I promised some thoughts on how the way in which we use language everyday can generate new possibilities for all of us, our selves and those we interact with. I’m going to start by thinking about how language can be used to link two sets of suppositions.
Think of the linked statements
I would like to [...]
Very often in NLP or hypnotherapy, approaches focus on “parts”… “parts” integration, getting one “part” of ourselves to communicate with another. It’s a metaphor I employ myself, but it is one I think we have to be very careful of and not allow it to develop potentially toxic overtones. The danger with a “parts” model [...]
There is a lot of hype and a lot of critique out there related to the “Law of Attraction”. Now, I am a pragmatist. I am not so arrogant as to claim direct mystical connection with an understanding of how the universe works (I have strong suspicions and a willingness to play, but certainties, no [...]
I’ve noticed over the years how so much in the personal development industry is productivity driven. Making your first million, getting the best grades, getting that place in a good university. And I get that, I really do. Dreams, aspirations, its what it is all about. But I can’t help but get the feeling that [...]
So… come sit for a spell :-)
Those of you who know me know that I have a more than passing interest in story rooted in tradition, the tales passed down, shapeshifting through each retelling to each generation. Some of these yarns weave worlds of magic, faery and glamour. We talk of glamour now in the [...]
When I was new to NLP, it almost embarrasses me to recall my sweet, naive enthusiasm and my assumption that other people would “get it”. I’m sure you know the sort of thing, and I apologise right here, right now to anyone who had to suffer my probably insufferable insistence that all problems would disappear [...]
A practical approach to reaching deep into the power of the mind to remove those beliefs that hold you back from fulfilling your fullest potential.
How much do you earn?
How much would you like to earn?
Why the difference? And why was your answer to question 2 as low as it was?
If, like more than 90% of [...]
Well, a hectic (for many) and stressful (for some) holiday season is still upon us. It’s at times like these that small rifts or tensions can be magnified in family and friend relationships. I just want to offer some thoughts on how we can better manage these tensions and sometimes even turn them to our [...]
Crises of confidence happen to all of us at some time or another. Rather different to the problems caused by a general pervasive lack of confidence, such crises can be prompted by simple, everyday events impacting on us to make us feel less resourceful. What defines us, in one way, is how we deal with [...]
Are the greatest obstacles those that confront us as we go about our everyday lives, or those that we create within ourselves?
Try this
Look in a mirror. Look at your left pupil. Look at your right pupil.
Look back to your left pupil. Now, look at your right pupil, and as you do so, try and catch [...]
