Positive Minds Hypnotherapy and NLP

Confidence, or the lack of, is a surprisingly common condition in today’s society. The individual lacking in self confidence or self esteem often believes that everyone else around them is brimming with the personality that they crave!
This is the misconception held by the sufferer of low confidence and low self esteem, and that is exactly what it is – a misconception.

Don’t let low self esteem affect your decision making.

When we begin to talk to other people it becomes apparent that the majority of us experience low self esteem or a lack of confidence in at least one part of our lives. Sometimes we can talk to our friends or family about it, sometimes we can overcome it all by ourselves, simply by challenging ourselves or facing our fears. More commonly though, we avoid the issues, ignore them, pretend they don’t exist, or that we aren’t really interested in being different to how we are.

I am sure that every one of you reading this article will be able to think of a time in your life where you have had low confidence or low self esteem. Because you have experienced this maybe you missed out on life by not going for the job you wanted because you convinced yourself you didn’t really want it? Didn’t ask that person out because you weren’t really that interested in them? Didn’t join that exercise class because you just don’t have the time? Or are you really deep down thinking ‘too stupid, too ugly and too fat’?
These are just simple examples of day to day ways in which low self esteem and a lack of confidence can affect the decisions we make and the way we live our lives, there are many different degrees of confidence problems and in many cases this significant problem can seriously reduce the enjoyment that our life can give us. A lack of confidence and self esteem can turn you into a timid quiet person or too scared to live your life, or it can turn you into a loud bully, shouting your way into a disguise that hides your strong and normally wrong belief of inadequacy's ; either way, a lack of confidence or
self esteem makes us a person we do not want to be.

Hypnosis is a calm gentle therapy that works on our subconscious mind; the place where all these deeply ingrained feelings of inadequacy, low self esteem and low self confidence are firmly rooted. Using advanced techniques I can guide you to a deep state of calm relaxation, a state in which you remain in control throughout, enabling us, together to explore blocks that might need a gentle adjustment, then work towards replacing these feelings of low self esteem and low self confidence with positive suggestions that will sustain and drive your personality from then on, consciously and easily arming you with the tools for a happier and freer life.

So do you have the confidence to become confident? The answer is wholehearted – YES!

Boosting self esteem and building self confidence – thought for the day.

If I asked you to behave like a person who was experiencing sadness, what would you do? Have a go now, pretend you are an actor/actress and notice what you do to get into the role. Do you hunch your shoulders, frown and look down towards the floor? These are just some of the things you might do. How do you feel doing this? Chances are that you will feel sad.

OK, stop that and try this instead - start to behave like a person who is experiencing happiness. As an actor/actress, how do you portray happiness? If you can close your eyes for a second and think back to a time when you may have won an award or got a bonus at work or anything that made you happy and proud at that moment. Think about how you were at that moment...
So would you stand up tall with a smile on your face and look straight ahead, shoulders back and walk like you have a slight bounce and purpose in your stride.
Many people who experience happiness do a similar thing. Do you feel happier now?

This can be a fantastic exercise to boost how you feel about yourself quickly and effectively because your mind and body are intrinsically linked. Your mind can affect your body and your body can affect your mind. As you practice exercises like this not only do you feel more confident in the present, your mind and body will also learn new ways to act helping you to become a more confident person for the rest of your life whilst at the same time helping improve your self esteem.
Do not underestimate what can be achieved from an exercise like this. Allow yourself to do this for 5 minutes a day and you may soon notice beneficial changes take place in how you feel.

If you would like more information about how hypnotherapy can help you or if you have a question you'd like answering, then please go to the contact page to send an email or call 07912 425487 to book an appointment.