 00:19:27.930 a spike, 00:19:29.770 --> 00:19:35.770 a rapid elevation of dopamine and blood glucose that 00:19:34.015 --> 00:19:35.615 feels briefly 00:19:36.415 --> 00:19:39.375 like relief, like reward, like pleasure, 00:19:40.495 --> 00:19:42.255 distilled crystallized 00:19:42.255 --> 00:19:43.615 gratification. 00:19:45.535 --> 00:19:46.015 And then, 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:48.440 like all drug hits, 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:50.840 it drops rapidly, 00:19:52.280 --> 00:19:54.920 and the drop creates the craving 00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:57.240 for the next hit. 00:20:00.455 --> 00:20:02.135 This isn't a metaphor. 00:20:03.575 --> 00:20:04.215 This 00:20:05.095 --> 00:20:07.175 is real biochemistry. 00:20:08.935 --> 00:20:10.615 The reward pathway 00:20:10.615 --> 00:20:13.095 activated by refined sugar 00:20:14.050 --> 00:20:16.370 is the same reward pathway 00:20:16.370 --> 00:20:18.290 activated by cocaine. 00:20:19.810 --> 00:20:23.730 The mechanisms of craving is chemically identical. 00:20:25.805 --> 00:20:27.805 The withdrawal is real. 00:20:29.405 --> 00:20:31.005 The tolerance builds, 00:20:31.965 --> 00:20:35.485 and the dose required to get the same effect increases 00:20:35.965 --> 00:20:36.685 over time, 00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:41.420 affecting the blood, the body, the brain. 00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.860 Refined sugar 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:48.620 is not a treat even if it's hidden in 00:20:48.860 --> 00:20:49.900 colorful packaging. 00:20:51.645 --> 00:20:53.085 It is a drug. 00:20:55.005 --> 00:20:59.165 And if you see it clearly now for what it is, let me know by nodding your head. 00:21:00.445 --> 00:21:01.165 That's it. 00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:06.340 And sometimes it's sneaky. 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.980 Those fruit juices 00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:14.100 that come from concentrate 00:21:15.715 --> 00:21:16.995 that has sugar, 00:21:17.795 --> 00:21:19.715 the syrups, the jams. 00:21:21.475 --> 00:21:23.795 It's obvious when it's a sugar cube. 00:21:25.155 --> 00:21:28.195 It's obvious when it's a can of fizzy drink. 00:21:30.560 --> 00:21:32.960 But I want you to imagine being able to look 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:37.040 at something that you know contains sugar, 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:41.840 the way you might look at a line of cocaine on a table 00:21:44.115 --> 00:21:45.715 with clear eyes. 00:21:47.955 --> 00:21:51.795 Nobody sees cocaine and think, oh, that's harmless. 00:21:54.675 --> 00:21:56.915 They know it's corrosive, 00:21:57.475 --> 00:21:58.195 addictive, 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:02.960 but a drug user does it anyway. 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:08.640 Once you see sugar for what it really is, 00:22:10.320 --> 00:22:12.960 you don't want it in refined form. 00:22:14.465 --> 00:22:17.745 You only want it in natural form. 00:22:20.385 --> 00:22:21.905 Something that is 00:22:22.545 --> 00:22:23.425 wonderful 00:22:24.785 --> 00:22:25.825 in nature 00:22:27.585 --> 00:22:29.105 is toxic 00:22:29.890 --> 00:22:32.610 when it's gone through that process 00:22:32.850 --> 00:22:34.130 of refinement, 00:22:35.170 --> 00:22:36.690 taking everything 00:22:36.690 --> 00:22:37.570 good, 00:22:37.730 --> 00:22:38.690 nutrients, 00:22:38.770 --> 00:22:40.050 water, fiber out. 00:22:41.905 --> 00:22:43.745 That's what makes it dangerous. 