Have you ever had the experience where you think you want something badly, yet all your attempts to get it seem to go wrong? Perhaps you’ve set a goal, made it SMART and done all the things you know you ought to do to create well-formed goals, but never quite seem to get it.  I know I have done this many times.

I’ve just been reading a great blog piece by Neroli Makim, posted on Yaro Starak’s site.  It’s well worth reading the full article, but here’s a taste of what she had to say.

‘Approximately 2% of our mind is conscious, and approximately 98% is unconscious. The unconscious is by far the more powerful force that drives our thoughts and actions most of the time, and it’s responsible for a lot of our behavior. John (Assaraf – multi million dollar entrepreneur) has found that in order to achieve our goals, we must have neuro-resonance, that is, our conscious and unconscious minds need to be lined up and resonant. This is when the power of being coherent and consistent in our creative process really kicks in.

One of the big difficulties we face in being coherent and consistent is that our conscious mind will tell us one thing, like “I’d love to be successful in business, I’d love to earn $25,000 in passive income from my blog this quarter.” But our unconscious will be running a completely different story, like, “I’ve got no idea how to do this, I’m freaked out because I’ll have to learn new things and I might mess up and look stupid.”

This kind of thinking will sink our chances of creating that money and experiencing that success quicker than smashing into a giant iceberg. But the problem is, a lot of it is unconscious, we don’t even know it’s going on. It’s a bit like a steady hum of background static, 24/7 in our lives. It’s no wonder the unconscious runs our thinking process that in turn feeds into our actions!’

She has two solutions to the problem.  One, courtesy of John Assaraf is to learn to act in spite of ourselves.  The other, from John De Martini, is to find the biggest reason ‘why this is important’ that you possibly can.  Now both these Johns are men of international renown, and have made a good deal of money along the way. Even so, I think they have both missed a trick or two. NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) and Hawaiian Huna both have some fabulous techniques for dealing with our unconscious programming, and our fears. No matter how big your reason why, if you still unconsciously believe you don’t deserve to achieve what you want to in life, you will struggle to get your goals.

I’ve been working with NLP and Huna for 12 years now, so I am well-used to using the various processes and techniques on myself.  But when I am really stuck, I find it more effective to get someone else to take me through them.

So if your unconscious beliefs are sabotaging your dreams, check around for an NLP Master Practitioner, or a Huna practitioner, so you can dump the garbage quickly and easily.