HYNOSIS UPDATE - The Veggie Hater!
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008If you read the letter I posted a week or so ago, you know that I had a new client ask me if hypnosis could help him with his hatred for vegetables. (Go down a couple of entries and you’ll see that letter.) Well, I met with him yesterday for his hypnosis session, which proved to be very interesting. While we searched and found very valid reasons for his abhorence of the smell, taste and texture of these foods, we also ascertained that he was ready to change this behavior. That’s always a crucial key to the success of any hypnosis - you have to be in agreement, at all levels of your Self, that you want and are ready for the change to take place. Just wanting to change at the conscious mind level will rarely work - as proven by countless smokers and dieters who vow to change their habits, to no avail! Just wanting it doesn’t make it happen.
We used a variety of useful techniques, one of which was to rate the value, or like/dislike, of the vegetable on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most liked. Carrrots, for example, were his most hated, rating a -1. We also compared various foods that he truly loved, really was neutral about, and actively hated.
As you’ll see in his letter, below, that I received today, there was a lovely outcome:
Dear Debbie:
I got home wondering if I had thrown away my money. Talked to my wife… All seemed fine…
Later-Wife and kids were laying down for bed, I went to get my evening drink of ice water, saw the Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing… I knew there were baby carrots in the fridge so I took one, put some ranch dressing on it and took a bite. I did not die. It tasted like a six….. Nothing to crave but nothing to gag. I took the other half upstairs and showed my wife who was leaning back thinking I am gonna spit it at her… I ate it and smiled and left.
How did you know that a food that I could get down without loving it but not hating it would be similar to tea for me? Do you recall that??? Why Tea?
C.
In my response, I reminded him that I’m also psychic! The choice of tea, which wasn’t one of the foods we had discussed, just “came” to me - but as I told him, I’m always guided and impressed by my guides and psychic sense as to what to say and do in hypnosis sessions. It’s a great blend of my education, skill and native talent!
I’m thrilled with the quick proof that this client experienced: that he hadn’t wasted his money, obviously, but more importantly that he could, indeed, change his lifelong behaviors. It’s so important to realize that our beliefs and truths are just habits of thought - they’re not engraved in stone! We can change, with some motivation and action, and create what it is that we truly desire.
My thanks to C. for his courage and for allowing me to use his letters here.