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Not Being Able to Take a Compliment.Let recognition actually land, instead of blocking it.

Compliments just slide off you, while criticism sticks around for weeks. That imbalance isn't a quirk. It's got a spot in your body.

What it is

Not being able to take a compliment means deflecting or downplaying positive feedback, while criticism gets in unfiltered. That's not modesty. It's more of a physical reaction that keeps recognition from landing. It doesn't change just because you decide to simply accept compliments.

Sound familiar?

Someone praises your work, and in the same breath you're already explaining what's actually not that good about it.
A compliment makes you awkward, and you wave it off right away, oh, it was nothing.
One critical remark from three weeks ago is still running through your head at night.
Ten people think your talk was great, and you're thinking about the one skeptical face.
You collect the evidence for your mistakes and tune out the evidence for your skill.

Why more of the same won't fix it.

Decide that you're just going to let the next compliment stand, and in the moment itself you deflect it anyway. The decision is in your head, the deflecting sits one level deeper, in your nervous system, which doesn't let good news about you through. That's why deciding never helps.

This deflection has a physical address, a spot that closes up the moment recognition tries to reach you. Only once that spot releases can praise actually land where it belongs.

The way out: one session.

1

Find your desired feeling

In the session, we first find the feeling you want to carry, a warm ability to receive, right in your heart space. That feeling becomes your lighthouse.

2

Locate the block, don't explain it

Your Guide doesn't ask why you deflect praise, only where that deflection sits inside you. Your body finds the spot on its own. You don't have to explain anything.

3

Release it and anchor it for 40 days

Right where that deflection sits, it gets to release, still in this session. After that, you lock in your new feeling with the app, for 40 days, 90 seconds in the morning and evening.

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Common questions.

Will I turn into someone full of themselves, then?
No. This isn't about tuning out criticism. It's about finally letting recognition through, so the picture you have of yourself becomes more complete.
Do I have to talk about my past?
No. We work with what your body shows today, not with your history.
Does just one session really do it?
Yes. The block releases in the session, and the 40 days after that make it stick in everyday life.
Is this therapy?
No. FIVE MOVES is a body-based method and doesn't replace therapy.

What holds you back has an address.

Over 40 certified guides in 5 countries work with this method. Around 1,000 people have had a session. Yours takes 90 minutes.

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Where do you find support near you?

Not Being Able to Take a Compliment: A session takes 90 minutes, in person or online via video. Then the app anchors the result over 40 days.

Andy Dittrich, Founder & Trainer bei FIVE MOVES in Rheinfelden
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Andy Dittrich
Rheinfelden · easy to reach from Basel, Liestal, Frick, Bad Säckingen
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Sévérine Bächtold, Guide & Trainer bei FIVE MOVES in Sursee
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Sévérine Bächtold
Sursee · easy to reach from Lucerne, Olten, Zofingen, Willisau
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Alexandra Koch, Guide & Trainer bei FIVE MOVES in Zurich
Alexandra Koch
Guide & Trainer · Zurich · easy to reach from Winterthur, Uster, Dietikon
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