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If you think that the foods you eat and how you feel have nothing to do with each other, it’s time to open your mind, and close your mouth, to certain foods, that is.
I remember my recent visit to Spain, where, for the umpteenth time I heard my own mother complain about how crappy she is ... Views: 2187
There have been many recent studies into what happiness means and how to go about consciously creating it. We are regularly told of the “age of austerity” with the implication we are all going to share, not only austerity but a degree of unhappiness as a result. If we buy into this we will. Many ... Views: 1926
Learn this quick exercise, and when your mood falls down, pick it up fast. This whimsical yet spiritual exercise really works! Whatever problems you have on your mind be they personal or world problems: they can be more easily solved when you are in a better mood.
The HappyU Exercise
Get ... Views: 2038
Certainty is an Inner Game and You Can Win It!
Why do you need to master inner certainty?
Here's a few reasons:
There's a lot of stuff going on in the world that's enough to freak you out. You're accustomed to looking around at the things you trust to be solid and stable to give you ... Views: 1910
This article discusses the foreground background switch of neuro linguistic programming nlp. The foreground background switch is a variation of the classical swish pattern of nlp.
Suppose you have client who has a problem. Say they have trouble dealing with a co-worker. Get the client to think ... Views: 2693
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 concerns and to know ... Views: 18239
Have you ever noticed that some people do what is expected while others seem compelled to bend all the rules? And this is true, not only for people, but for whole cultures as well. What does the following riddle tell you about Canadian culture?
Joke Alert!
How do you get 25 Canadians to ... Views: 1565
Have you ever wanted to change a habit yet just seemed unable to break the pattern. Well just about everyone has so you're not alone nor are you simply too weak willed.
There are innumerable reasons why changing a habit can seem so difficult. Stress response, anchored situations and stimulus ... Views: 2690
If you are trying to quit smoking cigarettes, you know how challenging it is to crush this harmful habit. However, it is possible, and half of all adult smokers are able to succeed in quitting smoking forever. Many smokers succeed in quitting smoking cigarettes by replacing them with new, ... Views: 3004
Ever wondered how your brain works? While we don’t know everything about it, what we do know is this:
The human brain weighs about 7 lbs and is about the size of a small head of cauliflower. It is a knot of 100 billion neurons and support cells. We can store a lifetime of memories there. We ... Views: 3263
Today I find myself collecting spiders to use with a client with a phobia. I’d usually spend most of the time either ignoring them, killing them or sweeping them off my walls… but today I am actually actively looking for them. Who would have thought! I used to fear them myself once, but now, I ... Views: 3151
NLP or Neuro Linguistic Programming that magic word what does it conjure up?
For many NLP practitioners its technology for the 21st Century, called "The study of human excellence", but is it really all its cracked up to be?.
We have buzz words; modeling, anchoring, sub modalities, maps but ... Views: 2822
How NLP and Hypnosis can help Manage Stress
by Matthew Ferguson
Modern life equals Modern stress, is there any way-out of here!
Well, the answer lies in understanding how to handle stress because it cannot be avoided.
The stress response is a natural and healthy response to perceived ... Views: 2378
Just before I took my training in NLP I had a one of those brains that constantly switched a positive assertion into a unfavorable one. My childhood years full of sarcastic and harsh critical remarks had led me to think that to be cynical was to be wise. This mind-set towards myself and others ... Views: 1411
Recently, I gave a presentation on NLP and Motivation, so I’d like to share one of the processes I designed and included there.
Now, motivation is not a new concept in the field of personal development, nor in NLP. In fact, one of the ‘metaprograms’ we present in our NLP ... Views: 2683
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
Since the introduction of the Time Line Therapy® in 1988 in the book Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality, there has been, not only excitement about the techniques
themselves, but also major interest by the psychotherapeutic community and a rather rapid ... Views: 1302
I have worked with a number of depressed clients, even Clinically Depressed,and on Prozac for 20 years, and we have had great success with Time Line Therapy for this. Depression is different from most other things we work with in NLP in that it is a "Clinical" issue. So..... First of all, it is ... Views: 3620
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) began as a model of how we communicate to ourselves and others which was developed by Richard Bandler and John Grinder. This model explains how we process the information that comes into us from the outside. The belief is that "The map is not the territory." ... Views: 1104
Neuro-Linguistic Programming is the study of communication and the mind in others. It allows you to see why people who are successful are that way, and NLP training allows you to become a trained professional in these skills and this will allow you to help others become successful also. ... Views: 2123
Do you fear public speaking, or work situations such as giving a presentation or negotiating a raise, or even simply approaching an attractive member of the opposite sex? Do you have an overall lack of confidence? This article is for you! Here comes an incredibly easy “mind game” with powerful ... Views: 2646
Accelerated Learning tools and techniques are common on the internet and there are two other parts that need discussing to make accelerated learning really useful. These are maintaining emotional state control and dealing with limiting beliefs. The tools and techniques are only really useful if ... Views: 1373
Achieving Your Goals Means Being Present in Your Current Reality
The only reason you have not achieved your goals in the past is because somewhere along the way you lost your focus on them. Make this the year of your power and fulfillment where your heart opens, you contribute more, and you walk ... Views: 1300
How To Change or Improve Something In Your Life – Now – With The Amazing ‘NLP’ Method!
Anthony Robbins – Worlds #1 success coach and best-selling author confidently calls NLP – ‘an incredibly powerful tool’!
