#141-Can Hypnotherapy Help You Break Old Patterns? | The Subconscious Mind Explained (Part 2)

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his week, I want you to practice something Matan talks about in our conversation: strengthening your ability to change by starting small.

Think about ONE area of your life where you've been feeling stuck.

Maybe it's:

❤️ Wanting to exercise regularly but struggling to get started
❤️ Putting off something important because you're overthinking it
❤️ Repeating a habit you know isn't supporting your health
❤️ Telling yourself you're not disciplined or consistent
❤️ Allowing past experiences to influence what you believe you're capable of
❤️ Waiting until you feel completely ready before taking action
❤️ Feeling like you need to change everything at once to make progress

Instead of focusing on the entire problem, ask yourself:

What's ONE small thing I could do differently today?

Maybe it's:

• Putting your walking shoes beside your bed tonight
• Taking a five-minute walk instead of waiting until you have time for 30 minutes
• Making one decision without spending hours second-guessing yourself
• Pausing before automatically saying yes to something you don't want to do
• Changing a small part of your morning routine
• Replacing "I'm just not consistent" with "I'm learning how to follow through"

Then ask yourself:

What would it feel like to become someone who trusts herself to make a different choice?

You don't need to change everything overnight.

And you don't need to wait until you feel completely confident.

Start with one small action, practice it, and allow yourself to recognize the progress you're making.

Remember, you're not just practicing a new behavior. You're building evidence that change is possible.

In This Episode, We Discuss:

• Why people often make changes in response to pain rather than moving toward something they want
• How personal beliefs can influence our willingness to change
• Why developing a sense of choice and personal agency is important for transformation
• Matan's concept of practicing the "muscle of change" through small actions
• How one-degree changes can gradually influence habits and identity
• Why overthinking and mental negotiation can contribute to procrastination
• How simplifying the first step can make it easier to follow through
• Matan's perspective on self-hypnosis recordings and their potential role in behavior change
• The relationship between relaxation, sound healing, and hypnotic states
• How repeated experiences and messages may influence unconscious beliefs

Key Takeaways:

• You can strengthen your ability to change by starting small. Matan encourages practicing small, manageable changes to build confidence and begin shifting the belief that you're someone who is stuck. Progress doesn't have to begin with a dramatic transformation.
• Overthinking can become another way of staying stuck. When we spend too much time negotiating with ourselves, we can use up energy without taking action. Simplifying the first step and reducing unnecessary decisions may make it easier to follow through.
• The stories we attach to our experiences can influence how we see ourselves. Matan explains that difficult experiences may shape beliefs about our worth, identity, and possibilities. Exploring those meanings can create an opportunity to develop a different perspective without denying what happened.
• Hypnotherapy is one approach to exploring unconscious beliefs and responses. Matan discusses how he uses hypnotherapy to help clients examine patterns and emotional triggers. Experiences and outcomes vary, and hypnotherapy is not a guaranteed solution or replacement for appropriate mental health treatment.

Connect with Matan Cohen-Citron:

Matan Cohen-Citron is a hypnotherapist and coach who helps people bridge the gap between knowing and doing.

With more than 25 years of experience exploring the mind-body connection, Matan's journey began with yoga and movement practices and expanded into areas including Pilates, Qigong, energy healing, hypnosis, and approaches to personal change.

Through hypnotherapy and coaching, he helps individuals explore unconscious beliefs and patterns that may be influencing their behavior and standing between them and the life they want to create.

His work includes exploring limiting beliefs, anxiety, past experiences, personal growth, and performance. He emphasizes individualized approaches that combine curiosity, compassion, and practical tools to support meaningful change.

Matan's philosophy centers on an important idea: Understanding a pattern is valuable, but creating and practicing a new way of responding is what helps move change into everyday life.

Want to learn more about Matan and his work?

🌐 Website:
http://matansmovement.com/

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