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Hypnosis and NLP are two different approaches that are often used to help people change the way they think, feel and respond. You may come across them together in personal development programs, coaching and self-help resources.
Both can be interesting ways to think about personal change, although the research supporting them is not the same.
Hypnosis has been studied for a range of purposes, including pain management, some medical and dental procedures and certain digestive problems. Evidence varies depending on what hypnosis is being used for.
What is hypnosis?
Hypnosis involves focused attention and increased responsiveness to suggestions. It isn’t the same as being unconscious or losing control. People generally remain aware of what is happening and can choose how they respond.
There isn’t one particular way that hypnosis has to feel. You might feel deeply relaxed, become absorbed in the words you are hearing or find that your attention is focused more strongly on particular thoughts or images. Some people notice very little sensation at all.
You don’t have to switch off your mind or surrender control for hypnosis to be useful. A guided hypnosis recording can simply give you a structured way to focus your attention and listen to suggestions.
What is NLP?
NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming. It developed in the 1970s and includes techniques and ideas about the relationship between thoughts, language, communication and behaviour.
NLP has become popular in personal development, coaching and communication. However, the scientific evidence supporting NLP as a health intervention is limited. Research reviews have found relatively little good-quality evidence for its effectiveness in treating health conditions.
We aren’t consciously directing every thought, habit, emotional response or behaviour we experience. Much of what we do has become automatic through learning, repetition and past experience. This is one reason techniques that encourage focused attention, reflection and new ways of thinking can be interesting when you’re trying to make a change.
You are the writer, producer and director of your own mind programs. -Elizabeth Bohorquez RN Share on XThat doesn’t mean you can’t find an NLP exercise interesting or useful. It simply means it is sensible to distinguish between a personal development technique that you enjoy trying and something that has been firmly established by scientific research.
Hypnosis and NLP aren’t the same thing
Although they are sometimes combined, hypnosis and NLP are not the same approach.
Hypnosis generally involves focused attention and suggestion. A guided recording may invite you to relax, concentrate on particular ideas or imagine a desired outcome.
NLP uses various techniques involving language, thinking patterns, communication and behaviour. An exercise might ask you to change the way you describe a situation, imagine an experience differently or pay attention to particular patterns in your thinking.
Some personal development programs combine the two, which is why you may encounter hypnosis and NLP together.
What might hypnosis be useful for?
Hypnosis has been researched for a number of different purposes. There is evidence of potential benefits in some areas, while research remains mixed or inconclusive in others.
Research has investigated hypnosis for:
– pain management
– relaxation and stress management
– some medical and dental procedures
– irritable bowel syndrome and other digestive symptoms
– sleep difficulties
– anxiety associated with some situations
– smoking cessation
The important point is that the evidence isn’t equally strong for all of these uses. Something being described as a hypnosis technique doesn’t automatically mean that it has been scientifically proven to work for everyone.
What is brainwave entrainment?
Some personal development recordings use repetitive sounds or tones known as brainwave entrainment. These are intended to influence patterns of brain activity or encourage a particular mental state.
Research into these techniques is still developing and individual responses can vary. If a recording helps you relax or concentrate, you may find it worthwhile as a personal practice without needing to assume that it has a special or instant effect on your brain.
How to try a hypnosis recording
If you have never tried a hypnosis recording before, there is no particular way you need to prepare.
Choose one goal. Pick something simple that you would like to work on, such as relaxation, confidence or getting into a calmer frame of mind.
Find somewhere comfortable. You can use headphones if you prefer. Make sure you are somewhere you can relax without needing to concentrate on other tasks.
Give yourself some uninterrupted time. Never listen while driving, operating machinery or doing anything else that requires your full attention.
Listen without trying too hard. You don’t need to force yourself to relax or to experience anything unusual. Simply follow the recording and see how you respond.
Try it more than once if you like. Your first experience may simply feel like listening to a relaxation or guided-imagery recording.
Pay attention to your own response. If a recording makes you uncomfortable or unsettled, stop listening.
What hypnosis can’t do
Hypnosis isn’t mind control and it isn’t a magic way to instantly change your personality, erase memories or solve every problem.
A hypnosis recording also isn’t a replacement for appropriate medical or psychological care. If you are dealing with a significant health, mental health or substance-use problem, a qualified health professional can help you decide what kind of support is appropriate.
Hypnosis is a normal and natural way of knowing your inner self and augmenting it with virtues like self-belief. -Dr Prem Jagyasi Share on XIt is worth approaching hypnosis and NLP with an open mind while keeping your feet on the ground. You can try an exercise, notice what you experience and decide for yourself whether it is useful to you.
Turn Insight Into Action
Before you listen to one of the recordings below, ask yourself:
“What would I like to think, feel or do differently?”
Write down one simple answer.
Then choose a recording that relates to what you would like to work on and give it a try.
Afterwards, ask yourself:
“What’s one small action I can take that supports the change I’m trying to make?”
That final question is important. Listening can give you a new idea or perspective, yet taking a small practical step is what helps turn an idea into something you actually do.
About the Inspire3 recordings
The free recordings below were created by Inspire3, founded by Karl Moore, and combine hypnosis, NLP and related personal development techniques. The recordings cover a variety of topics, giving you the opportunity to try an approach that interests you and decide for yourself how you respond.
These recordings were written and recorded by an experienced hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner. They are provided here as free personal-development resources for you to try.
Listen to and enjoy the official song of Inspire3 at the video above and sing along with the chorus.
You can be stronger, you can be taller. You are the one to break down the walls, so… Go on and live your life to inspire!
One More Thing To Consider
You don’t need to accept every claim made about hypnosis, NLP or personal development techniques. You can be curious without being gullible.
