{"id":4503,"date":"2012-02-07T12:31:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T11:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/?p=4503"},"modified":"2012-02-07T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T11:31:22","slug":"the-minds-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/the-minds-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mind&#8217;s Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4504 aligncenter\" title=\"Black Hole optical illusion\" alt=\"Black Hole optical illusion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Fotolia_BlackHole_OpticalIllusion19673562_S.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"564\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, is it really moving or not?\u00a0 Well if you\u2019re reading this, you\u2019ve probably worked out that it\u2019s not, that it\u2019s just an <strong>optical illusion<\/strong>, created using perspective and colour to disorientate your mind and trick your senses into believing that it is really moving. In this instance, our mind\u2019s eye, or our sense of perception alters what we are seeing by what we believe to be true, but our mind\u2019s eye can also refer to our own internal perception of ourselves.\u00a0 Our internal mind\u2019s eye gives us our sense of what we believe to be real about ourselves, how the world operates about us and how we are perceived by others.\u00a0 This sense of internal reality differs from one person to the next giving us our own perception of what sort of person we are. Our internal perceptions can be referred to as self-beliefs. Beliefs that we hold to be true about ourselves: I\u2019ve never been good at maths; I have no confidence; I find it difficult to motivate myself or alternately, I\u2019m a really good mathematician; I have overwhelming confidence and I\u2019m extremely motivated and determined.<\/p>\n<p>Our internal perception is largely laid down in childhood, but does go on to be influenced by our experiences as we progress through life.\u00a0 As a child we pick up on what other\u2019s believe to be true of ourselves and this happens so much that we take that view to be true and defining of who we really are; for instance if someone is always commenting on what lovely hair you have, you will no doubt grow up thinking you have fabulous hair.\u00a0 Unfortunately though, the negative is also true, if someone always comments on how chubby you are, the chances are you will truly believe that you will always be on the tubby side.\u00a0 Our self-beliefs are also self-perpetuating, if you constantly believe you aren\u2019t good at something, you are more than likely to feel overwhelming fear and failure regarding that issue, which further thwarts your attempts to overcome your difficulty, further emphasising that you weren\u2019t meant to succeed in that area of your life.<\/p>\n<p>However, as a hypnotherapist in Kent (UK), I believe there is a way to overcome such limiting self-beliefs through the use of hypnotherapy and mindfulness practice.\u00a0 Hypnotherapy uses the power of your mind\u2019s eye to imagine and visualise, helping you make life-enhancing changes. Mindfulness practice also frees you from past self-beliefs, encouraging you to live life in the present moment, enabling you to experience the world with fresh eyes, giving you clarity of who you really are and what a truly beautiful world we live in.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in experiencing how I practise hypnotherapy in Kent, then please look up my website on www.fernberry.co.uk.\u00a0 I&#8217;m based at King Street Therapy Rooms, West Malling, just 6 miles from Maidstone, and can be contacted by email on kim@fernberry.co.uk, or by phone on 07788 767 966.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4511\" title=\"Kim Carmen Walsh - Hypnotherapy in Kent with Fernberry.co.uk\" alt=\"Kim Carmen Walsh - Hypnotherapy in Kent with Fernberry.co.uk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/KimCarmenWalsh.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kim Carmen Walsh<\/strong> (Dip Hyp CS, Dip CP) is a qualified hypnotherapist and counsellor based in West Malling, Kent, at Fernberry Hypnotheraphy, Kim can help you quit smoking, lose weight, deal with stress, grief and loss as well as anxiety and panic disorders.\u00a0 Kim can be contacted for a consultation by email at kim@fernberry.co.uk or by phone on 07788 767 966.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px\"><em>(Photo from Fotolia \u2013 \u2018Black Hole. Optical Illusion\u2019, by Valerijs Kostins).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, is it really moving or not?\u00a0 Well if you\u2019re reading this, you\u2019ve probably worked&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15],"tags":[981,1077,1448,1638],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}