I help people learn mindfulness and self-hypnosis. Every day I find opportunities to grow. I call it RECENT MAGIC.
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Interviews exploring self-growth // Stories that inspire me // Going deeper into being. I’m Chris Walton; a hypnotherapist, relaxation and mindfulness teacher (and sometimes investor in start ups). Join me as we explore ideas, tools, motivation, mindfulness, hypnosis, plant medicine, dreams, beliefs, resilience, and living with purpose. [chris-walton.com](http://chris-walton.com/)[www.instagram.com/chris.d.walton/](http://www.instagram.com/chris.d.walton/) My other podcasts: Guided Meditatio ...
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1. Lightning conductors [0:02]2. Building a log cabin [1:34]3. All thoughts are driven by emotion [3:02]4. Intense self-development [3:52]5. When your practices are not working [4:18]6. Identity changes can be difficult [5:09]7. Learning about YouTube - 5 to 1200 Subs [7:13]8. Summary [8:44]
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meditation is not escape, consuming is not rest, aliveness is both
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2:16How to meditate, how to rest, how to live.Read this in my journal.. https://journal.chris-walton.com/p/meditation-is-not-escape-consuming?r=j3557
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Thoughts are Games Cartridges - Have you ever tried removing negative ones?
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3:36THIS IS A HYPNOTIC CARTRIDGE EXERCISE..What cartridge did you wake up with today?Did you wake up ruminating about the same old shit?What cartridge are you running right now?Does it serve you?Try this hypnotic exercise to let go of anything that no longer serves you..You are going to take a few breaths and then imagine removing a negative thought ca…
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What is Recent Magic? Hypnosis for The Moments when Everything Changes
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11:33A hypnosis and mindfulness-filled talk on how to become open to change.
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You+5 Journaling - Even the worst day can be turned around by a revelation.
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4:13Try this at the end of your day.Write to yourself 5 years in the future, also known as, You+5.Read my journal post on You+5 Journaling here:https://journal.chris-walton.com/p/you5-journaling
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Breaking Though Worry, Rumination & Stress - MINDFULNESS, BODYFULNESS, KINDFULNESS, & EXPRESSIVENESS
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12:03This is a top-level stream-of-consciousness talk about how I would use MINDFULNESS, BODYFULNESS, KINDFULNESS, & EXPRESSIVENESS to release stress and worry.
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2025 is setting up to be a very creative year. I will be involved in 2 podcasts and 3 YouTube projects including my own channel.. which is getting a relaunch with a more ‘in the moment’ / ‘stream of consciousness’ vibe 🚀 So.. here is a re-introduction video to my channel which is now called RECENT MAGIC..…
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The Battle is Won in The Moments - a guided meditation for shaking off doubt and frustration
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0:06Getting unstuck by shaking off frustration. If a situation or a thought = mood then not giving up = not giving in to the mood A meditation to encourage you to cast off those doubts and moods that pop up.By Chris Walton
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Interview: 'A week in a coma' - Tom shares his experience
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29:08After an unexpected aneurysm at only 37 years old, Tom spent 2 months in intensive care and a week in a coma. In this episode he tells us about that week and how he held on to life itself.By Chris Walton
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Anxiety And You'll Be.. In A World of Pure Imagination
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4:01Some thoughts on Willy Wonka and how anxiety drives thoughts.‘Come with me and you’ll beIn a world of pure imaginationTake a look and you’ll seeInto your imagination’Recorded while I was on holiday a few weeks ago. I couldn’t resist the sounds of waves in the background 🎙️🌊 [Link in bio] #anxiety #willywonka #pureimaginationImage copyright shutters…
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Gary's Ayahuasca experiences and the 'just do it' energy for pushing ahead with ideas
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41:49In this episode I'm very pleased to meet with my friend Gary who I met on an Ayahuasca retreat in March 2020 just before the world shutdown due to covid. We talk about his ceremony experiences, how the learnings helped give him a 'just do it' energy into his life, how he put his big ideas into practice, how he left his job, ended up merging 2 rival…
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Thoughts Are Fantasy - The Mindfulness of Labelling Thoughts
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4:38In mindfulness we can use the practice of labelling the different thoughts that pop up, for example; that’s a memory, that’s a plan, that’s a fantasy but really, isn’t everything that is not present fantasy? You can probably agree thoughts about the future are fantasy but what about memory.. [Artwork Copyright Shutterstock/Tithi Luadthong]…
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Jay Simpson - Mindfulness, compassion and the story of how dream premonitions led him to Buddhism
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29:33In this episode I chat with Jay Simpson house manager and trustee of Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds. We discuss Jay's path to Buddhism, starting when he found some books as an 8 year old via dreams that foretold the future to building helping build the future of the centre. We talk about the importance of compassion and mindfulness in meditation and…
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Metta Meditation - Use When Stuck Worrying & Trying to Solve A Problem Over And Over
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7:19[Full journal post can be found here: www.chris-walton.com/journal/snowglobemettameditation] This loving kindness or Metta meditation is for when you find yourself stuck in frustrated problem solving and can’t move through. You were taught to solve. Maybe you were taught you could solve it. But the energy underneath the problem should not be solved…
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Meditation: Grounding Meditation - 'a yawn is the final rattle of ideas released'
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14:17WHEN TO USE: overthinking, after work, before sleep. An antidote to modern life's busyness and the minds overthinking. Close your eyes and reconnect with the infinite depth you have within.. For all is busyness the outside world cannot the unlimited depth or stillness you hold. Any yawning during this meditation is a welcome sign. A yawn is the fin…
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Be Heard - An Audio Essay on Overthinking and Ruminating
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1:28Thoughts have no distinguishing terrain. It is the emotions that give them relief (in a geography sense of the word). If you can hear them there’s power to be gained from accepting this energy is yours. This sets the scene. Following recordings will have options and solutions. [Full written post at www.chris-walton.com/journal/beheard] View on YouT…
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'You started on this path a long time ago and those energies are in motion. You can't fail now!' Close your eyes and listen to these positive affirmations.. You CAN do this! [Music Credit: melodyloops/Everlasting Love]By Chris Walton
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The Inner Critic and The Magician - Intro and Hypnotic Meditation
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8:04[Hypnotic meditation begins at 1m50s] Calling it the inner critic adds even more judgement. Rather than fighting or trying to remove the inner critic, rename and repurpose that energy by seeing the Inner Critic as part of the inner guide or the Magician archetype. Only listen when safe to relax deeply. Do not listen while driving or operating machi…
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