Benefits
How Will Listening to These Recordings Help Me?
Research shows[1] that the brain continues to function and process thought patterns and memories from our day while we are asleep. This means that if you had a stressful day and were hard on yourself, those memories and thoughts get reinforced. If you had a great day with encouraging thoughts, those get reinforced as well.
Listening to recordings with positive messages while you fall asleep and during your sleep will ensure the positive messages are reinforced in your subconscious mind.[2]
It’s important to note that, while it’s helpful to listen to recordings while sleeping, you also need some uninterrupted sleep. In other words, it’s not a good idea to have recordings playing all night long.
Reach For The Stars has been created with all this in mind. After clicking the “Start Playing” button, the first meditation recording plays immediately as you are falling asleep. A second meditation recording then plays two-and-a-half hours later while you’re in a deeper sleep and after you have completed one full sleep cycle. Our testing showed this was the best way to ensure as many recordings based on your goals and priorities are played, while still ensuring you get restful sleep.
[2] https://positivecreators.com/can-i-listen-to-affirmations-while-sleeping/
How It Works
Step By Step – Here’s How to Get Started
- To get the best results, listen to each audio 21 times, this is what the Reach For The Stars algorithm automatically does for you!
- or Apple/iOS users, your device’s lock screen/screensaver must be disabled every night for the autoplay functions to work properly. Please make sure to disable it, see step-by-step instructions.
- Before you sign in and turn on the program, make sure you are in a comfortable place to relax and where you are unlikely to be disturbed.
- To listen, use your device’s internet browser and go to the website ReachForTheStars.Today, click on the Member icon (👤) in the upper right corner and click “LOGIN”. Once logged in, simply click the “Start Playing” button at the top of the page. If already logged in, just navigate to the Meditation Session page before hitting the “Start Playing” button.
- You will first hear a short piece of relaxing music that will allow you the time to get into a relaxed comfortable position. The Meditation Session will play two recordings during each session, 2.5 hours apart, and the sessions will rotate through the selected goals you have chosen. Each one will eventually play 21 times to get the maximum effect.
- If you prefer, there is an option where you can listen to only one meditation recording per night (this will double the amount of time it takes to complete your programmed sessions). See this question for why you might want to do this.
How Does the Algorithm Choose Which Two Recordings to Play in Each Session?
The recordings you hear each session will rotate over a period of weeks and months, using your first 3 goals plus the ‘Abundance (Your Money and More) Magnet’ – or your Customized Goal Manifestation Recording (CGMR) if you have one – for the first 7 sessions. Each week thereafter, it will add another one of the goals on your list until each one has played for a total of 21 times.
Why Does the ‘Abundance Magnet’ Audio Play Every Other Session?
The ‘Abundance (Your Money and More) Magnet’ – or your Customized Goal Manifestation Recording (CGMR) if you have one – plays every other session (every 4th time) because it has suggestions that allow all other recordings to be more effective. It puts into your subconscious mind the absolute confidence in yourself, the determination, and the intense desire needed to make your goals a reality.
Is There Anything I Can Do to Make the ‘Abundance Magnet’ Even More Effective?
Following these steps is not necessary for you to benefit from listening to the ‘Abundance Magnet,’ but by doing so, you will reap the benefits much more quickly.
- Create a goal that is concrete so you can tell when you have reached it, and give yourself a deadline. For example, an income goal that’s an exact dollar amount achieved by a certain date.
- Describe in detail (preferably on paper or in a note on your phone), what your life is like now that your goal has been achieved. Try to create your visualization so that when you close your eyes your goal isn’t just a possibility; instead, it is reality, it already happened.
- Each night this audio is set to play, spend a couple of minutes visualizing this concrete image of your goal (preferably by reading over what you jotted down).
- Click the “Start Playing” button.
- When you wake up in the morning, however long you were sleeping, that’s how long you were actively drawing that reality into this one.
What Is the Difference Between a “Session” and a “Night”?
- There are two meditation audios assigned to a given session and in order to complete that session, both audios must have played through at least once.
- You can tell if you’ve listened to an audio for a given session because it says “Completed” at the end of the meditation’s title and the ▶ icon will be grayed out.
- A night refers to a period of time the programmed audio(s) will play. By default, this is two audios per night, with a 2.5-hour gap between the end of the first audio and the start of the second one.
- The number of meditation audios heard per night can be changed from the default two audios to a single audio. Unless you hit the “Start Playing” button a second time during the night, this feature will result in taking twice as long to complete the total number of programmed sessions. Click here to find out why you might want to do this.
Is There a Difference Between “Meditation Recordings,” “Audios,” “Meditations,” “Recordings,” Etc.?
We use all of these terms interchangeably. Note: the minute-long intro music that plays while you get into a comfortable position does not count as an audio.