00:22:46.945 --> 00:22:52.065 You see sugar with the knowledge of what it actually is and what it actually does, 00:22:53.345 --> 00:22:55.185 not with fear or craving, 00:22:56.570 --> 00:23:00.570 but with the calm recognition of someone who has decided 00:23:01.290 --> 00:23:03.610 that this is not for me 00:23:04.170 --> 00:23:05.050 anymore. 00:23:06.730 --> 00:23:08.010 Not because I cannot, 00:23:09.705 --> 00:23:11.545 but because I know what it is, 00:23:12.425 --> 00:23:14.025 and I don't want that. 00:23:17.225 --> 00:23:18.825 Sugar withdrawal is real. 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.400 It feels 00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:26.200 like it can cause 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.800 tiredness, 00:23:27.800 --> 00:23:28.760 cloudiness, 00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.720 fatigue, 00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:31.400 irritability, 00:23:33.515 --> 00:23:36.715 But your unconscious mind is already prepared for it, 00:23:38.795 --> 00:23:40.155 considering it 00:23:41.675 --> 00:23:46.075 a tunnel short or long with a clear light at the end of that tunnel. 00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:50.780 And when you get to the other side, you're free of it. 00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:56.540 And any inner dialogue that says it's harmless 00:23:58.140 --> 00:24:00.060 is like bait on a hook. 00:24:03.015 --> 00:24:04.695 If you nibble at the bait, 00:24:05.415 --> 00:24:07.175 it pulls you back in. 00:24:09.815 --> 00:24:11.415 If a fish knew 00:24:12.135 --> 00:24:13.735 the bait had a hook, 00:24:13.975 --> 00:24:16.055 of course, they'd never eat it, 00:24:16.855 --> 00:24:17.735 but they don't. 00:24:19.190 --> 00:24:21.830 And that's what leads to their demise. 00:24:24.390 --> 00:24:27.110 Some people believe that when you know better, 00:24:28.070 --> 00:24:28.950 you do better. 00:24:32.965 --> 00:24:36.565 When you see refined sugar for what it really is, 00:24:38.325 --> 00:24:40.885 even a commercial of a soft drink 00:24:42.005 --> 00:24:45.205 of ice cream takes on a sinister connotation, 00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:49.020 These companies know 00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.260 it's addictive. 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:53.260 It kills people. 00:24:54.780 --> 00:24:56.380 A hundred years from now, 00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:59.180 they will look at adverts, 00:25:01.145 --> 00:25:07.865 for high sugar products in the same way that we look at adverts for cigarette companies in the nineteen fifties. 00:25:09.865 --> 00:25:10.825 They knew, 00:25:12.105 --> 00:25:13.385 and yet they did them anyway. 00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.900 You are out 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:23.420 or soon to be out of that tunnel, 00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.820 already free of it, 00:25:27.505 --> 00:25:30.385 with no desire to nibble at the bait. 00:25:33.665 --> 00:25:37.505 The food industry has little interest in you discovering 00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:42.960 an energy that is steady rather than spiked. 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:48.960 Your unconscious will crave real, natural foods 00:25:51.575 --> 00:25:53.415 where your blood sugar levels 00:25:53.655 --> 00:25:55.015 rise slowly 00:25:55.815 --> 00:25:57.655 and fall slowly, 00:25:59.975 --> 00:26:01.895 not spike and crash. 00:26:05.190 --> 00:26:07.030 Your body runs clean. 00:26:08.070 --> 00:26:10.390 You choose food that nourishes, 00:26:11.190 --> 00:26:13.590 not substances that spike 00:26:13.670 --> 00:26:14.470 and crash. 