Emoclear Self-Helpapedia

One simple principle exists behind all successful belief change tactics. That one guiding principle behind all successful belief change is this: "Decide to change a belief, replace that belief with a better belief, and above all practice that new belief over and over in real life and imaginally until it feels natural and becomes a habit."

It is this over and over practice of the better belief that makes or breaks belief change. There are dozens of so-called magical methods out there using all kinds of unrequired tactics from anchors to acupressure points. If these methods work it is because of the very non magical principle: "Decide to change a belief, replace that belief with a better belief, and above all practice that new belief over and over in real life and imaginally until it feels natural and becomes a habit." Unless a belief approach contains practicing the new belief over and over it will not pass the test of time. The old belief will likely return.

Those are the cold hard facts of belief change. The cognitive behaviorists like Beck and Ellis got this principle early on. That principle is a guiding force in Emoclear's approach to challenging and changing both distorted thinking and self-defeating beliefs. When the Creator is employed on beliefs it calls on it's user to practice the visions/beliefs over and over until they feel natural and become habits of thought.

At Emoclear we also use belief weakening methods like integrating a belief's undergirding emotional support with either an integrator or the Belief Repeater. Further we include a set of evidence gathering questions for our Distorted Thoughts List. These denude the credibility of a belief if it's distorted or self-defeating. Yet in the end it's the practice of deciding to change a belief, replacing that belief with a better belief, and above all practicing that new belief over and over in real life and imaginally until it feels natural and becomes habitual. This core approach seals belief change.

At Emoclear we also employ rational tests for beliefs such as the Distorted Thinking List and the Self-defeating Beliefs Test. This keeps the user from misapplying belief change
to beliefs that can be reasonable and useful.

Take care, Steve