Subscription Level Questions
What is the difference between the membership levels?
- Our Introductory “Free” Package includes two of our most powerful, multipurpose meditation audios and is the perfect place to start. By listening to these free gifts below, you are taking the first steps to utilize the tools we offer to (re)train your subconscious to focus on things that will improve your life.
- Abundance (Your Money and More) Magnet
- Positive Stress Management and a Healthy Effective Immune System
- Note: You may update your goals any time you choose, but this is because the audios you hear are not influenced by your goals or their order of priority, but you can see what these changes would have on your Meditation Sessions and Meditation Playlist when you upgrade to a paid membership.
- Our Bronze Package enables you to utilize the Reach for the Stars tool by playiong recordings tailored to your goals and scheduled based on your priorities. These recordings play 21 times each, in rotation over a period of weeks or months, according to a unique algorithm created by our master Clinical Hypnotherapist and implemented with the assistance of our highly effective team of computer programming experts. Instead of just the two gifted audios, you will have access to all meditations that are tied to your goals and priorities, which can be updated every 90 days.
- Our Gold Package includes everything from the Bronze Package, plus you can listen to tailored meditation recordings out of sequence at any time from the Meditation Playlist page. This means you can listen to Memory Excellence right before the exam you are taking tomorrow or Run Faster, Run Safer, Longer the night before your marathon. You may update your goals every 30 days.
- Our Platinum Package required a private Life Guidance Discovery (LGD) session which is the key to receiving the greatest benefit from the Reach for the Stars program. This session includes an in-depth consultation with your hypnotherapist/coach. Based on that consultation, you are given an individualized roadmap for getting from where you are to where you want to be, This written roadmap is as detailed and as individual as a thumbprint. Platinum members have everything from the Gold Package, in addition to unlimited, on-demand access to all recordings in the Success Center Library, accessible from the Meditation Library page. After you have had your LGD session, you can also meet with your Success Center Associate hypnotherapist/coach every 90 days for a 15-minute private consultation ($285 value) to discuss any desired changes in your goals and priorities which will be reflected in your individually programmed Meditation Sessions and Meditation Playlist.
Most importantly, rather than hearing the generic Abundance (Your Money and More) Magnet meditation every other session, Platinum members may choose to have a Customized Goal Manifestation Recording (CGMR) created by your hypnotherapist, based on this roadmap. Listening to your CGMR will embed your unique goals into your subconscious mind, on a continuing basis, so you can manifest them into physical reality.
If you commit to an annual Platinum Package subscription, you will get 2 months free ($79.99 value) plus receive a complimentary Customized Goal Manifestation Recording ($200 value). Call (800) GOAL NOW (462-5669) or go here to take advantage of this exciting offer.
What is a…?
What is a Life Guidance Discovery (LGD) Session?
Would you like more accountability in meeting your goals and working through what’s blocking your progress?
Would you like to reach your highest potential in areas physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual as well as financial?
With a Life Guidance Discovery (LGD) session, we set your goals in order of priority based on an in-depth client intake form used and revised since 1969 by Terry Brussel-Rogers, the Director of Success Center. We create a roadmap with the steps necessary to accomplish those goals in terms of hypnosis sessions, books, recordings, coaching—whatever it is you need to get from where you are to where you want to be. Then, through a private hypnosis session, based on your individual roadmap, we instill in your subconscious mind the clarity of purpose, desire, and determination necessary to make your goals a reality.
Is There Anything Else Getting a Life Guidance Discovery (LGD) Session Unlocks?
With a Life Guidance Discovery (LGD) session (cost $397, value unlimited), you also qualify for the Platinum Reach For The Stars Package. With the Platinum Package ($39.95 per month), your personal hypnotherapist creates your Reach For The Stars Playlist. In addition, with the Platinum Package, you get, upon your request, a 15-minute consultation with your hypnotherapist every 90 days to revisit your goals and restructure your recordings as needed. The Platinum Package also gives you access to the entire library of Success Center recordings, allowing you to listen to applicable recordings out of sequence or as new challenges arise.
You can also request to have a Customized Goal Manifestation Recording created for you once you have received a Life Guidance Discovery session.
What Is a Customized Goal Manifestation Recording(CGMR)?
This professional recording is created specifically for you (in a sound studio with soothing music added, etc.). It is based on the personal affirmations you and your hypnotherapist/coach create at the time of your Life Guidance Discovery session. These affirmations are as individual as a thumbprint.
Listening to this will further help you reach your highest potential in areas physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual as well as financial. With your purchase of the Reach For The Stars Platinum Package, your Customized Goal Manifestation Recording is included with the rest of your recordings and will be scheduled to play throughout the year to assist you in manifesting all your goals into reality.
