Distinguishing Feelings and Emotions
When you learned NLP, this was one of the things you learned. You learned that "feelings," or kinesthetic sensations, are one of the most basic ways to describe sensory information
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The Persona Puzzle: Helping Clients Discover Their True Selves
When you meet a client for the first time, you don't actually meet the person, you meet the persona. You meet the person's mask, which he uses to represent himself
Sculptor or Painter?
Psychoanalyst David Shapiro presents many revisions to the classic psychoanalytic framework in his 1999 book, Psychotherapy of Neurotic Character. In contrast to Freud, he places greater emphasis on the here
Cracking the Code: The Art of Truly Hearing the Answers
Sometimes, when you start a coaching session and begin asking the Well-Formed Outcome questions, something interesting occurs. Your client may start answering some of the questions that you haven't even
Suppose You Could See You Mind, What Then?
Medical professionals can better treat patients when they can observe their brains in action and make decisions based on that information. They can now see clearly what's going wrong and
If Only You Could See Your Mind
The fact that we can now take pictures of our brains thanks to advances in science and medicine is mind-blowing. We can even capture images of a working brain. Amazing!
Introducing Meta-Experiences
Experiences can occur at various levels of the mind. The most obvious, and even undeniable experiences, occur at the primary level of the empirical senses. Here you and I see,
When You Give Your Client Feedback
In order to be successful at Meta-Coaching, especially once you've progressed over the ACMC level, you'll need to develop your coaching mirroring skills. These include the two-way communication processes of
The Art of Thinking Through Your Experiences
Part of the remedy for the human tendency to leap to irrational conclusions when confronted with an unpleasant experience is the practice of thinking things through. That way, you can
The Art of Developing Meaningful Experiences
“The meaning you give is the instinct you will live.”
L. Michael Hall, Neuro-Semantics
Given that experiences don't come with built-in meanings, that it's up to each of us to give them