There is more to becoming a licensed professional than just studying and passing the exam(s).
It may have been a rough road that led you here.
If you are struggling to get licensed, hypnotherapy can help you pass your exams.
If you have passed your licensure exam(s) - Congratulations!!!
That is a huge accomplishment! I hope you celebrated like it's 1999!
Now it is time to design the life you envisioned when you signed up for this high-pressure career.
Let me share my idea for a different path forward that includes deep relaxation through self-hypnosis.
The Licensed LifeTM is the concept that there are 8 dimensions that make up a successful life. Passing the exam is the gateway to fulfilling these dimensions. Whether you want to deal with one dimension or more, or first focus on passing your exam(s), I am here to offer a custom program that meets your unique needs. Read on to learn more.
… I’m going to make the case that you can pass your licensure exam(s) faster with deep relaxation (hypnosis) than will-power alone, even if you're scared it'll take too much time and/or money, and you feel like you're chronically bad at exams.
… I am also going to explain how passing your exams to get licensed is the first step in creating a successful life as a licensed professional, not the end goal.
… I’ll also explain why hypnotherapy is a mind-body tool that can help you pass these exams and achieve your career goals faster by leveraging the power of your subconscious mind and why I believe RELAXATION IS REBELLION …
My past includes years of experience in the corporate world in a high-pressure profession. That experience has allowed me to see that there is more to getting licensed and having a successful life after licensure than passing the exams.
Of course, the exam is a critical first step.
Then what?
I call it the “The Licensed Life” and it encompasses the following mindset areas:
Time management will help you achieve your goals. We all know that there are only 24 hours in the day, but how you manage that time and your mindset around time helps you reach your goals in a way that leaves you feeling hopeful and determined to continue moving towards your goals.
Fear not, you probably don’t need to overhaul everything at once.
What I have observed is that we don’t usually need to start from scratch in all areas – there are usually one or two that need some attention.
This is why developing a regular self-care practice which includes self-hypnosis can help you keep your licensed life on track.
Western society has taught us to put the corporation first, to do what our bosses want us to do, not to prioritize what we want for ourselves. Even your industry leaders may tell you that you must work long hours and overextend yourself to get the job done, sacrificing your health, family and dreams if necessary. This way of life is not sustainable. Trust me, I know. I have been there!
This is why I say “relaxation is rebellion” … because the more you tap into your inner wisdom and intuition, the more aligned with your values you become. And then you start to live a life from a place of compassion, gratitude and self-awareness.
Hypnosis can play an integral part in this rebellion because hypnosis is, by definition, relaxing your mind and body. Working with a hypnotherapist to learn how to take yourself into the natural mental hypnotic state is one of the quickest ways to transform your mind with positive affirmations and visualizations. Because hypnotherapy starts to question and turn around your thoughts and negative emotions. It encourages your mind and body to do the good work they were designed to do so you can naturally start to take action that feels aligned with your vision of a successful life.
When you learn how to relax through hypnosis, you start to get your life back and you realize that the license you have been striving for isn’t just a certificate on the wall, but a way of life.
That way of life is determined by your thoughts, emotions, reactions and, most importantly, the actions you take.
If you don’t know what that life is, that’s okay too, tapping into the relaxation of the hypnotic state can help you define what you want and how you want to live.
Dear Licensed-Professional-To-Be,
You've failed at least one of your professional licensure exams at least once. And your confidence has taken a big hit.
Being a licensed professional in your chosen career (e.g. lawyer, architect, doctor, nurse, accountant, engineer …) was your dream or at least the clearest career aspiration you've ever had. You put in the years at school. You did well but ... when it came to the exam(s), you floundered. Your brain froze up. Your nerves took over, and you didn’t get the results you wanted.
And now you are tired of saying to yourself … "I can't believe I failed that licensure exam [Fill in the blank here with your exams: the Bar, ARE, CSE, CPA, RN, Medical Exams, PE, …] again! I’m a failure!"
Or maybe you are in a profession that has multiple exams on the licensure path, and you have had some success but are stuck now that you have failed one or two of the exams. Or your profession has an expectation that you pass your license exam on the first try in order to be “really successful” within your chosen career path.
You are tired of spending hours each week studying for months on end and paying for all the study material and exam fees (often hundreds or thousands of dollars depending on your license) just to see the fail notice show up at the end of the exam.
You have given up, or at least put on indefinite hold, your dream of becoming a licensed professional in your chosen career even though you know it is your path to more success, respect and compensation. Maybe you even thought you would go it alone and start your own firm or practice … and now that dream has faded away because you struggle with your exam(s). Maybe your boss is tired of waiting for you to get licensed and has told you that you won’t get a raise until you get licensed. This lack of confidence around test taking might even start to spread to other areas of your career and impact on your relationships with clients and coworkers. Then this perceived disrespect from your boss starts to impact your overall job performance, and you are no longer clear-headed when you eventually make it home … and your personal life is starting to suffer too.
You are the type of test-taker who gets very nervous, even though you know your stuff. That anxious mind kicks in the minute you step into the testing center. You start to panic and worry that you won’t pass even before you have started the first question. It is time to break this cycle, and hypnotherapy may be the tool to help.
There are two ways this can go from here … one is a path that leads to struggle and compromise, and the other path leads towards a successful fulfilling licensed life you love.
The worst case of struggle and compromise may have already happened…when we let defeat, exhaustion and frustration influence our decisions, we more easily give in to fear and start to live by other people’s rules.
This is when we start to lose momentum in our chosen career, which can lead to disillusionment and disappointment and, even worse, debilitating stress and burn-out that leads to chronic pain or illness(es). At some point, we might just give up on our dream career – licensed or not. We start to compromise on our dream of becoming the licensed professional we wanted to be in order to make a difference in the world.
The best path to a licensed life you love, in my opinion, is a holistic approach that helps you:
cultivate empowering mindsets
manage your time and energy
build confidence and self-worth
establish boundaries that protect your well-being
develop a financial empowerment mindset for success that you can leverage while progressing to licensure and beyond
communicate skillfully at work and home
create a vision of your future career that you are excited to live
sustain your motivation and focus on making a positive difference in the world
To open the doorway of a fulfilling licensed life, I suggest starting with stress reduction.
The reality of life these days for busy professionals in high-pressure careers is that the negative impact of stress builds up. This is why I focus on stress reduction as the first step in both passing licensure exams and leading a licensed life. It is this focus that makes hypnosis especially relevant to busy professionals. Why? Again, because hypnosis is deep relaxation. When you work with a hypnotherapist like me, you spend time learning to relax your mind and body, which can help you feel more motivated to succeed on your own terms.
Your best-case scenario can be success and inspiration.
Even though you think passing your exam(s) and getting licensed is the most important part, I have observed that it is actually more of a gateway to a new way of life.
Whether you are in the process of studying or you are newly licensed, focusing on the bigger picture of a successful licensed life broadens our view of life and allows us to design a life we love by designing our mind. This aligns our decisions with our values.
When we start to focus on the bigger picture of what it takes to lead a successful licensed life, taking steps to improve these eight areas of focus, we may start to pass our exam(s) easily and efficiently, or if already licensed we start to feel reconnected to our purpose. Both situations can leave us more time with family and friends and re-kindled passion for our career.
Remember: Your license is more than a certificate.
This is when we can start to look towards a bright LICENSED professional future feeling confident, inspired and motivated to make a difference.
Hypnotherapy can help you design a life you love by helping you design your mind.
Ready to design your Licensed Life?
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