Hypnosis · 12 min
Your Amazing Future Self
Start your day with a vivid picture of the year you want, and step into the more confident you who lives it.
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- Level
- Beginner friendly
- Style
- Hypnosis
- Sound
- Voice only
- Best time
- First thing in the morning
About this session
- Builds confidence
- Clarifies your vision
- Deepens relaxation
- Lifts your mood
You begin by imagining that twelve months from now, you've had one of the best years of your life. Paul McKenna asks what must have happened with your health, relationships, career, money and happiness, then has you build a huge, bright picture of it, working backwards to today and on to decades ahead.
Hypnotic relaxation and a Big Mind exercise follow, ending with you stepping into a happier, more confident version of yourself. It suits mornings, when you want your direction set before the day begins, or any moment you feel unsure where your life is heading.
After the session
01
A clearer direction
See what your best year could look like.
02
Quiet, spacious calm
Let worries soften inside a bigger perspective.
03
Steadier confidence
Carry a more self-assured way of being forward.
04
A happier default
Settle into a brighter background mood.
Who it’s for
Yes, if…
- Anyone who wants a clearer picture of where their life is going
- People who want to start the morning with focus and confidence
- Those feeling stuck or unsure about their next steps
- Listeners curious about hypnosis and Big Mind meditation
Not now, if…
- People who prefer silent or unguided meditation
- Anyone listening while driving or operating machinery
- Those looking for a short, quick-fix practice, since this runs through several stages
About the teacher
Paul McKenna
World’s Leading Hypnotist and Best-selling Author
Paul McKenna, Ph.D. was recently named by The London Times as one of the world’s leading and most important modern gurus alongside Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. He is one of the world’s biggest selling self-help authors and has sold over 15 million books in 35 countries. He has worked his unique brand of personal transformation with Hollywood movie stars, Olympic gold medallists, rock stars, leading business achievers and royalty. Over the past 40 years, Paul McKenna has helped millions of people successfully quit smoking, lose weight, overcome insomnia, eliminate stress, and increase self-confidence. Paul McKenna is regularly watched on TV by hundreds of millions of people in 42 countries around the world and recently demonstrated his breakthrough techniques for treating the most challenging problems in minutes with spectacular results at The United Nations.
See all by Paul McKennaQuestions people ask
Still unsure? Ask your assistant anything about this session.
Why does the session ask what must have happened in each area of life?
Paul McKenna assumes the year has already been one of your best, then asks what must have happened with your health, relationships, career, finances and general happiness. Starting from the result lets your mind fill in the details, rather than you forcing a plan. You then turn those answers into one big, bright, bold picture with symbols of success, such as an award or friends celebrating.
What is the floating back exercise for?
From the picture of your year ahead, you float back three months and ask what needed to happen before that, then repeat this twice more until you arrive at now. You're left with a timeline of images at three, six, nine and twelve months. Insights may come straight away or take a few moments.
What happens to the pictures of the future afterwards?
You enlarge the twelve-month image to the size of a cinema screen, then add pictures of yourself at two, five, ten, twenty and thirty years, and make them bigger still. Paul suggests doing this every day to tell your unconscious mind the direction you want your life to take.
What are the controller, protector and evaluator parts?
These are parts of you that Paul speaks to one by one: the controller, the protector, the evaluator, the desire part and the seeking mind. He thanks each for what it does and invites it to carry on from the background of your experience for now. This is his interpretation of Big Mind meditation, and it leads to a non-seeking, contented mind where there is nowhere else to be.
What is the Big Mind moment?
After the parts step back, Paul asks, "How big are you? How small are you?" You're invited to let problems, challenges or worries transform within an expanded state of awareness and enjoy a sense of inner bliss.
What happens in the final stretch of the session?
You reinforce positive thoughts about yourself, and your unconscious mind searches for your best feelings and learns the code of happiness. You then watch a movie of your happier, more confident self, noting how they stand, breathe and gesture, and step into it. A count from 10 to 1 returns you to waking awareness, feeling refreshed, relaxed and alert.