Dangerous Questions

December 29, 2008 By

Just have a moment to share one key thought with you today:

What questions do you habitually ask?

The reason for asking is this – Your unconscious mind responds to questions more powerfully than any other kind of self talk. So if you want your affirmations to really create change internally, turning them into a question can make a difference. Noah St. John calls these affirmations in question form: “Afformations”.

What happens is your Unconscious Mind hears a question and begins to activate a process that is hardwired into our neurology. For example if you ask yourself “How can I find a way?” You Mind begins to filter your reality and it begins to find ways to answer you. It begins to draw your attention to answers.

So listen today to what you ask yourself. Are you asking disempowering questions like “Why am I such a __________ (negative label)? or are you asking powerful questions like “why am I in the right place at the right time doing the right thing for the highest good?”

Now, if you’ve been following my posts lately you might recall that a few weeks ago I started asking myself a series of very, “dangerous” questions. I only mean “dangerous” in the sense that the answer might disrupt my comfort zone. Sometimes “danger” is a good thing. Ask any bungee jumper!

The questions were: “If I had only 6 months to live what would I be doing? What would I stop doing? How would I spend my time?

I got several answers.

  1. Record each and every one of the almost 400 songs I’ve written over the past 30 years.
  2. Spend as much time with my friends and family as possible
  3. Share my music with as many people as possible.
  4. I would stop trying to “be everything to everybody” (Listening to my own song “Motivation” reminded me of that. Listen to “Motivation” here

If those were the answers, the “dangerous” challenge was to do that. Now.Not next year. Not next month. Now.

If you really and truly acted on what you say is most important to you, how would your life change? No matter we “say” is most important, it’s what we “do” that really demonstrates it.

Sometimes that’s that last thing I want to hear!

For me it became clear that renting a large beautiful, expensive apartment was less important than my 3 priorities. But daring to let it go even if I didn’t know where I would be going (even if it made me sad) opened up the possibilities. One idea was to put all my extra stuff in storage and travel from friend to friend, family member to family member, connecting and performing along the way. Performing could mean a guest spot at a local church, performing at a Starbucks, or even on the street.

All of a sudden other places to perform began to show up on my internal radar screen. At one point I performed at hundreds of elementary schools each year all over New England. Lately that has been down to just a few each month. But did it fit my criteria? Yes. So I began to ask questions about how I could re-connect with all the schools I’ve previously performed at…

Performing at colleges is another area of immense opportunity. I had just started to break into that market 5 years ago or so when I discovered NLP and shifted my focus to that…But certainly college students would not only be open to music but they could benefit hugely from “The Way of the Modern Jedi”…

Performing at festivals and local acoustic music venues had been something I’d been “gonna do” for a while…there’s a lot less money in that market and having a high rent made me look elsewhere. With less overhead, less pressure. Time to make contact…

Now here’s the interesting piece, does this decision to truly “surrender” to my music and “honor” my creative work stop me from practicing NLP?

No! It actually makes it more possible because every where I go as a performer I can share my story of how I was able to overcome my performing anxiety with NLP! AND since I have written so many songs influenced by NLP sharing that fact wherever I go and inviting those interested in learning more about NLP could easily and effortlessly spread that work in a congruent way.

Wherever I share my story from the stage of crushing anxiety and the stories of the many people I’ve helped to overcome their own anxiety without drugs or endless therapy through NLP, people can see for themselves the result. So it just may be a more effective way to get the word out…

So that’s just a bit of the process going on over here with me. It all started with asking some powerful questions.

What’s more important is, what are your thoughts? What questions are you asking yourself at the close of this year?

Please feel free to share some of your questions below.

In case you need some help with questions try these on for size:

  • If I had only 6 months to live how would I spend my time?
  • What’s one simple thing can I do today to live fully and abundantly?
  • Why does it work out better than I can possibly imagine?
  • What resources do I need to attract to myself so that I can truly make a positive difference in the world?
  • What would be the most rewarding thing to do?
  • How can I have fun today?
  • How can I live fully today?
  • How can I ask for help?
  • Who can I ask for help?
  • What am I grateful for today?

Please let me know your thoughts and comments below.

thanks!

