Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Articles

Neuro-Linguistic Programming™ (NLP™) is defined as the study of the structure of subjective experience and what can be calculated from that and is predicated upon the belief that all behaviour has structure. People such as Virginia Satir, Milton Erickson and Fritz Perls had amazing results with their clients. They were some of the people who's linguistic and behavioural patterns Richard Bandler built formal models of. He then applied these mo

Emile Coué, the French psychotherapist once said: "When theimagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, itis always the imagination which wins, without any exception."Then you can program yourself for success by understanding thepower of imagination. nnImagination builds cities. Imagination makes dreams come true.Imagination will drive a lot of people to success, and you are apart of it.nnWe know that imagination and rationalization don't go each otherso wel

Have you ever: * Been tongue tied at the thought of approaching an attractive person and introducing yourself? * Felt awkward and out of place at business or social gatherings? * Hesitated to raise your hand in class or pick up the phone to make a sales call? * Had an idea that you hesitated to share with your boss or colleagues.You might think you’re shy. Before we go any farther. Stop! Think for a moment about the cost of this shyness crap in your life. Seriously.

First, a note (pardon the pun:) about music. Music affects both the mind and the body. It affects our brain waves. When we’re relaxed, our brainwaves are slower. Music with around 60 beats per minute corresponds with the human heart at rest. Listening to some tranquil classical pieces is ...

Many people are going through tough times. I'd like to say to those people: whatever is happening now is only your current reality - the residue of past thoughts, feelings, actions, events... With the speed of an email or a phone call, things can turn around for you -tomorrow, in a week, in a ...

Why is negative language and negative self talk so disempowering?

“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”rn- Jim Rohn Perhaps you are one of those people who are thinking just now, “You can’t tell me to be happy. I don’t have to be happy if I don’t want to be. Isn’t this supposed to help me find my true self? What if I’m just not a happy person?” If you are one of those people, think about this: not being happy makes you happy. Aren’t you happy now? “Happy” is an extremely subjective emotion. What makes one person happy will not necessarily please someone else.

Abundance is a hot topic these days. In one form or another it has always been around, though the way it is articulated changes. Justifiably so, plenty, prosperity, and a life full of good things is something we all want. We all want to manifest abundance in our personal worlds. Abundance is as much an attitude as it is something objectively identifiable. It is a feeling, a sense, a comfortableness with who we are and what we have. Paradoxically the sense of abundance often precedes getting the things we want. Abundance eludes the desperate and dissatisfied.

Guided visualization is perhaps the most powerful form available. In this method, you act as the captain of your visionary ship, guiding yourself through the images you conceive as though they were actually happening. When using guided visualization, it is especially important to set your timer, as it is easy to become caught up in your visualized reality. To perform guided visualization, you need to do a bit of preparation beforehand.

“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.”rn- Ralph Waldo Emerson The way you treat other people is a reflection of your own attitude. You cannot expect to sustain a positive attitude by acting negatively toward others. Even if your positive mood is not returned, you must strive to retain a sense of dignity and enthusiasm.

I got a very thoughtful comment from one of my readers in response to my Brainwashing vs. Influence article that warranted a full post in reply. “Your article really hit a nerve, since my wife and i were talking about my parents recently. my dad retired 6 years ago, and my mom retired last august. and now they sit around the house, watch way too much Fox news, and complain about the world. It’s sad. We used to get together and have a lot more fun. Now… it’s different.

Who can be hypnotised? The vast majority of people CAN be hypnotised. And, in my opinion, the most important element is willingness. People love to say that they can’t be hypnotised but really, it’s a case of won’t rather than can’t. The client needs to be willing to use hypnosis. During the initial free phone or Skype consultatio I do with prospective clients, I check for the following things: rn~ whether they expect it will work.

As we grow up we, well most of us, seem to turn into adults with adult outlooks. What I mean by this is that we tend to put up with what we have and settle for something less than we could have ~ if only we dared to dream. What stops us, or someone you know well from stepping through our self imposed boundaries and finding they might disappear as if by magic?

