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Finally someone has the guts to say what we in the NLP community have been saying all along. Anxiety, shyness, and social phobia are not mental diseases. The new book by Christopher Lane, "Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became A Sickness" exposes the behind the scenes collaboration of the ...

Time-lines are an NLP Technique in which a person either physically walks, or imagines theirself moving along a line that they take to represent future events. This enables them to gain insight into the stages of the journey ahead of them in regards to a certain goal. Time-lines are a way to help you visualise, plan and achieve your goals and dreams for the future. They can also be used to change past experiences that may be holding you back in some way.

n nSo what does personalized learning really mean and why is everyone within the education and training communities getting so excited. In the first of three articles we take a look at personalized learning , from an NLP perspective .In this the first of three articles we profile the Auditory Sequential thinker in plain language . In subsequent articles we profile the Kinaesthetic and Visual Thinkers . All three articles are available on our site now , all three articles repr

The Rich and Powerful and the Power of the Unconscious Mind

As a certified NLP trainer, I am often asked ‘What is NLP?’ The term NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming and was coined in the early seventies by John Grinder and Richard Bandler. They began their work by studying: Fritz Perls, psychotherapist and originator of the Gestalt ...

Have you ever experienced a moment where everything seemed just right? A moment where you felt completely in tune with yourself and the world around you? A moment in which you felt completely unstoppable? A moment where you experienced a sense of oneness with the universe where you were completely in command and control of your own destiny? Where you felt the rush of adrenaline that only comes from being so in the moment, so completely connected to your own unique purpose, that you felt like you were being propelled forward by something bigger and more important than yourself.

Put simply, a value is something that is important to us. Values are the why behind any behaviour that we do as human beings. Whenever we take action and do something we do it for a reason. These reasons are what we refer to as values. A value is an emotional state that we are either attempting to move away from or attempting to move towards. They reflect our beliefs about what is right and wrong and are the rules, principles and standards that we live by.

Your comfort zone is defined as places or situations where you feel most comfortable and natural with. While there is nothing wrong with that, you still need to move out of it if you really want to develop your full potential and succeed in life. One good example of comfort zone is your home. It is only when you push yourself to do something new, then you are able to achieve extraordinary results. Issac Newton once said that if you keep doing the same thing and expect differe

Just as easily could I have called this article “Follow-up in coaching”, but I find this particularly true in NLP based coaching. Simply, because NLP particularly seems to launch a coach to a level where they can go beyond merely a basic surface layer of coaching. Not only can you work with the more complicated layers of personal and emotional change, it can also can be done so quickly while using the right motivational language.

Your unconscious mind is that part of you that runs the blood innnyour body...that beats your heart...that digests your food... makes you breath as you sleep deeply. Your unconscious is the one that does all that is vital for you to be alive. I often say, your unconscious is like Citi bank, ...

After quite a wait, the book is finally released. Rebel Diet, the anti diet industry guide to freedom from diet hell with the practical guide to weight, life and the relationship between our mental state and the effect on dieting and metabolism is on the shelves in the UK. Rebel Diet , the new ...

Feeling unnecessarily anxious, nervous or scared around people is a much more common problem than people like to admit. There are a wide variety of thoughts and theories as to where this phenomenon originates. Genetics, child development, chemical imbalance and nutrition have all been cited at some stage as playing their part in the make-up of what can often, on the surface, appear a complex problem…

In 1960 a cosmetic surgeon called Maxwell Maltz wrote a now well known personal development book called psycho-cybe etics. In it he describes his fascination about a strange phenomenon he experienced time and time again throughout his career... After performing cosmetic surgery to patients over several decades he found that some people experienced a radical shift in the way that they felt about themselves as a result of the plastic surgery. Amazing changes would often occur quite suddenly and dramatically in a person's personality when they changed their face...

NLP has developed a number of tools to reprogram yourself, change a habit or solve a problem. Hypnosis has discovered that by altering a person’s state, you can ask the subconscious mind to change a belief, a behavior, a way of thinking or a habit almost instantly. Of course as the proverb ...

Find Direction - Live Your Life Your Way We’ve all heard this phrase, “Set your goals” or “you need to write your goals down and you will succeed." And some of you may think, 1. I have no idea how to do this. 2. This all sounds too airy fairy for me. Like should I write my goals down? And bam! Just Like magic I will become a millionaire. 3. I simply have no time to write anything down.

The subject of happiness often splits the opinion of many people. Is it something we chase and obtain by achieving our goals and dreams or is it our birth right…there irrespective of what we do? In western culture we tend to adopt a ‘build and maintain’ view of the world. That is, if we want something (like money, good career, quality of life etc…) we have to go out and build it from scratch then maintain and develop it through time. In essence it’s a fundamental driving force of the capitalist world view.

There are many ways of creating new methods and strategies for doing things well. One form of innovation is to take a powerful strategy from one area and apply it usefully in a completely different one. In that spirit, I have borrowed a concept from the field of engineering and will present you ...

