| Neuro Linguistic Programming - NLP - Strategies and tools for rapid mental and behavioral change that serve your goals.
Reality is personal; everything is experienced through a sort of filter system that our genetics and experiences form over time. Everything we experience is really an interpretation of sensory inputs; the signals bombard us through our eyes, skin, ears, nose and mouth, and millions of sensory neurons in our gut, lungs, muscles and joints. We make sense out of it as we can, and call it reality. But the interpretation is something we can change at will, if we know how. The first tenant of NLP is - "The Map is not the Territory", meaning that our internal representation of reality is by definition partial and incomplete - and can either help or hinder us depending on how well it facilitates our walk through life.
We don't get a user's manual for the brain, we just assume that we are using it correctly as we grow up. As we mature, we become aware that some people seem to be running their brains better than others. We develop strategies or behaviors for responding to the world around us. And we get locked into behaviors that sometimes are not serving us well at all.
Do you have ways of dealing with the world that you would change if you could? Would you like to be excited about activities you now avoid, or motivated to change patterns of behavior that no longer serve your greater good?
NLP began as a study of successful strategies for psychotherapy, and focussed on three very effective therapist who could bring about rapid change and healing in patients, but seemingly had no idea of how they accomplished that outcome. In studying the methods of these therapist, Richard Bandler and John Grinder began to see common language patterns used by them to get inside their patient cognitive processes and make change for the better. That led to exploring the nature of cognitive or thought processes to answer the question - what is the nature of thought, both conscious and unconscious?
They rapidly came to understand that thought is a construct of our sensory inputs and that language is a primary component of our experience. The words we use internally to represent a situation or circumstance elicit our behavior in that event. In fact, words are abstract symbols we use to represent very large patterns of images, sounds, sensations - both touch and internal, smells and tastes and the gut feelings that make up much of what we experience as emotions. An example of that would be to imagine that you are swimming in the warm Australian waters over a beautiful reef, and you hear the word "Shark!". By now you have already undergone a cascade of images, sounds and emotions just from reading this line - you may be nearly unaware of it or you may have felt a huge shudder of dread, depending on your experience. The point is that it was completely internal - you were not there in reality - yet a single word elicited a vast pattern of internal experience and perhaps strong emotion.
As they shared this understanding of language and thought with others of similar interests, methods of therapy began unfolding rapidly. NLP began expanding in many directions, but all related to the concrete understanding of how the brain catalogs and interprets our sensory experience. Many Psychiatrist and Psychologists became practitioners of these developing therapeutic strategies and certification programs developed to train practitioners. The NLP community produced a vast catalog of rapid phobia cures, mental/visual patterns to effect rapid emotional change, word/language patterns to 'reframe' an experience to make it less powerful, strategies to create rapport with others very quickly and ever so much more. There are even techniques for change based on 'timelines' - the methods we humans use to distinguish events of the past from those of the present or imagined events in the future.
The purpose of this category is to present the tools available to change our thinking, our feelings and our attitudes for the better. This tool, Neuro-linguistic Programming or NLP is a powerful collection of tools to rapidly and permanently change the way our brain works, if we want such a change. If you have ever wished that with a wave of your hand you could change your experience to better serve you, you should embark on the NLP journey - it will change your life, without hardly trying.
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1. NLP Coaching Goal Setting for Success at New Year Resolutions
by Rintu Basu
This article is about the many different ways we can trip ourselves up in setting goals, particularly with New Year Resolutions and what you can do to change.
Many people evaluate their lives and set new patterns around the New Year. There are several ways that this can deliberately set you up to fail.
Often this is done because there is an expectation from others that you should ...more...
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2. NLP - 8 Techniques To Overcome The Beliefs That Limit Your Abili...
by Pradeep Aggarwal
By the time you read this NLP article completely, you will be amazed as there will not be any belief that would restrict your ability anymore. The NLP says that the beliefs that we hold give us both strength and empowerment. So, it becomes important to have the belief that can enhance your ability rather than restricting it.
