NLP stop smoking tips...

ARE YOU READY TO STOP SMOKING?

Stopping smoking may be easier than you think -- you just have to know how!

1. Start now by making a record of your smoking triggers.
The first thing that you will need to do is to keep a record of your smoking triggers. That is, each time you feel like a cigarette make a note on a piece of paper of what you were doing, feeling and thinking. Tie the notes to the cigarette packet with an elastic band. Remember to bring this list with you when come for your sessions as it will provide some valuable information. At your stop smoking sessions we will clear the trigger emotions that were identified on your list.

2. Change your identity and set goals.
If smoking has become a part of your identity and lifestyle then we will need to address that so that you no longer identify with the smoking crowd. This means that you will need to start thinking of 'who the new you is going to be'? You need to forget all about smoking altogether. Don't even think in terms of being an ex-smoker. In the future this 'new you' will look back on the past and remember that you smoked but you will have no attachment to it one way or the other. One way to begin this process is to create some goals for yourself and then create a vision board of your new lifestyle. (A vision board is a board on which you stick pictures of your goals.) When you come for an NLP session I'll help you to install your goals on your timeline in your mind.

3. Integrate the internal conflict.
One of the most important things to understand in terms of changing a habit such as smoking is that you want to stop smoking, yet you can't. Which implies that there is a part of you that controls the smoking. (Forget chemical addiction theory - it plays a much smaller role than the medical establishment would have you believe.)

Most smokers have a 'part' (see the article on two minds) which wants them to smoke but also a 'part' which wants them to stop. The part which wants to stop smoking represents an aspect of the conscious mind and is usually an intellectual, serious, pragmatic, educated, knowledgeable, controlling part. This part has a conscious understanding of 'why' you smoke but is 'powerless' to stop the behaviour. With will power this part can stop smoking for a period of time but it involves using the mind and there is tension involved with being a nonsmoker, because as soon as you relax you find yourself smoking again. Am I right or am I wrong? The other part - the smoking part represents an aspect of the unconscious mind.

This part is much like a 'two year old' child. It is a kinesthetic and feeling part. It represents the heart of the person and whereas the other part has the 'job' of taking care of the pragmatic needs the smoking part has the job of meeting the emotional needs of you. The smoking part - being much like a two year old - often gets pushed around by the the older mature part which wants to stop smoking. But like all two year olds it is able to exert emotional influence and often wins out in the end. So one of the major tasks in helping a smoker to stop smoking is to help them acknowledge both their parts and to integrate them into one super part which has the best attributes of each. -- Hence we resolve the internal conflict. However until the two parts are fully integrated the non smoker is likely to back slide as soon as they feel stressed.

4. Break the habit.
Another important aspect of stopping smoking is to deal with the habitual response. (This is what most smokers have fought with for a long time but because they don't understand how the mind works they buy the chemical addiction theory.)

So what is a habit? A habit can be thought of as a series of steps that occur our of conscious awareness. So what we do is to identify the components of the habitual 'thinking process'. The smoker is usually not aware of the images or thinking that occurs prior to needing a smoke - but an experienced NLP Master Practitioner can identify these elements and help you to replace them with positive thinking that occurs naturally and does not require will power or conscious effort.

5. Free up your energy.
Most smokers use smoking to suppress feelings and energy. Let's take a hypothetical man called John. As a child, John may have learned that it was not safe to express himself.

For example when John got excited he may have been reprimanded by an adult - so then John learned to associate expressing himself with pain - and thereafter when he found himself feeling like being expressive there was also the expectation of the pain of a reprimand.

It just so happens that the chemicals in cigarettes work in such a way as to hold down the energy in the body. So when John had an opportunity to smoke he would have noticed that it helped 'keep him out of trouble'. So for John cigarettes have a positive effect upon his life and until he makes the necessary personal change it will be very difficult for him to stop smoking.

6. Make yourself feel good, today and everyday.
Most smokers at one time associated good feelings to having a cigarette. For example the first cigarette given by an adult to a teenager may have signified the end of childhood and the entry into adulthood. For other teenagers they may have associated feelings of being accepted by a group of peers. Each time thereafter when they have a cigarette it reminds them of the feeling. In NLP terminology we call that an anchored response. (Pavlovian conditioning.) Part of the stop smoking process is to help the client access other resource states that work even better than the cigarette.

7. Learn to meditate and feel the benefits.
Most smokers, whether they are aware of it or not suffer from stress and anxiety. Scientific research has shown that meditation can help with the: stop smoking, weight loss, eating disorders, addictions, blood pressure, heart disease, anxiety, stress, negative emotions, scholastic performance and sports performance.

I find that an important part of the recovery process from substance abuse is to help my clientele learn how to relax the mind, and nothing works better to relax the mind than Osho Zen Meditation.

If you are like many people then you may have tried to meditate but can not seem to shut off the mind. Never mind that because I have an excellent meditation program which will help you to learn how to meditate at a much faster rate than with traditional methods. Within a couple of hours of training you can learn how to make significant progress.

If you have read this far then you must be keen to stop smoking or to help a friend stop smoking.

So send me an email now or phone me on 07 5576 4270. My office is in Palm Beach on the Gold Coast Queensland and I look forwards to hearing from you. Abby Eagle

Read What Others Say About NLP, TimeLine & Ericksonian Hypnosis.

Quit smoking today with NLP, TLT and Hypnosis.

"It's been over three months since I attended the 'NLP For Personal Growth Workshop' with Abby Eagle. Before that time I used to be a social drinker and smoker, and it was not unusual for me to have a heavy night drinking and smoking.

Since the workshop I have hardly touched a drop of alcohol and I've had no urge to smoke. I've also lost 5 kg in weight and 3 weeks ago I joined a gym.

The only reason for these changes has been my attendance at the NLP workshop with Abby Eagle." Jill Stonnel, MacGregorQld

Comments by a Master NLP Practitioner
NLP, Time Line Therapy and Hypnosis get excellent results in helping people to lose weight and stop smoking. The reason being is that these modalities help you to deal with the root cause of the problem at the level of the unconscious mind. Many therapies designed to help people lose weight and stop smoking only help you to change a behaviour. If all you had to was change a behaviour then with a little discipline it would be easy to lose weight or stop smoking but the problem lies much deeper at the level of the unconscious mind. With NLP, Time Line Therapy and Hypnosis a skillful NLP practitioner can help you clear the root causes much faster than most other modalities.

Types of problems that can be addressed with NLP, Hypnosis and Time Line

• Stress management.
• Relationship problems.
  
• Fear of public speaking / stage fright.
• Letting go of negative emotions such as fear, anger, hurt, stress, sadness, grief, jealousy, anxiety, panic attacks and depression.
• Sports performance.
• Sexual abuse, eating disorders, weight loss,
• Self confidence and life direction.
• Stop smoking and drug abuse.

To book a NLP consultation with Abby Eagle on the Gold Coast of Australia please phone 07 5576 4270.

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