With the economy as it is at the moment; the cost of living rising every week, its hard work to save money. It can be ever more difficult to stick to some kind of budget. The financial worries of bills, loans and mortgages can really affect our health. The build up of stress is often unnoticeable at first, until it makes us vulnerable and susceptible enough to catch things like colds or a virus. The last thing one would think of doing is to spend more money; often, especially for ‘breaks or holidays’ and ‘nice little pamper treats’; they are often forfeited.

I have seen one or two clients for hypnotherapy recently who have been particularly worried about money – in fact their head (and bodies) seemed to be taken up or consumed with worry. So, I thought to myself and said to them, ‘do you have any room for money in your life?’ A strange question, I realised, but if someone is full up with worry then how do they have space for anything else?

I then put it to them that if they want more money in their life, they need to make a space for it first; then, they can focus on developing new strategies to, ‘bring in more money’.

So, we put it to the test.

They listened to my self-hypnosis CD regularly and within a month; their heads were filled with new thought, new ideas; new feelings. This generated new directions within their lives; subtle at first, but one particular client made some great changes.

He was always giving new ideas about how to run the team at work; he enjoyed sharing and working together. However, there was (and always seemed to be) someone who would rather take the benefit from my clients new ideas for himself and often snatched the credit first. This lead to more bonuses being paid to the wrong person, if you like.

Now, my client felt he was ‘itching’ to be more assertive and take his new ideas to a higher rank at work so he himself could be recognised. And he did. How? Well, he arranged a meeting with the appropriate people; shared his ideas and proposed a strategy to move things forward. He also explained where he felt he fitted in with the new project. His bosses like it and it took off from there!

This man went from being consumed with worry and anxiety to being full of new ways of work and actually generated a new job at work for himself, with more bonuses.

Now, I am not saying that all of you out there can do this. What I am saying is that if you find you are ‘full up’ with worry about money – it is not productive or healthy. Making space in your life to make changes can be a better way of living a fuller life with more potential.