Crush Your Resolutions: Here is how to!
/Happy New Year
I hope you had a good Christmas and are now getting ready for the New Year. It’s 2024!
Many people have set themselves New Year's resolutions and if you are one of them: Go you!
If you are not one of them: Go you!
I am a huge advocate of change
As anyone who knows me just a little bit: I am a huge advocate of change. It’s what I do with hypnotherapy! And it’s what I help people with. So why is it that I am not the biggest fan of the traditional and conventional New Years resolution…?
Well first of all: Researchers suggest that only 9% of people who make resolutions actually complete them. In fact, research goes on to show that 23% of people quit their resolutions by the end of the first week, and 43% quit by the end of January.
Whoa!
The problem with ‘shoulds’
Many resolutions are set because it is tradition. Therefore it’s just something that the person feels “they should” do or change.
A ‘should’ is not a real “oh man if I don’t change this, it’s going to be horrible for all these reasons but if I do change it then it will be so awesome for all those reasons!!! Heck yeah, let’s do it come hell or highwater” And that’s when a skilled and very experienced hypnotherapist is your greatest asset!
In essence a proper New Years resolution is a bit like setting a goal. “Look after myself more” / “I want to drink less” / “Get fit” / “I want to work on myself” / “I will eat better” / “Overcome anxiety” and so on…
The problem with all of those goals is that you have no way of knowing when you’ve reached it or if you’re even on the right track to getting there. Most people haven’t actually done the work to get the clarity of what reaching that goal would look like specifically and how they’re life will be better once they’ve done it.
As long as it is a ‘should’ there just isn’t enough “oooomph” behind it for you to last the distance. By doing the above you create more ‘oooomph’!
And when you’re ready then you need the right method and the right support to become the person who has made that change and loves being that new you.
Therefore all change has to start when there is a true need for change. And if that is because you have used the break to take stock, reflect and do the work then Heck yeah! Go with that New Year's resolution and no matter what do NOT let yourself off the hook…
A real strategy for change:
1) Imagine achieving what you want. Get super specific about the nitty gritty details on what that will look like, feel like, sound like
2) Get clear about what obstacles are between you and your goal
3) Decide on very specific and clear steps which take into account how you will overcome those obstacles and succeed.
4) Consistently pay attention to the feedback and adjust your strategy and you steps
5) Get adequate support
Here is to a wonderful, healthy and joyous 2024
Yours in health, happiness, hypnosis and wellbeing
Silke
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