The sweets, the drinks, the spending—it’s all part of the holiday season, equal parts fun and temptation. If you’re working to avoid some of these things, it may be helpful to note that willpower is a sure route to failure.

Willpower requires a constant focus on doing or not doing something, thereby keeping you in a permanent state of fighting. You will become exhausted, leading to failure, guilt, and shame.

There are ways to overcome the need to stay within certain limits.

• Set up a system of rewards. Avoiding certain foods or habits, even for a few hours, deserves a good book and a hot bath at the end of the day.
  
•  Let go of perfection. You may slip up. It’s okay. Try again.
  
• Focusing on what you wish to avoid 24/7 will only bring you closer to it. Instead, focus on what you wish to achieve and slowly build toward it.
  
•  You deserve respect. Never shame yourself. Change the record playing in your head. Not working? Turn up the music.
  
•  Hard to do? Ask for help. Hypnotherapy is a great way to help you internalize the version of you you’re working towards with greater ease and success. 

The holidays are filled with temptations and good cheer. Feed the good cheer side of the equation. Set up a discovery call using the link below and see how hypnotherapy may be a wonderful gift to give to yourself.

Cheers!

Mary