Earlier this month, a media producer friend of mine called me and told me he had some studio time available and asked would I like to make a DVD product. I have worked with Jake Peryer before and know off the quality of his work , so naturally I was interested. The question was what topic to put in the product? I thought something that would reach out beyond the NLP community, a topic that would be of value to everyday people would be good. The ques...
You may have heard the old saying, ‘it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it’ This saying fits with how we think in NLP. For example, how many ways can the statement “I really like you” be conveyed? If you think of all the different types of tonality and physiology that can accompany the statement, you will soon realise the non verbal elements carry much more of the weight than the words. Albert Mehrabian, a Professor of Psychology establis...
The choices facing the NLP consumer today are plentiful. The market is certainly confusing to the naive buyer. NLP Training comes in all shapes and sizes, the quality differing greatly. Imagine a Michelin star chef preparing a meal; the timing and mix of the ingredients is crucial to the quality of the dish. Compare this with the same dish prepared by an amateur who haphazardly throws the ingredients together and the end result is tasteless, without style ...
I have often thought of NLP as a magnifying glass capable of emphasizing excellence in any given field of practice. The choice is simply, ‘what shall we look at through the magnifying glass?’. The original ‘Models of Excellence’ from which the first NLP applications where coded (e.g. Meta/Milton model) were therapists. In this case, the art of change was under magnification. Accordingly, NLP applications are fantastically effective in therapeutic e...
Have you ever noticed when two people who are in rapport unconsciously assume the same posture, arm gestures and rhythm of speech? Human beings seek symmetry when there is rapport. They sit in similar positions, talk in a similar way and search for common ground. In NLP we call this mirroring. In face to face communication one person is usually the catalyst for the mirroring and when that person changes posture the other person follows. You will also see m...
In part one of this series of articles, I wrote about the differences in ‘permissive style hypnotherapy pioneered by Milton Erickson and ‘authoritarian style’ made famous by Mesmer that most traditional clinical hypnotists tend to use in their work. The fundamental process that flows through permissive hypnotherapy is ‘utilisation’. In part one, I wrote about two utilisation methods to induce trance with clients. In this article, I will write abo...
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