- Mark

p.s. BTW as a result of my last post and being willing to ask for help and willing to admit that “I don’t always have all the answers” a good friend of mine offered me a place to stay for 3-6 months. another friend offered me a place to store my stuff. Another friend appeared who has all the administrative and logistical skills/aptitudes that would enable me to truly focus on what I’m good at…Is work involved? yes. Does it scare me to move out of my comfort zone? yes. But it also feels positive and exciting!

The question that I ask the most is: “Why does it work out better than I can possibly imagine?”

Try it! Write it out long hand!

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Christmas 2008: Crisis? Or Opportunity?

December 18, 2008 By

Today, I don’t know where to begin. I have a lot to say.

So I’ll just jump in and hope you’ll join me for a few moments because this is one of the most important announcements I’ve ever made.

By now it’s pretty hard to avoid the panic and the fear all around us. It seems in so many ways to be the worst of times…We may know intellectually that within each failure there lies the seeds for greater success but sometimes it’s really hard to feel it. It’s a full blown “Crisis”.

A wise man once pointed out to me that the Chinese character for “crisis” is a combination of the symbols for “Danger” & “Opportunity”.

As the blanket of Christmas slowly gets pulled up around us and the stories of hardship and uncertainty gather like storm clouds, some of it is hitting pretty hard and close to home. For me personally, the holiday season has always been bittersweet. This year even more so.

In fact the very nature of the traditional Christmas is solemn and beautiful and sad.

A family of meager means, finds lodging in a stable. A child is born without proper medical attention who would soon be the target of assassins, and who would grow up to meet a painful and harsh end.

Even if you are not remotely religious, you can not help but relate to the story.

And so in the face of what can only be called a “major financial challenge” I found myself at the end of my savings. All the marketing and advertising I’d done had basically fizzled. Staring at my bank balance and the pile of unpaid bills on my desk felt really bad.

This wasn’t supposed to happen. I’d learned NLP in order to increase my income as well as to clear the junk that was holding me back from getting my music out. Unfortunately it seems like in order to properly honor NLP it would mean putting my music back on hold.

So here I was not feeling very resourceful. It felt like the end of a road that didn’t take me where I thought it was going to take me. Still there was the glimmer that perhaps it had taken me where I needed to go.

As I sat pondering how to pay my past due rent, how to stay positive and hopeful…

As I contemplated how I was going to feed my 3 kids who were coming to visit next week…

As I contemplated how I was going to feed myself…

I got an e-mail.

It was from my friend and mentor, Kathy McAfee, who had commissioned me to do a video of “Motivation” (the song I wrote inspired by her work). She had just sent it out to her list and one of her contacts, Fran Capo, had seen it and wanted a theme song too.

So I got in touch with Fran and began to learn more about her and what her mission and message is.

Get this: she’s the Guinness book of world records “Fastest Talking Female” she also holds the records for deepest book signing (at the Titanic) and highest book signing (on Mt. Kilimanjaro).

So I got inspired. I wrote her a song in a very short time. Because everything about Fran is about speed, and just getting stuff done. And living every day as if it is your last. I sang it to her over the phone and she loved it. By chance, my recording engineer, Joe Mennonna was available that afternoon so I drove over and recorded it. By 6:00 pm the song was mixed and ready to play.

You can hear it here. Listen To Adventure Girl – Fran Capo Theme Song

But that’s not the point of this post!

For me the message was clear. As I was sitting that morning asking for guidance, I was going back and forth between what I thought I “should” do and what my heart was “calling me to do”.

I have worked my brains out the last 5 years to build an NLP practice and an NLP training program. I’ve helped quite a few people and the work is rewarding. But the business model doesn’t work very well. I help people transform their lives and then they don’t need to come back any more! Many of the people I want to help can’t afford me. And I couldn’t help them for free and still pay my bills…In NLP we call that a “double bind”.

The talk therapy business model where the client comes back every week for eternity is much better (at least for the therapist).

But the fact is that when I asked myself a very specific question the answer got my attention.

Here’s the question: “If I had only 6 months to live what would I spend every one of those last precious moments doing?”

The answer had 3 parts:

  1. I would record every single one of the almost 400 songs I’ve written that have yet to be recorded. I don’t write the music down so in order to preserve them I need to record them. Even if only my kids were able to listen to them it would be worth it.
  2. I would get my butt out and perform every chance I got even if it meant going from Starbucks to Starbucks or finding a street corner.
  3. I would spend as much time with my friends and family as possible.

That’s it. Pretty simple.

