Tis the *?#@&%g Season

The holiday season can be a joyous one. It can also be a hectic and stressful one. So many things to do, people to see, gifts to buy – it can be a bit overwhelming. Today I want to shed a bit of light on a few NLP ways that you can overcome overwhelm and stay calm, cool and collected during the Christmas holiday. (more…)

Does it count or not?

It’s the end of the year – you know that already. And, as mentioned in the last post – we’re going to be taking stock of the year. While it is a good time to look forward and plan for the future – that has been talked and written about for years. How about something else for a change? How about have a look at the past year and looking at what counts. Or, what doesn’t.

Do you realise that there is an NLP Meta Program of Counting vs. Discounting. This meta program looks what you take on board and what you don’t – and it will mean different things to different people.

Even as you hear this – do you count or do you discount? What is your initial reaction? (more…)

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction

As the year comes to an end, its always a good time to take stock of where you’ve been, what you’ve learned and where you are going. In the next few weeks I will help you do just that. However, I want to take a moment to get you to gauge your overall, big picture attitude toward the year. It was interesting to me, in an interview I saw with Madonna the other day she said something interesting, she said “I’m never satisfied”. She went on to say, that her life is great, she is (still) doing something that she loves, she doesn’t go without – yet she is still not satisfied. Are you?

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How to Never Fight Again

It has always been interesting to me when two people are in a heated argument about something – there generally isn’t a win/win proposition at the end of the day. Think about it, usually its “I’m right and you are wrong” coming from both parties – hence the fight in the first place! And, when you put two head strong people together, there can be friction. But, what if you could ease the tension and change the scenario? It only takes one person in an argument to change the tempo. (more…)

Trick or Treat

With Halloween coming up this week, I thought I’d bring to light the tick-or-treat aspect of life. Every single day we have the ability to lean toward a trick or a treat. Not just on October 31st.

Fear, jealousy, anger, guilt, angst, boredom, frustration and many other seeming negative emotions often get the better of many of us. Sometimes they are a trick – tricking us to run away. Sometimes they are a treat -  alerting us to something to be aware of.

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How time Flies

Time. It’s on a continuum right? It’s sequential and moves from past to now to future. Well, that is at least what ‘they’ say. And, if calendars are anything to go by, ‘they’ are right. I know that in the reality of my world, I wake up Monday and the next day is Tuesday. I know that the month after April is May – and I know that 5 years from now will be 2017. In the reality of my world.

But is it really a continuum? I can access, with my mind, any-time. (more…)