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Speaker: Welcome back to The Rewired Podcast, where I, Gianna Baddow, drop weekly episodes on the power of your subconscious mind in entrepreneurship, life, and relationships, and how you can use your subconscious mind to unlock your full potential. Let's dive in. This episode is sponsored by The Rewired app. Get your 30 -day free trial in the show notes below.
Speaker: All right, welcome back. In today's episode, we are diving in to why affirmations do not work. That's right, why you can repeat the same statement to yourself over and over again, but nothing's changing. Nothing is shifting for you. We're going to break that down.
Speaker: in this episode. My name is Gianna Bedeau. I'm a subconscious coach and certified hypnotherapist, and you can learn more about how you can work with me to rewire and reprogram your subconscious mind and step into your full potential in the notes below.
Speaker: All right, let's dive in. Why don't affirmations work? Now, when I say affirmations don't work, I'm speaking specifically to the way you repeat an affirmation in your conscious waking state. Okay, so let's say you stand in the mirror and you repeat, I am wealthy, I am wealthy, I am wealthy.
Speaker: over and over again. But for some reason, your wealth is not appearing for you. Why is that the case? Because in your normal conscious waking state that you are repeating that affirmation in, you're and actually not able to program your subconscious mind to believe that you are wealthy. So you're just stating something out loud. Sure, it's great to repeat positive statements. It's great to repeat these positive affirmations. It's not going to hurt you.
Speaker: But if you're not programming your subconscious mind to believe that you are wealthy, that you are worthy and deserving of wealth, that wealth is safe for you to have, then it does not matter how many times you repeat that statement, I am wealthy, you will self -sabotage, you will not allow that wealth to come into your life, to come into your energy spirit, to come into manifestation.
Speaker: So the reason why this is, your subconscious mind has one job and it is to keep you safe. It is to protect you. And sometimes that's exactly why you end up in your comfort zone. That's why you end up stuck in a comfort zone. It's because your subconscious mind believes that is the safest way for you to live.
Speaker: for you to be in the world. And if you really want to make change, repeating an affirmation that you don't actually believe, right? If you're not actually believing the statement in the deepest level of your being, nothing is going to change for you.
Speaker: right If you don't believe that it's safe for you to be in a healthy relationship or it's possible for you to be in a healthy relationship, it does not matter how many times you repeat that to yourself because it doesn't feel safe for you. So you can say, I deserve love. You can say, I deserve wealth. But if you don't actually believe that, it's just wasted breath.
Speaker: Because you don't believe it. You don't believe it. And to actually force yourself to believe something that you don't believe on a subconscious level, you'd need to repeat it to yourself 500, 600 times a day to actually start to believe it. And who has time to stand in the mirror?
Speaker: and Repeat the same statement six hundred times probably not you i certainly don't write so if you actually want to make a shift make a change and rewire your brain to believe what you want is possible for you it starts with bringing your subconscious mind into the equation. It starts with repeating affirmations in the hypnotic state. That is the only way your subconscious mind is going to accept your affirmation as truth, right? Let's say you are in a state of rage, you're pissed off, you're in a stress state, and you're saying, I am calm, I am calm, I am calm. But in your body, you don't feel so calm, right?
Speaker: your body and mind is going to reject that statement. You're just saying it. It actually might even irritate you and piss you off to repeat I am calm when you feel so pissed off. You are ignoring the fact of how you actually feel. You're ignoring it. And you're pushing down an emotion that needs to be felt that needs to be processed. So sometimes these affirmations are not doing anything at all, right? They're not doing harm, but they're not actually helping you in the way that you're intending. So you can write out these affirmations on pages and pages and pages, but you need your subconscious mind to actually believe that what you want and what you're stating in that affirmation is safe and possible for you. And this is where hypnosis comes into the picture because the through
Speaker: the practice and process of hypnosis you're able to allow your mind to start to believe that what you want that what you're stating out loud through that affirmation is safe and possible for you and this is because when you are in the state of hypnosis you're relaxed you're not in this heightened focused you know worked up state you're not in rage you're not in stress you're relaxed you're not thinking about what needs to happen later today. You're not thinking about what happened yesterday. You are present. You are grounded in the moment. You are grounded in your body. And in that deeply relaxed state, the theta brainwave state, that is where the subconscious can actually make change. That is where those affirmations can actually start to stick. And you only need to repeat
Speaker: that affirmation like five times when you're in the state of hypnosis versus like I said, 600, 700 times if you were just in your normal conscious waking state, right? And when I say your normal conscious waking state, I'm referring to the state that I am in right now as an example that I am recording this podcast in. I am using the beta brainwave state. It is active. It is alert. It is awake.