And I actually am doing that on a small scale. I’ve gone into the studio a lot recently and I just did my first concert in 2 years. But I wasn’t truly giving it 100% because I was so busy with all the other things…

But the main reason I hadn’t given 100% of myself to it was a limiting belief. It was a belief that I couldn’t make enough money to pay my rent and all the other bills I had by merely singing my songs.

But at this point, all the marketing and promotion and advertising I’ve been doing to attract people to my NLP trainings and Anxiety clearing work wasn’t paying the bills either.

In NLP we have a concept that basically says: “You get what you focus on. So focus on what you want.”

So I asked the universe for a sign. What do you really want me to do with my life? How can I serve the most people in the highest way while taking really good care of myself and my family? How can I honor this gift I have of writing songs? (I mean it’s really kind of a “healthy compulsion”. I write songs like a horse gallops or like a bird flies. It’s just totally and complete natural for me. Duh! :o )

Moments later I got the e-mail that Fran Capo wanted a theme song.

If that isn’t an answer I don’t know what is.

So in the next few weeks I will be packing my stuff away and putting everything I own in storage.

I will be letting go of my beautiful apartment overlooking Wooster square and I will be staying with a series of generous friends and family members (see number 3 above).

And I will be using all of my NLP skills to book myself at coffeehouses, and colleges and churches and libraries and yes…Starbucks.

I’m going to be asking you for your help.

  • It may be as simple as asking you to pass a song along to a friend who might need to hear it.
  • It might be as affordable as downloading a single song for $2. bucks.
  • I’m definitely going to ask you to invest in one or more of my CD’s. And when you do I’ll send you a 2nd one for FREE that you can share with a friend. 
    Mark Shepard’s CD’s Available Here
  • I’m going to invite you to come see me perform and I’m going to ask you to bring a friend. Please join my mailing list at the top right hand corner of this site so you’ll get advance invitations.
  • If you have a big enough house, I’m going to ask you to consider having a house concert and inviting all your friends. Together we can change the world. Call me today to get started. 203-804-1208

If you’ve been reading my stuff for a while you know my message is about hope and empowerment and healing and transformation and joy.

Yes, I’m a little scared. Not of performing any more (thanks to NLP that’s totally gone) but of moving out of my comfort zone. And that’s a good thing. We all tend to get comfortable and it soon becomes a rut. Eventually a rut can feel like a prison.

So let’ use these challenging times to challenge ourselves. What would you do if you had only 6 months to live? Leave a comment below and let me know.

And ask yourself honestly “How can I start doing that now? How can I start even in a small way living my life on purpose today?”

Thank you for your support and encouragement!

Mark

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Thanks!

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Kathy McAfee interviewed about using NLP in Presentation Coaching, Executive Coaching and Leadership Training

December 4, 2008 By

Kathy McAfee is one of my NLP master practitioner students. She has taken NLP and immediately applied it to her work helping executives with their presentations, as well as in their corporate leadership development. I sat down with her in beautiful Wooster Square Park in New Haven, CT on one of the first warm Spring days.


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NLP Motivation Strategies – Part 1

December 2, 2008 By

motivationSo what is is for you? The stick? Or the carrot? Or some combination of both? What gets you motivated?

Have you ever stopped to think about the process of motivation? How do you know it’s time to get motivated to do something? Have you ever felt a lack of motivation and then suddenly something shifted and you got a jolt of energy?

In NLP we do quite a bit of work with helping people to overcome procrastination and engage their motivation strategies. In fact the discovery that we actually have unconscious strategies (or programs) that we “run” in different situations to create behavior is one of the key distinctions that makes NLP so much fun. It’s also part of why we NLP’ers are considered “rogues” by traditional psychology.

Think about it this way. How do you know it’s time to be motivated? Or even better, when you are motivated how do you even know you are? Is it something you feel? See? Hear?

Can you remember a time when you were motivated? A specific time? As you recall that time, do you have a picture? What about a feeling somewhere in your body? Do you have any sounds or music that kick in? Are you saying something to yourself or can you remember someone else saying something to you?

Assuming you have a picture, what happens if you take that picture and shrink it down and push it far away and make it really dark and tiny out on the edge of the horizon?

Chances are you don’t feel so motivated any more do you?

Now bring that picture back in at 100 miles an hour and make it big and bright right in front of you. More motivated or less? Typically people feel more motivated by doing that.