If you commit to an annual Platinum Package subscription, you will get 2 months free ($79.90 value) plus receive a complimentary Customized Goal Manifestation Recording ($200 value). Call (800) GOAL NOW (462-5669) to take advantage of this exciting offer.
What Are the Different Parts of the Site/Webapp?
Play Options
This is the play option you will use most! Go here nightly to hear recordings that are tailored to your goals and scheduled based on your priorities.
These recordings play 21 times each, in rotation over a period of weeks or months, according to a unique algorithm created by our master Clinical Hypnotherapist, Terry Brussel-Rogers, and implemented with the assistance of our highly effective team of computer programming experts.
This feature is accessible to all paid members (Bronze Package and above). Free users can only use a limited version that plays the same two audios every night.
“Start Playing” Button
Clicking this will cause an audio player to show up at the bottom of the screen and the programmed recording(s) will start playing. Adjust the volume to a comfortable level, lay back, relax, and let it work for you.
You will first hear a short piece of relaxing music that will allow you the time to get into a relaxed comfortable position. The first meditation will play immediately, and then the second 2.5 hours later.
“2 MP3s/night” Option
This is the default option and means you will hear the second meditation audio play 2.5 hours after the first one is finished. This will complete 1 session per night.
“1 MP3/night” Option
Selecting this option means you will hear 1 meditation audio at a time; by doing so, you can choose when to start the second audio later on in your chosen sleep period.
Unlimited, on-demand access to all recordings in the Success Center Library. This means you can listen to ‘Memory Excellence’ right before the exam you are taking tomorrow or ‘Run Faster, Safer, Longer’ the night before your marathon, even if it hasn’t been programmed by your hypnotherapist. This feature is only available to Platinum Package members.
Member Setting
The algorithm takes into consideration both the goals you select and the order you assign to each one. Note: Anytime you make changes to your goals and/or priorities, your programmed Meditation Sessions will be restarted and progress made towards completing your program will be lost. This is why we limit how frequently you can make these changes.
How Do I Change/Update My Goals?
Bronze & Gold Members: If enough time has passed since you last updated your goals (30 or 90 days based on your membership level), you can update your goals by clicking here. On that same page, you can also see how long it has been since you last updated your goals.
If you have had a Life Guidance Discovery session and are a Platinum Member, please call (800) GOAL NOW (462-5669) to schedule a goal-setting private consultation with your hypnotherapist.
Why Can I Only Change/Update My Goals Every 30 or 90 Days?
Since any changes will completely restart your program, we advise that you give these audios a chance to work for you, rather than constantly changing your goals and/or their priorities.
Why Is There No Time Limit to Changing Goals for Free Users?
Free users may update their goals anytime you choose, but this is because the audios you hear are not influenced by your goals or their order of priority, but you can see what these changes would have on your Meditation Session and Meditation Playlist when you upgrade to a paid membership.
Profile
If you wish to make any changes to your personal details, this is where they can be made. Some responses, detailed below, will affect what content is available to you. These options only appear to members who have indicated they are at least 18 years old.
“I am a first responder or in the healthcare industry” checkbox
If this box is checked, rather than hearing the general ‘Positive Stress Management & a Healthy, Effective Immune System’ guided meditation, a specialized version created specifically for first responders and/or healthcare workers will play.
“I am interested in building my private hypnotherapy, coaching, or healing practice” Checkbox
If this box is checked, a specialized version of the ‘Abundance (Your Money and More) Magnet’ guided meditation, designed to draw an abundance of clients you can help into your life, will play every other session.
“Include audios with mature content” checkbox
If the box is checked, audios with content that may not be appropriate for minors will be included in your Meditation Session and Meditation Playlist. This option is only available to users who have indicated their age is at least 18 years old.
“I would like to hear audios related to polyamory” Checkbox
If the box is checked, audios relating to non-monogamy will be included in your Meditation Session and Meditation Playlist. This option only appears to members who have indicated they wish to hear audios with mature content.
All transactions are handled by the secure Stripe payment platform. If you wish to view your payment history, update your payment method, etc. please go to the Payments option of your member details.
If you wish to upgrade your membership or add a payment method to your account, this can be done by accessing the same Payments option; but instead of directing you to a Stripe portal, a list of paid subscription tiers will pop up. Please click the green “Select” button for the tier you wish to upgrade and enter your payment info.
Situational
Why Would I Want to Set My Meditation Session to Play 1 Audio/Night instead of the Default 2 Audios/Night?
2 audios per night means you will hear the second audio play 2.5 hours after the first one finished, but if you want to only hear 1 audio at a time, you can choose when to start the second audio later on in your chosen sleep period.
You may want to use this option if you are a light sleeper since the second audio playing may wake you up.
Alternatively, if during the night you get up for some reason, then you can start the second one when you come back to bed or after responding to something requiring your attention such as the cry of a baby or the call of a person who you are taking care of.