Try something that appeals to you. Give it a fair chance. Pay attention to how you respond and keep what genuinely helps you move forward.
That is what makes an experiment in personal development useful.
Try the free hypnosis and NLP MP3 recordings
Scroll through the following collection of free MP3 gift downloads and choose one that interests you. Click the images to learn more about each recording.
You don’t need to try them all. Choose one that fits something you would genuinely like to work on and see what you think.
Which Personal Change Approach Appeals To You Most?
Hypnosis and NLP offer different ways of thinking about personal change. Some approaches focus on relaxation and focused attention, while others encourage you to look at your language, thinking patterns and behaviour in new ways. This assessment will give you an indication of the approach you naturally find most appealing.
Focused Attention Seeker
You are particularly interested in the idea of directing your attention towards a chosen thought, feeling or outcome. Relaxation, guided imagery and suggestions that help you concentrate on something specific are likely to appeal to you.
You may enjoy personal development exercises that give you a structured way to focus your mind. The most useful approach is likely to be one where you can notice your own response rather than feeling that you have to experience anything in a particular way.
If focused attention and guided personal development interest you, visit 15+ Hours Of Self Improvement MP3s & eBooks to find a range of free resources you can try for yourself.
Thought And Language Explorer
You are naturally interested in the connection between the words you use, the way you describe experiences and the patterns in your thinking. Changing the way you frame a situation can give you another way of looking at it.
You may particularly enjoy exercises that encourage you to question familiar assumptions and experiment with alternative ways of describing an experience. Your curiosity about language can become a useful prompt for looking at old patterns from a fresh angle.
If the relationship between thoughts, language and personal change catches your interest, have a look at 15+ Hours Of Self Improvement MP3s & eBooks for more personal development resources to experiment with.
Practical Change Maker
You like personal development ideas that can eventually make their way into everyday life. An interesting thought or recording is most valuable to you when it gives you something useful to practise, change or put into action.
You are likely to benefit from choosing one simple goal, trying one technique and then deciding what practical difference it makes. Small changes in behaviour can give an idea a much better chance of becoming part of your everyday life.
If you prefer turning personal development ideas into something you can actually try, explore 15+ Hours Of Self Improvement MP3s & eBooks for a variety of resources you can put to the test.
Curious Self-Experimenter
You are open to trying new personal development ideas while keeping your own judgement switched on. Rather than accepting every claim automatically, you prefer to experience an approach, pay attention to your response and decide what genuinely helps you.
This makes experimentation a natural part of your approach. You can be curious about hypnosis, NLP or other techniques without needing to assume that every method will work in exactly the same way for everyone.
If you enjoy trying different approaches and deciding what works for you, take a look at 15+ Hours Of Self Improvement MP3s & eBooks for a collection of resources to explore at your own pace.
Explore This Idea Further
Optional prompts to help you make the ideas your own.
I use AI as a thinking companion, not as a replacement for my own thinking. These prompts are simply another way to explore the ideas in this article and see how they might apply to your own life.
You don’t have to use AI to benefit from them. You can copy a prompt into a notebook, write about it in your journal, talk it through with someone you trust or simply sit with the question and see what comes up for you. If you do use ChatGPT or another AI tool, treat its responses as a starting point for your own thinking.
You remain the person who decides what is useful and right for your life.
How to use these prompts: Choose the one that appeals to you, copy the complete prompt and paste it into ChatGPT or another AI tool. You can answer its questions and continue the conversation as you go.
1. Apply This To My Life
Use this prompt when you want to connect the article’s hypnosis and NLP tools with something you would like to change, improve or understand in your own life.
I’ve just read the Forward Steps article “Hypnosis and NLP 32 Free Tools to Try.” Use that article as your primary source and help me identify which of its hypnosis and NLP tools or approaches might be most relevant to something I would like to change, improve or understand in my own life.
Ask me a few relevant questions about what I would like to work on and my circumstances. Then help me consider which ideas or free tools from the article may be worth trying and how they might fit my situation. Keep your guidance grounded in the specific tools and purposes described in the article rather than replacing them with generic self improvement advice. Build on my answers as we continue rather than giving me one large response and stopping.
2. Reflect More Deeply
Use this prompt when you want to think more deeply about the hypnosis and NLP ideas that interest you and what you might learn by trying them.
I’ve just read the Forward Steps article “Hypnosis and NLP 32 Free Tools to Try.” Use that article as your primary source and help me think more deeply about the way I respond to my thoughts, feelings, habits and the changes I would like to make.
Guide me through a thoughtful conversation about which of the hypnosis and NLP ideas in the article interest me most and why. Help me consider what I might learn by trying different approaches, what I expect them to change and whether there are particular patterns in my thinking or behaviour that I would like to understand better.
Ask one or two useful questions at a time and respond thoughtfully to my answers. Keep the reflection grounded in the specific tools and ideas presented in the Forward Steps article. Do not turn the conversation into a generic psychological analysis or assume that any particular technique will work for me.
3. Turn It Into Action
Use this prompt when you are ready to choose one useful tool from the article and try it for yourself.
I’ve just read the Forward Steps article “Hypnosis and NLP 32 Free Tools to Try.” Use that article as your primary source and help me choose one useful tool or approach to try for something I would like to change or improve.
First ask me a few questions if you need to understand what I want to work on. Then help me select one of the relevant free tools described in the article and create a simple way for me to try it without taking on too much at once.
Help me decide what I will try, when I will try it and what I can pay attention to afterwards so I can decide whether it seems useful for me. Keep the plan practical and consistent with the article rather than adding unrelated techniques. Build on my answers as we go and help me finish with one clear next step rather than a long list of things to do.
Tip: You don’t have to use all three. Start with the one that feels most useful to you right now.
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