Mark Bristow

1. Mark Bristow Welcomes you to Anchoring The amazing technique that enables you to trigger positive emotions whenever you choose

2. Anchoring in Daily Life Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page Anchors are everywhere and are often built up unintentionally. Examples of anchors include hearing a song on the radio which takes you back to a certain memory, or the smell of baking bread that takes us back to some childhood memories.

3. Anchoring in Daily Life Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page Often we are unaware that anchors have been triggered and therefore we appear to be happy or sad for no apparent reason. These anchors have been built up accidently although we believe that these moods “just happen”.

4. The Good News Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page The good news is, you can create your own anchors to trigger positive emotions whenever you choose!!!

5. The Sensory Nature of Anchors Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page Anchors are not just Auditory (A), they can be Visual (V) using a gesture or expression, or created Kinesthetically (K) with a touch. A sense of smell can trigger an anchor, but in general is harder to create at will.

6. How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page 1. Identify the positive emotion that you are seeking. For example, when you have been pain free and energised. 2. Think about a time when you experienced this emotion at its most intense.

7. How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page 3. Visualise this resourceful experience as if you were still there. To help build up the vision, ask yourself all or some of the following questions:

8. How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page Visual: • Is the image you see seen through your own eyes or are you watching yourself in the picture?  • Is the picture still or do the images move? • Is the picture in black and white, or colour? • If it is in colour, are the colours bright, dull or normal? • Are the images blurred or in focus? • How big are the images? • Are the images close, or far away? • What else can you see, and where?

9. How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page Auditory: • Can you hear any noises? If so, describe them. • Can you hear words or sounds? • Are the noises loud or soft? • What is the clarity of the sounds? • Are the sounds close by or far away? • How long do the sounds last? • What else can you hear?

10. How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page Kinesthetic: • Describe any internal feelings (emotional or muscular) • Where in your body do you have these feelings? • Do they have a shape? • If so, how big? • Is the feeling hard or soft? • Does it have a temperature? If  so, is it hot or cold? • What is the intensity of the feeling? • Does it have a colour? If so, what is that colour and what does it mean to you?

11. How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page 4. Don’t worry if you can’t find the answer to some of the questions above, as not everything may be present in each experience. You may also find that one or more of the senses (Visual, Auditory or Kinaesthetic) may also not be present. The important thing is to make the experience as real as possible for you.

12. How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page 5. Think of the last film that you saw (this is known as a state breaker).

13. How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page 6. Choose what you are going to do in order to anchor that emotion. Make sure that it is something that you don’t normally do but that you can repeat easily, such as tug on your ear.

14. How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page 7. Now relive the resourceful experience. 8. As the experience becomes really powerful, fire the anchor (tug your ear, or whatever you have decided to do) and hold it for five seconds.

15. How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page 9. Remember what you had for dinner last night (another state breaker)

16. How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page 10. Repeat steps 7 and 8 at least another three times in order to reinforce your anchor.

17. Testing the Anchor Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page You now need to test your anchor to see if it works. If it doesn’t reproduce the experience you want to replicate, then repeat steps 7 and 8.

18. Maximizing Benefits Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page Here are some quick tips on how to maximise the benefits of your anchor. 1. Whatever you use to anchor, be it Visual, Auditory or Kinaesthetic , it is imperative what you do is unique, and not a gesture that you would make in normal day to day life. 2. Try to create the anchor just before the experience reaches peak intensity. This is why it is best to run through the experience at least once before you apply the anchor, so that you can gauge the peak experience point . 3. The anchor must be easy to reproduce. It is possible to have a number of different anchors that will replicate different emotions that you can tap into at will.

19. Resources Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page Websites • www.mark-bristow.com • www.thefusionsystem.com • www.fusionsystemcounselling.com

20. Contact Page Home Anchoring in Daily Life The Good News The Sensory Nature of Anchors How to Anchor a Positive Emotion Testing the Anchor Maximizing Benefits Resources Contact Page Mark Bristow Telephone: 0161 440 9568 Skype: mark.bristow-skype Mail mark@thefusionsystem.com mark@fusionsystemcounselling.com Web www.thefusionsystem.com www.fusionsystemcounselling.com