RSSNew Years Resolutions Still Holding?
Jan 25
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The first month of the year is almost over and how are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions? Are you still going strong or have already given up?
Why is it so hard to keep resolutions? It all has to do with with our conscious and subconscious mind. Do you know that your mind is like an iceberg? What we mean by that is that your conscious mind, the part you have conscious control over is like the tip of the iceberg sticking out of the water. Your subconscious mind is the part of the iceberg that you can’t see, just below the waterline. Now looking at the size difference, which level of your consciousness do you think is in charge? Yup, you guessed right: the subconscious mind. So what does that mean for your New Year’s resolutions? You can consciously make decisions and declare that you are ready and willing to implement a certain change and then fully believe that you will achieve it. The snag in the whole scenario is cognitive congruence. Cognitive congruence means there is conflict between what you desire consciously and what you hold to be true subconsciously. This is the reason why most resolutions fail. When it comes to resolutions the subconscious mind will always win. Like the iceberg the subconscious is far greater and is always operating under the surface (without your conscious awareness).
The reason resolutions fail is because you are accessing memories embedded in the subconscious mind. The good news is memories can be altered with a simple technique that has been used for over 5000 years. We have taken it off the shelf and dusted off for you to start using right away. This technique is called Reboot Tapping and it is based on the same principles as traditional Chinese acupuncture.
With this technique the key is to openly state your resolution to yourself. Notice how stating the resolution out loud makes you feel. The feelings are what you are looking for. Because when you feel your statement you are connected to the subconscious mind where you will find all the limiting beliefs and reasons why you can’t be successful (i.e. you have tried this before, you will never succeed, you’re a loser). This is the golden moment for this technique. Tapping changes the way you feel about the statement and by changing the way you feel about the statement you are changing the way you feel about the memories you are accessing. If you change the way you feel, you change your perceptions and if you change your perceptions the way you see the world will change and this included your resolutions.
Feeling is believing. You got to give this a try today!
