Practical NLP

A quick trailer for the new Positive Change Methods podcast - all about Appreciative Inquiry and related change methods

In this episode of the Practical NLP Podcast I interview Duff McDuffee, one of the most thoughtful people in modern NLP. He specialises in helping creative and neurodivergent people who ‘think different’, as that classic Apple ad used to say. In our wide-ranging conversation we talk about: Duff's first introduction to NLP - as for many people, it was via Tony Robbins What it was like working for Ken Wilber What it was like working for Steve and Connirae Andreas (very different) The two 'paradigms' (or ways of seeing the world) A technique for reducing the pain of learning from your mistakes Reframing failure The importance of joy in motivation An easy 'pattern interrupt' process for loosening fears around money or getting yourself out of a stressful state ... and much more! This episode is sponsored by Duff's Transforming Money Fears Masterclass, that starts on 18 May 2024.In this live class on Zoom, you'll learn specific methods for transforming any fears you have around money. The goal is to go from feeling worried and stuck to feeling safe and optimistic!And when you feel good about money, you're more likely to try things that will bring in more money. This is especially helpful for those of us who are entrepreneurs, as we create our own fortunes. So hopefully this class will pay for itself!PLUS - book via my link and I'll send you the Collected Practical NLP Podcast Episodes 1-78! This normally retails for $39.99 - and it includes transcripts! Links mentioned in the podcast: Duff's website: boulderhypnosisworks.com Free instructions and demo for the 'Clear Your Money Fears' exercise Duff described in the podcast The 'Resolving Grief' process by Steve and Connirae Andreas Transcript of the interview (generated by Riverside.fm, and only very lightly edited. Its transcript AI is pretty good, although it struggled with 'Connirae') Duration: 1h 16m 32s How to Listen or Subscribe to the Practical NLP Podcast Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the RSS feed:  https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store at https://webstore.coachingleaders.co.uk/practical-nlp-podcast-back-episodes/ Finally, it would really help me out if you review the podcast on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you found this podcast, if it takes reviews) to raise its profile so more people can benefit from it! Thanks.

NLP has a number of ways to help people get over traumatic incidents. Let's delve into them to see how they work. Includes: How your brain 'pattern matches' your experience in real time to scan for danger Why talking about traumatic experiences isn't always the best way to put them behind you The vital structure/content distinction in NLP Three types of cognitive reframing Pavlov to the rescue! How your brain's routines are like the title sequence of 'Elementary' Why our problems are like hypnotic trances ... and much more! Here's a transcript of this episode:https://nlppod.com/the-amygdala-hijack-nlp/ Duration: 16m53s How to Listen or Subscribe to the Practical NLP Podcast Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed:  https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store at https://webstore.coachingleaders.co.uk/practical-nlp-podcast-back-episodes/ Finally, it would really help me out if you review the podcast on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you found this podcast, if it takes reviews) to raise its profile so more people can benefit from it! Thanks.

Everyone wants tips on how to get what they want, but it's more important to find your direction so you get to the right place. This interview with Andy Smith tells you how!

