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Emotional Flood

Change your state in 10 minutes and let it drive everything you do today

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You don't have to wait for the right circumstances to feel good. Every proud moment, every belly laugh, every person you love, every win you've ever had is inside you, ready to access the instant you decide.

Emotional flooding is how you do that on demand. Instead of visiting one memory and hoping it lifts your mood, you stack memory after memory of the same feelings of pride, laughter, connection, and excitement until it overwhelms your previous state.

Think of the last time one bad thought led to another, then another, until you'd talked yourself into a full-blown funk.

Emotional flooding is that same muscle directed the other way, on purpose.

"The most powerful force on Earth is human emotion, consciously directed."

Tony Robbins

How it works

Emotional flooding moves through a handful of feelings, one at a time, but never just one memory per feeling.

For each one, you pull in several distinct memories in a row, stacking them on top of each other before moving to the next.

Then you carry the same emotions forward, pulling moments from your future the same way you just pulled them from your past.

By the end, you're not remembering one good feeling. You're flooded by all of them at once, and your state has no choice but to follow.

State is a skill

The state you just accessed was already yours, waiting to be activated. You just proved you could reach it on command.

The more you practice this, the less control your circumstances have over how you feel. It's a skill, and it gets stronger every time you use it.

Come back to this whenever you need it. Not just when life feels hard, but when life is good and you want to feel it fully.

The process

Feel unstoppable, whenever you decide to

Anticipation
Prime your breath and your body for something great, before you even know what it is.
Pride
Reclaim three moments that proved what you're capable of and feel that fulfillment all over again.
Accomplishment
Relive the moments you achieved something important to you, big or small.
Family & friends
Reconnect with the special memories that made you feel closest to the people you love.
Laughter
Unleash the memories that made you belly laugh so hard you couldn't catch your breath.
Sensuality
Reignite an exciting moment of passion or desire, exactly as you remember it.
Excitement
Awaken the moments that made you feel completely, undeniably, unforgettably alive.
Future pacing
Seize the moments still ahead of you and feel them as if they're already here.
The flood
Release every emotion at once, until your state has no choice but to change completely.