Alone In Your Comfort Zone

A comfort zone is a rut for most folks. How you get out of that pit is the topic of this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Transcript

Alone In Your Comfort Zone

Years ago, The Grasshopper dropped this little gem on me: “You’re all alone in your comfort zone.”

At first, I thought, “Well, that doesn’t sound so bad.” But then it hit me—he wasn’t talking about comfort at all. He was talking about being stuck.

And if you’re stuck in your comfort zone, let’s be honest—you’re in a rut.

Here’s how I’ve come to see it: our comfort zones are really just patterns—habits—that carry a lot of inertia. They feel familiar, but eventually, they don’t feel all that comfortable.

Now, the “all alone” part is important too. These patterns belong to us. Nobody else’. Sure, we can blame other people for conditioning us, or for teaching us bad habits, but at the end of the day, we’re the ones who carry them home.

So, let’s recap. We’ve got patterns—our own unique patterns—that cause us pain. We blame others for them. Then we dress them up, call them a comfort zone, and pretend they’re safe.

But if patterns are really ruts, then the real question is: Are you in a good rut, or a bad one?

Bad ruts have a way of revealing themselves. They’re the ones we defend like crazy. They’re the ones we deflect conversations about. You know the phrase: “That’s just the way I am.”

Well, here’s the God's honest truth: that’s not the way you are—that’s the way you’re patterned.

And blaming other people for your circumstances doesn’t seem to get you out of the hole, does it?

Now, here’s the kicker: if you’re looking for comfort in the idea that other people are stuck too, you’re missing The Grasshopper’s wisdom. You’re still all alone in your comfort zone.

Because these patterns are uniquely yours. And only you can undo them.

So how do you start? By noticing. Just noticing that you’re stuck. It sounds simple, but most of us are blind to just how stuck we really are.

Once you notice, notice again. And again. Each time you catch the pattern, even for a moment, you loosen its grip.

Now, here’s where I part ways with a lot of traditional counseling. They rarely state the obvious: This is your problem to solve. Sure, advice can help. Hearing you’re not alone can be comforting. But when the session’s over, it’s still you and your patterns.

And that means the solution begins with you. With your attention.

And by attention, I don’t mean wallowing—no “woe is me.” Attention is quiet observation. No judgment. Just watching what’s going on inside you.

It’s in that space—in that silence—that you realize you’re truly not alone. And it’s from that space that you finally break free of your so-called comfort zone.

All the best,

John