https://youtu.be/6aYnXIGWpPk This is the video version - listen / subscribe to the podcast version below Andy Smith in conversation with NLP Trainer, coach and author Margaret Nash. Here are some of the things we talk about: Why smoking cessation or maybe weight loss is the thing to specialise in if you want to make money as a hypnotherapist, and helping people with deeper problems is probably a terrible business modelMy theory about how 'manifestation' actually works (when it does work)How to improve your performance and be your best self more often with self-modelling - three easy stepsThe crucial importance of exploring your 'recovery strategy' (if there's something you think you're not good at, maybe it's because you don't have one in that context!)Why 'Good job!' should be the start of the conversation when a team member does something you like, rather than then end as it so often is (hat tip to Marcus Buckingham here)'Uptime' and 'downtime' - and why you need to be in 'uptime' when you're talking with a client or presenting to an audienceThe importance of persistence (this reminded me of Carol Dweck's work on 'mindset')How Margaret 'found her Zen' as a coach, and some tips on how you can too, as described in her latest bookThe difference in approach between coaching and 'classic' NLP changework. Here's my take on the three steps of 'self-modelling', to improve your performance and be your best self more often: Think of something you do well. And really examine in detail what you're doing when you perform that skill - not just what you do and say, but what you're thinking about, what you're saying to yourself, how you're feeling, how you're standing, how you're breathing, what feedback you're looking for that tells you if you're doing well or badly - everything.In particular, what's your recovery strategy if you're knocked off track? (for example, if you're doing an important presentation and there's a technical failure on your PowerPoint)Now do the same thing with a skill you want to improve. Notice the differences between all these aspects of how you do this, your recovery strategy, etc, and the way you do the thing you're good at.Now map the qualities of the way you do the thing you're good at over to the thing you're not so good at. What happens if you start doing this thing with the same confidence, internal dialogue etc that you use with the thing you're good at? Then try it out! You can contact Margaret here: margaretnashcoach.com Margaret has written seven books on various aspects of personal development, managing the stages of your life, and coaching - you can find them at her Amazon author page. Duration: 44m 07s https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id551693038 Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed:  https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. Finally, it would really help me out if you review the podcast on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you found this podcast, if it takes reviews) to raise its profile so more people can benefit from it! Thanks.

https://youtu.be/4LEQl3Mu7jU A bit of a rant this week, inspired by the many, many posts I've seen on NLP forums from rookie NLP practitioners who ask what technique they should be using with a particular client problem. They're going about it all wrong, and their NLP trainers should have showed them the right way! Here's how to approach any client problem so you'll know what to do... (for SEO purposes I should probably mention that it's to do with strategy elicitation) You can find a transcript for this podcast, or pretty close anyway, here. Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed:  https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. Finally, it would really help me out if you review the podcast on Apple Podcasts to raise its profile so more people can benefit from it! Thanks Mentioned in the podcast: my Kindle ebook, Practical NLP 5: Strategies (now in its second edition) Also worth reading: Magic In Action by Richard Bandler

Andy Smith in conversation with Debra Heslin, NLP Trainer, High Performance Coach, and Yoga teacher. Here are some of the things we talk about: Jack Canfield's work (you may know him as the Chicken Soup For The Soul guy) is mostly based on NLPCorporates can benefit from NLP (even something as simple as a representational systems test)There's some interesting real-time interactive technology out there now for corporate training'Cause and Effect': reasons and excuses vs resultsWhat to do when you're hanging off a cliff and you can't find your next handholdAll of a sudden, a decent online NLP Practitioner training is possible after all!An exercise for using submodalities to enhance a resourceful stateHow to use questions to influence someone's stateA brief intervention from Dakota the golden retriever... and much more! We talked extensively about submodalities for enhancing a resourceful state - here's a submodalities checklist you can download for visual, auditory, and kinaesthetic submodalities. (For more about submodalities, check out this introductory article) We mentioned a couple of previous interviewees - you can hear the interview with Doug O'Brien here, and Gemma Bailey of NLP4Kids here. You can find Debra, and details of her upcoming online NLP Practitioner training, at https://debraheslinwellness.com/. Duration: 32m 44s Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed:  https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. Finally, it would really help me out if you review the podcast on Apple Podcasts to raise its profile so more people can benefit from it! Thanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRQQA5StB1M&list=PLTPfitvHf-yqV6P9F4Lq2TrwiS-yGbBJW Andy Smith interviews coaching specialist and NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis trainer Doug O'Brien. In this interview: Doug tells us about NLP Practitioner training with Tony Robbins in the eighties Takes a dig at the shortness of most NLP Practitioner courses these days (compared to the 28 days they originally took) Shares the basics of one of his favourite client interventions, the 'Havening' technique Talks about modelling the skills of a great jazz pianist ... and much more! You can find Doug at https://ericksonian.com and his Essential Coaching Skills membership site is at https://www.essentialcoachingskills.com/ See Doug's introductory video about the Havening Techniques here (it also includes a good, accessible overview of the amygdala's role in how trauma responses are formed). Doug also has a new podcast, Essential Coaching Skills. (Episode 5, where he interviews Andy about using Appreciative Inquiry for coaching teams and individuals, is particularly good) Episode duration: 36m 00s Listen and/or subscribe to the Practical NLP Podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed: https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. It would really help me out if you review the podcast on Apple Podcasts to raise its profile so more people can benefit from it! Thanks.

