
For the last few years I've kind of strutted around thinking I had life all figured out. Mindfulness? Check. Baking as therapy? Check. Running ridiculous distances for fun? Double check. I even had the audacity to think I had conquered the mental game. And yet, lurking in the background like a dodgy Wi-Fi connection, were thoughts, habits, and emotional reactions that did not quite add up.
I did not always have mindfulness in my life. I was introduced to it after that fateful skiing accident that turned everything upside down. That was the moment when I was forced to face my own mind in ways I never had before.
Fast forward to the present, and here I am again, sidelined from running after slipping on the ice three weeks ago. Painful? Absolutely. Frustrating? Beyond words. But once again, it has given me the time and space to go deeper into something that had already been changing my life - hypnotherapy.
Hypnotherapy: Like Deleting Your Oldest Browser Tabs
I always assumed hypnotherapy was reserved for people who wanted to quit smoking or get hypnotised into clucking like a chicken on stage. But I was wrong. Really wrong.
Shortly before my fall on the ice I started seeing a hypnotherapist and just expected to gain a little insight but not really get too involved. It was only after I had the fall that I had the time to properly look into it and give it the attention it deserves.
The real magic happened, though, when my therapist recorded our first session. I then started using that recording to guide myself into a hypnotic state, and suddenly, I was able to access and examine issues that had been tucked away in my subconscious for years.
It is wild to realise that so much of what we struggle with today is just an outdated script playing on a loop in the background. Old fears, ridiculous self-imposed limits, all just hanging out in the mind like unwanted guests who have overstayed their welcome. But once I started consciously working with these hidden patterns, something incredible happened. I realised I could actually change them.
How Mindfulness and Hypnotherapy Work Together
Mindfulness and hypnotherapy are often seen as separate practices, but what I have discovered is that they are actually two sides of the same coin. Mindfulness teaches awareness, presence, and the ability to observe thoughts without judgment. It helps us break free from autopilot mode and live in the present moment.
Hypnotherapy, on the other hand, allows us to go deeper. While mindfulness is about observing thoughts as they arise, hypnotherapy lets us dive into the roots of those thoughts. It is like mindfulness gives you a flashlight to explore your mind, and hypnotherapy hands you the key to unlock the doors you find.
By combining both practices, I have been able to not only acknowledge my limiting beliefs but also actively rewrite them. Mindfulness made me aware that certain patterns existed, but hypnotherapy allowed me to understand why they were there in the first place and, more importantly, how to change them.
I Accept. I Allow. I Embrace. (No, Really.)
During my hypnotherapy sessions and meditations, I started using a simple but wildly effective mantra: I accept. I allow. I embrace.
I accept what is. No sugarcoating, no pretending. Just a solid acknowledgment of what has been running the show in my head.
I allow myself to actually feel things instead of slapping a "positive vibes only" sticker over it.
I embrace change. Not in a fluffy, inspirational-quote kind of way, but in a real, let us actually do something about this kind of way.
And you know what? It worked. Like, really worked. Once I stopped wrestling my subconscious and instead had a proper conversation with it, things started shifting. It was like untying a stubborn knot. You stop yanking, and suddenly it loosens all by itself.
The Life-Changing Power of Letting Go (Without the Woo-Woo)
By combining the insights I have gained through hypnotherapy with my mindfulness techniques, I have been able to bin so many of the limiting beliefs that used to run my life. The old scripts? Outdated. The fears that once seemed huge? Shrunk down to size.
But the real shocker? I realised that for years, I had been using running to avoid facing certain things. The miles, the intensity, the sheer commitment to pounding pavements was not just about fitness. It was an escape. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love running. I will be back to it, but not with the same ferocity. The fall, although incredibly painful, has been a blessing in disguise. It forced me to face things head-on instead of running from them - literally and figuratively.
Unfortunately, this also means I am going to have to pull out of the London Marathon because here is no way I will be able to up my fitness enough to achieve my sub 3 hour goal. That is a tough pill to swallow, but the good news is, I will be back next year, with a new mindset, a stronger foundation, and, crucially, a much healthier relationship with running.
And that is not all. I am so amazed by the impact hypnotherapy has had on my life that I have decided to train as a hypnotherapist myself. I want to integrate it with mindfulness and offer people a way to work with both practices together, just as I have done. Because if I can make this level of transformation, I know others can too. And that is something I cannot wait to share.
So, if you have ever felt like there is something in the background of your mind running the show, something you cannot quite put your finger on, maybe it is time to try this for yourself. The real breakthroughs do not come from fighting yourself. They come from accepting, allowing, and embracing who you were always meant to be.
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