Our senses are our connection to the world. They are the sum and substance of all individual and shared experience. They are necessary to our survival and effectiveness. They are also tools to be utilized to enhance our appreciation of all that surrounds us! One of the necessary steps to abundance is appreciation (see my previous article http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/4_practices_necessary_to_achieve_abundance_in_your_life.html). Part of how we appreciate our experience is by paying attention to our sensory experience.

Adjust the questions you ask yourself so they HELP YOU rather tha HINDER YOU We have an internal voice. And in that internal voice, we ask ourselves questions as well as make statements. Let’s take a simple example of a question we might ask ourselves in our internal voice: Why can’t I…? What can you assume from this question? There’s something for you to do and you cannot do it.r

I believe that most people know more than they acknowledge or utilize effectively in living their lives. This latent wisdom has been alluded to, partially, by various notions including “trust your gut” and “pay attention to your intuition.” It also appears in those moments when you just automatically respond to a situation successfully and later wonder, “How did I do that?” The fact is we often hide our latent wisdom from ourselves. We do not use the resources, skills, talents, and good judgment that we have learned in living our lives. We ignore our latent wisdom.

Once upon a time, there were two squirrels scurrying around in front of a farmhouse. One was on top of a mound of snow and other was below in some tractor tracks. One called down to the other, ‘Why don’t you come up here? There’s more food and you can meet lots of other squirrels!” From below ...

The origins of Social Anxiety, shyness and fear have often been the subject of debate. Where does it really come from? A person’s genetic make-up, bad parenting, a chemical imbalance or learning and experiencing. If you have done any research on the subject you will find that among experts there is a general consensus that the cause is multi factorial and most if not all of these elements play a part at some stage. Being from an NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and change psychology background it’s my opinion that the vast majority of the problem comes from learning and experience.

NLP is a self-help approach that assists patients in understanding the way we think and feel. It is said that NLP can be a helpful fibromyalgia treatment by helping the sufferer find freedom from underlying emotional issues that contribute to chronic pain and other symptoms. NLP stands from Neuro-Linguistic Programming. "Neuro" refers to how the brain works. "Linguistic" is defined as how language interacts with brain. The word "Programming" describes how we use this interaction to get the results we want.

I was reading an interesting book on the subject of the Law of Attraction. How we attract what we get by the way we feel. If we feel lack, we attract more lack (I know that's not a good way of putting it but you understand what I mean) and if we feel abundant in anything we attract more of that, ...

Do you ever have a great idea you want to express at a meeting but find yourself posing it as a question? Example: “What do you think about doing x,y,z…?” “Have any of you thought of doing x,y,z…?” This can seem like a good way of putting forward an idea without seeming overbearing or pushy, ...

Everything we do is goal directed, whether we are pursuing success, accomplishment, satisfaction, service, love, acceptance, or simply comfort and the absence of pain. Goals are always with us, whether consciously acknowledged or not. We seek them, achieve them, fail at them, savor victory, suffer disappointment, or retool to pursue a new choice. We each have a relationship with, or a way of relating to, our goals. Indeed our relationship to any particular goal we have may be different at different times.

Many books have been written on the subject of boundaries. Is it possible to be an I and still be a We? Where do I end and my partner begin? Many of us have been pondering this notion. How do I get close without getting lost while in a committed relationship? Many believe that the lack of knowledge of where one begins and ends in relation to where another person begins and ends is called co-dependency and is a negative thing to be avoided at all costs. I have noticed that all working relationships have some degree of haze surrounding the boundaries of the persons within it, i.e.

Rapport is the foundation for any meaningful interaction between two or more people - rapport is about establishing an environment of trust and understanding, to respect and honor the other person’s world. Which gives a person the freedom to fully express their ideas and conce s and to know ...