This week we have the second half of an interview that we did about how to apply the principles or ‘presuppositions’ of NLP to improve your life and work. In the first half we explored the principle that “The map is not the territory”. In this interview we look at another principle that flows naturally from that one: “Respect for the other person’s map of the world”. Among other things, we talk about: Why you can't change someone's mind unless you start from where they are now The importance of establishing credibility in a business context If you focus too much on achieving a desired outcome from every communication, you will miss out on more open conversations where both parties learn from each other. Appreciative Inquiry, a method of change that focuses on doing more of what is already working rather than trying to analyse problems, and the difference that can make in your life (OK it's not NLP but it's worth knowing about) How to use the ‘scaling’ tool from the related field of Solution Focus in coaching and self-improvement (also not NLP, also worth knowing about) How to use ‘chunking’ to overcome inertia ... and much more! My interviewer is NLP coach Deb Johnstone, and the interview was originally conducted as part of her ‘Better Balance Greater Business’ summit - contact her at debjohnstone.com.au to find out more about that. The free gift she mentions is my audiobook Practical NLP: How to use NLP principles to improve your life and work, even if you’re not NLP trained yet - download it from nlppod.com! More about the 'Respect For The Other Person's Map Of The World' presupposition More about establishing your credibility More about outcome-focused persuasion versus learning conversations here: 'Is NLP Manipulative?' More about how to use scaling questions More about Appreciative Inquiry here - I run a two-day course in how to get started with using it in group facilitation or one-to-one coaching. Duration: 25m 40s Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed: https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. Finally, it would really help me out if you review the podcast on Apple Podcasts to raise its profile so more people can benefit from it! Thanks.

This week’s episode is something a bit different. Instead of me interviewing a prominent member of the NLP community, it’s someone interviewing me – about the principles or ‘presuppositions’ of NLP and how you can use them to be more effective in your life and work, even if you’re not NLP trained. My interviewer is Deb Johnstone, an NLP coach based in Cairns City, Australia. Deb specialises in helping women business owners to achieve more with less stress, and to this end she put together the ‘Better Balance Greater Business’ summit, a series of video interviews with 23 experts, one of which was me. You may have seen my messages and blog posts about this last month – it was a wonderful opportunity for people who signed up to get a lot of knowledge for free. Now that the summit has finished, my interview has become available for release. I think it’s the best interview I’ve done so far. This is the first half of the audio from the interview – if you want to see the video (it’s pretty much two ‘talking heads’), I have now put that up on my YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS2LQSpZTDE&t=3s It was supposed to be a half-hour interview, but we ended up talking for over an hour. That’s a bit long for a podcast (or longer than my listeners are used to anyway) so this episode is part one, with part two coming next week. This episode is all about the most important (in my view) presupposition of NLP, the idea that ‘the map is not the territory’. In other words, what you are experiencing right now, your reality, is not actually the real world around you, but a filtered and partial representation of it, that bears the same relation to objective reality as a map does to the territory that it represents. Most people confuse the map with the territory. In the interview, we talk about the various problems that can cause, and how to avoid those problems. To explore this topic further, you may be interested in the earlier article about this presupposition, the story of ‘The Ultimate Map’, and of course my free audiobook ‘Practical NLP: how to use NLP principles to improve your life and work, even if you're not NLP trained’ that covers this and the other 'presuppositions' of NLP in depth. Duration: 31m 16s Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed: https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. Finally, it would really help me out if you review the podcast on Apple Podcasts to raise its profile so more people can benefit from it! Thanks.

