Be ready when it matters

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There are moments when you know you will be expected to perform.

A competition. An exam. A presentation. An interview. A negotiation. An audition. Sometimes simply a professional situation in which you know you may not get a second chance to make a good impression.

In those moments, the problem is often not a lack of preparation. You have done the work. You know your subject. You have the skills.

And yet something changes when the stakes become high.

Sleep begins to suffer. Doubt sets in. You start monitoring your sensations and anticipating what might go wrong. Thoughts appear: “I absolutely have to succeed”, “I must not mess this up”, “Maybe I’m not good enough”.

It is a mechanism I encounter very regularly, among athletes as well as students, executives and experienced professionals.

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Prepare for the moment, not just the event

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My work is less about teaching you how to perform than about helping you access what you already know how to do when the pressure rises.

Depending on the situation, I may use hypnosis, mental preparation, work on beliefs, visualisation and stress-regulation techniques.

We focus on what is actually likely to get in your way: negative anticipation, fear of failure, loss of confidence, excessive control, difficulty concentrating, pressure to achieve a result, or a disproportionate physical reaction.

The objective is simple: when the moment comes, your mind should not stand between you and your abilities.

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Sport: when something no longer works the way it should

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I have been working for years with athletes from a wide range of disciplines, including equestrian sports, golf, swimming, shooting, climbing, football and rugby, from committed amateurs to national and international competitors.

My own experience teaching horse riding and self-defence strongly influences the way I work. I know the difference between being able to do something in a comfortable environment and having to reproduce it when the body is engaged, the pressure rises and mistakes have consequences.

A particular area of my work concerns what happens after an accident, a fall or a poor performance.

The body may be ready to move forward again while something still holds you back. Apprehension appears where it did not exist before. You start thinking about a movement that used to happen naturally. Confidence begins to crack.

In this type of situation, hypnosis can in particular help work on the emotional imprint of the event and on the automatic responses that have developed since.

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The same mechanism, in other settings

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What we observe in sport also occurs in front of a jury, an audience, a recruiter, a management committee or during an important negotiation.

The contexts change. The underlying mechanism is often very similar.

That is why I also work with people facing an exam, a public speaking engagement, an interview, an important professional deadline or any situation in which they want to be able to access their full abilities under pressure.

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A preparation that is uniquely yours

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I am not trying to create an artificial state of confidence or eliminate all forms of stress.

A certain level of activation is useful. It prepares us to act, mobilises attention and can improve performance. The challenge is to allow it to rise when it is useful and to bring it back down when it is no longer needed.

I also want the people I work with to leave with tools they can use on their own: mental preparation, self-hypnosis, activation regulation, routines or refocusing techniques, depending on their needs.

The aim is not to become dependent on support.

The aim is to know what to do when the next important moment comes.

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Do you have an important event coming up?

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If a competition, an exam, a public speaking engagement, an interview or another important moment is approaching, we can start with a conversation to understand what is at stake and determine whether my approach is suited to your situation.

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