Let's Get Motivated With Hypnotherapy

Let's Get Motivated With Hypnotherapy

A local hypnotherapist is focusing on how hypnotherapy can help

individuals keep their motivation levels high well in to the New Year.

Isma is keen to explain how Hypnotherapy can help with motivation

because most of us start with good intentions to lose weight, take up

exercise, stop smoking, or change our lives in one way or another on 1

January, only to find that the motivation has gone out the window by

the middle of January.

 

She says: "New Year's Resolutions can sometimes be an additional

pressure that we put on ourselves to do something new or different,

especially after the excesses of Christmas. However, we need to

understand our true motivation and understand the 'whys' of what we

want to do before we can really fulfil our goals."

So, what's the key to maintaining motivation, what really drives us

to make positive changes? Some theories suggest motivation is a sort of

positive reward for achieving something – "If I lose weight I will be

confident on the beach this summer". Other theories suggest a converse

effect; if we DON'T do something, then something negative might happen,

for example "I had better give up smoking or I may get lung cancer

like my father did".

It seems that thinking of positive outcomes or goals usually

motivates us more than negative ones, but then why do so many of us

fail to fulfil our goals, even when we can see that we are going to

benefit from completing what we set out to do?

There are many reasons why, sometimes it's just about getting our

goal right in the first place. Goal-setting theory suggests we may all

have some form of drive to reach an end goal, but the effectiveness of

this depends on three main things:

-      how far away that goal is

-      how hard it is to achieve that goal

-      how clearly it is defined

Isma  explains, "Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is a

modern, research-based combination of psychotherapy and hypnosis,

aimed at encouraging clients to focus on how they want things to be. We

work with our clients to help them set their own realistic goals. We

encourage them to break things down in to smaller chunks or mini-goals,

so progress can be measured and it's easier to see the movement

forward. That in itself is a great motivator. There's nothing like

seeing your own progress to help you move towards your goal, and that

enables clients to maintain their motivation well after the seasonal

festivities have become a distant memory."

Book you free initial consultation including a free mp3/CD  at the Oakspring Health Clinic,  27 Melbourne Terrace  Clevedon BS21 6HQ

01275 341998, or via obile phone 07594568508 . More information can be found www.wayofjoy.co.uk