Anxiety Control Center

We had an amazing group of people at the Coaching call for “Freeing Yourself From the Shackles of Fear, Anxiety, & Feeling Stuck”.

The action plan for next week is to find a memory for calm, security or confidence. We’ll  be using this memory in a technique that will trigger the calm feeling whenever desired.

For my readers I decided to give you a quick overview of what we are doing, so you can follow along with with this action step.  To get coaching on this and many other calming techniques  I hope you will sign up for our next TeleWorkshop, May 5, 2010. There is still time to get in on this group.

Creating a feeling of security, confidence, and calm

A. First step for this is to have a vision or memory of the feelings you want.

There are two ways to do this: Find a memory from the past or to create a new memory or  “visualization” of a future event.

1.Find a memory from the past.
a.  Remember a time when you had the feelings of confidence, calm or comfort.
b. To do this just close your eyes and drift back to a time in your life, even a brief memory when you felt confidence, calm or comfort.

2. Create a “new memory”.
a. To create a “new memory” we need to create a vision of what a confident, calm or comfortable day
b. The vision we create uses not just a picture, but also sound, and feelings.
c. To do that you use your imagination.

I’ll use an example from my online coaching group to demonstrate.

Example: The group member who is directing and producing a movie, could “see herself at an award ceremony”.   The famous actress she has in her film, walking to the stage to accept the award.  People congratulating her on her amazing movie, on a job well done.  She would step into that “future self” and feel the feelings as if she were there.

Group members working on relationship issues would create a different image.  One might see herself in the future, with her son hugging her in total joy, as he graduates from college.   She would step into that image and feel all the success as a parent, having brought up such a wonderful loving son.

Another person would in an airplane, off on an adventure, pleased that he now feels calm and relaxed. As he steps into himself he can feel the amazement that this is now so easy to do. Perhaps it would be a future image after having traveled successfully, many, many times.

Do step one.  Start by having some fun with this exercise.  We are using this to expand your mind to the positive side of your creativity. These images can then be used in later exercises for setting off a “touch anchor” or for another technique call  the “map across.”

To get more information on the online coaching group.  Go to action ends procrastination.

Hope to have you join us in this journey of self discovery.

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We had a great group on the TeleSeminar about Conquering Procrastination. I really appreciated all of you for being there on the call. As I was ending the call, one brave person raised her hand. I started the recording and we did 12 minutes talking about fear and panic. I’ll put that call up on the website shortly. It was really interesting. After doing the rating of her anxiety and then doing the first stress relief exercise given on the call, she found her level went down. Wait till you hear about her struggle even to recognize that she had a shift. I’ve since talked to this interesting woman and she took my advice and downloaded a great book to read on her computer.

In the next few posts I’ll be talking about the upcoming 4 modules TeleSeminar. After seeing the questions that came in after the call, I’ve decided to gear the home study course to fear, panic and anxiety, with one full session devoted to relief of procrastination and how to set “no fail” goals. .

The post for tomorrow will be on why people procrastinate, and tips on finding the underlying issues behind it.

For Information on the upcoming 4 Module Course on
Stopping Fear, Panic, Anxiety
with a focus on Procrastination and Goal setting
go to http://www.actionendsprocrastination.com/workshop

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Feeling Stuck? Secrets to Moving Through Fear, Anxiety and Procrastination

Hello, and welcome. I’m Dr. Audrey Sussman and I would like to invite you to  a Free TeleSeminar l will be giving on January 28, 2010.

If you’re like most people, you’ve struggled with procrastination.  If you ever feel stuck, or if fear or anxiety ever causes you to procrastinate, then this TeleSeminar is for you.

Feeling Stuck? Learn the Secrets to Moving Past Fear, Anxiety and Procrastination

Get an invitation to this Powerful TeleSeminar by going to the box on the right side of this Page. Just put in you name and email and the invite will be sent to you.

