Happy New Year Resolutions: Be Your Own Scientist By Shelley Stockwell-Nicholas, PhD
Happy New Year Resolutions: Be Your Own Scientist
By Shelley Stockwell-Nicholas, PhD
Do you want to lose weight, make more money, and/or have more love in 2022… If so, let’s call upon the old tried and true scientific method to make it happen. The method– beginning with Epicurus and later popularized by good souls like the venerable, Ben Franklin– help you to focus on solid facts, and practical steps to more easily manifest your goals and dreams.
So, let’s review the scientific method.
First begin with a question you want answered:
1. Ask: “What result do I want?” or, “In what ways can I improve my results?”
For example; “I want (to lose weight, have more love) make more money.” Also ask “Is what I want in alignment with what I value?” If so, great… if not, realign what you want with your core values.
2. Predict with a conjecture or “hypothesis:” “I’ll (lose weight, have more love) make more money if I heed how others do it.” Or, “I’ll (lose weight, have more love) make more money, when I consider how I’ve successfully done it in the past…”
3. Decide what data is needed to prove or disprove your prediction: To see if your prediction is correct, make a plan: “I will call three successful people and ask.” “I’ll read a book on how to do it.” Or, “What’s helped me in the past– the bright spots– to achieve what I want?” and “How can I do more of that?”
4. Gather the data. Follow through and do your self-assignments.
5. Analyze the data. Note what you have gleaned from your follow through.
6. Draw your conclusions. Then ask yourself, “Is what I learned applicable to the result I want?” (weight loss, love life abundance). If yes, DO IT! If not, try again and focus on a new prediction. Then spring into action. Your wise mind and clear thinking with help you to more easily stay the course.
Dr. Shelley is training hypnotists January 7-10 in RPV, teaching self-hypnosis to first responders, and taking a group to Sedona April 5-8 for a certification class in Past Life Regression Journeys.
Dr. Shelley can be reached at: 310 541-4844.
Local Personality, Shelley Stockwell-Nicholas, PhD is a hypnotherapist, mindfulness and NLP trainer, artist and the author of 25 books. She certifies practitioners through the International Hypnosis Federation. You can call her at 310 541-4844.
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