The point of this short exercise is to demonstrate the power of your MIND and the ability each and every one of us has to affect our inner world.

So today think about that.

Tomorrow we’ll explore what the big deal is about “moving away from” vs. “moving towards”…

To see my new music video “Motivation” click this link

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Crush Anxiety with Laughter Yoga

November 21, 2008 By

Crush Anxiety with Laughter Yoga

One of the challenges with anxiety or depression or any other stuck state is to find a way to break out of the neurological pattern or “Program”.

NLP ( Neuro Linguistic Programming ) is all about “pattern interrupts” which give us behavioral choices. Change your physiology and it changes your internal world. change your internal world and it changes your physiology. The mind and the body are totally linked. We also have a choice of what to focus on and what to do in response to any external situation.

A friend of mine, Melanie Rudolph has recently introduced me to a growing movement cal

led Laughter Yoga which fits right in to the idea of change your physiology and your behavior and it changes your reality and experience of the world. (key NLP concepts BTW)

Melanie hosts a call every single night at 9 PM Eastern Time and you can call in to 712-432-3900 and enter this passcode: 6071292#. She guides the group in various laughter patterns. I’m planning on calling in tonight so I hope you’ll join me! 6071292#

Here’s Melanie’s Site: www.WellnessForYouFirst.com

But wait! There’s more! There are a bunch of other calls you can get on throughout the day so no matter where you are or what your schedule is you can take a laughter break to blast throug

h whatever you need to blast through to stay balanced and focused on joy. Talk about CRUSHING anxiety!

Best thing about it?

It’s FREE! Here’s the link to learn more: www.LaughterYogaUSA.com

Have an awesome, Joyful day!

Grin, smile, chortle, chuckle,tee hee, ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho, guffaw, ha, ha,hee, hee, snort…

Ahhhhhhh!

- Mark

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Anxiety Alert

November 18, 2008 By

If you or someone you love suffers from worry, anxiety or panic attacks this could be the most important message you ever read.

Give me 2 hours on the phone and I’ll give you back your life. Guaranteed.

Have you ever had an idea that was so good and so powerful that it just jolted you up out of bed first thing in the morning? That happened to me today so please forgive me if I get excited about what you are about to read.

Here’s the scoop:

On Thursday November 20 at 7:00 pm Eastern US Time you are invited to join me on a powerful phone call where I will walk you and only 19 other folks step by step through each of my powerful and easy to remember, PROVEN anxiety and stress busting techniques. I’m calling it: “Stop Anxiety Now!”

On this call I will reveal all 17 of my rapid anxiety busting secrets for the 20 people who are most serious about blasting through anxiety and worry now. This week. Not in a while. Not, after weeks and weeks of endless talking about your problem. Now! This Thursday night between 7:00 and 9:00 PM Eastern.

Warning: This is not a “FREE” call. But it is absurdly affordable.

This is not one of those thinly disguised marketing calls where you get teased with just enough info to get hooked into buying some expensive seminar or product. This is real, life changing substance.

On this call I hold nothing back. You get exclusive access to every single usable tool to crush stress, fear, worry and anxiety that I use with my one on one clients as well as in my own life on a daily basis. I personally used every one of these techniques to blast through my fear and anxiety around performing the songs I’ve written over 30 years. I still use these techniques to manage any stray shreds of anxiety about the economy or my teen age children. Every parent experiences worry. It doesn’t have to destroy your life.

You get it all at a fraction of the cost of working with me one on one (1:1)

Normally you would pay $500 per hour to get the benefit of working with me. The results I get with even long term phobia and anxiety sufferers has been proven over and over again to be worth every penny.

“I doubled my income after working with Mark Shepard to clear my telephone anxiety” – Michael Guerin

Worked for me! Thanks a lot! :) – slamedcivic1302

Thanks a lot man, it really helped me right now about my flying anxiety that I will be on a plane in 12 hours and I was very worried but your tool really helped…well done – Blazinhotzulfe

After I did this, I felt really happy! – scubadiverwill

Thank you so much for the this, wow! you’re great – celinademars

Excellent! Brilliant! Well Done! One of the best I’ve tried. Instant impact You will help thousands if not millions of people around the world
- swervemufc

Even with my end of the year  1/2 price telephone coaching special you would still pay $250 per hour to work with me individually and my availability is extremely limited.

