Practical Nlp Podcast

Interview with psychologist and NLP Trainer Sarah Makinde about using the Logical Levels model in coaching, how she blends psychology and NLP, how she grew a successful Facebook community, and more

In this episode of the Practical NLP Podcast I interview Duff McDuffee, one of the most thoughtful people in modern NLP. He specialises in helping creative and neurodivergent people who ‘think different’, as that classic Apple ad used to say. In our wide-ranging conversation we talk about: Duff's first introduction to NLP - as for many people, it was via Tony Robbins What it was like working for Ken Wilber What it was like working for Steve and Connirae Andreas (very different) The two 'paradigms' (or ways of seeing the world) A technique for reducing the pain of learning from your mistakes Reframing failure The importance of joy in motivation An easy 'pattern interrupt' process for loosening fears around money or getting yourself out of a stressful state ... and much more! This episode is sponsored by Duff's Transforming Money Fears Masterclass, that starts on 18 May 2024.In this live class on Zoom, you'll learn specific methods for transforming any fears you have around mo

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 the title sequence of 'Elementary' Why our problems are like hypnotic trances ... and much more! Here's a transcript of this episode:https://nlppod.com/the-amygdala-hijack-nlp/ Duration: 16m53s How to Listen or Subscribe to the Practical NLP Podcast Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed:  https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple

Everyone wants tips on how to get what they way - 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 people he interviewed were experts on making money online, affiliate marketing and the like. If you know me, you’ll be aware that I’m not really a marketing guy, so I thought I’d better offer something different. So what you get in this recording is a little bit about my escape from a job that I wasn’t suited to, some tips on how to make better decisions than I made, how to make sure that what you’re going for is actually what you want, and also an exercise borrowed from Appreciative Inquiry to help you identify what you really love doing. Here are just some of the nuggets you can find in this interview:

https://youtu.be/6aYnXIGWpPk This is the video version - listen / subscribe to the podcast version below 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 modelMy 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 - three easy stepsThe crucial importance of exploring your 'recovery strategy' (if there's something you think you're not good at, maybe it's because you don't have one in that context!)Why 'Good job!' should be the start of the conversation when a team member does something you like, rather than then end as it so often is (hat tip to Marcus Buckingham here)'Uptime' and 'downtime' - and why you need to be in 'uptime' when you're talk

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 elicitation) You can find a transcript for this podcast, or pretty close anyway, here. Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed:  https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Only the most recent 10 episodes of the podcast are available free on Apple Podcasts. You can download back episodes (with transcripts!) from the online store. Finally, it would really help me out if you review the podcast on

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 NLPCorporates 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 resultsWhat to do when you're hanging off a cliff and you can't find your next handholdAll of a sudden, a decent online NLP Practitioner training is possible after all!An exercise for using submodalities to enhance a resourceful stateHow to use questions to influence someone's stateA brief intervention from Dakota the golden retriever... and much more! We talked extensively about submodalities for enhancing a resourceful state - here's a submodalities checklist you can download for visual, auditory, and kinaesthetic submodalities. (

Andy Smith interviews coaching specialist and NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis trainer Doug O’Brien. In this interview: Doug tells us about […] The post Havening, Modelling, And Why Today’s NLP Practitioner Courses Are Too Short – Interview With Doug O’Brien: Practical NLP Podcast 85 appeared first on Practical NLP.

This week we have the second half of an interview that we did about how to apply the principles or […] The post Respect For The Other Person’s Map Of The World – Interview With Andy Smith part 2: Practical NLP Podcast 84 appeared first on Practical NLP.

This week’s episode is something a bit different. Instead of me interviewing a prominent member of the NLP community, it’s […] The post The Map Is Not The Territory – Interview With Andy Smith: Practical NLP Podcast Episode 83 appeared first on Practical NLP.

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 that can analyse people's LAB Profile patterns from their emails and tell you how to reply in a way that matches their patterns why the LAB Profile is not about putting people in boxes how to recruit proactive people a tip for influencing 'internally referenced' people that won't put off 'externally referenced' people ... and much more! Special offer for podcast listeners - valid until 16 April 2018: Take the Online LAB Practitioner certification course for half price - visit this link to check it out and should you de

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 about how she got NLP4Kids started, why parents and teachers need NLP skills too, and she talks us through her 'Path of Life' technique for getting kids to take a responsible look at their future choices (download the instructions here). And, of course, loads more! If you're interested in training as an NLP4Kids practitioner, here's the information about it that Gemma mentions. There are more links to useful information with the Path of Life instructions. The Superheroes non-profit that Gemma mentions has a Facebook page.

