Unfinished business and the Zeigarnik Effect
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The Triangle of Health
The Triangle of Health Reading time 4 mins Not always remembered… The collection of mental insights and techniques that in-depth NLP provides is very valuable in managing our moods. For example we can recognise Not only can we use NLP to identify what’s going on – we can also use it to change from unpleasant to
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Negative beliefs affect your health
Health, beliefs, and hypnosis… Reading time 7 mins The news media are giving lots of attention to the possible bird flu pandemic with dire predictions of, according to one scientific model, 142 million deaths worldwide! (This article was published in August 2007). Despite our intellectual and critical thinking abilities we human beings are impressionable… …especially
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Reframe life’s setbacks
Sorry, we’ve got to change your appointment My quarterly appointment with the dental hygienist was at 11:40 AM today. The practice is about 30 minutes away so I was due to leave at about 11 AM. And I got a phone call from the receptionist at 9:40 AM to say that she was ‘ever so
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NLP in Self Management (1)
NLP in Self Management (1) Reading time 3 mins Ideas and tools for being more in charge of… you (More on Page 2) The following articles explore how you can use NLP in managing your thinking, your moods, and your reactions to people and to situations. Many of the topics overlap into the other archive categories
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Low Self-Confidence is an accident…
We don’t decide to have low self-confidence We develop the Low Self-Confidence habit when we’re very young, almost invariably. It usually begins as a result of how people treat us and communicate with us – plus how we make sense of things which happen to us. Once begun, the habit is maintained by how we think about
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The ‘Low Self-Confidence Habit’ (1)
Low Self Confidence is a habit – not a condition People often talk about having low self-esteem or low self-confidence as if these were ‘things’ or aberrant mental conditions that need expert help or treatment. They are not. And, though linked, the two are not exactly the same. What’s more, this way of thinking dis-empowers
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Forever “going-to” begin things?
“Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes”! With just 8 words Henry David Thoreau encapsulates a common and every effective self-deception tactic. Which is used by many of us – as a way of ‘not’ taking action on big projects. Instead of taking action we get involved in time-consuming and complex and sometimes expensive preparations as
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5 Tips for your New Year goals
New Year goals are great – as long as you follow a few practical tips.
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The 3 Things Game
Think of three moments which were This is a simple rapport-creating (and thought-provoking) – game or experiment which I came up with a few days ago. It’s good for getting interesting conversations and interesting trains of thought going. And you can play it with friends or family … or with yourself. Select a few 3’s