This call is cheap. Your satisfaction is totally and completely guaranteed.  And the first 10 to register get a sweet bonus package worth a lot more that the price for 2 hours of sheer life changing value and personal attention.

The Stop Anxiety Now Call on Thursday night is limited to 20 people because I want to be able to answer each and every question you have. I’m committed to getting you permanent, positive results fast.

Please note if you have social phobia or extreme shyness: If your particular anxiety challenge normally keeps you from raising your hand and participating in group situations that’s okay too. If you’re not ready to join the group and fully interact, you can mute your line and get the benefit of listening in. Then during the program, only when you feel ready, you can un-mute and join us at any time.

It’s simple and easy to do: if you can dial a phone number you can manage the technical requirements. It’s that easy.

Of course there are juicy bonuses to reward you for taking action now. I love to spoil my clients with added value.

If you are one of the first 10 people who register you will get these bonuses:

  • 17 Rapid Change Secrets To Stop Anxiety Without Harmful Drugs or Endless Therapy Workbook - instant download  ($59 Value)

  • 20 Part Audio Set containing the entire Stop Anxiety Now! program. – Instant Download ($97 value right there.)
  • Meet Your Unconscious Mind Special Report explains why we can achieve change so rapidly when we engage Your Unconscious Mind. – Instant download
  • This call will also be recorded and added to the bonus set. It will only be available to the people on the call. You’ll be able to listen and reinforce the 17 rapid change patterns over and over again whenever you need to blast through…pretty much anything.
  • You will also get my StressBusters CD ($47 value) – Delivered by US Postal Service
  • You will get my Eyes on the Horizon CD ($20 value)  – Delivered by US Postal Service
  • Plus I’m known for throwing in some extras as a special surprise gift.

Your Satisfaction is totally and completely GUARANTEED. The risk is all on me.

Relax and Feel Totally Comfortable Guarantee: If at the end of the call you don’t feel like you got $97 worth of usable tools and techniques to help you eradicate worry and anxiety, I will simply give you your money back. No tricky language or hidden clauses other than this – you do have to be on the call all the way to the end to qualify for your refund. That’s only fair to give yourself the full program. and it’s only fair to other people who may have wanted your spot. Attendance is limited. There are only 20 spots so if you have no intention of listening to the full call please do not register. Let someone else have your spot. Other than that it’s no questions asked. Your satisfaction is guaranteed..

You can call in from anywhere in the world. (regular long distance charges apply)

The call is at 7:00 pm US Eastern time. as soon as you register you’ll be given the phone number and pass code to call. As well as the down load links to all your bonuses.

Don’t believe me when I say you can stop anxiety this Thursday without harmful drugs or endless therapy? Pay attention:

You were of REALLY GREAT HELP to me!!! All the best. – Inga

Thanks dude. It may sound simple and crazy but it does work… good stuff man! – ssips720

Wicked! Seriously man that was so helpful. I was dreading work today and was also feeling down because another job I applied for were not getting back to me. Using just one anxiety technique I instantly felt better and then I received 2 emails, one saying work was canceled today, and another stating I’ve got an interview! :D It’s so good thinking the best instead of the worst – Badger

Thank you! It does really help. You are a great man! – neskasis

I’m 17 and it seems like most of my day is filled with unhappy thoughts and it really prevents me from having any fun. And after using your  NLP anxiety technique I am usually able to really lower my anxiety level. So I just wanted to write to you and thank you for your help. – Micah

I just wanted to thank You… very helpful with lots of great information. Peace. – Loyd


Check it out for yourself. It’s perfectly natural to be skeptical. Particularly if you’ve tried “everything” and still suffer from debilitating anxiety. Most people mistakenly believe that it takes a long time to change. I’m not promising you will never encounter stress or challenges in your life. That would be absurd. What I do promise is that you will have a whole new set of easy to use tools to deal with the stuff life flings at you.

if you are not 100% satisfied with the program your dough will be on it’s way back to you the very next day.

All you have to lose is your fear, worry, and anxiety. Guaranteed. For only $97.

What psychotherapist or coach has ever offered you this kind of deal? They want their $150 bucks every week and the longer you take to get better…the better for them. Meanwhile you’ve been suffering just talking about it each week.

