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Perfect mindset - perfect penalty

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Full hypnosis download Perfect penalties We’ve all seen it. An international soccer player (who of course is highly experienced) just crumbling under the pressure of taking a penalty kick. The crowd, the team, the manager, the fact that the whole match may be won or lost on their penalty shoot can unnerve, distract and even devastate the performance of the coolest player. The right mind for the job The more a player physically practices their penalty shots, the better their body ‘remembers’ how to do it. Thinking will just interfere with this process. One of the biggest myths in sports psychology is that you have to fill your head with ‘positive thoughts of winning’. Not so. When you are standing there about to take your penalty shot, you should have no thoughts at all – negative or positive. Why would this be? In the zone To do anything really well, we need to be in the right frame of mind. We need to be process focused rather than outcome focused so that we can go into what’s known as ‘flow’. So when the soccer player is taking a penalty he needs to be not focused on any possible outcomes of the shot, such as what others might think of him if he scores or misses, winning or losing, the team’s place in the league, etc. All that is not the shot. All that is outcome. Connected to, but not the same as, the penalty action itself. Process is just about being ‘in the moment’, with no thought, just instinct. Being ‘in the zone’ or in a state of flow means total focus to the point where the whole of outside reality disappears. In this state, there is no crowd, no match, no other players. There is only the ball and the net and the self. And all these three merge into one at the crucial moment. This state of mind is akin to a profound wide-awake hypnotic trance state. In the new psychology sports section download for hypnosisdownloads.com Perfect penalties I have aimed (if you’ll pardon the pun) to train the brain to reliably enter the zone state when taking penalties. If a soccer player is good enough to score when taking a penalty, if he can score, then he should do so reliably. I’m looking forward to some feedback on this one. All the best. Mark
Published by mark.tyrrell August 23rd, 2007 in Sports Performance

Care for yourself as well as you care for others

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Full hypnosis download Carers Stress Relief When I was in college I worked part time (very part time) as a relief care giver for a young man of seventeen. The unfortunate victim of a serious road accident, severe brain damage left him needing round the clock care in all the basics. I would bath him, help him to the toilet, try to understand what he wanted or didn’t want, and generally be there for anything at all that he needed. Boy oh boy was it tough. And I was just a part time carer. Who cares for the carer? I would leave my relatively short shift absolutely shattered. I can hardly imagine what non-stop relentless unpaid caring must be like. A carer is anyone who looks after the care needs of another person (be they friend, spouse, parent, child etc). Whether the person you care for has a mental or physical disability, care giving as a constant role can be very tough. There are approximately 6.8 million carers in the UK. Carers are more vulnerable to health problems themselves, both physical and psychological (particularly depression). 52% of UK based carers regularly visit their doctors with stress related illnesses, so it’s vital that care givers look after themselves if they are to be able to actually provide care at all. Isolation can be particularly problematic in care situations, so it’s vital that care givers maintain connections with other people outside of the home. The role of care giver often goes unrecognized by a society too fast and preoccupied to notice the unsung army of care givers. Carers can suffer serious stress overload as a result of constantly having to sublimate their own needs. Prolonged unrelenting stress can weaken the immune system leading to more illness. Blood pressure problems, digestive difficulties, loss of sleep and sheer loss of enjoyment in life can all result from seemingly endless stress. What the new Carers stress relief session is all about It was with all this in mind that I decided to produce the latest hypnosis relaxation download for hypnosisdownloads.com called Carers stress relief. Carers are so vital, so hard working and often so under-recognised (especially if they themselves never make any demands) that they can just burn out to exhaustion. This session is a prolonged and deeply restful stress-busting relaxation that can be listened to anywhere and any time. It offers suggestions to feel fine about taking regular time out (because yes, care givers can feel guilty about taking time to look after themselves!) and provides an oasis of calm and comfort in a crowded day. There are also hypnotic suggestions to sleep better. I really hope it helps all those carers out there and would love to hear from any care givers who can give me feedback. All the best Mark
Published by mark.tyrrell August 18th, 2007 in Stress Management

Getting to know you

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Full hypnosis download Know Yourself From time to time we hear people talking about ‘finding themselves’ (have they looked behind the couch?). Alternatively, they might claim that they ‘need to get to know themselves’. This project may include holidays (sorry… spiritual journeys!) to the ‘mysterious east’ to join a commune, or such like. But really, learning about how you ‘work’ and coming to a greater understanding of your own foibles, idiosyncrasies, strengths and weaknesses can be carried out anywhere. It doesn’t have to be considered – or treated as – a great ‘spiritual quest’. For the latest hypnotic session I’ve been working on a session called ‘Know yourself’ for hypnosisdownloads.com. A benefit of psychology When we learn about psychology we can know others better – but in so doing we should also come to understand ourselves more. The new hypnotic download is meant to take some key psychological tools and encourage people to use these tools when appraising themselves. For example, psychology has taught us about ‘cognitive dissonance’ – the way we unconsciously use rationalizations and justifications to explain away uncomfortable facts to ourselves. The more a person employs cognitive dissonance the further they move from self-knowledge. The Know yourself session also encourages us to use the notion of the ‘Observing Self’ – the part of us that can stand aside from emotion and be detached (which doesn’t mean beating yourself up). I have also included sections on automatic associations – habit versus free will – and the importance of unity versus lots of different selves for different occasions. Of course, it’s appropriate to behave differently in different circumstances, but not to totally change our identity when we are with different people! This may seem like a rather ambitious download, but I am looking forward to feedback. All the best Mark
Published by mark.tyrrell August 14th, 2007 in Personal Skills