00:26:23.185 --> 00:26:26.385 It's interesting how the mind works when a habit is removed, 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:31.800 Something important that your unconscious can hold onto 00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:35.480 as a piece of protective wisdom. 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:40.840 The human mind, the reward system is ancient. 00:26:42.895 --> 00:26:45.215 It is wired not for health 00:26:46.015 --> 00:26:47.455 or longevity 00:26:48.175 --> 00:26:49.935 or spiritual growth, 00:26:51.215 --> 00:26:52.015 but for 00:26:52.255 --> 00:26:54.335 immediate relief from discomfort, 00:26:56.290 --> 00:26:57.970 for the quickest available 00:26:57.970 --> 00:26:59.010 dopamine, 00:27:00.210 --> 00:27:03.730 for the nearest exit from an uncomfortable feeling. 00:27:06.530 --> 00:27:10.290 And when one door is closed, the mind, with its remarkable efficiency, 00:27:11.905 --> 00:27:15.505 immediately begins searching for the nearest open door. 00:27:17.505 --> 00:27:21.265 And this is why people stop smoking and then start snacking. 00:27:22.625 --> 00:27:25.985 Stop drinking and begin compulsive online shopping. 00:27:28.280 --> 00:27:31.080 Leave one difficult relationship and 00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:35.560 unconsciously find their way into a structurally identical one. 00:27:38.455 --> 00:27:39.975 This is not weakness. 00:27:40.775 --> 00:27:41.975 It's engineering. 00:27:43.575 --> 00:27:47.975 The internal reward system doing exactly what it was designed to do. 00:27:50.055 --> 00:27:52.295 And because you see the mechanism clearly, 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:55.520 you can work with it 00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:59.200 rather than being worked by it. 00:28:01.280 --> 00:28:04.320 You do not replace one crutch with another, 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:07.440 one destructive habit with another. 00:28:09.425 --> 00:28:12.545 You get to choose where your dopamine comes from 00:28:14.065 --> 00:28:14.865 consciously, 00:28:14.865 --> 00:28:15.745 deliberately, 00:28:16.145 --> 00:28:17.105 with full 00:28:17.105 --> 00:28:18.145 awareness. 00:28:21.185 --> 00:28:23.985 And the question your unconscious can sit with is, 00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:28.820 what do you want to be addicted to? 00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:35.140 That drive to seek reward and pleasure is not going away. 00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:37.860 Nor would you want it to. 00:28:39.495 --> 00:28:41.495 It's what gets you out of bed. 00:28:43.175 --> 00:28:47.015 What draws you towards beauty and connection and craft? 00:28:48.775 --> 00:28:52.135 The question is only ever toward what 00:28:52.695 --> 00:28:54.455 shall this drive be aimed? 00:28:58.460 --> 00:29:01.420 Your body has its own intelligence about this. 00:29:03.580 --> 00:29:06.140 It already knows what it means to feel 00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:09.100 genuinely well, genuinely alive, 00:29:10.905 --> 00:29:14.425 And there are activities that produce the same neurochemicals 00:29:14.425 --> 00:29:15.625 as substances, 00:29:16.905 --> 00:29:19.385 but without the consequence and the death, 00:29:20.825 --> 00:29:22.105 without the withdrawal, 00:29:22.185 --> 00:29:23.385 without the morning after. 00:29:26.150 --> 00:29:28.310 The best example is movement, 00:29:28.790 --> 00:29:29.830 exertion, 00:29:30.790 --> 00:29:35.910 the physical world meeting the body with real resistance and real reward 00:29:37.510 --> 00:29:39.750 that also produces dopamine, 00:29:39.750 --> 00:29:41.110 but also endorphins 00:29:41.725 --> 00:29:43.245 and serotonin 00:29:44.285 --> 00:29:46.365 in a form the body recognizes 00:29:46.365 --> 00:29:47.805 as earned, 00:29:48.605 --> 00:29:49.645 as real, 00:29:50.525 --> 00:29:51.805 as sustainable. 