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WHERE DO YOU WANT TO
SUCCEED TODAY?
Career
Sports
Academics
Stress Management
Overcoming Fears
Weight Loss (and other health issues)
Interpersonal Relationships…?
Eliminate stress, anxiety and other unwanted negative emotions that limit your success, health and happiness.
Identify goals, find balance and enhance performance in all areas of your life (career, sports, school…)
Be, do and have what you really want in life!
So...what is the key to achieving this success…?
It has been said many times throughout history, in a number of different ways, but basically it comes down to this:
We become what we think about.
Your thoughts are creating your reality. If you wonder what the sum total of your thoughts are, take a look at your circumstances. Your outer world is a mirror image of your inner world.
It is estimated that 80 - 90% of our behavior is unconscious. That means that most of your behavior is preprogrammed, and much of that programming can be restrictive as we set out to achieve our goals. Thus, most of the stuff that keeps you from achieving what you really want in life is beyond your conscious control--most of the time you aren't even aware you are doing it. Fortunately, this programming can be changed!
It would be difficult to catalog all the lessons I've learned and the various schools of thought I have encountered (and continue to do so) that shape the way I work with folks. Each client is different, but the two basic tools I use are EFT and Hypnosis.
I work with clients either privately on the phone or in group settings. I also present teleclasses each week. Please e-mail me here to inquire about working privately or setting up a group workshop for your organization.
For private sessions, the fee is $175 per hour. If you are interested in private work, contact me for a free 15 minute introductory phone consultation. For more info, click here.
For group workshops, the cost for services will vary depending on the amount of participants and the type of program.
Please note: The work I do can provide relief from a number of issues, and can be wonderfully beneficial as a complementary therapy. However, I am neither a licensed psychotherapist nor a physician, and certain issues should be addressed by such professionals. Thank you for considering what is best for your physical and emotional well-being.
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EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques™)
This cutting-edge technique is being used effectively by a growing number of people to enhance all areas of their lives, including athletic performance. Developed by Gary Craig, EFT is a method of treating psychological distress using the energy meridians of the body. This is a simple technique that often provides rapid relief from physical-emotional issues (e.g. Trauma, PTSD, Phobias, Grief, Anger, Guilt, Anxiety, Addictive Cravings, Nightmares, Abandonment, Fear of Public Speaking, Fear of Flying, Love Pain, Depression, Pain, Headaches and much more). Click here for more on EFT. For even more information and case-histories, please visit Gary Craig's website.
Hypnosis
Don't let the word scare you - forget the media-created fallacies about mind-control. Hypnosis is a very safe and effective tool for upgrading your mental processes. Rather than losing control, you gain control--over previously automatic behavior. In a very natural and pleasant state of relaxation in which the mind is more open to suggestion, you can begin reprogramming your mind and body to behave in a saner, more productive and healthier way so that you can enjoy life more. It is also very conducive to physical well-being, great for preventing stress-related illnesses, and you might think of it as a "mental massage."
Hypnosis can be particularly powerful when guided imagery is used to visualize the life you really want, mentally rehearsing the success you will achieve.
Who's the Brains Behind Your Operation?
So you read the books and articles...you listen to the tapes...you attend the seminars...and you know all kinds of great information on how to move your life into high gear and attain fabulous success.
Here's the question: Are you doing it? Are you doing what it takes to get everything you want on a daily basis? It's a simple matter of choosing one set of actions over another, right? So, if you still find yourself stuck, it's time to start asking yourself who's running the show.
This may be a new idea to you, but around eighty to ninety percent of your actions are unconscious, or habitual. The thoughts that control these actions - that choose for us what we will do - are unconscious - programmed over the years and often deeply ingrained. The famous quotes about "as within, so without" and "as a man thinketh, so is he" have a lot of truth to them. These proverbs and more suggest the power of one's thoughts on how one's life is shaped. If you can change your thoughts, you can change your life. But most of these thoughts are so deep that they are rarely changed simply by consciously deciding to do so.
Here's a little experiment: Fold your arms in front of you. Now, look to see if your left arm is over your right, or vice versa. Did you consciously decide to put them that way, or did it happen automatically? In all the workshops I've done, I've yet to meet anyone who did this consciously. Now - try to fold them the other way. For most, this feels rather awkward. I've even seen folks who just couldn't do it. Why is that? Because over the years your body/mind has learned which way is more comfortable, and has stuck with that. So, without you having to waste any precious time thinking about it, it acts out of habit. This is a necessary function - if we didn't learn to do most of our behaviors habitually, we'd never get anywhere. Imagine having to think through the process of putting one foot in front of the other each time you wanted to walk across the room...!
Just for fun, let's say that you fold your arms right over left. And let's say you decided, come January First, to start folding your left arm over your right...because it is a well-known fact (one that is mentioned in several self-help books and seminars) that left-over-right people make more money, have more friends, shoot in the low sixties on the golf course and have the body of an athletic eighteen year old. So - you consciously decide that, from now on, you are a left-over-right person - and state this in affirmations. If over the course of a day you fold your arms ten to twenty times, how many of those times do you think you will remember to do left over right? Truth is, not many...maybe a couple at best. So, after awhile (say, by January Second) you say, "Well, I'm a right-over-left kind of person - that's just the way I am." And, that's okay. But is it what you want...?
You can become a left-over-right success - but you need to go to the source. Rather than giving up on whatever advice you have learned and looking for a "better" technique for becoming successful, find out what's stopping you. If switching to left-over-right has worked for others, it might well work for you, but the subconscious mind is defending the parameters of your comfort zone - of what it believes is safe. There are learned reasons for putting right over left - beliefs that this is what you should do. But most of these beliefs which control our actions are based on questionable information, and can be changed. Hypnosis, energy therapies and many other techniques taught on mind development exist to modify what goes on in the part of your mind that is, for better or for worse, controlling your life. Change your thoughts...and you change your life. Here's to you thinking successful thoughts - at a much deeper level!
© 2002 Brad Yates
E-published in "Messages from the Masters" and
Josh Hind's "Let's Talk Motivation"
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