NLP classifies the limiting beliefs into three categories as fo ...more...
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3. Hypnosis and NLP - 10 Steps To Release Your Past Trauma
by Pradeep Aggarwal
As you read this hypnosis and NLP article, you will capable enough to release your past trauma, which was disturbing you in present and also affecting your future.
I will tell you about one of my clients Mrs. Angelina Joseph who was a complete house-wife, a perfect mother and a compatible mate. But there was something that was disturbing her, she was a calm and confident person by nature ...more...
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4. PHILOSOPHY AND MENTAL HEALTH
by Karen Hastings
“I think therefore I am” – Renee Descartes (1640) It is a beautiful summers day and you are walking in the countryside. In a clearing to your right you see a cherry tree, the red fruit peeping from under the lush green foliage. You walk up to it. You touch it, feeling the rough bark under your fingertips. You can hear the breeze rustling the leaves, and smell the odour of th ...more...
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5. The Smokeless Habit And The Quickest Way To Break It
by Alan Densky
The addiction to smokeless tobacco is easily as dangerous as the addiction to smoking cigarettes. In fact, most experts think that it is even more insidious. It has been been glamourized by sports professionals. Many people who chew smokeless tobacco started as early as 9 years of age! And by the time that many of these kids turn eighteen, they are overcome by throat and mouth cancer, and many are ...more...
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6. NLP Science Fair Project Resource
by Madeline Binder
Whether or not you are looking for super Science Fair Projects or high School Science Fair Projects suggestions, possess a business on the internet, or are an instructor or father, you will love to discover a little about the subject in the field of biology Science Fair Project Ideas or NLP Science Fair Projects called Neuro Linguistic Programming or NLP "reframing." So many phenomenal good scienc ...more...
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7. NLP Jargon - What Is Uptime?
by Steve Bauer
I'm starting a new line of articles: NLP Jargon. These articles will help you figure out the myriad of terms used by NLP gurus in seminars and seminal books such as Frogs Into Princes. Our NLP term for today is uptime. You'll find the term "uptime" used mostly in books about therapy and training. "Uptime" simply means that all of your sensory channels are focused on external stimul ...more...
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8. Try the Mediterranean Diet and NLP and Eliminate Compulsions and...
by Alan Densky
If you dream of the body of a Greek god or goddess, you don't have to battle one-eyed monsters or hurl thunderbolts - simply eating like the ancient idols could help you get a physique that others will worship.
The Mediterranean way of eating, which is a diet that includes a great deal of fresh vegetables and fruits, whole grains, fish, olive oil and red wine, can help you attain the idea ...more...
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9. Breaking Your Cigarette Addiction With NLP
by Alan Densky
Breaking the smoking habit may be a necessity in our times, because smoking has been banned from eateries and other public places. In fact, it is the intelligent thing to do for more reasons than good health alone. This commentary explores the very best hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming methodologies that can be used to make it as painless as possible to break the addiction to tobacco and ...more...
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10. Modelling NLP for Business Success
by Rintu Basu
Business NLP, modelling, accelerated learning are all subjects that are banded about in some business circles. But exactly how can these things help to really create business success? This article explains some of the overall benefits of studying these subjects for business.
The key aim of NLP is to model the excellence of others. Generally when people are good at something they are not co ...more...
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11. NLP: 5 Steps to Reinforce Your Identity
by Emmanuel Segui
emmanuel@opportunitytogrow.com.
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Emmanuel Segui
http://www.opportunitytogrow.com NLP: 5 Steps to Reinforce Your Identity
Did you know that NLP has numerous tools to help you
increase your self-esteem and reinforce your identity? Some
people may not know who they are, some are aware they have
a potential of becoming more and some are already on the
path of ...more...
