Gathering Together at The Crossroads
The Crossroads aren’t always a divide. Sometimes, they become a gathering place. The crossroads are an opportunity to travel in any direction we choose to adventure.
Today’s intersection allows the current self to recognize their available inner companions. There is a theory I’ve heard, all hypnosis is parts therapy – on some level. I believe that is true, at least when it comes to the future self potential we’re about to dive into.
Many lack true joy and personal peace because childhood wounds keep resurfacing stealing their hopefulness for better tomorrows. It’s easy for our clients to live in fear of the future, without a strong inner compass. Limiting beliefs and personal misperceptions can keep even the most admired feeling lonely and unsupported. It’s easy to get lost in the realization, nobody can be everything everyone else is expecting. That doesn’t mean anyone is failing.
That’s the whole purpose of Future Focused Hypnosis. Even when addressing our most wounded inner-child, our future self is there to hold their hand and guide them through the growing pains of experiencing all there is left to enjoy.
I understand, in the pursuit of being fully present in the here and now, in this only available moment of time, you have been led to believe the future is as detrimental as is the past – haven’t you? Yet professionally, we spend a great proportion of our time digging through clients’ subconscious minds for “the very first time” they experienced what has them seeking relief on our current calendars.
Have we all heard when a gymnast ends up consistently falling off the balance beam in one direction they are coached to purposefully fall in the opposite direction, until their equilibrium rebalances, and they can stay on course? (If you hadn’t heard that before, consider this a fact from a former flying-pretzel.)
The past and the future are simply ‘falls’ waiting to happen from the present moment your clients are currently walking. Clients get stuck in the past as much as they get stuck in any old bad habit. Because they are seeking comfort, and they are seeking answers. They are seeking a solution that simply isn’t working for them any longer. We don’t need to keep reinforcing that without a little re-balancing.
Sounds almost familiar, doesn’t it? If a smoking client came to you to quit that habit, you wouldn’t sit them in a tiny, unvented room and force them to chain-smoke – we aren’t Schick, after all. We have recognized that form of ‘therapy’ isn’t really as helpful as the aversion/conversionists wanted us to believe it would be.
Being stuck in the past or fearfully focused on the future is obviously nobody’s answer either.
Thankfully, there is a still, inner-peace available to every living being. It pauses the fabric of time when a connection to inner wisdom is needed. These, slow motion-moments create sacred spaces for clients to commune with their internal knowing, building solid foundations to dependably stand upon. Because it tunes them into their 3 greatest resources:
1) the youngest and most innocent self
2) the wisest and most healed self
3) and the present self - the one seeking your relief
The future self is not meant to steal joy away from today. Heck, if our client’s had “joy” today would they be signing up to work with us?
Solutions exist in every direction we look, just as problems materialize whenever we go digging for them. A balanced approach at the crossroads our clients are bravely facing is the gift of modern, insight-generating, hypnotic techniques. And clients are ready for this focus like they have never been ready for a change in perception before. Society, psychology, science, entertainment and marketing have all primed them to experience Their Future Self with you.
There’s never been a better time to balance the work you are accomplishing by recognizing, clients only sign up because they are connected enough with their future self already to believe there is a non-smoker waiting within to emerge. The thinner version clients create the space for is the future version of them they want to live as, even if it is their high school jeans being used as motivation.
Who they want to be when they grow up is already what they believe you can provide them. It’s okay to shift your perspective in the process right alongside them. The future self is the soul’s direct communication, sitting upon the lap of infinite creation. You’ll find their presence within slow-motion moments. Tune in beyond a singular perspective.
Until you experience the magical blessing of fully connecting with the one who is the most invested in who you are eventually becoming – because they are the life on the other end of your timeline – you may never fully realize how unbelievable your life really is. This isn’t simply goalsetting or choosing to believe in one’s abilities differently. There is something truly comforting and wholly embracing when the future self is absorbed within, guiding you and nurturing you through all that is currently happening. Life is yours to design, a co-creation with the divine. To emerge soulfully connected simply embrace who you eternally are.
When looking for client integration of their highest ideals, looking farther than the future self is technically unnecessary. Though we aren’t therapists, the therapeutic parts that merge into the whole of who the client is transforming into, is the magic modern-day hypnosis is becoming. We can accept the Brand-New Reality, right along with our clients.
That’s all any of this is. A representation of giving new meaning to what is no longer serving our clients, even our profession. To understand truths from a higher perspective than any have yet to experience. That’s the gift the future self actually provides. Each and every day, they embrace us lovingly through the crossroads we are growing through. And it is a gift that keeps giving, daily. It grows stronger as we practice the connection and open greater communication. It’s like having a direct and loving conversation with your soul self, whenever you need it.
