Why Do We Close Our Eyes in NLP?

Why Do We Close Our Eyes in NLP?

It’s been said that the eyes are the windows to our soul – which I believe has a lot of merit to it… the eyes are so much more useful however than just producing sight. In NLP, the majority of the change or enhancement processes and techniques have a closed-eyed element to them. Have you ever wondered why? (more…)
What does it take to be a coach?

What does it take to be a coach?

As a trainer of NLP I meet a lot of people who want to be Coaches or Therapists – and the tools of NLP are phenominal for helping a person to navigate their unconscious mind and make choices, changes and enhancements along the way. I get asked a lot of questions about being a Coach/Therpaist and today I am sharing a video to answer a question we get asked a lot: “what does it take to be a coach?”

I’ll continue to be honest with a lot of people – be your OWN coach first and then apply NLP to others. Not everyone is cut out to be a Coach – I’ll share a few tips and thoughts about what makes a good coach. (more…)

Thank You for Your Integrity

Thank You for Your Integrity

If you have met me in any way, you’ll know that integrity is important to me – it is high on my list of Heidi-Values. You may also know that I have an online NLP training program at AnywhereNLP.com. For some people, this is a bit controversial – if they don’t look into it.

While NLP is highly unregulated, there is one common understanding, NLP Certification cannot be offered online as it requires hands on practice, feedback, group interaction and live facilitation. My program with Anywhere NLP is not a Practitioner Certification course – I put the program together a few years ago as one of my intentions is to share NLP with as many people around the globe as possible.

Yesterday I received a fairly scathing email about the program and I would like to share this email with you and my response. I am sharing this because it did three things for me (more…)

3 Tips for Making Decisions Easily

One thing in life that seems to be constant is change. And with change comes choices. And choices lead to decisions.

How do you make decisions? Would you say you are a good decision maker? That it depends on the situation? Or do you suck at making decisions? (technical term, obviously!)

One more question…. How did you learn how to make decisions?

The answer to this one – first, from modelling others and second, by doing it yourself and amending (or not) from there. (more…)