Episodes
NLP has a number of ways to help people get over traumatic incidents. Let's delve into them to see how they work. Includes: * How your brain 'pattern matches' your experience in real time to scan for danger * Why talking about traumatic experiences isn't always the best way to put them behind you * The vital structure/content distinction in NLP * Three types of cognitive reframing * Pavlov to the rescue! * How your brain's routines are like...
Published 12/15/22
Published 12/15/22
Me on top of Sydney Harbour Bridge, on a perfect day to make the climb, 2019 Everyone wants tips on how to get what they want - but it's more important to decide the right direction for you, or you might put a load of effort into ending up in the wrong place! Recently I was a guest presenter at Fran Wilson’s ‘Growth Mindset Live’ virtual event, where he interviewed various experts around the subject of escaping from your day job and building your own business. Most of the...
Published 09/26/22
Andy Smith in conversation with NLP Trainer, coach and author Margaret Nash. Here are some of the things we talk about: * Why smoking cessation or maybe weight loss is the thing to specialise in if you want to make money as a hypnotherapist, and helping people with deeper problems is probably a terrible business model* My theory about how 'manifestation' actually works (when it does work)* How to improve your performance and be your beset self more often with self-modelling -...
Published 10/03/21
https://youtu.be/4LEQl3Mu7jU A bit of a rant this week, inspired by the many, many posts I've seen on NLP forums from rookie NLP practitioners who ask what technique they should be using with a particular client problem. They're going about it all wrong, and their NLP trainers should have showed them the right way! Here's how to approach any client problem so you'll know what to do... (for SEO purposes I should probably mention that it's to do with strategy...
Published 08/20/20
Andy Smith in conversation with Debra Heslin, NLP Trainer, High Performance Coach, and Yoga teacher. Here are some of the things we talk about: * Jack Canfield’s work (you may know him as the Chicken Soup For The Soul guy) is mostly based on NLP* Corporates can benefit from NLP (even something as simple as a representational systems test)* There’s some interesting real-time interactive technology out there now for corporate training* ‘Cause and Effect‘: reasons and excuses vs...
Published 07/11/20
Andy Smith interviews coaching specialist and NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis trainer Doug O’Brien. In this interview: * Doug tells us about NLP Practitioner training with Tony Robbins in the eighties * Takes a dig at the shortness of most NLP Practitioner courses these days (compared to the 28 days they originally took) * Shares the basics of one of his favourite client interventions, the ‘Havening’ technique * Talks about modelling the skills of a great jazz pianist * … and...
Published 06/24/20
This week we have the second half of an interview that we did about how to apply the principles or ‘presuppositions’ of NLP to improve your life and work. In the first half we explored the principle that “The map is not the territory”. In this interview we look at another principle that flows naturally from that one: “Respect for the other person’s map of the world”. Among other things, we talk about: * Why you can’t change someone’s mind unless you start from where they are now * The...
Published 11/20/17
This week’s episode is something a bit different. Instead of me interviewing a prominent member of the NLP community, it’s someone interviewing me – about the principles or ‘presuppositions’ of NLP and how you can use them to be more effective in your life and work, even if you’re not NLP trained. My interviewer is Deb Johnstone, an NLP coach based in Cairns City, Australia. Deb specialises in helping women business owners to achieve more with less stress, and to this end she put together...
Published 11/07/17
I don’t want to make a habit of this, but here’s a couple of special offers for Practical NLP Podcast listeners – and one of them’s free!. The first is me being interviewed by success coach Deb Johnstone about how to apply NLP principles for more success in your life and business. You can only get this interview by signing up at http://bit.ly/bbgb-andy – and you also get interviews with 20 other experts, including my good friend Gavin Ingham who I’ve mentioned a couple of times on the...
Published 10/08/17
This week’s episode is an interview with LAB Profile® queen Shelle Rose Charvet – with a very special offer included! One of the most respected figures in NLP, (and probably the most entertaining speaker), and bestselling author, Shelle has been researching and using the LAB Profile® (a more user-friendly development of metaprograms) for over 25 years. In our conversation, we discover: * how Shelle got into NLP * what she’s excited about in the field now * the existence of software...
Published 08/30/17
This week’s episode is an interview with LAB Profile® queen Shelle Rose Charvet – with a very special offer included! One of the most respected figures in NLP, (and probably the most entertaining speaker), and bestselling author, Shelle has been researching and using the LAB Profile® (a more user-friendly development of metaprograms) for over 25 years. In our conversation, we discover: * how Shelle got into NLP * what she’s excited about in the field now * the existence of software...
