Because of the requests as a result of the post “The Inside Family” I’m posting this version of the Parts Party format (you may want to read “The Inside Family” first. :-).

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One of our coaches told me the following story, and I thought it was such a great fit with Labor Day I asked her to write it up for you.  Those of you familiar with NLP will appreciate the elegant use of this familiar model in a specific context.
Some years ago, a good friend [...]

This is one of those fascinating instances of how the net develops.
Two guys are creating a filter akin to a spam filter that will bolt on to your browser and filter web pages, posts, and apparently all text for the excessively non-grammatical, hostile, Spam type of entries.  Voila! Sanity spared!  (Oops. hope I haven’t overdone [...]

As you participate in conversations today, notice deletions in your language and the language of others. For example, “I’m angry.” Response might be, “About what specifically?” Write down the deletions in your expressions as well as those communicated by others. If you did not respond to these deletions, how could you have responded to facilitate [...]

We all have at least one Tough Customer in our life. No matter what we say or do, this person is never satisfied, argues relentlessly, and sees the glass half-empty.
When they’re just passing through, dealing with them is fairly simple. Let them pass, or walk away, or hang up the phone (thanks to caller ID, [...]

Recently the Allergy Process was mentioned to me as if there was only one version.  No, no, no.  There are two distinct versions, and here are the tried and true exercise formats for both of them!
You can find more instruction and framing in both “Heart of the MInd” and of course a full walk through [...]

Today notice the physical anchors that you have in place in your work environment. Does the cartoon on your desk make you smile? Does the chair where you normally sit elicit a positive state for you? How can you enhance (or change) physical anchors so that your work day is as pleasant and as productive [...]

In the NYT today is another of the reports I’m finding more and more of these days.  The theories behind NLP that were so outre when first proposed 30 years ago are now being re-proposed and validated with increasing frequency by mainstream science particularly in the field of neuroscience.
Here’s a lovely and simple example one [...]

Eliciting states from others is a fine art that can be accom-plished in several ways. The first requirement, however, is that you, yourself, have the ability to access a variety of states and maintain them. To practice, access the following states fully while standing before a full length mirror: fun, confidence, peacefulness, excitement, joy, and [...]

Language Directs Attention: Negative Commands - How they don’t work (and do!)
Here Connirae Andreas describes this distinction in a context where it’s a easy to recognize the importance of this distinction!
And whatever you do, don’t start wondering now just how soon you’ll find ways to use these in your life.:-)
Offering [...]