I don’t want to make a habit of this, but here’s a couple of special offers for Practical NLP Podcast listeners – and one of them’s free!. The first is me being interviewed by success coach Deb Johnstone about how to apply NLP principles for more success in your life and business. You can only […] The post A couple of special offers, one of them free… appeared first on Practical NLP Podcast.

This week's episode is an interview with LAB Profile® queen Shelle Rose Charvet - with a very special offer included! One of the most respected figures in NLP, (and probably the most entertaining speaker), and bestselling author, Shelle has been researching and using the LAB Profile® (a more user-friendly development of metaprograms) for over 25 years. In our conversation, we discover: how Shelle got into NLP what she's excited about in the field now the existence of software that can analyse people's LAB Profile patterns from their emails and tell you how to reply in a way that matches their patterns why the LAB Profile is not about putting people in boxes how to recruit proactive people a tip for influencing 'internally referenced' people that won't put off 'externally referenced' people ... and much more! Special offer for podcast listeners - valid until 16 April 2018: Take the Online LAB Practitioner certification course for half price - visit this link to check it out and should you decide to go ahead, use the coupon code FROMANDY50% (I am taking this course myself and I can confirm that it's really useful and high quality) Sites Shelle mentions in the podcast: The NLP Research and Recognition Project The NLP Leadership Summit Books by Shelle: If you are at all interested in NLP, you probably have Shelle's first book, Words That Change Minds: Mastering The Language Of Influence, already (and if you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it). Shelle tells me that her second book, The Customer Is Bothering Me, is really the one that the NLP reader will be interested in, as it takes the insights of the LAB Profile to the next level (which has given me the nudge I needed to finally start reading it myself). Duration: 43m 29s Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed: https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. Finally, it would really help me out if you review the podcast on Apple Podcasts to raise its profile so more people can benefit from it! Thanks

This week's guest is the inspirational Gemma Bailey! Gemma is an NLP trainer and director of NLP4Kids - a company which specialises in bringing NLP to children, their families and schools to help them with mild to moderate mental health and emotional challenges. With a background in childcare Gemma has translated NLP into child friendly language for delivery by over 20 NLP4Kids practitioners who are working throughout the UK and soon to be overseas too. Among other things, Gemma talks about how she got NLP4Kids started, why parents and teachers need NLP skills too, and she talks us through her 'Path of Life' technique for getting kids to take a responsible look at their future choices (download the instructions here). And, of course, loads more! If you're interested in training as an NLP4Kids practitioner, here's the information about it that Gemma mentions. There are more links to useful information with the Path of Life instructions. The Superheroes non-profit that Gemma mentions has a Facebook page. Duration: 47m 27s Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed:  https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. Finally, it would really help me out if you review the podcast on Apple Podcasts to raise its profile so more people can benefit from it! Thanks

This week's interview is with a real innovator in NLP, my old friend and occasional mentor Jonathan Altfeld, international NLP trainer and developer of Knowledge Engineering and many other useful tools and patterns. In the interview, Jonathan shares with us an important distinction that will make you a better coach, therapist or even mechanic: the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning, and when to use each. He also recommends some of the people he thinks are doing really worthwhile and original work in NLP, how working in different cultures makes you a better NLP trainer, and why you need to select your first NLP course and trainer carefully (with a couple of pointers on how to do that). Here's the link to Jonathan's article explaining the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning: How to Rock Two Different Styles of Reasoning, and Why If you are inspired to train with Jonathan, here are his upcoming courses. And for two weeks from the release date of this episode (so until 11pm Eastern USA time, 10 November 2016) podcast listeners can get 20% off Jonathan's superb Creating The Automatic Yes audio programme, in either CD set or downloadable MP3 format, when you use the coupon code 'practicalnlp'. Duration: 48m 17s Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed:  https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. Finally, it would really help me out if you review the podcast on Apple Podcasts to raise its profile so more people can benefit from it! Thanks