Published 08/30/17
This week’s guest is the inspirational Gemma Bailey! Gemma is an NLP trainer and director of NLP4Kids – a company which specialises in bringing NLP to children, their families and schools to help them with mild to moderate mental health and emotional challenges. With a background in childcare Gemma has translated NLP into child friendly language for delivery by over 20 NLP4Kids practitioners who are working throughout the UK and soon to be overseas too. Among other things, Gemma talks...
Published 08/02/17
This week’s guest is the inspirational Gemma Bailey! Gemma is an NLP trainer and director of NLP4Kids – a company which specialises in bringing NLP to children, their families and schools to help them with mild to moderate mental health and emotional challenges. With a background in childcare Gemma has translated NLP into child friendly language for delivery by over 20 NLP4Kids practitioners who are working throughout the UK and soon to be overseas too. Among other things, Gemma talks...
Published 08/02/17
This week’s interview is with a real innovator in NLP, my old friend and occasional mentor Jonathan Altfeld, international NLP trainer and developer of Knowledge Engineering and many other useful tools and patterns. In the interview, Jonathan shares with us an important distinction that will make you a better coach, therapist or even mechanic: the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning, and when to use each. He also recommends some of the people he thinks are doing really...
Published 10/27/16
This week’s interview is with a real innovator in NLP, my old friend and occasional mentor Jonathan Altfeld, international NLP trainer and developer of Knowledge Engineering and many other useful tools and patterns. In the interview, Jonathan shares with us an important distinction that will make you a better coach, therapist or even mechanic: the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning, and when to use each. He also recommends some of the people he thinks are doing really...
Published 10/27/16
This episode marks a new direction for the Practical NLP Podcast! Up to now we’ve been talking you through various aspects of NLP in a structured way – essentially the episodes build up into an audio home study pack for an NLP Practitioner course (contact me if you’d like to license them for your own Practitioner courses). From now on, I’ll be interviewing various stars of the NLP field – people I rate and admire. The episodes will be quite a bit longer – rather than the 10 minutes or so of...
Published 09/13/16
This episode marks a new direction for the Practical NLP Podcast! Up to now we’ve been talking you through various aspects of NLP in a structured way – essentially the episodes build up into an audio home study pack for an NLP Practitioner course (contact me if you’d like to license them for your own Practitioner courses). From now on, I’ll be interviewing various stars of the NLP field – people I rate and admire. The episodes will be quite a bit longer – rather than the 10 minutes or so of...
Published 09/13/16
The SCORE model is not taught on that many NLP Practitioner courses, which is a shame as it’s very useful in coaching and problem solving and doesn’t require superhuman sensory acuity to use (although that helps of course). This episode introduces the model and gives some sample questions and tips on how to use it successfully when coaching individuals. In this week’s podcast: * How Robert Dilts and Todd Epstein developed the SCORE model * Why it’s better than the ‘Present State to...
Published 08/11/16
The SCORE model is not taught on that many NLP Practitioner courses, which is a shame as it’s very useful in coaching and problem solving and doesn’t require superhuman sensory acuity to use (although that helps of course). This episode introduces the model and gives some sample questions and tips on how to use it successfully when coaching individuals. In this week’s podcast: * How Robert Dilts and Todd Epstein developed the SCORE model * Why it’s better than the ‘Present State to...
Published 08/11/16
This week, the end of an era as we come to the end of the ‘scripted’ Practical NLP Podcast episodes. From next episode we’ll be switching to a longer format where I interview thought leaders and practitioners applying NLP in original ways to solve real-world problems. So, a short and sweet episode in two parts. I show you a process you can use on the timeline to clear anxiety about an upcoming event. And for those of you who have been following the podcast since its early days (or who have...
Published 05/24/16
Having elicited the timeline in the previous episode, this week we take it for a ‘test drive’. In this week’s episode: * Two ways people may experience their timeline – as moving or static * Step by step instructions for how to guide people through this exercise (also see the show notes below) * Why this also works as an instant relaxation and clarity exercise * … and much more! If you’re doing any kind of timeline emotional clearing (e.g. Time Line Therapy) that involves the client...
Published 05/13/16
Having elicited the timeline in the previous episode, this week we take it for a ‘test drive’. In this week’s episode: * Two ways people may experience their timeline – as moving or static * Step by step instructions for how to guide people through this exercise (also see the show notes below) * Why this also works as an instant relaxation and clarity exercise * … and much more! If you’re doing any kind of timeline emotional clearing (e.g. Time Line Therapy) that involves the client...
Published 05/13/16