00:29:53.885 --> 00:29:54.845 An accomplishment, 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:58.380 The particular satisfaction 00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.020 of 00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:01.180 making that important decision, 00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:03.660 learning that new thing, 00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:06.300 making something with your hands, 00:30:08.075 --> 00:30:10.795 getting something done that you've been putting off, 00:30:12.475 --> 00:30:13.515 all of that 00:30:14.315 --> 00:30:16.795 also releases that dopamine. 00:30:18.475 --> 00:30:19.835 What if 00:30:20.570 --> 00:30:22.010 you were addicted 00:30:23.370 --> 00:30:24.570 to movement, 00:30:25.530 --> 00:30:26.650 exercise, 00:30:26.650 --> 00:30:28.490 walking, or accomplishment? 00:30:31.370 --> 00:30:34.170 This is not a substitute for the thing you are leaving behind. 00:30:36.055 --> 00:30:38.855 It is something of an entirely different order 00:30:40.615 --> 00:30:43.575 because a substance gives the feeling of reward 00:30:44.455 --> 00:30:46.375 without the underlying reality. 00:30:48.550 --> 00:30:50.070 Whereas accomplishment 00:30:50.070 --> 00:30:51.830 gives the feeling of reward 00:30:52.630 --> 00:30:53.590 because 00:30:53.990 --> 00:30:55.990 of the underlying reality. 00:30:58.070 --> 00:31:00.150 The reward and the achievement 00:31:01.590 --> 00:31:02.630 are proportionate. 00:31:04.555 --> 00:31:08.395 And what if you are building a life where your dopamine is real, 00:31:09.435 --> 00:31:11.115 where the feeling of reward 00:31:11.675 --> 00:31:13.275 and the thing you have done 00:31:13.755 --> 00:31:14.555 are connected? 00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:20.340 I want you to create an image in your mind, 00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:23.380 a big jar 00:31:23.780 --> 00:31:24.900 made of glass, 00:31:26.260 --> 00:31:27.700 maybe a glass vase. 00:31:29.955 --> 00:31:30.995 Just imagine 00:31:32.595 --> 00:31:34.435 every time you do something 00:31:35.635 --> 00:31:36.915 that required 00:31:36.915 --> 00:31:37.795 effort, 00:31:38.675 --> 00:31:40.195 a difficult decision, 00:31:41.155 --> 00:31:42.275 you solved a problem. 00:31:44.150 --> 00:31:46.790 You did that thing you wanted to do. 00:31:48.550 --> 00:31:50.950 Just imagine placing a marble 00:31:52.470 --> 00:31:55.510 in a box next to it into the jar. 00:31:57.510 --> 00:31:58.470 Hear it clink. 00:32:01.105 --> 00:32:03.265 Maybe it spirals round. 00:32:04.705 --> 00:32:06.225 Maybe it has that 00:32:06.465 --> 00:32:09.185 bouncing sound of a glass marble and glass. 00:32:11.710 --> 00:32:13.150 When you do the thing, 00:32:14.030 --> 00:32:15.230 you feel good. 00:32:16.190 --> 00:32:18.350 When you put the marble in the jar, 00:32:18.910 --> 00:32:20.190 you feel good. 00:32:21.150 --> 00:32:24.270 And every time you see the marbles in the jar 00:32:24.590 --> 00:32:25.470 accumulating, 00:32:28.075 --> 00:32:29.835 you feel good. 00:32:36.555 --> 00:32:37.755 And I wonder 00:32:39.595 --> 00:32:41.355 if you could imagine 00:32:41.450 --> 00:32:42.730 six months from now, 00:32:44.970 --> 00:32:47.130 six months of being free of 00:32:47.370 --> 00:32:49.610 alcohol and refined sugar, 00:32:51.930 --> 00:32:56.090 then I want you to see that jar or that big vase filled with marbles, 00:32:58.275 --> 00:32:59.955 and then look at clues. 00:33:03.315 --> 00:33:04.595 Maybe it's 00:33:05.475 --> 00:33:07.315 a dog that's smiling and happy. 00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.840 Maybe it's 00:33:11.080 --> 00:33:13.400 more energy levels and better sleep. 