We must be careful and diligent in choosing our friends. The most important factor is trustworthiness, and when you find your trust was misplaced, the consequences can range from disappointment to disaster and can be heart-breaking. Awhile back a long-time friend revealed a hidden hostility and envy of my success. It saddened me, but I did not miss the learnings, so I am thankful for the experience. As always, my intuition had warned me several times, but I failed to listen to it. My intuition has never failed me, but I have failed it.

When I was a teenager one of my idols was Bruce Lee. I actually knew nothing about the guy other than the fact he could break wooden doors with his bare fists and defeat a large group of weapon bearing ninjas single handed. As a teenage kid this was more than enough to trigger a deep fascination that left me keen to emulate him in some way. After much persuasio I managed to talk my parents into taking me to karate lessons...

Your parents, environment, friends and other influences have shaped your life. Habits have been created, programs have been setup and behaviors have been learned. In the first 10 to 12 years of your life, you have learned 80% of the habits you have now. De-programming negative behaviors and ...

20 Ways to Increase Your Confidence 20 quick and practical methods to increase your confidence, here we go: 1. Think about someone who is confident and act, talk and walk like him or her. Model their mannerisms and behaviour. It works for them; it will work for you. 2. Smile a lot more. ...

How do you go about removing negative anchors? What this means is that you have a negative association with something that’s good for you, or something that is somehow beneficial to you doing it. Or like a really bad tasting medicine. It’s good for you since you need it to get better. However, it tastes REALLY bad. How do you get past that negative anchor of bad taste associated with something that will help you? Here is a step by step guide to getting rid of those negative associations, so that you can start moving on to a more enjoyable life experience!

NLP studied effective learners and effective teachers. From there, strategies have been developed and taught to people around the world to retain more information in a short period of time, from a book or a training manual. Follow the 9 steps below next time to read a book to retain more ...

Rapport is the capability to create the trust by understanding & respecting someone’s world of reality, and this can make you to have a strong common bond in order to take a lead in any conversation or persuasion to the direction that you want. A successful communication is largely depend techniques involve to achieve the desire outcome. Fail in communication normally due to ineffective way of interaction, or inflexibility in dealing with someone else. But this can be recove

Music can provide inspiration, relaxation and passion. Some people use music to set a mood. While others will have their favorite symphony playing while they study for exams. And let’s not forget dancing to your favorite song as a form of exercise or meditation! Yes music does inspire and provoke us to be who we are to the fullest of our abilities. I imagine that music plays many roles in your life as it does in mine. It allows others to have a sense of who we are and what we believe. Consider the ways that music has influenced your life.

Can you remember a time when you met someone for the first time and it just seems to click? An instant bond between the two of you, an instant ‘like-ability’ or trust. You can literally FEEL, that connection! That connection is called Rapport! It is the basis and foundation for every ...

Are you stuck in your life? Not moving forward? Perhaps it's time to take an honest look at what you have been doing to move forward in your life.

This article is about how you can learn NLP Accelerated Learning Techniques by applying those techniques to learning to play guitar.nnPlaying a guitar requires the application of knowledge and skills in a real time environment. As such it is a great situation to develop NLP and Accelerated Learning skills.nnTo play the guitar you need to be able to put your fingers in the right places at the right time. But before you have got to that point you need to be able to translate th

Adult food phobias are exactly that - adults who are either terrified of eating certain types of food or who are fussy and picky around food. This prevents a balanced diet and therefore has enormous future health implications.

Coaches, mentors! I have a great tool for you. This tool will help your clients eliminate a limiting belief in 10 minutes or less. I promise you that. But you need to do something special. You need to go to the nature. Take your car, bring your client and tell him that he’s going to have a ...

Rapport is the basis and foundation for every meaningful interaction between two or more people. Rapport is about establishing an environment of trust and understanding, to respect and honor the other person's world. This allows the person the freedom to fully express their ideas and feelings and know they'll be respected and appreciated by you.

