Our Thoughts Create Our Reality

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“Our thoughts create our reality - where we put our focus is the

direction we tend to go.”– Peter McWilliams

 

                You have probably heard the expression, Be careful what you wish for. You might have just had a random thought or made an observation about a situation going on in your environment and then, bam! Without even particularly “wishing” for something, the thing you have just been considering manifests into a real-life experience. Suddenly, you are the unintentionally intentional recipient of a particular life lesson.

It is almost spooky how that happens. There you are, having a seemingly random thought about the frequency of car crashes that happen close to home, and then you get in a fender-bender of your own two blocks away from your house. Or, you see a stranger on the street who reminds you of a friend or relative you haven’t heard from or seen in a long time. Lo and behold, you receive a post-card or e-mail or even get a phone call from that person. And how many equestrians reading this blog have been warned that when you look at the ground while you are riding, you are selecting the spot where you will fall off your horse?

                Hypnotherapist and Hypnosis Motivation Institute founder John Kappas, Ph.D., believed that everyone follows a subconscious mental script that we create very early in our lives. Every minute of every day, our thoughts and behaviors are constantly being influenced by the ones we already store and follow in our subconscious mind. Furthermore, he stated, we will behave and even think in ways that are consistent with it even when the script does not facilitate achievement of our conscious personal goals or may even be detrimental to them.

                When someone seeks hypnotherapy to help get out of a rut or “unstuck” from a perceived pattern of negative circumstances, I help the person reframe his or her negative thoughts/beliefs/expectations in a more positive or optimistic perspective. I also work with the client to increase self-confidence, which in turn increases the person’s belief in his or her ability to control and even transform a potential negative outcome to a positive one. Ultimately, the willingness and ability to transform (control) an initial negative response by looking for and enacting positive solutions to that challenge are keys to creating a more favorable outcome.

 

 

Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in Southern California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in 2005. For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy® and to set up an appointment, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.