Speaker: High energy, okay? When you're in the theta brainwave state, you are alert, you are aware. In fact, you're even more aware. When I am in the state of hypnosis, I am the most present that I could possibly be. But I am tuned in, tapped in, and present with my body. In this moment, my conscious mind is tuned in, tapped in with this message that I am wanting to deliver to you right here, right now.
Speaker: So when you are in your normal conscious waking state, there's distraction, right? There's a million distractions I could get hooked into right here right now in my office as I am recording this, right? But when I'm in the state of hypnosis, my eyes are closed.
Speaker: My focus is on my body. My focus is on how I'm feeling. My focus is on my energy field. And when I'm in that state, I can tune in. I can tap in. I can become one with myself. Understand myself more deeply. Always say you close your eyes so you can see yourself more clearly. So you can gain this new level of self -awareness that you're missing.
Speaker: So affirmations are best used in the hypnotic state because that is where they will actually stick. You can repeat an affirmation five times in the state of self -hypnosis and boom, you're actually going to believe it. Let's go back to that example of being stressed, being enraged maybe.
Speaker: and You close your eyes, you ground in a bit, you take some deep breaths, you take your body through this progressive relaxation where every muscle in your body is totally deeply relaxed and then you're telling yourself, I am becoming calmer. Every day and every way I am feeling more grounded. Calm is my natural state of being. You start repeating things like this to yourself and you believe it because in that moment you are feeling calmer.
Speaker: you are becoming more grounded. So this is about allowing the subconscious to believe what you're saying. Now, again, let me just repeat, I'm not saying that affirmations are a total waste of time, because whenever you're focused on something positive, it benefits you. But if you're really wanting to rewire and reprogram the depths of who you are. So you can see those changes. So you can see those manifestations come into fruition. You need your subconscious mind on board. You cannot leave the subconscious mind out of the equation. So if you're someone who loves affirmations, keep doing them. But if you really want them to stick, if you really want to see changes, you have to use your subconscious mind. And the best way to do so is by utilizing the power of
Speaker: Hypnosis, you'll be able to program your mind 10 times faster and you'll be able to allow those manifestations to come to life because your affirmations are actually sticking. You're not wasting your time.
Speaker: You're going deep, you're doing the work, and you are making instant shifts that you will see start to create and manifest more of the things that you want. And of course, if you want to start utilizing the power of hypnosis, you can check out the link below and access the Rewired app. And on the Rewired app, there are over 30 self -hypnosis audio recordings and subconscious activations to help you tune into the power of your subconscious mind to tap into your They had a brainwave state to ground in, to gain the awareness that you need to manifest more, to be more grounded, to get more things done, to feel calmer, to be less triggered in your day -to -day life because you have this practice that grounds you down, that grounds you in. And the more you do self -hypnosis, the easier it's going to be for you to bounce back in those high states of emotion,
Speaker: when you're triggered, when you're enraged, when you're stressed, because you can do it right on the spot, right? When you do self -hypnosis, it changes everything about your mind and body. And you can check it out below and try it on for yourself. All you need is a pair of headphones and a space to close your eyes and just be alone and with yourself. It is a game changer. You will love it so much you won't want to start your day without pressing play.
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Speaker: Thank you for tuning in. I'd love to know how this episode landed with you. So connect with me on Instagram at gianna bado with your thoughts and takeaways. And if you want to dive deeper into subconscious work, the Rewired app is your on the go daily resource to shift your mindset, your energy and your emotional state. You can access 30 days free using the code podcast via the link in the description below.
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