Supporting Parents: Supportive parenting plays an important role in the children's development of empathy, pro social behavior and emotional competence. The absence of supportive parenting may be related to the development of internal problems such as anxiety and depression. Supportive parents ...

The ability to impact and influence others is a key competency frequently identified in top performers. While we assume salespeople are good at impacting and influencing, the ability to impact and influence others is often the number one competency in helping, service, managerial and leadership roles. Learning to increase your ability to impact and influence others can make a big difference to your career success. What is Impact and Influence?

“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.”rn- Richard Bach Believing in yourself and your abilities is absolutely the most important thing you can do on your jou ey to positive thinking. It is critical to develop the self-confidence you need to carry you through to the realization of your goals. Self-confidence is a bit different from self-esteem. Self-esteem refers to your feelings about yourself, your behaviours and your worth as a person. Self-confidence is your belief in your abilities and in the way you present yourself to the world.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming & The Classroom – The Short Answer Brief (very) History Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) first burst upon the psychological therapy scene in 1975 with the release of Richard Bandler and John Grinder’s written work, The Structure of Magic. At the time, Grinder was mostly involved in transformational grammar which was created by Noam Chomsky during the 1960s, and Richard Bandler was heavily involved in the study of mathematics with special atten

Life is about learning lessons and growing as a spiritual being. The troubles and tribulation we encounter along the way are growth opportunities not punishment. Some lessons are relatively simple and others, not so much. The later of these are hugely important in terms of our spiritual growth. Of course, when times are tough it's difficult to see the value that will be reaped when it's all said and done. Hindsight is where this value tends to become most apparent.

Facts are important as they are often necessary to enable people to come to logical and correct decisions. However facts on there own are often not enough to lead to either understanding or action. Stories with some emotional element are much more to likely to lead to both understanding and action. The following is a part of a story that could be useful to a coach who was struggling to find clients.

In this article I would like to show you how you can take your ability to persuade others to a completely new level. By reading on you will discover how to become a powerful persuader using Meta-Programs. As human beings we have a tendency to be creatures of habit. This doesn’t just apply to ...

Fear of public speaking is stronger than the fear of death for most people in our society. This fear can have a serious negative impact on one’s career and it can fuel feelings of low self-esteem. If you have this fear you probably already know what the symptoms are. They include pounding heart, sweating, stammering or otherwise having trouble speaking, nausea, faintness, and inability to make eye contact. Fear of ridicule and/or having your mind draw a blank in the middle of a speech are also common.

www.resourcefulchange.co.uknnI was assisting on an NLP practitioner course, when I noticed some interesting things. One participant was having some difficulty visualising ‘understanding’ in an exercise, so on an intuitio I asked them just to picture what colour it would be. This proved to be ...

In Sometimes We Run... Part 1 (see article here: http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/sometimes_we_run_your_relationship_with_your_goals_part_1 ) two of the primary ways that we run in relationship to our goals were addressed, running away from and running towards our goals. There are several more dynamics of our relationship to our goals. This article is about one of the most powerful and effective ways to achieve your goals! Sometimes we run toward our goals while at the same time running away from something else...

“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.”n- Dr. Wayne Dyer Everyone wants approval and acceptance from those we care about. However, too often we depend on approval so much that we lose sight of the most important approval of all: our own. Do you find ...

Ok, an athlete is caught using illegal performance enhancing drugs and is banned for 2 years. His governing body has an official ruling that athletes who are found to have a positive drugs results from testing can return to athletics in 2 years and will not be permitted to qualify for or compete ...

What is anchoring? Anchoring is an outside stimulus that activates a particular inner state or reaction within you. In 1904 it was the Russian psychologist Pavlov who discovered about anchoring by experimenting on dogs. Every time he fed the salivating dogs he would ring a bell. He did this several times and in the end the dogs would automatically start to salivate every time they heard the bell. Pavlov had found out that it was not the smell of the meat that made the dogs sa

MLM Scams crop up all the time. You need to make yourself aware of their existence. This will help you make sound and informed judgements. You don't want to be like closed minded people who scam everything and miss opportunities.You also don't want to become a victim.nnThroughout the history of MLM and network marketing, there have been rumblings about this Industry being a scam. It is actually a sad truth that there are many mlm scams circulating in the Cyberspace nowadays.

Building responsiveness in your prospect is what NLP Rapport is really about in a sales situation. Using pacing and leading, opening anticipation loops and covert hypnosis are some of the techniques used to build responsiveness above and beyond usual matching and mirroring. Being able to turn negative feelings into positive motivations would be an advantage in a sales environment. NLP tell us that we can have the choice about how we feel about an event and there are many NLP tools that can help you do this.

One of the key skills taught as part of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the use of anchoring. An example of anchoring was discovered by Pavlov when he found that dogs could be conditioned to salivate in response to stimuli such as a bell, an electric shock or a visual trigger if the stimuli was repeatedly applied at the same time the dog became aware of food. Anchors may be set in any of the main senses and some of the most powerful natural anchors occur with words. In addition the anchor may be due to an exte al stimuli or an internal stimuli such as self talk or visualisation.