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12. Using Submodalities With NLP
by anup more
Today, let’s learn about neuro linguistic programming and the power of Submodalities. It has come to my attention through the numerous trainings that I have done that Submodalities are one of the most misunderstood areas of neuro linguistic programming. So let me explain what Submodalities are in the first place. Submodalities refer to the way our mind codes our experiences. So for instanc ...more...
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13. What's Out There? A Jungle or a Playground?
by Tony Papajohn
Want to change your state of mind from fearful to powerful in a flash?
Use a powerful metaphor.
We all communicate with metaphors.
We’ve all used expressions such as “life is a journey, time is money,” and “the world is your oyster.”
Choose a metaphor wisely and you empower your state of mind at lightening speed.
Make a less-than-empowering choice and you ex ...more...
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14. Build Your Self-Esteem With NLP & Hypnotherapy CD's
by Alan Densky
A social phobia is a fear of interacting with others on a social level. Examples would be talking in front of other people, waiting in line at the checkout imagining others are looking at you, or even fear of talking on the phone.
Self-confidence is a feeling, which allows individuals to have decisive, yet realistic views of themselves and their status. Self-confident people trust their ow ...more...
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15. Cognitive therapy and NLP approaches to combat depressive and an...
by Karen Hastings
Changing the way you think in order to improve the way you feel, forms the basis of cognitive approaches to mental-wellbeing. Cognitive therapies recognise that our thoughts can “colour” our experience of the outside world. Depressed people (i.e. people with depressed or depressing thoughts!) experience the world differently to others. They see colours less vividly, food can seem tasteless and un ...more...
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16. The Top 10 NLP Books I Recommend
by Steve Bauer
Recently, several readers of the blog have asked me to recommend books to learn NLP. Here is my shortlist and why you absolutely must read these books.
Frogs Into Princes: Neuro Linguistic Programming, by Richard Bandler and John Grinder This book, in my opinion, is the grand-daddy of NLP books. If you haven’t already read it or leafed through it, it’s a transcript from a live seminar Ric ...more...
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17. NLP and Hypnotherapy: The Link
by Karen Hastings
NLP and Hypnotherapy are very closely related and could be considered to come from the same ‘family’ of therapeutic approaches. In fact, if you are considering having hypnotherapy and are currently searching for a therapist, you will probably find that many hypnotherapists now-days, practice NLP to some level and conversely that most NLP practitioners who have completed certified training course ...more...
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18. Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Fitness?
by Ainsley Laing
dov_ainsley@bodyformind.com.
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Ainsley Laing
http://www.bodyformind.com Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Fitness?
Copyright (c) 2007 Ainsley Laing Last week, an old friend of mine (who I have known for
almost 30 years), was telling me about how he feels about
the current state of his life. He used the term "empty
contentment". "Empty contentment". Wow, ...more...
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19. NLP Influencing Strategies for Sales and Business
by Rintu Basu
NLP and Hypnosis have a lot of tools around covert language and persuasion skills. Real persuasion only happens when you stand back from the situation and take the strategic view. Hypnotic language tools are really useful, but only when they are used from a strategic perspective. For example, a manager from the NLP Scotland Business Group recently emaile ...more...
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20. Understanding Patterns In NLP: Associations and Distinctions
by Steve Bauer
In our last article, we examined how you make up a model of the world to guide your actions every day. In this article, we’ll go a bit deeper and begin to analyze some of the most basic patterns with which you weave your model of the world. Associations How are you able to recognize people at your workplace, or know the meanings of the lyrics a rock star is singing? What ena ...more...
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21. 5 NLP Skills You Must Constantly Work On
by Steve Bauer
Since you’re learning Neurolinguistic Programming, you’ll find it worthwhile to focus your efforts on the skills that will result in your greatest competence in the shortest amount of time. In this article I’ll list 5 NLP skills that you should constantly focus on developing.
So let’s look immediately at the first one:
1. The Number 1 NLP Skill
This one is listed in detail ...more...
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22. The Benefits of NLP Coaching
by Rintu Basu
A good NLP Coach will use a number of techniques on themselves and with their clients to get results fast. This article demonstrates the use of a great NLP coach and the techniques they use.
