Future Self Work (a process for success) - Teal Swan

By now, most of you are familiar with inner child work. Inner child work serves to bring the aspects of you that are stuck or unresolved from the past into the now so that you can heal, find resolution and move forward with your life. But most people do not know that you can facilitate healing and growth from the opposite timeline direction as well. We can call this future self work. The aim of this work is to bring the optimal version of your future self into the now so that your current self may merge with it.

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[AaronDoughty]

I've been doing this and this is a powerful process. I believe there are many neurological benefits of this as well. To think and act like the ideal self puts the brain into a mode of relating to the world in a new way. I believe this process will literally rewire the brain and allow new connections to be made.

[hannahgolightly]

I actually did this when I was a teenager and the effects were incredible. I am going to do it again. Thank you.

[jeanjessup]

I just did the Future self exercise. My optimal future self came to me as a young, slim (but healthy) energetic woman who was active outdoors, moving forward, focused, and motivated by fun with a dash of mischievousness. I am currently a 61-year-old writer who doesn't write. Afterwards, I started an entry on my computer journal (which I make entries every 3 weeks or so), then impulsively set up my wordpress blog that I have been recently thinking of doing. Right afterwards, I felt huge fear and resistance to going ahead to write my first blog entry and felt quite tired. I went to my refuge in front of the TV. As I relaxed I contacted my fear of moving forward and the fear of committing to expressing myself and acknowledged how I have been holding myself back from enjoying life and hiding away. My stuff is really coming up. The future self exercise really works!

[narimafanficfan]

My God! the way she laughed when she talked about (the year 2020) !! Teal did you know?

[PaulineBro]

Thank you so much for this, Teal. At the age of 70 I'm embarking on a new thrilling stage in my life and this experience has given me so much more confidence to enjoy the ride getting to the dream. The dream I am manifesting? A boat and a berth at the International Harbour near me so I can go out to Sea when I feel I want to be there. I'm so excited! And this is happening partly because of another video of yours I watched about doing something in life that makes you buzz and being in or on or around water does just that! Thank you again.

[RoseMarieJamesJr]

Coming back to this after the year 2020 makes her statement at 4:48 particularly reflective for me.
-what oversight did I miss
-what could I have learned earlier to have made this last decade from 2012-2022 easier and bypassed the Covid shutdown among other subsequent global crises.
-knowing now that my inability and unwillingness to face my discomfort directly has caused insurmountable problems on the back end, I have an opportunity to turn this very aspect of me that is afraid around and with our help we can look squarely at what we’re terrified to see and experience.
-when offered the choice of awareness or aversion, I now choose awareness and honesty.

[liliangelina]

Omg I have done this instinticly a time ago and lost weight (spot reduced) and got better grades in school

[ednau]

Wow I just did this and I saw like 7 future selves or aspects. They were all so beautiful. And I called all of them into me to create the ultimate or most complete me. It was really amazing. I feel so much energy throughout my body.

[sv]

I understand why she said that this exercise may feel uncomfortable. I feel very great at first, after meeting my future self, because she is really comforting and supportive. But I also feel the pain of matching some aspects that still haven’t move on from my current self. Most of it was fear of change. Thanks to this exercise, I can talk to my pain and know which direction I can go. The overall plan become clearer and less abstract. I realize the difference between me and my future is self trust, so I am going to work on that.

[kelvin]

Holyyyy *%&! I just did this and it was amazing. I'm already my future self in truth, the separation is illusion due to time

[jackscholze]

Teal, Very happy that you describe and detail exactly what to do in the process, and not go into some tedious "follow along with me into the mystic mantraland, etc, etc" YOur clarity of delivery is refreshing and well done.

[donnaabram]

I just tried this exercise for my future self. It was phenomenal! I saw the silhouette of myself outlined in blue which I recognized as my aura, followed by feelings of happiness peace joy and freedom from restraints I currently have. It was almost overwhelming but I knew I could handle it. My eyes begin to flutter like the film from the old movies that used to be on the reels. Deeper I fell... once I refocused I got the answer to a question I’ve had all week... thank you Teal!!!

[matree.]

Teal, I dont know where your wisdom come from but you have a gift way beyond your years. Keep shinning for all all and we will keep learning.

[detroitrockcity]

I tried this yesterday and felt severe grief. It was so much that it felt like I couldn't let it all out at once. I wanted to, but it felt like to let it all out in one sitting I would explode. I realized that I can no longer live with the facade of success when I don't feel successful. It's been eating me alive for a long time. I have to face the music and be willing to disappoint people short term if it means I will better myself long term. In living a lie, we suffer. Living in truth, we thrive. I'm somewhere in the middle right now and am willing to suffer in order to thrive in the long term. All of the most interesting life stories have their fair share of suffering in them before the big pay off and become inspiring. We can't run from our fears. They will all catch up to us eventually. The only choice we truly have is to face them.

[TheLostLemurian]

Brilliant. It reminds me of what Isaiah Henkel says about goals - don't simply look for the next step along the path. Look for the optimal situation. Look all the way forward to the optimal you. Focus on that and then it will pull you towards your best you like a magnet.

[veganlife]

Wow, this was an amazing More people need to see this video and do it.. thank you as always you are a true blessing Teal!

[InvertedSeal]

Damn. As someone who has been doing inner child work for a little over a year now, I am excited to try this process...

[yilly]

This is crazy! I’ve done this for the past 2 days and I’m physically ill .. now I dont know if it was food or this process! Definitely felt the shifts. 🤢🤕💥

[annabelllzz]

This is a very powerful process. Thanx for sharing this with us. I tried this for a month ago and forgot about it. I have been changing a lot since then without noticing it, growing and letting go of my past self that was full of suffering.

[stellarwulf]

Me watching this in 2020 and hearing that comment about hindsight being 2020: Was.. was that a joke meant for the future teal? XD