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Association and Dissociation in NLP Submodalities

The pattern of association versus dissociation is a powerful way to influence your emotional state. Imagine you’re planning a holiday but need to save money first. Which mental approach would be more motivating? AssociationPicture your holiday destination vividly, like a full-color, immersive movie playing through your own eyes. You can almost reach out and touch […]

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NLP Reframing: Changing Perspectives to Find New Meaning

NLP reframing is based on the principle that meaning is shaped by your perspective. To reframe something means to alter its meaning by placing it within a new context or frame. For example, a difficult or unpleasant experience might seem amusing when viewed over a long period. Reframing is one of the most powerful and

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The Six Step Reframe Technique

Bandler and Grinder developed the Six Step Reframe technique inspired by their study of Milton Erickson’s use of ideomotor signals and Virginia Satir’s work with internal parts. They presented this method in their book Frogs into Princes. When we’re children, we experiment with various behaviors, and some prove effective. We tend to keep these behaviors

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Mental Imagery – Shaping Your Future

Top athletes and effective communicators frequently use mental imagery or visualization techniques to enhance their performance. Bandler and Grinder introduced the concept of Future Pacing in NLP as a method to test whether the changes made during a session are fully integrated and will carry over into everyday life. One common challenge when learning new

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The New Behavior Generator

The New Behavior Generator is an NLP method that uses mental rehearsal or visualization to help develop lasting changes in behavior. Achieving meaningful outcomes typically involves consistent actions and responses over time. For example, obtaining a qualification isn’t just about passing an exam but also requires ongoing traits like persistence, maintaining optimism, and keeping a

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Future Pacing Technique

Future pacing is a form of mental visualization that helps link positive changes or resourceful states to upcoming situations or specific events, such as a sports performance or a challenging conversation. Typically, this technique is applied at the end of an NLP session to make sure the improvements made during the process transfer effectively into

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NLP Anchoring

Anchoring in NLP involves linking a particular stimulus—such as a sound, touch, image, scent, or taste—to a consistent emotional or physical response. It’s based on the natural way we learn: through associations. Once an anchor is set, our reactions can happen automatically, often without conscious thought. This can be incredibly useful or occasionally troublesome. For

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Circle of Excellence for Cultivating Powerful States

A key assumption in NLP is that we already possess all the resources we need within ourselves. The Circle of Excellence technique is designed to access and gather these powerful internal states from the unconscious, making them readily available whenever necessary. Originally developed by John Grinder and Judith de Lozier, the initial pattern focused on

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Understanding Emotional States

What many people commonly refer to as emotional states are actually two distinct things: the physical sensations we experience in our bodies and the labels or names we assign to those sensations. Recognizing the difference between these raw physical feelings and the mental labels we attach to them is crucial. For example, the same bodily

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Using Triple Perspectives to Resolve Communication Issues

Adopting multiple perspectives provides richer information and deeper understanding. The ability to shift among different viewpoints is a critical skill in leadership, as well as in parenting, teaching, coaching, and counseling. Often, people become fixed in a single way of interpreting a situation—stuck in their own mental “maps.” Some see things only from their personal

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