Control Social Media

Time To Take Control
Become your own Social Media Manager

If you want to take control of your social media use, you’ve probably tried several times. Habits can be resistant to change. Research indicates that smokers can take between 6 and 20 attempts. If it was easy, you would have stopped. You may have tried stopping “cold turkey”; set timers or used apps to restrain you, googled a ton of articles on digital detox, read up on helpful hints, tried counselling, therapy or just gone on a holiday where there was no signal. There are many methods.

There has to be
ONE LAST TIME
when you just TAKE CONTROL,
where you exercise the POWER TO CHOOSE
and choose to become
your own gatekeeper
YOUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

How and Why I Developed the Program

After more than 30 years helping people one-to-one with great success, I realised that many people found it difficult to free up the time and money to come to individual sessions. I discovered that some had invested thousands of dollars in multiple attempts to get the job done.

I needed to create something new,
something accessible, something affordable,
something effective, as effective as one-to-one sessions.

Whilst I was successful one-to-one, I could only help one person at a time. Starting over 10 years ago, I explored new ideas (that are now old news) and technologies including: Skype, email, online surveys, phone interviews, videos, CDs, mp3 downloads, sms (text) messaging, webinars, hangouts, apps, accountability partners and peer support.

I figured out what worked and created a program that could be tailored to address the key issues faced by smokers. Once I saw how successful it was, I created a program for vaping, then nail biting. These are all either/or issues, you do it or you don’t. Why bother to cut down.

It’s easy to measure success, you stop or you don’t. It was incredible. The STOP SMOKE NOW Supported Program (originally called STOP QUIT NOW) worked better than one-to-one sessions; better than one grueling 3 or 4 hour session; better than groups; better Apps or cold turkey. Better, faster and easier for you to realise your goal of being smoke free forever.

The key to success was personalising the program.

Every person is different. Your reasons are your reasons, your goals are your goals. That’s what makes the difference. Although there is a program to step through, based on my 30 years experience, it has to be personalised to be successful.

So what about modifying a habit,
cutting down, not stopping altogether.

SOCIAL MEDIA is not the problem
It’s not being able to control your time online …

Every person has their own unique situation and set of reasons for wanting to take control of their use of social media. You an choose how you want to use social media. It’s your life, your time, your choice.

Standard programs are designed for a standard client, not for you. Providing a personalised program supports you and your unique situation. In order to monitor the progress of all participants, I limited the number in the program at any time.

I became known for my ability to work with people who just wanted to cut down, not stop all sorts of things: like chocolate, coffee, soft drink, alcohol, drugs, running, gym time, yoga classes, even work. It’s not the thing that is the problem, it’s who is in control, who is running the show. It’s up to you, if you want to stop or cut down, just be clear with yourself. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing, it just has to be you who is in control, making the choice, managing the habit.

Your Own
Personalised Program.
Here’s How It Works

When you commence the CONTROL SOCIAL MEDIA Supported Online Program, you receive a welcome email and SMS text message with a link to a simple and powerful 15 minute Relaxation Session [RELAX 15]. Ideally you can find the time to use it every day. It doesn’t matter when you schedule your relaxation time, just make sure you commit to the habit.

Setting aside time each day is an essential part of the preparation and the program.

I send you a Preparation Guide, then ask you to complete an online survey in the next few days. The reason you receive the Relaxation Session as soon as you join the program, before your first Personal Consultation, is that it gives you the opportunity to get ready while you are completing the Preparation Guide and Online Survey. That Relaxation Session also forms the basis of teaching you a few powerful mental exercises during our sessions.

After I receive your survey results, about a week after you join the program, you have your first Personal Consultation via TeleHealth. During that session, you learn a few simple exercises and I create and record your first personal session and send it to you. Sometimes I’ll take more time to talk with you and I create the session later that day and send it to you. At our second Personal Consultation via TeleHealth, I create and record your second personal session and discuss a plan for your progress through the program. You will receive a final session link, designed to embed your newly created and successful lifestyle, so that you remain in control of your social media use.

Your Commitment 

You commit 20 to 30 minutes each day to listen to a relaxation or guided hypnosis session. You have a couple of other simple psychological techniques to use throughout the day. No one but you knows you are doing them. You receive a motivational text message each day and respond with the approximate time spent on your favourite sites in the last 24 hours. That way you and I can monitor your progress. That’s it, all taking less time each day than scrolling in a work break.

Invest in Your Lifestyle

The cost for the CONTROL SOCIAL MEDIA Program includes:

Preparation Guide
Online Survey
Relaxation Session 15 minutes
Relaxation Session 5 minutes
Rapid Relaxation Technique
Choice Exercise

Personal Session 1 : Preparation
Personal Session 2 : Commit to Control
Personal Session 3 : Free Forever
Daily motivational SMS messages

CONTROL SOCIAL MEDIA
Your Online Personalised Program
Invest in yourself, your time and your lifestyle
$550

CONTROL SOCIAL MEDIA is designed for you.
I tailor the program to your needs.

The CONTROL SOCIAL MEDIA Program runs for 30 days. Each day you receive a text message of support. You text back the time spent on your favourite platforms the previous day. That way we can both track your progress.

Over four weeks, you build on the first exercise and personal session, learning additional focused psychological strategies and techniques. You commit 20 – 30 minutes a day creating your smoke free life.

Less time than it takes to scroll for todays news or trends.

Twenty relaxing minutes of listening to your session. Another minute to read and respond to the daily text message with the number of cigarettes you smoked in the last 24 hours.

You Commit to Control in Week Two.
Most clients get it under control within 2-3 weeks.

The techniques and sessions
provide you with an experience
of calm, relaxed, focused control,
where you have
the power to choose
to be your own Social Media Manager.

Customised for you
Straightforward to follow
Puts you in control
Connects via your mobile phone or computer
Requires you to relax for 30 minutes a day
Results in under 30 days
Personally monitored
Follow the program, get the results

The Preparation Guide

The Guide poses a series of questions so that you can gain insight into your decisions around taking control of your social media usage. When you are enrolled in CONTROL SOCIAL MEDIA the answers can be used to fill in the Online Client Survey. These answers provide the information needed to customise the program to your personal situation: your reasons, your expectations for lifestyle changes and your concerns. In other words, it is designed with you and for you. You can get your free copy of the Preparation Guide via the link below. Get a head start on your preparation, no matter how you choose to take control.