“Conquering Procrastination: A workshop for intelligent, creative people that get stuck”

DATE & TIME: Thursday, January 28th at 9:15pm Eastern
Cost:  F.R.EE
FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via Phone or Webcast — it’s your choice)
Get Invited by:  Going to the box at the upper right, to sign in.

When they first start working with me, over 60% of my clients reveal that they believe procrastination means that they are inherently lazy or unproductive. Yet, when we start talking about how they live, we find that these same people are able to juggle many of life’s challenges with ease. The people who find their way to my office or seminars are usually high achievers, and in many cases very successful in their careers and life. So procrastination has nothing to do with being inept, lazy or apathetic.

It is actually just the opposite. For most people procrastination is caused by FEAR. Fear can come from early childhood experiences, and the beliefs a child forms because of them. It is a pity that so many talented, intelligent people secretly carry around fear at the deepest level of their unconscious mind.

Fortunately, there are many ways we can lift these unconscious fears, and free you to work through your inner blocks, and become the person you really want to be.

If you’d like to find out how, please join me the Teleseminar on January 28, 2010.  Once you sign up using the box on the right, you can even submit questions you’d like answered during the Teleseminar.

Spots are limited, so please sign up now.

I look forward to sharing these techniques with you.

Sincerely,

Audrey Sussman

Audrey Sussman, PhD, LCSW, NBCCH, is Director of the Anxiety Control Center. She is a National Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Neuro-Linguistic Programmer. She holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Doctorate in Clinical Hypnosis from American Pacific University. Audrey is a nationally recognized seminar leader and author of “Power of Thought: Untold Secrets of the Unconcsious Mind”, “The Workshop Facilitators Handbook”, “Calm, Comfort… Yours for the Asking”, and the “Relief Series” books. In her active private practice, her clients have achieved lasting transformations using the program she has developed.

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Want to be invited to the Conquer Procrastination TeleSeminar?

We are getting closer to the fr.ee teleseminar on  ways to re-programing the Mind to Stop Procrastination .“  If you would like to Conquer Procrastination and Fear this year, sign up to get an invitation to this powerful teleSeminar.

GIFT: Everyone who has sent questions will receive an invitation to our upcoming seminar “Stop Procrastination a program for Creative, Intelligent People Who Get Stuck.”

For those of you new to teleseminars, this is an online event that you can listen to by phone or on your computer.  It will be given January 28, 2010 at 9:15 pm. Attendees will have the opportunity to interact “live” with Dr Audrey Sussman.

Details will be emailed to you shortly if you are on the invite list.

There are two ways to be invited:
1. Sign up by going to the upper right side of this page, put you name and email and click on the “sign in here” tab.  You’ll also receive a powerful yet easy to learn exercise for calming your mind.

2. Send a question to Audrey, the colored link, takes you to her email address. Just write down your question and your name and email, and send it off.   We’ll look forward to interacting with you “in person”.

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Writers block isn’t just about the actual writing.  It’s about the subconscious, underlying emotions that get in the way of writing.  For deep rooted emotional blocks, many students set up private coaching sessions with me.  In these sessions, we use cutting-edge hypnotic techniques to get under the surface, uncover the subconscious roots of your creative blocks, and eliminate them at the source.

Here’s something you can do today to put yourself on the path to discovering the writer within you: give yourself the permission to write badly.

All writers write badly, all the time.  Even the true greats leave hundreds of discarded pages in their hard drives, never to see the light of day.  Accepting that this is a natural part of the process allows you to focus your energy where it belongs: not on judging the pages, but on creating them.

Audrey says that she reminds her clients who are writers, to write for the “trash can.”  This way they are freed up to write anything, anyway they want, since it is for the trash.  It doesn’t have to be good.  So much great writing has come “out of the trash can” writing.  She learned this technique from someone who felt stuck in his music writing, and once he started thinking of writing this way it opened him up to his own creativity.  That’s the great thing about being a coach, you learn from your clients.  What is a stumbling block for one person may actually be just the key they need to feel free for another.

