Hypnosis & Self-Help Articles
by Roy
Hunter, M.S., FAPHP
What Is Your Definition of Success?
To many people, success means simply
doing what we enjoy doing and doing it well. To some, success describes an
ongoing journey through life, filled with accomplishments. One can successfully
reach academic goals, artistic goals, social goals, personal goals, social
goals, religious goals, recreational goals, etc. There are many different roads
to success.
Others measure their successes by
the size of their bank accounts; but I have personally known some wealthy
people whose financial successes resulted in sadness. Some self-centered
achievers discover their financial successes offset by failing totally at love
and happiness. Those who obtain success by sacrificing friends and family may
risk bankruptcy in the happiness department. Some roads to wealth might glitter
at first, but they may end in darkness.
Now we come to an important
metaphor, leading into a very important empowerment exercise. Just as the
driver will occasionally glance back in the rear view mirror, glancing back at
our past successes can be constructive. Allow me to explain...
Love Yourself: Celebrate Your
Success!
Just as we have the ability to
replay old tapes of failures, we also have the ability to replay success tapes!
Experience proves the value of remembering past accomplishments. Remembrance of
past successes reinforces both personal and professional confidence. Also,
enjoying such happy memories helps build self-esteem and self-love. Some people
might ask: why should we learn to love ourselves?
If you really love or like somebody,
you'll find yourself much more prone to do something good for that person, even
if that person is you! Many people put so much energy into being good
husbands/wives, good parents, good employees (or employers), good citizens,
and/or good Christians, good "lightworkers," etc., that they get
wrapped up in others and forget to love themselves too. Jesus instructed us to
love our neighbor as we love ourselves, which also includes loving
ourselves! I call this the forgotten half of the golden rule.
If someone you love gets
discouraged, would you criticize and make him/her feel worse, or would you say
something kind and encouraging instead? Then next time you feel
discouraged, be kind to yourself! Since 1991 I have emphasized the importance
of taking time to simply journey through memories of our own past successes:
remembering, reliving, and celebrating them. Clients from all walks of life
enjoy profound benefits from the next empowerment exercise...
Empowerment for Peak Performance
I guide my client (or audience)
through an empowerment meditation process, which I call: "Celebrate
Your Success!" First, choose a personal gesture that will become your
peak performance trigger. Some clients touch two fingers together; others
squeeze the wrist. Touching my thumb to the palm of the other hand serves as my
power point. A computer technician chose to pinch her earlobe. A professional
singer decided to touch the backside of his tongue to the roof of his mouth, as
he could activate this trigger without anyone else knowing.
Choose a peak performance trigger
that feels comfortable to you. During the meditation, you will make a decision
the first time the script says, "Activate your power point..." At this
moment, you may either accept the trigger you consciously chose, or you may
choose a different trigger instead.
I will guide you on a series of
short journeys back in time to various past successes: academic, artistic
(including performing arts), athletic (such as a game-winning hit),
professional, social, spiritual, etc. With each journey, replay the success in
your imagination with as many of your five senses as possible. Remember any and
all of the good emotional feelings you felt, and feel them again. Ignore
any criticism received later from people trying to deflate the experience;
think only on the positive!
Are you ready for the journey? It is
available on CD at:
www.royhunter.com/selfhelp.htm
***
Roy Hunter, M.S., FAPHP, practices hypnotherapy near
For more info, visit: http://www.royhunter.com/consulting.htm
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Originally posted: May 11, 2007.