But now for less than $100 bucks

  • You get 2 hours with me in a small, safe group. ($1,000 value)
  • You get the entire “17 Rapid Change Secrets” manual and audio set that I normally sell for $97 ($97 value)
  • You get my “StressBuster” CD ($47 value)
  • You get my “Eyes on the Horizon CD” with some of my best original songs with NLP language patterns embedded in the lyrics so you feel better just driving down the road listening ($20 value)

If you can’t make this call or if the class is full by the time you read this.  RELAX! If there is an overwhelming response (which I think there just might be), I may be open to other time slots to accommodate folks from the UK, Australia etc. You could also just register to get the bonus package. I regularly sell that for exactly the same price but this way you’ll get the additional recording of the call.

I may possibly offer this again in the future. There’s no guarantee of that but there’s no need to get anxious about whether you can get in to a call to stop anxiety. You know what I mean right? Once the class is full I will put any one else who wants in, on a waiting list and you’ll get first crack on any spot that opens up or if I decided to do another call, you’ll get first notice before anyone else.

So just go for it. Here’s the button to register.

You will be given instructions on how to download the bonuses and the number and passcode for the call.

Talk to you Thursday!

Mark

p.s. if for some reason even the mere $97 bucks for this call seems like something you can’t do, that’s why you need this call. Your mind and your money are totally linked. But I appreciate what that’s like. Been there. done that.

You can still watch my anxiety treatment video series for free. Anxiety Treatment Video Series

You can watch and listen to my Clear the Fear Song

So no matter what, do not allow your fears and anxiety about releasing your fears and anxiety to stop you from releasing your fears and anxiety. Take action. Don’t take my word for it. Test it yourself in your own life.

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Election Anxiety Special

November 3, 2008 By

Whatever the outcome of the election, there is a lot of uncertainty, worry, and anxiety swirling around us here in the United States as well as around the world.

What continually amazes me though is that we have the tools through NLP and Time Line Therapy™, Ericksonian Hypnosis and EFT to totally eradicate anxiety and the physical, and emotional cost it takes.

If you are interested in truly addressing this negative pattern in your life Pay Attention:

Between now and the end of the year I will be offering a 50% discount on phone sessions.

So if you are anywhere in the world struggling with anxiety, worry, phobias, panic attacks or any thing else that is holding you back, hurting you and costing you financially, emotionally, physically, contact me now. I can help.

Available appointments are limited so either e-mail me at modernjedi [at] gmail.com or call my office at 203-804-1208.

and one more thing…remember to Vote! :o )

Mark

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NLP Solution For Anxious Voters

October 20, 2008 By

Stop worrying! the past does not equal the futureAs I went to check my e-mail on Yahoo.com today I noticed this headline. “Voters say anxiety increasing” Since helping people overcome anxiety with NLP, hypnosis, Time Line Therapy and EFT is a major part of my one on one practice, it got my attention.

Now normally I advise my clients to stop watching or listening to the news because it bombards your unconscious mind with a constant stream of negative, anxiety provoking, panic attack inducing input.

Anxiety is created by vividly imagining (consciously or unconsciously) the worst possible scenario. Your unconscious mind does not know the difference between what is real and what is imagined so it creates all the same fight or flight chemicals in your body as if it was real. That’s the mind body connection.

Those of us who suffer from anxiety are especially vulnerable to the negative news because we have powerful and vivid imaginations. So  if you take into account the huge amount of bad news to come out of the financial markets in the last few weeks before the upcoming presidential election, it adds up to a massive voter anxiety attack.

So, even though I follow my own advice and avoid actively watching or listening to the news,  the fear is all around us: The economy is in trouble. What’s going to happen? Is it the end of the world as we know it? Will there be mass hysteria? What is the collective power of millions of anxious minds focusing on the worst possible scenario or negative outcome?

There is so much fear surrounding all of us right now that you can not help but be aware of it.

All that being said, what can you do right now to lower your own anxiety or to help the people you love who may be suffering from anxiety?

Here are a couple of links to some NLP techniques you can access for free that might be of help:

How To Stop Anxiety In 10 Minutes or Less Without Drugs or Endless Therapy

How To Change Limiting Beliefs With NLP

My suggestion for today is to visit the links above, watch the videos and actually put the NLP techniques into practice. Right away. Once you lower your anxiety you can then install a new belief or “program” that there is more than enough, that you are okay, that you can even thrive and prosper in these exciting times.

Please comment below and let me know if this was helpful for you.

- Mark Shepard, NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer

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