Move Beyond Perceived Limits
Move Beyond Perceived Limits
The first leg of the stool is barrier busting . The story that led off this article is an example of an internal barrier around the issue of self-worth . Through hypnotherapy , we found many other limitations shared by the traders . One trader ' s limit was his father ' s income . He was totally unaware that he felt distress when his own income exceeded his father ' s , and he would give back profits at that point .
Another was afraid that his mother and dependent brother would come to him if they knew he was wealthy , so he kept his income below their radar screens . Many other traders felt guilty about money and wealth , especially about money that wasn ' t " earned " but made through trading . Of course , once each of these barriers was discovered , it was easy for the trader to dispatch them with the right tools .
The possible exception to the easy solutions was the guilt of wealth . We had to work harder on this one because wealth and guilt have become ingrained in our culture and a significant value taught in our educational institutions .
The most successful tool used to melt the internal barrier that stood in the way of success was the use of guided imagery . These guided imagery tours take traders into the future where they imagine life as successful traders . Each session gives the trader the time to attend to the details of what his or her life is like with all of the barriers removed . In order for each trader to be fully in the state of success , they must find all of the issues that prevent them from fully appreciating their power as traders .
Take a trader who creates each internal barrier as protection . Each barrier is created with the positive intent to protect its owner . And each barrier needs to be honoured for its intention , and then put into perspective of what the trader wants now .
For those traders who haven ' t experienced the power of guided imagery , this may sound incredibly hokey . But we believe the stories we tell ourselves and the images we carry around in our minds : our habitual , behavioural reactions do indeed drive our lives . The good news is that they can be changed .
The adventurous trader can experiment with self-guided imagery as a way to start the process of discovering internal barriers . Although we all tend to avoid