A Hypnotherapist On...Negative Thinking

Sleep Magic: Guided Sleep Hypnosis & Meditation

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Alternative Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

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🗓️ 25 May 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Enjoy these bitesize episodes where we highlight some of Jessica's most life-changing advice. Today, we're talking about how to conquer negative thinking. For a targeted hypnosis on this topic, click here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/45rBtVbTvQYZKku17ijjOg?si=c65d49fbd1f74f8d ⭐️ Want more Sleep Magic? Join Sleep Magic Premium ✨ Enjoy 2 bonus episodes a month plus all episodes ad-free, access to Jessica's complete back catalog of over 60 episodes, and show your support to Jessica. To Subscribe 🪄 Apple Podcast listeners, just join using the prompts on the show page. All other listeners, subscribe via Supercast using this link https://sleepmagic.supercast.com/. Spread the Magic: Love the Sleep Magic Podcast? Please subscribe & leave a review ⭐️ Feedback: How are we doing with Sleep Magic? Click here to let us know 🙌 Stay Social: Keep up with Jessica and share your thoughts by following us on Instagram: @sleepiestapp TikTok:@sleepmagicjess About Sleep Magic ✨ Sleep Magic ✨ is a podcast from the creators of Sleep Wave, and hosted by hypnotherapist Jessica Porter.Sleep magic harnesses the power of Hypnosis to help you fall into a deep, restorative sleep easily, just like magic. Beyond helping you drift off into a deep sleep, Jessica will also spend time talking about all the different things that go into being, well, human! From releasing worries to building self-love, she’ll dive deep into how we can improve our relationship with ourselves, as well as our sleep, one night at a time. Looking for the brands I mention on the show? You’ll find all the latest sponsor links and offers right here : https://lnk.to/sleepmagic ✨ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was out with a friend recently who has a daughter in her late teens.
0:15.8	And my friend was telling me that her daughter believes that any negative thoughts she has
0:20.1	are inherently bad,
0:23.3	like that she shouldn't have negative thoughts at all. And this belief that negative thoughts are
0:30.7	problematic causes her daughter to try to repress them, while at the same time judging herself
0:37.1	negatively, I'm sure, for having them.
0:40.9	Which, I can only imagine, leads to a highly repressed, shame-based layer cake of negativity and anxiety.
0:51.4	And I felt really bad for this kid.
0:57.5	By the way, if you haven't already, you can close your eyes now, because I have more to say. And I can't help but think that a person this age is getting
1:05.1	this idea from a mix of social media, peer pressure to be perfect,
1:11.7	and a sort of black and white thinking
1:13.7	that the internet and its algorithms serve up.
1:17.9	It makes sense that you might come away with
1:20.1	negative thoughts are bad, judgments are bad,
1:24.7	or worse, a sign of mental issues.
1:29.3	So sometimes it's nice to be on the older side of things with some experience, so I can say,
1:34.3	for anyone who needs to hear it, negative thoughts are normal.
1:40.3	And I don't mean if you're unlucky enough to be burdened with negative thoughts that falls within the range of normal.
1:48.0	No. I mean, in no uncertain terms, if you have a brain, you have negative thoughts. If you have a heart, you have negative feelings.
1:58.7	If you have a soul, you have existential angst and pain.
2:04.4	They come with a territory of being a natural organism in the natural world, period.
2:10.8	And if you deny that or repress them or judge them, you're just setting yourself up for more trouble.
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