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 worthwhile and original work in NLP, how working in different cultures makes you a better NLP trainer, and why you need to select your first NLP course and trainer carefully (with a couple of pointers on how to do that). Here's the link to Jonathan's article explaining the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning: How to Rock Two Different Styles of Reasoning, and Why If you are inspired to train with Jonathan, here are his upcoming courses. And for two weeks from the release date of this episode (so until 11pm Ea

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 most of the episodes so far, we could go up to an hour. A couple of weeks ago I was running some corporate trainings in Malaysia, so while I was in a closer time zone than usual to Australia I took the opportunity to interview someone I've wanted to talk with for a long time - Melbourne-based NLP trainer and innovator James Tsakalos. James is somewhat unusual in the NLP field these days because he runs super in-depth NLP Practitioner trainings that are 28 days long! He's also developed some exciting new approaches, nota

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 Desired State' model it evolved from How the elements in the model relate to time Sample questions for each element in the model A brief description of a client breakthrough ... and much more! For a fuller description, more tips, and how to use it with teams in a business setting and with an Appreciative Frame, get my little e-book How To Work With The SCORE Model, the first in the Practical Coaching Guides series.   

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 bought and listened to the back episodes), I guide you through planning what you will use your NLP knowledge for in the future. Clearing Anxiety Process (Note: this is worded as you would say it to a client) “Float up above the timeline and into the future to 15 minutes after the successful completion of the event about which you thought you were anxious. Tell me when you’re there.” “Good. Turn and look back towards now.” “Now, where’s the anxiety?” “Come back to now, only as quickly as you learn what you need to lea

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 staticStep 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 'floating' above their timeline, this exercise is very helpful in flushing out any little 'blocks' that might get in the way. The two most common are "I can't float up above my timeline", which I have found is usually caused by the client viewing time something that moves past them while they stay still (like a river, or traffic on a road) rather than something still that they move along, like a canal or the road itself. The process outlined here preframes this 'objection' out by suggesting they can float above the timeline, or

We use spatial, linear metaphors to think about time (e.g. time is like a road, or like a river) without even thinking about it. How your unconscious mind represents time has a big effect on how you experience life - and that's what this week's podcast is about. Including: How to elicit the timeline"In Time" and "Through Time", and their effects on how you think and behaveWhy time management courses often don't stick ... and much more! If you’re currently studying or on a training course, this guided visualization MP3 is for you!Originally developed as part of the forthcoming NLP Practitioner home study pack, it’s designed to help you review and integrate everything you’ve learned on any course or training that you’re undertaking.Find out more and download Using Your Timeline For Learning And Review here   How to listen to Practical NLP Podcast Episode 75: Eliciting Your Timeline Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here – and if you like the podcast,

This week's podcast shows you two ways to install goals into your future, plus (if you're using this for coaching or facilitating other individuals or groups) when you would use each method. Includes: How to discover your unconscious mind's typical way of thinking about time How to make the image of your goal as compelling as possible The difference between goal setting and daydreaming How to 'float' a goal into your timeline How to 'walk' a goal into your timeline ... and much more! How to listen to Practical NLP Podcast Episode 74: Two Ways To Install A Goal On Your Timeline Listen and/or subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts here – and if you like the podcast, please leave a review! If you want to subscribe using something other than Apple Podcasts (e.g. if you have an Android phone), here’s the feed:  https://nlppod.com/feed/podcast/ Or, simply listen online using the player embedded in this post, or download the episode. Duration: 08m 04s If you like the po

This week's podcast exposes the missing piece from the SMART goals model, and gives you a better model that takes account of your motivations and how you feel about the goal. Forget SMART, meet SYDER! Including: Why you don't have to achieve every goal entirely by your own efforts Why you need to put a date on your goal, and what will happen if you don't What the Treaty of Versailles has to do with goal setting, and why you need to know about it Why you need a rich sensory representation of your goal A quick and easy way to find the route to your goal ... and much more! Show Notes - The SYDER Model For Well-Formed Outcomes S - Stated positively Always set goals in the positive sense. That is, what do you want, rather than what you don't want. Y - You own it "What can you do to bring this about by your own actions?" "What can you do to influence the outcome?" "What do you need to do to achieve this goal?" D – Defined in sensory specific terms (a) "What date do you intend to have this outc