Content from “Can You Be A Hypnotist?” by Erika Flint
Being curious and interested in our client’s problem helps us connect with clients and get results.
Be curious about the problem state, and what is keeping it alive, it’s not to be ignored or discarded - but asked - why are you here - what is keeping you alive (in me or my client)?
Be curious about your client’s issues, and your own. Ask yourself, “I wonder how this problem is continuing to exist in my client?”
Be interested in how this issue is serving your client. There is a reason for it to continue, and if the reason is ignored or discarded, there will be resistance. One of the best questions to ask, is “If there is one good thing about keeping this issue, what would it be?”
This is the most critical element of being a world-class professional hypnotist.
It’s easier to focus on client’s issues and ignore our own.
It’s easier to tell ourselves we need to update the website, or make a few phone calls, rather than doing our daily practice of self- hypnosis.
It’s more fun to stay up late and watch our favorite show, than go to bed early and get the rest we need.
It’s enjoyable to eat unhealthy foods and drink, then pay for it later. And yet who is really paying?
We are. Our business is, our clients are.
As hypnotists make choices to not resolve their own internal struggles, they are not showing up fully for their clients.
For us to be the best we can be, we must do our own internal work.
Feel confident in our own abilities.
Be diligent in our practice.
Do our self-hypnosis daily.
Take personal responsibility in making our practice a success.
Be curious about what’s happening, and be interested in the mind, how it works, and our own transformation. This easily translates to being curious and interested in what’s going on with our clients.