Perceptual Positions an NLP Technique
Perceptual positions is an NLP exercise geared to looking at a situation from multiple perspectives. Any given situation has several different perspective ...more...
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23. Finally Exposed! How to look Sexy and Stunning while indulging i...
by Margarethe de Clermont
by dr Margarethe de Clermont
Is it possible to absolutely adore food and still look gorgeous and sexy and feel healthy and vitally alive?
IT MOST CERTAINLY IS!
The description above would fit about 75% of the French female population. We adore food in all its rich diversity. We love discussing and preparing new and ancient recipes. We love giving ...more...
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24. HOW-TO DO MORE WITH RAPPORT
by Erik Luhrs
Ah, the good ole days. What happened to the days when you could open up your shop and be the only butcher, baker, repairman, etc in town?
The answer is “Progress.” Progress brought with it more things to do and make money at, but it also brought with a wave of non-stop competition.
In this new paradigm, uniqueness is no longer an option. Also, price, service and quality are barel ...more...
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25. The Power Of Your Model Of The World
by Steve Bauer
When was the last time you sat down and examined your model of the world, in an effort to make it work more effectively for you? Have you ever compared your model with others, to see if you could find modifications that would make yours: * guide you to more effective actions?
* allow you a more pleasant experience of life?
* give you more confidence in dealing wit ...more...
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26. NLP Has 4 Areas Of Key Activities
by Steve Bauer
To make sense out of the mish-mash of NLP-related material you will go through, you’ll find it useful to categorize the areas of activities tied to NLP.
This article will be very short and to the point but nevertheless one of the most important I will post. The distinctions you learn in this one will allow you to map out your areas of learning in NLP.
With that said, let’s get to o ...more...
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27. How to Apply Illuminati Control In Everyday Life
by JK Ellis
Whether the Illuminati exists or not is not something that will be argued in this article. Instead let's take all that is rumored about The Illuminati and extrapolate rules that anyone can learn and apply into their lives to gain more and more control.
What follows are the sutras of power used by the Illuminati.
1) Real Control is from a higher level. True power has an effect ...more...
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28. NLP for Dummies and NLP Modelling
by Rintu Basu
NLP is a methodology that was created to model the excellence of others. The basic idea was to be able to replicate the skills and abilities of experts.
Most of the time modelling is all about taking a small slice of ability and working out how an expert does it. For example how a good sales professional opens the conversation, how they handle objections or close deals. This a ...more...
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29. Unlock Your Creative Inspiration
by Colin G Smith
"Unlock Your Creative Inspiration"
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You know the human mind, your mind, is truly awesome. Everything we see around us, incredible architecture, paintings, wondrous machines and the amazing musical masterpieces of the ages all started in someone's imagination!
We all posse ...more...
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30. Treatment for Generalised Anxiety Disorder
by Karen Hastings
One of the most common reasons that clients seek treatment at my NLP and CBT practice Hertfordshire is for anxiety and panic related problems, such as generalised anxiety disorder, panic attacks and agoraphobia. Often, panic attacks are associated with other conditions such as generalised anxiety, phobia or depression. In this case, the appropriate course of action is to address these underlying ...more...
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31. How to "Hack" Your Brain
by Paul Keetch
I’m a huge proponent of coaching and mentoring as a means to living the life you want.
A coach is someone who can help you identify your specific goals in any area of life and then work with you on an action plan to make it happen. A coach holds you to be accountable for your commitments and can provide the wisdom of an outside perspective when we stumble or are challenged by our own inter ...more...
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32. State Management - The Foundation of Happiness
by Christoph Schertler
Have you ever paid attention to the state you are in at any particular time during your day? Are there moments when you become particularly aware of yourself? Why don’t you check in with yourself right now and notice the state you are in? How does your body feel right now (calm, tired, energetic, excited, tense, etc.)? What occupies your thoughts (people, tasks, future, past, etc.)? Do you fe ...more...
