Sometimes theres a habit that has been so damaging, so annoying, or frankly, so unsavory that we simply need to cut it out of our lives. Like mold on cheese.
Other times were not ready, or able, to slice it off completely. Or maybe it has been with us so long, its just hard to imagine life without it.
And there are certain habits that are useful once in a blue moon, for particular situations, and we need to have them available on an as-needed basis, though not all the time. Youll understand what I mean in a moment, and you might be able to identify a few of your own that fall into this category.
For example, the husband of a client needed to step away from the habit of zoning out when someone was talking to him, particularly his wife. He came to me for hypnosis to help him stay present, conscious and engaged. Fair enough.
We were set to begin the induction (the stage when the hypnotist/hypnotherapist leads the client into the hypnotic state), when he suddenly stopped the process.
Wait! I need to be able to zone out once in a while, he said, Is that do-able? Because when my uncle starts giving me statistics on all his favorite baseball...