Lately, I have spent some time reflecting on the question “Am I happy?” I am not the type of person to spend a lot of time contemplating questions of this nature (I find they are an antidote to being happy). Yet, I think a lot of people these days are stressed and worried. I think […]
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“I can’t wait to figure out what’s wrong with me, so I can say ‘This is the way that I used to be.’ “ John Mayer, Split Screen Sadness I want to tell you about a really good day. One of those experiences that lingered and energized me for several days that followed. It’s hard not to
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Lessons in Hope By: Lisa Jackson, NLP Master Practitioner & Executive Coach dis·ap·point-verb (used with object) 1. to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us. 2. to defeat the fulfillment of (hopes, plans, etc.); thwart; frustrate: to be disappointed in love. When was the last time you lost something
This week’s blog is not a typical NLP teaching tool. You’ve been fairly warned. The big election in the U.S. has heated up discussions about emotional topics like our unwelcome presence in Iraq, our limp economy, and our impact on global warming. What business do politics have in a blog about NLP? Our nation
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Reality Bites … Good Feedback Rules If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. ~J.M. Power If feedback is the breakfast of champions, I want protein. The kind that sticks with me and sustains my energy. Feedback is the DNA of learning. Feedback is
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Along with this week’s story about benefiting from feedback I thought it appropriate to include this gem from “The NLP Portable Practitioner Training” Section 4, Strategies. It’s generally useful when dealing with feedback to have a really good strategy for discerning feedback from attack and for dealing with it effectively. A Strategy for Responding to
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Last week, we shared Coach Lisa’s exercise on the “Inside Family.” Today, I want to share her process on building a more supportive “soundtrack” for your life. I call it “The Good Guys.” Even those of us who are Master NLP’ers still have self-talk that we are largely unaware of, that is not positive and
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. :-).
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
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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
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