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33. Is Dis-ease really a mistake.... An introduction to META-Medicin...
by Robert Waghmare
Is Dis-ease Really a Mistake? An Introduction to META-Medicine
Do you ever wonder what starts a disease? Have you ever experienced a painful, uncomfortable, worrying or even embarrassing symptom, and wondered ‘Why me? Why now?’, especially if it occurred at a moment when your life seemed to be getting better! Have you ever noticed a relationship between an illness and what’s going on in ot ...more...
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34. NLP - 5 Techniques To Gain A Superpower Memory For A Super Fast ...
by Pradeep Aggarwal
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Pradeep Aggarwal is a world renowned hypnosis guru offers 15 part ecourse on Learn and Master How to Hypnotize yourself and others at www.hypnosisglobal.com/ecourse ">Revealing you the NLP secrets that can help you raise your memory status for the best outcome in ...more...
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35. The 5 NLP Representational Systems: How You Build Your Model Of ...
by Steve Bauer
In previous articles you’ve been learning that you make sense of events in your surroundings through your model of the world. In other words, you create maps that help you navigate through your day-to-day situations. A map is a representation of certain elements of a territory. Different types of maps exist. There are street maps, topographical maps, thermal maps, and so on. A piece of ter ...more...
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36. Content vs Process in NLP
by Steve Bauer
As you progress in learning and mastering NLP, you’ll come across the content-process distinction in a number of books and seminars. This distinction is one of the lynchpins of NLP and “experts” are constantly debating where the boundary falls between content and process. How can we understand what they are talking about? What is content? What is process? Let’s use a metaphor to start unde ...more...
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37. The NLP communication model- a good starting point for therapy
by Karen Hastings
NLP is an art and a science. It is based on the idea that the sensory information around us is translated into thoughts and ideas, which affect our state, physiology and behaviour and therefore our results. Our words also affect our experience and the experience of others. NLP teaches us how to use communication more effectively. NLP also tells us that we code or represent information to ourselves ...more...
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38. Questioning Skills and NLP Training
by Rintu Basu
Questioning Skills and NLP Training
Have you ever noticed that I begin a lot of my articles with questions?
Asking the right questions can make a huge difference to your quality of life, ask the wrong ones and they could be disastrous.
Questions also draw people in and if used in the right away leave people hanging desperate to know more (an old but e ...more...
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39. NLP and Self Hypnosis to Beat the Winter Blues
by Rintu Basu
This article is about some of the down sides to the winter months and how using a few mental tools you can not only survive but thrive through the dark, cold winter months.
Research shows that there is a general increase in stress levels amongst the western population on the run up to the end of the year and through the first couple of months into the next. This time of year is also associ ...more...
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40. NLP - 5 ways that you can apply today to get the Desired Out Com...
by Pradeep Aggarwal
After reading this simple yet powerful NLP article, you will know how you can set the tasks in such a way so that you get the desired outcomes from very task that you undertake.
The human mind is like a creature that wonders from one place to another. And the most difficult task is finding the right way and direction in life, which is certainly not as easy as many people think. NLP tells ...more...
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41. NLP - 5 ways that you can apply today to get the Desired Out Com...
by Pradeep Aggarwal
After reading this simple yet powerful NLP article, you will know how you can set the tasks in such a way so that you get the desired outcomes from very task that you undertake.
The human mind is like a creature that wonders from one place to another. And the most difficult task is finding the right way and direction in life, which is certainly not as easy as many people think. NLP tells ...more...
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42. What is NLP and What NLP Can Do ?
by Linda Gillatt
Like many personal development innovations, NLP – which stands for neuro-linguistic programming – is a product of the 1970’s when the idea of cognitive patterns creating a subjective form of reality that by virtue of its ability to be manipulated, could be slated into personal development tools.
The goal is to align perceptions – usually of the individual self – with desired outcomes, suc ...more...
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