Jake says that when you give yourself permission to write badly, you are actually allowing inspiration in.  You will notice that your writing becomes more fun and exciting, freer, and fuller. Writing ceases to be a chore, and begins to feel like an adventure.  Before long, you’ll discover that you no longer have to drag yourself to your journal in the morning.  You actually want to write!

Of course, there is a time when judging your work is important, when it’s time to invite the editing brain to the table, and give it free reign to pull apart the pages you’ve written.  But it is not during the initial creation of your work.  Remember, it is only by writing the bad stuff that you discover the good.

We are getting closer to the fr.ee teleseminar on “Re-programing the Mind to Stop Procrastination “.  If you would like to Conquer Procrastination and Fear, This powerful teleSeminar is for you.    Want to be invited?

GIFT: Everyone who has sent questions or who is doing Jake’s writers challenge, will receive an invitation to our upcoming seminar  “Re-programing the Mind to Stop Procrastination“. A program for Creative, Intelligent People Who Get Stuck.”

For those of you new to teleseminars, this is an online event that you can listen to by phone or on your computer.  It will be given January 2010.  Details will be emailed to you shortly if you are on the invite list.

Attendees will have the opportunity to interact “live” with Dr Audrey Sussman.

There are two ways to be invited:
1. Sign up by going to the upper right side of this page, put you name and email and click on the “sign in here” tab.  You’ll also receive a powerful yet easy to learn exercise for calming your mind.

2. Send a question to Audrey, the colored link, takes you to her email address. Just write down your question and your name and email, and send it off.   We’ll look forward to interacting with you “in person”.

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Today Jacob Krueger continues to talk about Fear and it’s role in procrastination.

Question (from a participant in the 2010 writing challenge):
I’ve been doing the challenge, but I hate everything I’m writing.  And now I feel like I’m starting to lose steam.

Jake’s Answer:
As writers we play a strange game with ourselves.  Instead of dwelling on our successes, we focus on our failures as evidence that we were not meant to be writers.  Usually this has more to do with fear than anything else.  Fear of failure.   Fear of rejection.  Fear that we don’t have what it takes.

When your judgment of your writing is based on fear, it has little connection to reality.  You may dismiss brilliant writing as terrible simply because you are afraid that others won’t like it.  Or you may fall in love with scenes that are not working, simply because they feel safe to you.

There are many ways to overcome these kinds of fears.  Many writers find that it helps to get honest feedback on their work from writers they respect.  That is one of the benefits of  being part of Jake’s Workshops or Master Classes.  This is a community where you can receive honest feedback about what is actually working or not working in your writing, rather than playing out your worst fears in your head.

Jake continues to explain that writers block isn’t just about the actual writing.  It’s about the subconscious, underlying emotions that get in the way of writing.  For deep rooted emotional blocks, many students set up private coaching sessions.  In these sessions, Jake teaches them to use cutting-edge hypnotic techniques to get under the surface, uncover the subconscious roots of creative blocks, and eliminate them at the source.

Here’s something you can do today to put yourself on the path to discovering the writer within you: give yourself the permission to write badly.  Jake will explain what he means by that in tomorrow’s post

We are getting closer to the fr.ee teleseminar for on “Conquering Procrastination and Fear that Overcomes You” This is a powerful teleworkshop For Intelligent People Who Get Stuck.”  Want to be invited?

GIFT: Everyone who has sent questions or who is doing Jake’s writers challenge, will receive an invitation to our upcoming seminar  “Re-programing the Mind to Stop Procrastination“. For those of you new to teleseminars, this is an online event that you can listen to by phone or on your computer.  It will be given January 2010.  Details will be emailed to you shortly if you are on the invite list.

Attendees will have the opportunity to interact “live” with Dr Audrey Sussman.

There are two ways to be invited:
1. Sign up by going to the upper right side of this page, put you name and email and click on the “sign in here” tab.  You’ll also receive a powerful yet easy to learn exercise for calming your mind.

2. Send a question to Audrey, the colored link, takes you to her email address. Just write down your question and your name and email, and send it off.   We’ll look forward to interacting with you “in person”.

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