Please read through all the steps first before attempting this exercise
Step 1:The Set Up
Choose the situation in which you want to perform better. It could be shopping for food, eating dinner, dealing with stress at work, or any situation that would normally cause you to go on a food binge.
Once you have selected the situation, next ask yourself what would I like to happen? what would be the perfect result?
What would be the ideal way for this situation to turn out?
Step 2: Get the right feeling state
Ask yourself: "What would be the ideal feeling state to help me deal with this situation?"
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What feeling state will allow me to be more effective?
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Is it stability?
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A feeling of being centered?
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Relaxed?
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In control?
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Take a few moments to decide what feeling state would be ideal for you?
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Are there any words or phrases that come to mind?
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Have you ever felt that feeling state or something similar before?
Step 3: The Rehearsal
Take a few minutes to imagine you are watching a movie of the situation, make this image vivid and bright.
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What does your posture look like?
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How do you move?
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What are you saying?
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Are there any smells or tastes?
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What is your feeling state?
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Try to enhance the feeling state, make it more real.
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What is the outcome of this event?
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What does success look like?
Note: If you have any resistance or it feels uncomfortable, just rewind the movie a bit and change it to something that makes you more comfortable. Allow your intuition to guide you. Remember each time you do this exercise you can change the movie a little until you get it just right.
Step 4: Replay the movie from your point of view
Once you are comfortable with the movie and happy with the outcome, replay it, but this time I want you to go into the movie and see everything from your point of view. Notice what you see, notice what you hear and how you feel?
Spends a few moments absorbing feeling this way.
Spend time in the movie, enjoy the movie, make as much detail as you wish, relax and let imagination carry you away.