Practical NLP 30: Chaining Anchors and Practical Applications of Anchoring

Podcast: Play in new window The longest ever podcast this week, as we get a step by step guide to chaining anchors, suggest some real-life practical applications for anchoring in business and elsewhere, review the material about anchoring covered in … Continue reading

NLP Eye Patterns – What’s Going On?

When I was in school and the teacher asked me a question, I sometimes used to look up and to my left. More than once, I remember the teacher saying “You won’t find the answer up there!” And I couldn’t … Continue reading

Practical NLP 29: State Elicitation For Anchoring – the How-To

Podcast: Play in new window State elicitation is one area that I think isn’t given enough attention in many NLP books and even courses. But it’s important, because when anchoring fails, most often it’s because you haven’t elicited a strong … Continue reading

Get the licence to use our Emotional Intelligence assessment for half price this week!

If you are a coach or a trainer and you’re interested in getting a lifetime unlimited use licence for our Practical EQ emotional intelligence assessment so you can use it with your clients or trainees, this is the week to … Continue reading

Stress can be good for you – if you have the right mindset

Stress is generally thought of as bad for you. But there’s some new research by  Alia Crum, Peter Salovey, and Shawn Achor that suggests that in some cases it can actually do you good. What makes the difference is not the … Continue reading

Practical NLP 28: How To Set Up Your Circle of Excellence

Podcast: Play in new window Are there situations that you find challenging? Where you don’t respond as you might, and consequently don’t perform as well as you could? Maybe giving a presentation, or speaking at an important meeting, or maybe … Continue reading

NLP: On Identifying Other People’s Preferred Representational Systems

One of the things people newly trained in NLP often give themselves a hard time over is their ability, or lack of it, to spot the ‘preferred representational system‘ (visual, auditory or whatever) of other people. Here’s why you should … Continue reading

Practical NLP 27: Five Keys to Successful Anchoring

Podcast: Play in new window Following on from episode 26, where we set up a resource anchor, this week we’re going under the hood to find out how and why anchoring works. Featuring: The four steps of anchoring The five … Continue reading

NLP: How to Identify Primary Representational Systems from the Words People Use

This article follows ‘A Quick Introduction to Representational Systems‘, ‘Do you have a preferred representational system?‘, and ‘Characteristics of Primary Rep Systems‘ so read those first if you’re not familiar with the concept of rep systems in NLP. The representational … Continue reading

Practical NLP 26: Give Yourself A Resource Anchor

Podcast: Play in new window In this episode we look at how the NLP method known as ‘anchoring’ can help you manage your emotional state so that you can respond more appropriately and successfully in situations where you face challenges. We … Continue reading