Releasing Limiting Beliefs: A Guided Hypnotic Visualisation
A free guided hypnotic visualisation by medium and hypnotherapist Joanna O’Brien, shared with the Soul Sync community. About 37 minutes. Press play below, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
I'll be honest, this is one of those subjects I could talk about all day, so I'm going to keep it simple. If you believe something is possible, it's possible.
Why? Because you're a soul of unlimited potential. You always have been.
You already knew this once
I believe that before we came here, we knew exactly what we were. Then we arrive, and we forget. We pick up beliefs from the people around us, from school and from the knocks life gives us, long before we're old enough to question any of them. And then, if we're lucky, we spend the rest of our lives rediscovering what we always knew.
That's how I see so much of spiritual development, really. It isn't about becoming something new. It's about remembering.
The four-minute mile
I always come back to running. For years, running a mile in under four minutes was widely thought to be beyond what the human body could do. Then in 1954 Roger Bannister did it, and just weeks later someone else did too. Well over a thousand runners have done it since.
Their legs didn't suddenly change. What changed was what people believed was possible. The limit was only ever as real as the belief holding it up.
What really holds us back
I don't think it's our ability that holds us back. It's the beliefs in our mind, and the egoic part of ourselves that loves to keep us small, safe and predictable. It will tell you you're not ready, not good enough, not the sort of person who does that. It sounds sensible. It's very convincing. And most of the time, it's just an old belief wearing a sensible coat.
This path has shown me that more clearly than anything. Mediumship is, in so many ways, just magic. Someone in the spirit world can step forward with their memories, their humour and their personality, and for a moment they're here again. If that's possible, then honestly, what isn't? Every time I've challenged what I thought was possible, I've been shown I was thinking too small.
Why meditation helps
Meditation is very personal, and there are so many different kinds. For me, it's been a way to move into my power, to quieten my mind and to feel my connection to spirit. And it's in those spaces of silence that the wisdom and sheer intelligence of the spirit world can come through and inspire you. That might be in mediumship. It might be in art, in healing, or in a way that's completely your own.
Discovering your power and meditation go hand in hand. When the mind goes quiet, it gets much easier to notice which beliefs are really yours, and which ones you've been carrying for someone else.
About this meditation
Releasing Limiting Beliefs is a guided hypnotic visualisation by Joanna O'Brien, a medium, healer, hypnotherapist, Master NLP trainer and Reiki Master. After our conversation on Soul Sync, she very kindly shared it with all of us.
Over about 37 minutes, Joanna guides you into deep relaxation and introduces you to your inner physician: the wise, caring part of you that breathes you while you sleep and only ever wants the best for you. Together, you find a belief that's been holding you back, see where it began and let it go. Then you choose something truer to put in its place.
Before you press play
Choose one area of your life you'd like to change.
Pick a simple symbol for how you'd like to feel instead, such as a butterfly, a dove or even a smiley face.
Find somewhere private and comfortable. Joanna will invite you to say a few words out loud.
Headphones help.
Please never listen while driving or operating machinery.
This recording isn't a substitute for medical or psychological care. If you're living with a mental health condition, please check with your GP or therapist before using hypnosis.
Spiritual takeaways
If you believe something is possible, it's possible.
You arrived as a soul of unlimited potential. So much of development is simply remembering.
Most limits are beliefs, and beliefs can be questioned.
In the quiet, it's easier to hear what's truly yours.
Keep going
If this has spoken to you, listen to my full conversation with Joanna, Fear Was Meant to Be Your Servant, Not Your Master, where we talk about where our beliefs come from and how fear became our master.
And if you'd like to explore your own power alongside other people, you'd be so welcome at my free online development circle on Tuesdays, or in The Power of You, the psychic development class I run with Donna King.
You are so much more than you've been told. Go and find out just how much.