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:16.520 Maybe you feel 00:33:18.040 --> 00:33:19.240 better in your own body. 00:33:22.415 --> 00:33:27.295 Almost like every marble is proof, proof of who you are choosing to be. 00:33:28.735 --> 00:33:33.455 Proof that you can be addicted to things that enhance your life rather than 00:33:33.935 --> 00:33:34.575 destroy it. 00:33:40.970 --> 00:33:42.170 Choosing to do 00:33:43.530 --> 00:33:44.730 difficult things 00:33:45.610 --> 00:33:47.770 when there's every reason not to 00:33:49.450 --> 00:33:53.995 may encourage you to put two marbles in the jar for something particularly 00:33:53.995 --> 00:33:54.875 difficult. 00:34:01.195 --> 00:34:04.875 And I want you to assess how you would feel about your life six months from now. 00:34:06.780 --> 00:34:08.860 What trajectory are you on? 00:34:10.540 --> 00:34:12.460 Where is your life taking you? 00:34:14.620 --> 00:34:16.380 Is it better or worse 00:34:18.605 --> 00:34:22.125 than when evenings were filled drinking wine? 00:34:24.205 --> 00:34:25.645 If your unconscious 00:34:26.525 --> 00:34:28.205 is now willing 00:34:30.540 --> 00:34:32.220 to shut one door 00:34:35.020 --> 00:34:36.780 and be very intentional 00:34:37.020 --> 00:34:38.940 as to the new door you're opening. 00:34:40.060 --> 00:34:41.900 Let me know by nodding your head. 00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.580 That's it. 00:34:45.075 --> 00:34:46.915 And so it's time to return. 00:34:48.275 --> 00:34:50.035 You return with clarity. 00:34:52.755 --> 00:34:54.595 You return with synergy, 00:34:54.995 --> 00:34:55.635 alignment, 00:34:57.230 --> 00:34:59.230 an identity that feels 00:35:01.710 --> 00:35:02.830 exciting, 00:35:03.230 --> 00:35:04.270 positive. 00:35:06.990 --> 00:35:08.670 It feels like possibility. 00:35:10.425 --> 00:35:12.745 So take a deep breath in through your nose, 00:35:13.625 --> 00:35:15.225 hand out through your nose, 00:35:15.945 --> 00:35:18.425 and wiggle your fingers and wiggle your toes. 00:35:19.385 --> 00:35:22.265 Connect and calibrate into the here and the now 00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:26.940 as I now count from one to 10 to awaken you. 00:35:29.580 --> 00:35:30.940 Starting to count. 00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:35.260 One, two, three, waking up. 00:35:36.515 --> 00:35:38.435 Four, five, six. More alert. 00:35:39.395 --> 00:35:42.355 Seven, eight. Open your eyes. Open your eyes. 00:35:43.315 --> 00:35:45.075 Nine, ten. Wide awake. 00:35:45.555 --> 00:35:46.595 Wide awake. 00:35:47.795 --> 00:35:48.595 Wide awake. 00:35:58.540 --> 00:36:02.780 Thank you so much for joining me on today's episode of the hypnotist. 00:36:03.125 --> 00:36:10.005 If you've enjoyed this episode or got some value from it, please give it a five star rating and review. 00:36:10.485 --> 00:36:14.885 And maybe you know someone that would also benefit from this particular episode, 00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:20.420 In which case, share the episode with them so they can also get the benefit too. 00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:24.260 And if you would like to listen to this episode 00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:26.420 where it's just the hypnosis, 00:36:26.580 --> 00:36:29.220 so no intro, no outro, no explanation, 00:36:29.815 --> 00:36:32.535 just the hypnosis and completely ad free. 00:36:32.855 --> 00:36:36.055 There will be a link in the description where you can subscribe 00:36:36.135 --> 00:36:40.215 at a very low cost and only get access to the hypnosis. 00:36:40.375 --> 00:36:45.495 So if that's of interest, please check that out. 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