What are the correct kinds of words to use covert hypnosis?

One way to really change the way someone feels about something is to use words that make the person see the thing in a different way. I call this reframing.

A famous example of reframing is glass half empty, half full metaphor. This reframing from viewing the glass not as half empty, but rather as half full, helps people see the positive side of something.

Reframing can be used for very complex things as well by switching some words in a sentence. Look at the following examples:

It's gorgeous outside today, but it's going to be overcast tomorrow.

Its beautiful outside today, and its going to be cloudy tomorrow.

It's gorgeous outside today, even though it's going to be overcast tomorrow.

Although each sentence says basically the same thing, just by changing a word or two you change the way you feel about each day. Reread these sentences and see how each one makes you feel about the weather, both for today and tomorrow. See the difference?

There can be many ways to reframe things.

Choosing words that expand the frame cause the person listening to see the bigger picture.

Here's an example that might sound very familiar. Someone is shopping for shoes and is concerned about the price because she knows she can get a better price across town. You might say, Wow, imagine getting those shoes for such a reasonable price without having to spend all the gas and time to go across town.

The situation context can also be reframed.

Friend: Man! I really wanted to go to the beach today but its so windy outside it wouldnt be any fun.

You: Ya, it wouldnt be much fun sitting on the beach in the wind, but look at the wave! It would be a great day for surfing!

Another type of reframe is the content reframe.

Friend: Can you believe that guy! He just passed us doing a hundred miles an hour! What a jerk!

You: He sure was going fast. Did you see he had his emergency lights on? I wonder if he was going to the hospital.

See how someone's attitude can really be changed simply by the words you use?

Reframing is very powerful because it is a type of conversational hypnosis.

By reframing you distract the person's conscious brain and force her to think anew about something using the subconscious mind.

The person does not go into a deep trance like you would expect in a hypnotists office, but he does look inward to the subconscious to think differently about things.

Learn more about conversational hypnosis and reframing, and try it out.