Boosting Self Esteem

There is an excellent and simple
technique
that helps to
reduce stress by
balancing the
brain hemispheres.

It is A 90 Second Trick For Dealing With Anxiety And Stress



You should know that
feelings of anxiety and stress are caused by the mind
contemplating fearful outcomes. Of course much of this
cognition is outside of our awareness; Sub-Conscious.

One of the ways of dealing with anxiety and stress is to
switch brain hemispheres. According to Neuroanatomist, Jill
Bolte Taylor, whenever we are in states of fear, most of our
brain activity is occuring in the left hemisphere.

So if you do something that gets your right brain
functioning, it means you are going to reduce the anxiety
and stress.

This can be surprisingly simple once you know how...
Recently I heard an excellent interview with Genie Z.
Laborde who has been involved with Neuro-Linguistic
Programming over three decades and wrote the best selling
NLP book, Influencing With Integrity.

I discovered the following technique from listening to Genie
and it really is simple! She has tested it with hundreds of
clients and it has taught them how to deal with stress and
how to deal with anxiety.

There is no fear in the Right Brain. The Left Brain is
designed to keep you safe so is full of fear. Being in the
NOW is the key to using the Right Brain.

Below is the simple method for dealing with anxiety and
dealing with stress that will bring you back into your right
brain .

Your Big Toe Joe!

1. You find yourself feeling stressed, anxious, worried,
fearful or panicky.

2. Begin to notice the feeling in your left big toe. Just
notice how it feels.

3. Now notice the feeling of your foot.

4. Gradually move up your body noticing the sensations in
the different parts of your body.

5. Within 90 seconds your fearful feelings will have
subsided !

I have been experimenting with it for a few weeks and I'm
pleased to say it really does work. It brings your attention
back into the present moment and switches on your right
brain circuits. The Power of Now in action!

The only thing is you've got to remember to do it! So I
suggest you write a reminder on a card and carry that in
your pocket.


By : Colin Smith
a Licensed Master Practitioner of NLP

The swish technique is one of NLP techniques used to boost self esteem .

How to do the swish technique

NLP technique the basic swish :

(1) Identify Context
Pick a situations that includes undesirable feelings inside of you .
Where or when would you like to behave differently than you do now ?
(Examples : an interview , asking someone out , driving onto a free way , etc.)


(2) Identify Cue Image
What do you see in the above situation just before you start doing the behaviours you don't like .
Imagine actually being in the situation , seeing through your own eyes to help get the cue image .
It can be useful to physically do what you do just before the unwanted behaviour .
(Note : the cue image can be internal image inside your mind or an external , real-world image)


(3) Creatd Outcome Picture
See yourself over there as you would look if you had already accomplished the desired change .
How would you stand ?what would your facial expression look like ?
If you had made this change how would you see yourself differently ? Etc .


(4) Swish
Start by seeing the cue image , big and bright .
Next put a small dark image of the outcome picture in the lower right corner .
The small dark image will grow big and bright and cover the cue image , which will get dim and shrink away .
It can be useful to say 'swissssshhhh' at the same time !
(Note : it is very important to do the actual swish very fast for it to be efective , less than one second )


(5) Blank out screen or open your eyes


(6) Repeat from step 4 again five times


(7) Test

Now try and picture the cue image again .
If the swish has been effective it will be hard to do as the outcome picture will appear automatically !


Quick Tip :
Beacuse you are doing something with your brain you don't usually do consciously .
It can be useful to first of all practice shrinking the cue image .
And then pratice enlarging the outcome picture .


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This article is written by Colin G Smith who is a Licensed Master Practitioner of NLP

NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming ) is an approach to psychotherapy and organizational change based on a model of interpersonal communication chiefly concerned with the relationship between successful patterns of behaviour and the subjective experience (esp.Pattern of thought) underlying them and a system of alternative therapy based on this which seeks to educate people in self awarenesst & effective communication and to change their patterns of mental & emotional behaviour .


How can NLP help low self esteem ?

Before NLP , psychologists and other professionals used to study people with problems and try to work out solutions for them .
The developers of NLP thought , ' wouldn't it be better to study people that have had a problem and gotten over it ?'
They did just that and thus created some of the most amazing personal change tools in existence today !

When they discovered a new way a person solved a previous problem they called this thought process , behaviour a PATTERN .
One of NLP patterns is the swish pattern that uses an area of NLP known as sub-modalities .
You don't need to know all about sub-modalities to use this procedure though .

We actually do 'swishes' inside our minds already below our threshold of awareness .
A swish is a brain process that switches us from one state of consciousness to another .
Your brain can swish you to a negative state or a positive state of mind .


How to use the swish to boost your self esteem ?

By directionalizing your brain in a positive direction .
The swish is incredibly versatile with many uses :

1-Get rid of unwanted habits such as : smoking , nail biting , facial tics , etc .
2-Change unwanted behaviours such as : getting angry at people , negative feelings triggered by certain situations ,etc .
3-Change unresourceful feelings into self empowering feelings .


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