Motivational Audios
Hot Air Balloon Motivation
Finding Your Path Decision-Making
Risk and Planning for Success
Thinking Your Way to a Healthy Weight
Sport Motivation
Hot Air Balloon Motivation

Although this audio uses imagery for relaxation and can be used just for the calming experience,
the focus of the audio is encouragement and motivation. Once you achieve a state of relaxation,
listening to the motivational statements can increase your self-confidence and belief in your
ability to achieve your goals. This audio is meant to be listened to repeatedly to help increase
your positive self-talk regarding achieving your goals.
This may be used while sitting or lying down in
a quiet, comfortable place. Just close
your eyes and listen without trying to force
yourself to relax. If your mind wanders,
gently bring yourself back to focus on the
words.
This exercise is best the more fully relaxed you
are. If you are unable to relax
completely, listen to the relaxation exercises such
as the meadow or mountain cabin until you are
more skilled with relaxation.
Do not use while operating a car!
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Finding Your Path Decision-Making


This audio uses the imagery of choosing a path through the woods to guide through the process of decision-making. It confronts the common
misconception that a perfect path exists and that only by choosing the "right" path success will be achieved. Instead, it focuses on the idea that
all paths have valuable lessons to learn.
As you listen to this audio over time you can change the thinking that can prevent you from
making decisions and being successful. Not choosing a path to pursue may be the most destructive choice of all.
Risk and Planning for Success

This audio discusses obstacles to success. In particular, it addresses the fear of risk and how it limits the achievement of goals. It examines ways of thinking about risk that can interfere with success and
points out the importance of planning to create a calculated risk that is more likely to lead to success.
It is best to listen to this audio repeatedly until it becomes a natural way of thinking for you. The way thinking can be changed is through repetition--the more you listen to it, the more it helps you to change your thinking. You can develop a different attitude about risk by recognizing how the fear of risk and/or failure prevents you from achieving what you want.
About 8 minutes.
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Thinking Your Way to a Healthy Weight

This audio teaches you about how to think about your body and weight in a different way. Instead of thinking of weight loss
in perfectionistic terms that lead to a cycle of dieting and failure, you can learn to think about caring for your body and
setting manageable healthy goals.
The audio is meant to be listened to repeatedly so that the thinking style can become
more automatic.
About 13 minutes.
TRANSCRIPT
Also, read article:
Thinking Your Way to a Healthy Weight.
Sport Motivation

Audio sport motivation exercise focused on fear of failure and demand thinking by
changing self-talk. The purpose is to
focus on pursuing excellence in the area of sports without the expectations
that tend to interfere with success. (see article:
Excellence vs. Perfection). The idea of this
exercise is to listen to it frequently so as to
increase the repetition of rational motivational self-talk.
The more you listen to it, the more you will
start to use the thinking presented. Just close
your eyes and listen without trying to force
yourself to relax. If your mind wanders,
gently bring yourself back to focus on the
words.
This exercise does not need complete relaxation
in order to benefit. You may find that you
can listen to it while taking a walk or doing
dishes or some other activity that doesn't
require your complete focus.
Do not use while operating a vehicle or
during other activities that require your full attention!
Performance, Success and Goal Attainment

Will-power or Strategy?
How to Practice Like an Expert
Predicting Regret to Help Make Decisions
Setting Goals Isn't Enough for Success
Exploring Possibilities for Identity Achievement
Life is Like...Planning a New Vegetable Garden
Improving Performance by Mindfully Reducing Self-interruptions
Mindfulness and "To Do" Lists
What Are Reasonable Goals?
Helping Children Achieve Their Potential
How to Succeed at Goals (or Why Goals Fail)
Efficiency: Determining the Difference Between Perfectionism and Striving for Excellence
Do We Really WANT to Educate Our Children?
Do You Want an Education or Do You Want a Grade?
Why Do You Have Trouble Delaying Gratification?
What is an Achievable Goal?
Why Set Goals If 50% of New Year's Resolutions are Broken by Three Months?
What Determines the Success of New Year's Resolutions?
Choose Your Own Dream: Don't Pursue What You “Should”
Demands vs. Mindfulness for Enhancing Performance
Listening to Your Heart Helps Moral Decision-Making: But is it Good for Fear Avoidance Decisions?
Be the Best You Can Be: On Mindfulness and Performance
Improving Attention and Quality of Effort
How Both Overly Positive and Negative Misperceptions of Performance Can Affect You
Are People Who Set More Extreme Goals At Risk for Depression or Mania?