You Always Know Exactly What To Do (Here's How to Access It)
Why your conscious mind's panic is a signal, not the truth.
Every new practitioner does it. You're three weeks into your practice, someone asks you a question you don't have a perfect answer for, and all of a sudden your brain is spiraling:
"I don't know what to do. What should I do? What if I mess this up? What if I'm not ready? What if..."
Stop.
I need to tell you something that might sound too simple to be true, but I promise you it's one of the most important things I'll ever teach you:
You always know exactly what to do. Always.
Let's talk about how you can access that knowing - especially when your conscious mind is convinced that you don't have a clue.
The Problem With Conscious Mind Panic
When you feel like you don't know what to do, here's what's really going on: your conscious mind has hit its limit. (That's it - that's the whole problem.)
Your conscious mind is great at analysis, logic, and sequential thinking, but it has limited bandwidth. It can only hold about 7 bits of information at once (and that's on a really good day).
So when you've got a complex situation with a client, or trying to make a business decision with fifteen+ variables, or feeling overwhelmed by your to-do list, your conscious mind maxes out.
And when it maxes out, it panics. From there, it's this insistent panic spiral of, "I don't know what to do! I don't know what to do!"
But that panic is a signal that it's time to switch systems. That "I don't know what to do" spiral is not a statement of fact. It's a strong signal telling you it's time to stop relying on your conscious mind, and time to access the much deeper intelligence that's available to you.
The Intelligence You're Not Accessing
You have access to something far more vast than your conscious, thinking mind. Call it your subconscious, your intuition, your higher self, your heart wisdom - the label doesn't matter.
What matters is this intelligence knows.
It knows what your next right step is. It knows which client to prioritize and which opportunities to say 'yes' or 'no' to. It knows what your business currently needs.
You just can't hear it when your conscious mind is screaming.
The Practice: Dropping Into Your Heart
So here's what I want you to do the next time your conscious mind starts this "I don't know what to do" spiral:
Catch it. The moment you notice the panic start, pause. You're about to do something most people never learn to do: you're going to consciously shift systems.
Close your eyes. Seriously - right in that moment, close your eyes and take one slow breath.
Drop into your heart. This is not metaphorical. I want you to literally shift the center of your awareness from your head down into your chest. Imagine dropping your consciousness - that sense of "I" - down into the space of your heart.
Some people feel this as warmth, or spaciousness, or just a subtle shift. However it happens for you is exactly right.
From there, ask the question. Having dropped your consciousness into your heart space, ask: "What do I need to do right now?"
Then just wait - the answer will come.
It might come as words, a feeling, an image, a sudden knowing - be open to whatever signal presents itself.
Sometimes it's as simple as: "Do the Alpha Sequence." Sometimes it's a specific next step: "Call that client back." Sometimes it's permission: "Rest. Nothing else right now." Trust what comes through - that's your inner wisdom speaking.
What This Looks Like in Practice
Scenario 1: A client asks you something you're not sure how to handle.
Conscious mind: "Oh no, I don't know! Should I try this technique? Or that one? What if I do the wrong thing? What if..."
You: [Pause. Close your eyes. Drop into your heart.] "What does this client need right now?"
Answer: "Slow down. They're not asking for technique. They're asking to be seen."
You open your eyes, take a breath, and say: "Tell me more about what's happening for you."
The right words came because you stopped scrambling and accessed your innate wisdom.
Scenario 2: You're overwhelmed by business decisions.
Conscious mind: "I need to post on social media, finish my website, call that potential networking group, email the three people who inquired, schedule my first client, write my bio, and oh god I still don't have business cards and..."
You: [Notice the spiral. Close your eyes. Drop into your heart.] "What's the one thing I need to do right now?"
Answer: "Schedule the first client. Everything else can wait."
You open your eyes, send one email, and suddenly you're moving forward instead of spinning.
Scenario 3: You're doubting yourself as a new practitioner.
Conscious mind: "Who am I to be doing this? I barely know what I'm doing. Other people have way more experience. Maybe I should just..."
You: [Catch it. Close your eyes. Drop into your heart.] "What's true right now?"
Answer: "You know enough to help the person in front of you. That's all that's required."
You open your eyes. The doubt can still be there, but it's no longer running the show.
Why This Works
When you drop into your heart space, you're doing three things simultaneously:
1. You're interrupting the conscious mind's loop.
That panicked chatter can't sustain itself when you withdraw your attention from it. It's like turning down the volume on a radio that's been blaring static.
2. You're accessing a different intelligence.
Your subconscious mind - your heart wisdom, your intuition - has access to information your conscious mind doesn't.
It picks up on subtle cues from your client's body language. It remembers past experiences and patterns. It knows your values and what aligns with them. It's processing all of this in the background at all times.
3. You're creating space for the answer to emerge.
The answer was always there, but you just couldn't hear it over the noise. When you drop into your heart, you create a moment of stillness where that inner knowing can surface.
This Isn't One-and-Done
We need to be really honest here: this practice doesn't solve everything instantly.
Sometimes you'll drop into your heart and the answer is: "You need more information. Call your mentor." Sometimes the answer is: "Not now. Sleep on it." Sometimes you'll drop in and still feel uncertain - but you'll feel uncertain with a direction instead of uncertain and paralyzed. That's still progress.
This practice isn't about never feeling confused or overwhelmed again. It's a tool to access your deeper wisdom instead of staying stuck in conscious mind panic.
The Meta-Lesson Here
You're a professional hypnotist. You teach clients how to access their subconscious resources. You guide them to trust their inner wisdom over their anxious thoughts.
You need to be able to do this for yourself.
This is not just because it makes you a better practitioner (although it does!), but because you can't authentically teach something you don't embody.
When you can pause in the middle of overwhelm and drop into your heart, you're not just solving an immediate problem. You're practicing the core skill of your profession, and your clients will feel that.
They'll sense that you're someone who trusts their own inner guidance, and that trust is contagious.
The Next Time It Happens
The next time your conscious mind starts spiraling (and it will, because you're human and an entrepreneur and that's what conscious minds do), I want you to remember this:
You always know exactly what to do.
The knowing is always there. You just need to get quiet enough to hear it.
Close your eyes. Drop into your heart. Ask the question. Trust what emerges. That's the practice - and like all practices, it gets easier the more you do it.
Your clients are waiting for you to bring them this same gift - the recognition that they already have access to their own wisdom.
Show them by being someone who lives it.
Erika Flint is a board-certified hypnotist, award-winning master hypnosis instructor, author, and founder of Cascade Hypnosis Training. She specializes in teaching practitioners how to build thriving practices while maintaining their own well-being. For more resources, visit cascadehypnosistraining.com
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