Making Powerful Changes

This meditation is a “3rd Person” modeling technique that can very quickly (and powerfully) help you be more of the person you want to be. From more confident when public speaking, to be more patient with your kids, and even for not getting resentful around that person that in the past has always gotten you easily upset.

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Transcript

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This meditation rewires your reactions in challenging situations by mentally stepping into someone who handles them well and wearing their confidence as if it were your own.

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This is the Meditation Minis podcast with your host, Hypnotist Shell Hamilton.

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And go ahead, if you haven't done so already, close your eyes, take those three deep breaths, letting out a little sigh, perhaps, or maybe wiggling your body a bit on those exhales to signal that it's time to dive deep for a few moments. Just breathe. Listening to the sound of my voice, giving yourself permission to just relax for a few moments. Now I'd like you to think of somebody as you're beginning to relax, somebody who, in similar situations that you find challenging, the situation that you have picked to focus on today. Think of somebody that you know or you've known in the past who was really great at handling that stuff. Maybe they just seemed confident all the time, or no matter how their day was going, they always had a smile on their face or a loving hug, a little something of kindness. And whoever pops into your mind who feels like the best fit, go with that. We're gonna use them to help us model how we want to be. And so as you continue to relax in this meditation, taking three more deep breaths, letting yourself just drift a little bit deeper. I'd like you to imagine yourself just about to walk into that situation that typically has been challenging for you. But this time, as you begin to walk in, that other person that you thought who handles things like this really well, they kind of jump in front of you, not facing you, but headed in the right direction with you. And they jump in front of you, and you can kind of see through them, but they kind of block you from the problems and the feelings that you've had in the past, and watch them for a moment as they handle that situation in front of you really well. And then rewind the picture a bit and go back to you getting ready to walk into that situation, and that other person jumps in front of you and they're walking with you, but they're in front of you. But this time, as you enter the situation, I'd like you to imagine what it would be like if you were to step into that person, stepping into them and wearing them as kind of a mask in front of you, a shield, a costume, perhaps. And imagine yourself. Yes, I know a part of you may think, oh, this is fake. Yes and no. You learn so many things by modeling what you see other people do. Like learning how to write with a pencil or to swing a golf club. You learned how to do it because somebody else showed you how to hold your body, and so step into that person's body and see yourself in that situation, kind of taking on their persona for a moment and seeing how that feels to act and react in that different way. Now jump to a situation in the past that you had that was problematic in this area. And we're gonna change that memory as you meditate on it, see the other person jump there in front of you, and you step into them and you wear them like a mask. And notice how quickly you're able to change that memory and imagine yourself having handled it differently. In whatever different way you would prefer. Now remember, as you're doing this, it's not about what other people do or say. We can only change ourselves. Imagine yourself in a situation in the future, maybe later today, and you're walking into that situation, you might even find yourself beginning to smile already as that person just jumps in front of you and you step into them and see yourself in that situation that in the past was a challenge for you, and you feel yourself just beginning to feel more comfortable with it. It might not be a hundred percent yet, but you know, when you first learned to drive a car, it wasn't a hundred percent comfortable and easy either. When you learned to ride a bike, you you fell off often, and that's okay. And so see yourself in that situation and feel how it feels to act and react differently and take a deep breath and say inside your mind, yes, I can do this. Yes, yes, I can do this. I am doing this. Take a deep breath and smile and let yourself feel good. And as you enter that situation later today, picture it, feel it, that other person jumping in front of you, and you step into them and just keep practicing it until you don't even need to think about that other person anymore because your reactions have changed, and you're becoming a better you. The you that you are more and more proud to be each and every day, authentic, centered, and who the universe needs you to be