I'm beginning my last series of classes for the county's Tobacco-Cessation program. Our state has cut all funding for county tobacco cessation, prevention and education programs. Not only do I regret that I won't be facilitating these classes anymore, but I'm upset that people who want to quit smoking now will only have a toll free number to call for coaching. Although phone coaching is certainly helpful, face-to-face contact and discussing the situation with people who are going through the same thing is incredibly important.

Frequently, a smoker visits a hypnotherapist as a last resort to quit smoking. Or so they think. Actually, their true intention may be to continue the habit. By claiming that this is their last chance, when they fail to achieve their goal, they're able to rationalize continuing to smoke by telling themselves that, "I've tried everything."

Unfortunately, a person's conscious choice isn't always their true intention. You can see if it is by the actions they take, the words they use about it, and how much energy they put into their goal. If they're not truly committed to it, they'll want someone else to do most of the work, hold back on how much they'll put towards it, or be negative about it.

This happens when the subconscious has its own intention or agenda. Sometime in the past, the subconscious was instructed to start a pattern or limit an expression or talent. Depending on the force of the decision, whether it was created by a sudden belief in a difficult situation or helped the person cope, it could mean that the subconscious will undermine any efforts to change the original choice.

For instance, a person might have the conscious intention to reduce weight, but the subconscious will sabotage it to continue following its original orders to use food to suppress feelings, create protection in the form of fat, or be like a loving parent or grandparent.

To convince the subconscious, the conscious mind must make a choice and follow through on that path to show that all is well and that it really means business. The conscious also has to communicate that this new idea is sound and appropriate in the present and that the old conditions no longer apply.

Identify Your Subconscious Intention

To identify the old messages about your new choice, become aware of the beliefs you have around it, the things you tell yourself about it, the resistance you may have towards changing. Spend a few days just writing them down. Then review them and see what seems to be the most common issue. Write it on one side of a piece of paper, and answer it with a more realistic statement. Such as, "I've always been a failure." Respond with something like, "I haven't achieved all that I have attempted, but I have succeeded in many areas." You can then translate these positive statements into an affirmation.

Ways To Give The Subconscious A New Direction

Answer: How much of your childhood do you remember? Your teens, early adulthood? Do you remember all the trials and triumphs? Can you imagine what it would be like to remember all the traumas and achievements from all of your lifetimes? It would be overwhelming and confusing. You could have trouble figuring out which timeline you were in, who your current relationships are with, and what current issue you were dealing with. Much of your internal energy would be used to sort through what was from the past, and what is the present.

Although it can be helpful to track down the cause of an issue and resolve it where it originated in a previous life, most of the time it's not necessary to go that far back. You incarnated into your present lifetime with all the resources you needed to heal past issues.

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