Karin from Sweden

P.S. I will send you some more guest blogs in the near future. I am pretty much settled in my new home now.

Great to have you on the site. Yeah, the basics of this technique are not new. I just added some stuff of my own and upgraded it a little as does everyone in our profession. I have used this successful for confidence as you stated and it works great. I once had a client who wanted to be more confidence and I had him imagine every confidence person I could think of in the media and who that person wanted to behave more like.

I got a report back a few months later from him and he let me know he is know V.P. of his company, married to the woman of his dreams and gets respect everywhere he goes. Now that is what I call a confidence booster This technique works great for habits as well.

I’ve never heard it presented in this specific way, but another related concept is the “Circle of Confidence” which we use frequently with those who are anxious and with sports performance enhancement sessions.

It’s a similar proceedure, and when the client steps into their Circle of Confidence (imagined perhaps by drawing a big white chalk circle around the important area they will occupy), they have everything they need to face the tasks at hand – be that to focus and make the important play or move with perfection, or to handle a public speaking event, or to get through a job interview, or to manage whatever difficult or ‘scary’ challenge that may arise.

Great stuff!
~ Paula Nongard
http://www.SubliminalScience.com

Thanks for the compliment. I have actually used this with a blackboard induction and the results we’re really wonderful for the client. I really wish I remember who created this technique, but it is such a great use of imagery, metaphor and suggestion.

I make sure every session uses this technique and to enhance it sometimes I will tell the client to imagine the circle being whatever color they enjoy.

Joshua Houghton

Ellie

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