In this article I will explain to you how to build rapid rapport. What do I mean by rapid? I mean you will be able to create rapport in minutes not in days or even weeks as it is in normal cases. What is rapport? Rapport is a connection between two people. If you know someone, with time you develop a friendship, in other words a positive rapport. When you have a good rapport with someone, you are much more likely to agree with him and make him favors. You want to maintain you

In my last article I introduced Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as a great tool to use for changing subconscious programming. In this article, I’ll introduce you to Neuro Linguistic Programming (or NLP) and give you an NLP technique you can use yourself to change an unwanted or unproductive program or eliminate an unwanted habit.nnNLP was developed in the early 1970’s by Richard Bandler and John Grinder. “Neuro” refers to the way information is processed by the mind

There's a significant portion of our population who seem to thrill on passing off sarcasm as humor when in fact it's just veiled hostility. Few people are really fooled by this tactic for any length of time. But most of us are nice enough to brush it off and move on with our day. Sarcasm once in a while isn't necessarily hostility. However, if you find yourself popping off sarcastic comments several times a day or you find that you're often the only one laughing at your sarcastic humor this article is for you. Signs You May Have Hostile Tendencies

Thought viruses are statements, ideas or comments, beliefs or beliefs about beliefs (also called values). There are two parts that you need to know about “thought viruses” the first of which is, that these beliefs come in many forms but mostly from people in positions of “authority”. The other part that you need to know is that these “thought viruses” can be on any logical level that your brain processes information. The logical levels of the brain for informational and stra

Now you may have just read that title and been all like “What? Seven Logical Levels of Thought Processing? What the hell does that even mean?” And I’m glad you asked (If you did), because obviously that is what this post is for! haha. So I will start by defining what exactly having “Seven Logical Levels of Thought Processing” even means for all of you out there who are giving me a big “what the??” when you read that, and have perhaps just opened this out of pure

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 ...

NLP Modelling is all about finding a model of excellence and then discovering how you can replicate that in yourself and others.nnMost modelling is about taking a small slice of behaviour and being to replicate it, for example one element of a sales pitch…closing for example. This has a lot of value and another part of modelling is about the beliefs, values and attitudes that drive a person to perform the overall task. If I stick with the sales example it would be what driv

NLP is the acronym for Neuro Linguistic Programming. The study of excellence in communication (with yourself and others) in order to create the results you want! NLP started in Califo ia in the early 1970's at the University of Santa Cruz. The founders were Richard Bandler, a master's level student of information sciences and mathematics and Dr. John Grinder, a professor of linguistics. Their focus was to study people they considered excellent communicators and agents of change. They identified four pillars of NLP.

I've really been having some doubts about whether I should write this because I wanted to talk about “mind control”. nnWhat made me decide to write this is that the information I'll tell you about is already out there. I want to add some spin on it that you can use to power up your persuasion skills and help people in the process. nnThis all started in a discussion group and a thread about cults, mind control and underlying question “How can people be so stupid to fall

Human beings are meaning makers. We love to attribute meaning and label everything that we see, touch, taste, feel, or smell. This is useful, could you imagine how tedious it would be to navigate the world if we had to relea how to open a door every time we approached one? No, instead we learn how to use a door once and then generalize that the rest of the doors we approach will operate in the same way. This is the process of how we learn. And this is also how we limit ourselves.


The true power of hypnotic suggestion lies in the language you use to create an altered consciousness and develop suggestion within your subjects. Conversational Hypnosis is a powerful tool of persuasion with the ability to influence and suggest desired outcomes, and the development of a fluid pattern of conversation and suggestion is an essential element to its success. Human consciousness has a natural conflict between its ability to imagine and believe and the critical

Why drilling down to a behavior's true purpose changes everything One of the most powerful NLP presuppositions is that every behavior has a positive intention. This does not imply that everything that a person does is 100 % positive - that would be utter denial of the truth - this presupposition simply means that all human actions and behaviors should be assumed to have a positive intention embedded deep down somewhere. It's pretty much like having a pet cat; and every time the cat leaves a dead rat on your kitchen floor, you probably don't start lashing out at the poor animal.