This episode marks a new direction for the Practical NLP Podcast! Up to now we've been talking you through various aspects of NLP in a structured way - essentially the episodes build up into an audio home study pack for an NLP Practitioner course (contact me if you'd like to license them for your own Practitioner courses). From now on, I'll be interviewing various stars of the NLP field - people I rate and admire. The episodes will be quite a bit longer - rather than the 10 minutes or so of most of the episodes so far, we could go up to an hour. A couple of weeks ago I was running some corporate trainings in Malaysia, so while I was in a closer time zone than usual to Australia I took the opportunity to interview someone I've wanted to talk with for a long time - Melbourne-based NLP trainer and innovator James Tsakalos. James is somewhat unusual in the NLP field these days because he runs super in-depth NLP Practitioner trainings that are 28 days long! He's also developed some exciting new approaches, notably Spiral Somatics. Our conversation ranged far and wide, covering among other things: Why it's not easy to choose an NLP Practitioner course until you've already had quite a lot of experience of NLP, so you just have to hope you get lucky unless you do some research beforehand Who James really admires in the NLP field A great process for making perfect choices - the 'Trousers of Time'! (process notes to follow but James explains the steps pretty clearly in the podcast) Why reading Terry Pratchett's books about witches is a great preparation for being an effective NLP Practitioner Duration: 46m 28s Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed:  https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. Links to some of the things we mentioned in the conversation: Jonathan Altfeld's Knowledge Engineering Notes for running the Trousers of Time process (to follow) Where to catch James running a course in the near future: NLP in Melbourne Spiral Somatics in Melbourne Spiral Somatics in India Spiral Somatics in Dubai Spiral Somatics in the UK Books mentioned in this episode: Spiral Dynamics by Don Beck and Chris Cowan      Books by Terry Pratchett

The SCORE model is not taught on that many NLP Practitioner courses, which is a shame as it's very useful in coaching and problem solving and doesn't require superhuman sensory acuity to use (although that helps of course). This episode introduces the model and gives some sample questions and tips on how to use it successfully when coaching individuals. In this week's podcast: How Robert Dilts and Todd Epstein developed the SCORE model Why it's better than the 'Present State to Desired State' model it evolved from How the elements in the model relate to time Sample questions for each element in the model A brief description of a client breakthrough ... and much more! For a fuller description, more tips, and how to use it with teams in a business setting and with an Appreciative Frame, get my little e-book How To Work With The SCORE Model, the first in the Practical Coaching Guides series.

This week, the end of an era as we come to the end of the 'scripted' Practical NLP Podcast episodes. From next episode we'll be switching to a longer format where I interview thought leaders and practitioners applying NLP in original ways to solve real-world problems. So, a short and sweet episode in two parts. I show you a process you can use on the timeline to clear anxiety about an upcoming event. And for those of you who have been following the podcast since its early days (or who have bought and listened to the back episodes), I guide you through planning what you will use your NLP knowledge for in the future. Clearing Anxiety Process (Note: this is worded as you would say it to a client) “Float up above the timeline and into the future to 15 minutes after the successful completion of the event about which you thought you were anxious. Tell me when you’re there.” “Good. Turn and look back towards now.” “Now, where’s the anxiety?” “Come back to now, only as quickly as you learn what you need to learn from all of the actions you took took to prepare for the successful completion of that event.” Test by thinking about the future event. "Where is that anxiety now? Try to feel it - what happens?" This process works even better if unresolved fear has been cleared from the past timeline, but you should still notice a significant reduction in anxiety. This episode also mentions the SYDER model for well-formed outcomes, which you can find in the show notes for episode 73. How to listen to this Practical NLP Podcast Episode Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here – and if you like the podcast, please leave a review! If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed:  https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Or, simply listen online using the player embedded in this post, or download the episode. Duration: 04m 20s If you like the podcast, please review it on Apple Podcasts. Even if you’re not an Apple Podcasts subscriber yourself, that’s where most people still find their podcasts, so that’s where your review will make the most difference. Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download collected back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. If you’re currently studying or on a training course, this guided visualization MP3 is for you! Originally developed as part of the forthcoming NLP Practitioner home study pack, it’s designed to help you review and integrate everything you’ve learned on any course or training that you’re undertaking. Find out more and download Using Your Timeline For Learning And Review here

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