Happy “Spotlight Day”!
Today, I’m excited to share with you some of this week’s most inspiring success stories and tips from the CBQ community.
Let’s dive in!
Inspiring Milestone
This week, CBQ Program member Francine Doyon from Ontario, Canada, celebrated 6 years smoke-free! A lifelong smoker, Francine broke free after joining the CBQ Quit Smoking Program. She hasn’t smoked a cigarette since.
After 6 years she said she’s “still smoke free and loving it.” That says it all!
Francine’s tip? Start small.
One of the exercises in the CBQ Quit Smoking Program is to delay the first cigarette of the day using mindpower, not willpower. That exercise was precisely what gave Francine the “aha” moment that she can succeed! And she did!
“The best thing I did was delaying the first cig of the day. It helped my mind realize that I could abstain from smoking for 8+ hours. Eventually I made it to lunch, then after dinner and then just before bed. Eventually i felt so sick having just a few drags it was easy to just go for the full 24 hours and I never looked back.”
This is Francine with her CBQ Success Certificate:
Inspiring Success
This week CBQ Program member Jess Pagano from Australia celebrated 6 months smoke-free! Jess, who’s in her 30s was an avid smoker since her teens. She resolved to take better care of herself. To keep that promise, she tried to quit many times with different medications, NRTs and cold turkey but nothing has ever worked.
“Every quit attempt I felt sad, isolated myself further and further from my smoker friends, and felt like I would never enjoy life again. There was always something that made me relapse & I knew I needed to find answers to these issues, so I started researching and found this program.”
Once she joined the CBQ Program, she made an important decision: to make her success a mental priority. Making her success a priority didn’t mean pausing life. It meant not compromising on her goal to be free, for that would allow her to show up fully in every other area of her life.
This is what happened:
“I realised that previously I was getting too caught up in the future and not taking it one day at a time. This time I took it one exercise, experiment and lesson at a time, and made sure that I maintained my empowering mindset using affirmations that I repeated to myself every morning and night. I also allowed myself to take the time to spend on myself. This meant that I gave myself the time and mental space to complete the program so there was no excuse to stop – this was the priority! And I am so happy that I made it the priority. “
Jess succeeded 6 months ago and she knows this time is different. Why? Because she’s a happy non-smoker!
“I honestly can’t believe it. It’s never been easy for me before. The power of the mind is incredible once you learn how to use it!”
Jess’ tip: take it one day at a time
“Yes, I am still enjoying my smoke-free life and very thankful to you guys for a life-changing course!
I can’t believe I’m nearly at 6 months! When I originally completed that form, my 6-month date seemed so far away that I couldn’t even think about it. I just kept focusing on 1 day at a time and now I’ve blinked and it’s here!”
Inspiring Milestone
This week, CBQ Program member Evelyn Neiman Green from North Carolina, US, celebrated 6 years smoke-free! Evelyn was a smoker for 40 years. Her husband also smoked.
As Evelyn told me herself, she had tried to quit before using nicotine patches and e-cigarettes but she always went back to smoking. Her husband went from smoking to vaping and still does both.
That’s how Evelyn knew she needed something different: a process. She joined the CBQ Program, did every step of the process and broke free from nicotine even though her husband smokes. 6 years later, Evelyn is doing so well she even forgot how long she’d been a non-smoker! She also found the right diet for her, and has improved her life in every way! Incredible story!
This is Evelyn with her CBQ Success Certificate:
To your freedom,
Nasia Davos (MBPsS, IPPA, MA)
Ex-Smoker, Psychologist, Creator of the CBQ Method™
