Funnily enough… About 10 years ago, I watched Tony Robbins on stage using this technique to help someone stop smoking, and he came over all fire and brimstone, being very dramatic indeed:

“Now imagine yourself in ten years time, if you carry on smoking… That is, if there is a 10 years time for you…”

It was quite full on and seemed to induce much fear.

I have spoken to other therapists that also took the individual to the end of their days using this, and meeting themselves at that stage…

Must say though, the true Dickens fashion you depict in your comment is as effective as setting the scene as any postcard picture, I like the notion of examining our very mortality with this kind of process.

Thanks for that Mark, very valued contributon indeed!

So to model Dickens in self-hypnosis…. go further than 10 years… go to the end of the path – imagine your own funeral. Was it life well lived? From beyond the veil of life stare back at the path of your life and see which path you want.

Done this way (in true Dickens fashion) the commitment to change, the clarification of what is relevant, what is important, what do we really value takes on a greater contrast and momentum.

So a self-hypnosis routine on “Remember your mortality, today you could die” – would perhaps be more on the mark? 🙂

Nicely said Roy.
Always a pleasure to hear from you, A.

Last week I had my birthday and I spent time doing this, visualizing the steps needed to get the following year the way I wanted it. Then I spent some time seeing what would happen if I didn’t do all these steps and how life would not be as magnificent if I did them.

Thanks Adam for more details on this technique.

Good to hear from you Geoff, delighted you enjoyed this.
Have a fabulous festive season. Best wishes, A.