One of the most powerful approaches we can use in hypnotherapy is helping a client remember the first time they ever experienced their current level of fear or anxiety. The memory of that first time gives them a profound understanding of how it shaped their self-esteem and self-confidence.
My client Michael was an up-and-coming lawyer who could not escape the enormous anxiety he had been carrying all this life. Instead of feeling more confident by his growing success, his anxiety grew and became a deadweight that he felt in his chest, in his digestion, and in his jaw every morning after clenching his teeth all night. It felt to him like a fear of the success that he was determined to achieve. He had tried everything but couldn’t shake it.