All posts tagged "NLP"
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Rewire your brain for happiness and wealth…
In NLP we examine our own preferences according to a set of criteria we call Meta Programs. Meta Programs include characteristics such as whether you are an optimist or a pessimist, whether you prefer visual sensory information...
- Posted October 14, 2015
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Be provocative!
Provocative therapy was developed by Frank Farrelly. It involves ‘taking the side of’ the problem, and encouraging the client to argue against you. But how does it work? A recent study by Emily Falk of Penn U...
- Posted February 27, 2015
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Talking to yourself again?
Much of the history of neuro linguistic programming (NLP) is based on wondrous stories of Richard Bandler using sub modality shifts to change his clients. He would take a psychotic who could not differentiate imaginary snakes from...
- Posted February 26, 2015
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Free will and weight loss
The question of free will comes up a lot in conversation. Do we or don’t we? Have free will I mean? The leading research in this area comes from Benjamin Libet, who famously demonstrated that we do...
- Posted February 22, 2015
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Brian Williams and Changing Memories
When we are coaching a client, one of the most useful tools we have is to alter the way in which he remembers events from his past. There are several ways to do this, for example using...
- Posted February 20, 2015
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The Hidden Ability Technique
Admit it, we all have weaknesses, character flaws. Things that we don’t like about ourselves, perhaps things that we beat ourselves up about. But there is a simple (H)NLP (Humanistic Neuro Linguistic Psychology) technique that can turn...
- Posted December 5, 2014
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Neuroscience of submodalities
Submodalities refer to the qualities of our sensory experiences, such as how bright something looks, or how far away something appears. NLP uses sub modality shifts to change how we perceive the world. So that, for example...
- Posted December 4, 2014
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The memory eraser
OK this article deals with optogenetics in mice, I know: yawn-yawn. But the results are really interested so stay with us on this one, please. Optogenetics involves changing brain cells so they can be turned on or...
- Posted November 13, 2014
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You’ll get angry when I tell you this
Make an angry face. Really, make an angry face right now and look in the mirror. If you’re not near a mirror, reach up and feel your face. You’ll feel our brows are pulled down, cheekbones raised,...
- Posted November 8, 2014
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Count on this for change
In NLP we talk about sub modalities. Submodalities are finer distinctions of our internal sensory experiences. So for example if I imagine a picture of an apple inside my mind, I can make that apple bigger or...
- Posted November 3, 2014