NLP is an incredibly powerful tool that will allow you to make broad reaching changes in your life. One of the most common questions I am asked is “How can NLP help me in my life?” While I could go on and on about the areas of my life and changes NLP has allowed me to make I thought it might be helpful to write this up in an easier format. What I do want
This week I thought we would explore an important NLP presupposition…Communication is Redundant.This may be a bit confusing, but as we examine it a bit closer it is likely something you are already familiar with. We are always communicating. In fact, it’s impossible to NOT communicate. Whether verbally or nonverbally we are always communicating something to those around us. We are always communicating with ourselves, through our thoughts. The very essence of being human requires
Happy Tuesday! Weather is warming up a bit here, at least for a little while, and I have been busy baking and enjoying Autumn smells. My home is filled with smells of apple and pumpkin and I am enjoying getting to read by the fire. I’m sure by mid-January I will be ready for warmer weather, but for now I am loving spending more time indoors, eating soup and reading books. This week I’ve had
by Tracy Hoobyar I’ve been thinking a bit about NLP and how it has changed my life so massively and I had a thought that I really want to share with you. It’s about NLP, how it’s taught, and what it’s about. It seems to me that people like me and you want to learn more about NLP so they can change their lives. It’s about getting more of what you want, having more fun,
Presuppositions of NLP: Sometimes confusingly called “Frames of NLP” the creators of NLP used these presuppositions in developing the field. Using these perspectives will give you the attitudes that makes NLP work. PRESUPPOSITION: A form of Perceptual Filter – An attitude, bias, point of view, perspective or set of assumptions or presuppositions about the object, person or situation. This attitude “colors” all perceptions of the object, etc. There will be exceptions to all of these presuppositions,
Last Friday two friends and I saw the movie Saving Mr. Banks, the story of how Walt Disney finally convinced author P.L. Travers to give him the rights to make a musical of her book Mary Poppins. It took him 20 years to accomplish the task! The trailers for the movie had me expecting a funny, frivolous experience – it was anything but that. I highly recommend it, especially to those interested in NLP.
The Secret Nitty Gritty of Rapport: Part 1 By Tom Hoobyar, NLP Comprehensive Article word count 1051, average reading time 4.2 minutes What is rapport, and why should you care? Basically, rapport is a quality of relationship between people. People in rapport are inclined to give each other the benefit of the doubt, and they are more patient and sympathetic towards each other. Where there is rapport between people, it is
Happy Wednesday! Frequently when people have a few convincing experiences of the power of NLP they want to jump into the most advanced models right away. This story conveys the impact of two very basic elements of NLP that are so powerful they can change the mind – and behavior – of even very highly placed executives. You get a peek “behind the scene” of a very impactfull coaching interview. Our guest author, Lisa
by Jan Prince Word count 839, Reading time 3.32 minutes Many sales gurus and motivational speakers claim to be trained in NeuroLinguistic Programming and to be experts in the field. Unfortunately, those who have been “trained” by these gurus show up in my office in a state of self-denigration because they haven’t achieved the success they “should” have. So why is this the case? What is the difference between what many claim to be NLP
One of the most “famous” of the NLP techniques is the Phobia Cure: a manipulation of the sequence and perspective of imagined events that cause the body to react as if there is immediate danger. It has been a staple of my psychotherapy/coaching practice for 30 years. And I have seen it fail! Let me give you an example: I was working with a young man who was about to be married in a few