A Case History from Dr. Alex Lees’ Files “Bev” "Bev" had been weeping as she entered the reception room, and was still weeping some ten minutes after she sat down in my office. Offers of tea, and other attempts to reach her had failed miserably, so I called her friend, ...

Here you are face to face with your interviewer. It's the moment you've been waiting for, preparing for. Will you nail the interview or will you be stumped by the interviewer's questions. Anticipating the potential questions you might be asked and ensuring you have concise, well thought out answers will be time well spent in advance of this moment of truth. Here are some of the most frequently asked interview questions. Make sure you take the time in advance of the interview to develop strong answers to each of them. It will be worth your time and energy.

EFT Tapping Tips for the Holidays Christmas comes but once a year. It is a time of great anticipation, excitement, joy and good times for many. For some, it is not. There are high expectations, hope and determination that this year, things will be different. Maybe this year everything will work ...

In our zest to apply EFT efficiently, we sometimes phrase this desire in our mind as: “The more tapping, the better.” This can be quite a valid assumption, to a point! While teaching EFT, I have observed some EFT practitioners begin tapping the ‘client’ within a few ...

Today is the 2nd anniversary of my mother's passing and who knows what has prompted me to write this, other than to pass on some thoughts (or maybe just some personal ramblings). There's a line in a song: '...you left me here, to remind me of you' and that to me is a comfort, as long as I am here, so will she, and hopefully I can display those wonderful qualities she taught me by the way she was and the way she still is within me." We don't have to be sad, angry or alone when we remember those who have left us ~ I'm not ~ I miss her and speak to her most days and listen.

Sometimes goals and resolutions are empty and disembodied from our spirit and soul. No wonder they fail! Often they are not authentic; they are not true to who we are. If a goal is not something you fundamentally want, if it is not a decision made by your authentic self, you will be fighting yourself every step of the way; perhaps not consciously, but certainly on the levels of your deeper and higher self!

The following is a synopsis of the first two sessions I recently spent with a remarkable human being. I will call her "Kay." Kay is 64 years old and spent much of her life in the great Canadian froze North. Alone in a log cabin, she birthed two daughters. Her husband's job necessitated that he ...

Meditation: Connecting Above Pain Meditation is a time-honoured relaxation technique that has been used successfully in Eastern cultures for centuries to alleviate stress and focus the mind. This technique has recently gained popularity in Australia, England and the United States as millions of people discover both the physical and mental health benefits of meditation, while realizing that it’s not as difficult as it sounds. In trauma applications, meditation can help you rebuild the energy your negative emotions zap and learn to cope with the difficulties associated with trauma.

“All of us are born with a set of instinctive fears- of falling, of the dark, of lobsters, of falling on lobsters in the dark or speaking before the Rotary Club, and of the words “Some Assembly Required.” n- Dave Barry Where all else fails to stop us from achieving what we want from life, fear ...

I used to define success only in the context of career – how far up the corporate ladder I could climb and how much money or bonus I could earn. I think years of business and life experience have taught me to take a much broader perspective on success. To be truly successful is to have balance in your life. So often we are focused on one area of our life at the expense of another.

One of the key skills taught as part of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the use of rapport. You know when you click with someone, you’re in rapport. You’re both listening and communicating in an honest, straightforward way. Rapport leads to trust.

Ever wonder why goals seem so impossible to reach at times? Last month I travelled to Peru to hike the Inca Trail and visit Machu Picchu. It has been a personal goal of mine for some time to visit the ruins, hike the trail and to fully experience the country and its people.

NLP was discovered and developed by Richard Bandler, a psychologist, and John Grinder, a linguist. What the NLP is saying is that successful and effective people are actually 'programmed' to be successful and effective. The goal of applying the NLP is to apply the structure, to simulate, and to model the "formula" of these highly effective, successful, and excellent people. When the NLP was just being initially developed, observations of how these successful people communicate were made.

Hi Mark here NLP Business Coach in this post I want to discuss how helping other people get what they want, helps you get what you want. As we grow older and wiser you may or may not notice that there is much more to life than just ourselves. For some this aha moment comes at a very young age, for others it takes a little longer, if not ever at all. Whether you are a Small Business Owner, Working on becoming a small business owner, entrepreneur, employee or on Government help there is one thing that will set you apart from everyone else… ”Your willingness to give unconditionally”

Here you are in the interview you have been dreaming about. Now what? Will you nail the interview by making a great impression mastering artful responses to behavioral questions being asked? Or will this be another unsuccessful attempt at getting to your dream job. The following S.O.A.R. Answer Model is helpful for preparing for interview questions as well as keeping you focused in the interview while answering questions, especially behavioral questions.

Mark Shepard, NLP Courage Coach. "The Sales Course" seminars and cd programs teach shy professionals how to overcome their inner resistance and limiting beliefs about sales (and themselves) as well as how to master exte al influence and persuasion with integrity.