POSITIVE ATTITUDES AND PRE-PLANNED ALTERNATIVES:
- “Smiling is the most inexpensive make-up”
- “If you think you can, or if you think you can’t, you are right”
- “Concentrate upon what you do want, not what you don’t want. Forget I can’t because… focus on the details and changes of your certain success”
- “As in the past you gave your body too much or the wrong foods, continue now to feed your mind new attitudes, new ideas, new skills, new experiences”
- “Be careful what you concentrate your thoughts upon… it will surely come”
- “Your current thoughts foretell your future”
- “You set your own limits”
DEVELOPING INTERESTS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FOOD:
DIVERSIONS FOR THE BETTER
Buy a pet; help someone in need; join a craft or hobby group; read a book; lie down and remember a favorite time; write a list of your good points; go for a brisk walk; have some fruit or juice; breathe deeply; listen to a relaxation recording; chew on cloves, a toothpick, a pen, a carrot stick, celery, gum; rub a coin, key or smooth stone in your hand; clean, floss, brush your teeth, use mouthwash; go to a theatre or library; relax in the sun; buy new clothing; phone someone you like; listen to your favorite music; plan a vacation day or holiday; tighten up your muscles and relax; watch a favorite TV show; watch a sunrise or sunset; buy a comedy record; have a shower and a shampoo scalp massage, a back massage; try something new; give someone else a back rub; use some hand lotion or new perfume/cologne; work in a garden; buy some flowers; buy yourself a present; go to a museum; take a child on a picnic or play a game of childhood again.
CHOOSING AND IMAGING YOUR FUTURE – FINDING TIME!
Rapid, instantaneous self-hypnosis is available to those who believe. Instead of hoping for time to practice, you MAKE time. You deserve your time just as much as anyone else deserves your time! If not now, when? Before sleep; upon awakening; as a passenger; as a break during exercise, work, studying, etc.; as “winding down” after work; or even in a church. Auto-suggestion establishes and repetition reinforces the permanence of the new you. Instant hypnosis can be done 10 or 20 times a day, walking, standing or seated. “Sit-down” or “lie down” hypnosis is recommended 1-4 times a day. Begin with simple, easy to follow suggestions and work up to the more difficult ones.