Abracadabra

From Fishing Without Bait 253

Let's discuss tattoos. Perhaps for followers of the show you've seen the tattoos in the evolution that's been going on in my body over the number of years. So I'd like everyone to look at this tattoo right here. And what do you see? The word says abracadabra. I'm going to ask you, when you hear the word abracadabra what comes to your mind? Quite often you'll say Magic. Magicians use the term Abracadabra to make something appear. Actually it's Aramaic. It comes from the Bible Jesus time and roughly what it translates into. What I speak I create. I create what I speak. 90% of cognitive behavioral therapy is about changing the language in the way one speaks to oneself. So when I suggest to patients that I say, let's make magic in your head. What I say is let's change the script. Let's change the language in the way you speak. Abracadabra.