Comments on: Be Impeccable With Your Word http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/be-impeccable-with-your-word/ Explorations in the Theory and Practice of Massage and Bodywork Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:00:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Julie Onofrio http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/be-impeccable-with-your-word/#comment-48 Julie Onofrio Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:45:12 +0000 http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/be-impeccable-with-your-word/#comment-48 Your beliefs are what are your driving force. Most of the beliefs we have are unconscious beliefs that were created as a result of our upbringing- parents and schools, friends and families often taught us what to believe. The thing is that most of our unconscious beliefs are untrue. We are filled with unconscious beliefs such as "we are not good enough", "we are not smart enough", "we will be rejected if we ask for what we want". These beliefs come out in our practices. When it comes time to marketing your practice -really putting yourself out there in the public eye - what thoughts come up in your head about marketing... I don't want to be a pushy sales person. I don't want to impinge on someones time. I don't want to ask people to rebook their appointments, because I don't want to appear pushy. I want people to come to my practice just because I have opened the office and I am really a great massage therapist. I sent one flyer out and no one responded. I won't do that again. It didn't work. (A marketing effort doesn't work after you did it dozens of times and no one even looked at it). I don't want to ask the doctor down the hall for referrals because it would be too much to ask. All of these thoughts are based on the "false" beliefs that were created at an early age. It is becoming aware of 'who is driving the car' so that you can become more aware of when the false beliefs are creating the fear of marketing or promoting yourself. It isn't that the feeling of fear isn't real. It is. It is when the fear is having you rather then you feeling the fear that it becomes a problem. It keeps you stuck... I don't know if that helps...I think I'll have to write an article on it this weekend. see also: <a href="http://massagepracticebuilder.com/massage_blog/?cat=8">blog </a> Your beliefs are what are your driving force. Most of the beliefs we have are unconscious beliefs that were created as a result of our upbringing- parents and schools, friends and families often taught us what to believe. The thing is that most of our unconscious beliefs are untrue.
We are filled with unconscious beliefs such as “we are not good enough”, “we are not smart enough”, “we will be rejected if we ask for what we want”. These beliefs come out in our practices. When it comes time to marketing your practice -really putting yourself out there in the public eye - what thoughts come up in your head about marketing…
I don’t want to be a pushy sales person.
I don’t want to impinge on someones time.
I don’t want to ask people to rebook their appointments, because I don’t want to appear pushy.
I want people to come to my practice just because I have opened the office and I am really a great massage therapist.
I sent one flyer out and no one responded. I won’t do that again. It didn’t work. (A marketing effort doesn’t work after you did it dozens of times and no one even looked at it).
I don’t want to ask the doctor down the hall for referrals because it would be too much to ask.

All of these thoughts are based on the “false” beliefs that were created at an early age. It is becoming aware of ‘who is driving the car’ so that you can become more aware of when the false beliefs are creating the fear of marketing or promoting yourself. It isn’t that the feeling of fear isn’t real. It is. It is when the fear is having you rather then you feeling the fear that it becomes a problem. It keeps you stuck…

I don’t know if that helps…I think I’ll have to write an article on it this weekend.

see also: blog 

]]> By: Roxanne http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/be-impeccable-with-your-word/#comment-47 Roxanne Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:28:12 +0000 http://thebodyworker.com/massage_blog/be-impeccable-with-your-word/#comment-47 I’m not quite sure I get this. I do understand the part about how things get in the way of getting out there to sell myself, but I’d like more clarity on the part you mention about a belief one has about "self-value" getting in the way. Could you give a few examples? Thanks. I’m not quite sure I get this. I do understand the part about how things get in the way of getting out there to sell myself, but I’d like more clarity on the part you mention about a belief one has about “self-value” getting in the way. Could you give a few examples? Thanks.

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