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, self-hypnosis coaching may 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'm here to offer a custom program that meets your unique needs.
Read on to learn more.
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… I'm 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 self-hypnosis is a mind-body tool that can help you achieve your career goals faster by leveraging the power of your subconscious mind and why I believe RELAXATION IS REBELLION …
Introducing the Licensed Life (and why it may be helpful to you) ...
My past includes years of experience in the corporate world in the high-pressure profession of architecture. 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:
- Stress reduction in the three main areas of life - work, home and health.
- Communication skills to maintain healthy, successful relationships with clients, colleagues, supervisors, family and friends. This includes building speaking and presentation skills that are key ingredients to a successful career in most professions.
- Confidence is another area that touches on all areas of our life and our relationships at home and at work. One of the main areas under this category is self-esteem, which will impact more of the other categories.
- Motivation to stay connected to your purpose.
- Money mindset to feel empowered to ask for a raise, promotion, higher rate increase and to help you feel confident about your relationship with money.
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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.
- Establishing boundaries at work and home is an important mindset tool that we often take for granted and forget to leverage when we are feeling overwhelmed with too much to do.
- Career planning to make sure you are always moving towards your dream, not someone else’s.
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.
What do I think you need to succeed?
To relax more! Because relaxation is rebellion ...
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.
Self-hypnosis helps you 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 - not someone else's.
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.
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.
If you are licensed already and ready to live the licensed life ...
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:
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cultivate empowering mindsets
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manage your time and energy
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build confidence and self-worth
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establish boundaries that protect your well-being
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develop a financial empowerment mindset for success that you can leverage while progressing to licensure and beyond
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communicate skillfully at work and home
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create a vision of your future career that you are excited to live
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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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