Suggestions are simply a group of words delivered in an acceptable way to the other person.

Suggestions spoken in the correct way are there to help us make changes within our lives. If we listen to, or try to, make suggestions which are not worded in a positive way; they could provide us with the opposite results. The last thing you want is to feel worse than you already do now!

A certain degree of understanding of how our brain takes on board information is needed; along with practice and a good deal of experience to obtain the best results. Obviously the better worded they are, the better the results can be.

Believe it or not, we are constantly giving ourselves suggestions all day long. Our internal dialogue (that monotonous voice we sometimes hear criticising certain decisions we have made?) is always giving us ideas about how to think, feel and behave in any given situation. The more positive suggestions we give ourselves, the more positive the reaction.

It can be so easy to think we are saying or suggesting the correct things to ourselves and without realising; we create a very negative pattern of the complete opposite of what we really desire.

An example might be of similar nature to this,

Clients often say things like, ‘I will feel better’ or ‘I can do it’ or ‘I am not scared’. These are all good comments and have potential for being positive suggestions.

Let’s take a closer look at ‘I will feel better’ – Will is not giving a timeframe for change. Will could be anytime in the near future. Would it not be better to FEEL WELL NOW?

Next, lets take, ‘I can do it’ – Again, can does not specify a time. Our unconscious mind lives in the now and is more acceptable to suggestions made as if they are happening now.

If it were a driving test you wanted to pass, would it not be better to say, “I drive with confidence“?

If we constantly tell ourselves we are not scared, eventually we will probably become so scared, we will never do that particular thing again! Our unconscious is not good at taking a negative, i.e. ‘not’ – it would rather hear “I am free from smoking” or “the air I breathe each and every day is so clear and fresh, I am so very healthy”.

Which version makes you feel better?

At HypnoShop.com, our recorded hypnosis CDs and MP3 hypnosis downloads are so carefully worded; they are read over and over to check the receiver of each suggestion would feel the maximum benefit. We take every care to deliver the best way of receiving quicker and healthier results.