Confidence Intervention

The key to your success is confidence, confidence in yourself…

Confidence in your ability to do whatever you truly want to do…

Confidence that you can and you will accomplish your goals through the power of your own mind…

Through the power of your own thoughts…

What you tell yourself has the greatest of power over your life.

And the way that you feel determines to a great extent the health and well-being of your physical body…

When you are anxious and unhappy your body simply cannot function properly…

What you tell yourself has an enormous impact on your life…

And what you tell yourself ultimately determines what you can and cannot do…

So tell yourself that you will no longer worry unnecessarily either about things that have happened in the past or what might happen in the future…

Unless, unless there is something constructive you can do to change them…

Because the past and the future exist only in your thoughts…

Life exists in each and every moment…

And if you spend your moments worrying about the past or the future…

Then these moments which are your life will pass you by.

So let yourself become deeply involved in each moment…

Deeply involved in everything that is happening around you…

Less conscious of yourself and more at peace with yourself and the world around you…

Tell yourself that with each passing day you will feel happier more content…

More relaxed and more cheerful because you choose to feel this way…

You choose to feel this way by controlling your thinking…

And because you feel this way…

Life will be more fun and you'll enjoy each day…

And you will become much more healthy as your body functions easily in a tension free environment.

Day by day, let yourself feel more alive more energetic…

And at the same time less tense, less nervous, less worried or anxious…

Tell yourself that your mind and body are relaxed and calm…

And that you are at peace with everyone around you…

And because you are calm and at ease you will have greater energy…

And your mind will be clearer, sharper and more focused…

And as a result of this, you will be able to see problems in perspective…

And handle them easily, efficiently, effectively and confidently…

Without becoming bothered or tired out…

And above all stop telling yourself that you can't do something that you very much want to do…

As long as you tell yourself that you can't do it… then you can’t…

Instead tell yourself that even if it is difficult… you will be able to do it…

When you tell yourself that you can and you will, you have taken the first step towards accomplishing what you want to accomplish…

And you will find that you can and you will accomplish your goal…

And these things that you are now telling yourself will begin to affect your life more and more…

They will affect the way you feel about yourself, and the way you feel about your life, and consequently, they will affect every aspect of your life in a very positive way.

Insight

I learned this script by Theodore Barber and Sheryl Wison off by heart in 1994 when I first decided to train to be a therapist and I still use it today.  It is one of the best confidence scripts I've ever found.  I use it with almost every client I see and I modify it to suit their specific challenge.  When I need a boost of confidence or if I've something difficult to do, I'll recite it to myself.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.