Modern Psychology – ... Views: 1687
There was some sunshine this weekend while I was writing this! At least here on the sunny south coast of England there was. I went out walking along the sea front with my partner Sara on Saturday morning and it was wonderful; the feeling of sunshine on my face, the smell of the air, the sites of ... Views: 1696
“Speak well to yourself because your deep mind is always listening”
I remember one evening at a boot camp session, when a fellow boot camper working out right beside me managed to slightly vex me, to put it nicely... her self-talk, which she let out for everyone to “enjoy” went on something ... Views: 4278
Your mindset determines how you see the world. It determines your perception of the world, and this perception is like a filter. The great thing about filters is that they can be adjusted. Take a water filter. Maybe it is set to filter out only chlorine, but it also lets all the other yucky ... Views: 1239
In light of current biological research, it seems that the phrase "madly in love" is not merely a metaphor. There is ample evidence to suggest that falling in love is physiologically similar to mental illness. Disorders like OCD are associated with an imbalance of serotonin, and when studied, ... Views: 9264
The idea of hypnosis conjures a variety of reactions from most people, but it’s rare to find someone with no opinion at all regarding the validity of “being hypnotized”. The strength of opinions generally fill a range from believers who have had first hand experience (or know someone who has), ... Views: 1596
How would you like to find out how your brain is wired so you can change it to suit you and help you accomplish your goals? That’s what submodalities can do for you. They are an amazing and powerful part of how you organize your experience of life. We don’t often notice it, but when we think ... Views: 2158
Have you been trying to make big (or small) changes in your life for a while now, and they're either just not sticking or you’re becoming overwhelmed and quitting? If you need support in blowing past old beliefs, challenges, patterns, habits or if you’re in a big transition in your life right ... Views: 1717
In the field of personal development I find that some people like to collaborate and share ideas and learn from each other, which to me, is personal and profession development and growth. This got me thinking about collaboration, which got me thinking about collaborating with others who have ... Views: 1916
1. Listen to other people. The most successful people let others talk more than they do.
Use questions to expand the conversation beyond small talk.
Ask probing questions to elicit a person’s dreams and passions.
Uncover ways that you can contribute to others and take action immediately.
2. ... Views: 2876
The other day after watching an incredible gymnastic display I heard someone say ‘I wish I could do that – it must be great to be born so talented!’.
I remember myself that when I was younger, I used to marvel at incredible performance and presumed it was due to ‘talent’ that people were born ... Views: 1818
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 ... Views: 1634
Demystifying Neuro Linguistic Programming
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is well established as a powerful method to develop your potential and enhance performance. It can help you create order from chaos and encourages resourceful ways of thinking while expanding awareness of ... Views: 1299
How many times have you been hypnotized, today?
Well - much more often than you think! "I would like you to concentrate on any fixed point in this room you like, and while you do it you may realize your eyelids are starting to close..."
That is what the majority of people will picture in their ... Views: 1277
Have you ever said or felt that one of the following statements is true about you?
“How come I can’t lose weight” (control my temper/get up on time/or whatever).
“What’s wrong with me? I know I shouldn’t do that.”
“I must be sabotaging ... Views: 1629
Why is it that some people achieve seemingly impossible things while others shy away at the smallest challenge? Why is it that only a tiny percentage of the world population go on to accomplish some extraordinary things in their lifetime, while the rest simply tick along from birth to ... Views: 4727
You have the power to run your own thoughts and to decide to
increase the level of your self-esteem. Here is a new
approach on self-esteem using the kind of states and emotions you
experience every day: acceptation, appreciation and esteem. You
will use these feelings or states of mind to ... Views: 1053
Being grateful by definition is being appreciative or thankful
I wonder how many times we actually consider what we are grateful for?
Maybe if we all did this more often we would realise what we have.
From the air that we breathe and the fine body we have to breathe
to everything else we can ... Views: 1577
Spontaneous remission, also known as spontaneous healing and spontaneous regression is a phenomenon that occurs when a disease unexpectedly improves or disappears altogether.
This occurrence usually leaves doctors at a loss, unable to explain why for example, a cancerous tumour regresses and ... Views: 1918
Most of us have limiting beliefs that are sabotaging us from being empowered or ever achieving our goals. I want to teach you how and why these unnatural, restrictive beliefs are created.
The recipe is a result of three functions of the brain, each of which is positive by itself. But when you ... Views: 1600
I have had the privilege of learning to look outside the box. I would like to share this amazing tool that I have learnt which can and will change your life forever. Over the last 5 years my life changed dramatically. If you think about your current lives, most of you will notice a routine of ... Views: 2335
A SURVIVOR'S STORY
When Joe came into my office last February, he was very distraught. He had already failed the Bar once and his confidence was at an all time low. Each time he took a practice test, he would just freeze up. Joe had all of the classic symptoms of test anxiety. Since there were ... Views: 3328
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.
Imagination builds cities. ... Views: 7871
Athletes do it, business men do it and sportsmen wouldn't be without it. I am of course talking about using the power of your mind to help you improve your health and wellbeing.
Of course, there are many mind skills techniques available to help you enhance healing and create change but the ... Views: 1915
In one of Edgar Alan Poe's short stories, a stolen letter was hidden out in the open on the desk of one of the characters. Because it was in an envelope from another writer, the searchers looked at it, but never thought to check inside the envelope. In a similar way, it is possible to hide ... Views: 8859
NLP has been under attack over the last few years. Without very much research in the scientific arena, I've found few people believing it to be credible. In fact, it's SO incredible, I decided to learn it.
Over the last 14 years, my investigations have paid off with a new kind of philosophy of ... Views: 3369
The news is bad. Few are the days when any positive announcements are made. Job losses are announced by the thousands in many countries. Even if you turn the news off, the negativity still confronts you from everywhere. Many people are walking around with high levels of fear, anxiety and panic. ... Views: 1310
Are you Macho? Not sure? Take the Macho Factor Quiz!
One of the most irritating aspects of day-to-day communication is trying to convince someone who takes a Macho attitude. Close colleagues are often dismayed to find that while amongst ourselves we can build on and critique each other's ... Views: 1510