What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming?
You are what you think
The way you understand your world depends on the kind of input you've had. The personal 'programming' of your
culture, language, education and unique experiences.
Subconsciously, all this input influences your belief system and determines how you think and behave— what you decide is good or bad, right or wrong— and what you perceive as 'normal'.
What if your past programming is holding you back for some reason?
Neuro Linguistic Programming is solution-oriented and works with each individual's perception— on their terms.
The way you understand your world depends on the kind of input you've had. The personal 'programming' of your
culture, language, education and unique experiences.
Subconsciously, all this input influences your belief system and determines how you think and behave— what you decide is good or bad, right or wrong— and what you perceive as 'normal'.
What if your past programming is holding you back for some reason?
Neuro Linguistic Programming is solution-oriented and works with each individual's perception— on their terms.
It focuses on finding suitable outcomes rather than merely dissecting and analyzing a problem. In this way it differs to traditional therapy. It works with techniques that use your own resources (experiences, senses, the body, language and imagination) to change patterns of thinking and feeling that are presently limiting you from living how you'd like to.
Its processes help free you from obstacles such as stress, anxiety, phobia, self-doubt, habits, public speaking nerves (or whatever the difficulty may be)— and replace them with balance, optimism, confidence, enthusiasm, motivation, creative expression or however you’d like to feel— giving you more freedom and options in life.
NLP takes a rational look at:
Its processes help free you from obstacles such as stress, anxiety, phobia, self-doubt, habits, public speaking nerves (or whatever the difficulty may be)— and replace them with balance, optimism, confidence, enthusiasm, motivation, creative expression or however you’d like to feel— giving you more freedom and options in life.
NLP takes a rational look at:
- Neuro - How we think - The conscious and subconscious mind
- Linguistic - How the language we use with others and ourselves (internal dialogue) effects us.
- Programming - The input we’ve encountered in our lives, and how we can make use of it to re-wire our perception (neuro-plasticity). Think of this as an app we can utilize to change our present operating system!
Even little changes in the way you process information can make big improvements to your experience of life
The brain isn’t a static, fixed structure— it’s dynamic and adaptable. Brain plasticity is a physical process. Your grey matter can literally weaken or strengthen.
Strengthening may result in an improved skill— such as learning how to play an instrument.
Weakening may lead to the loss of a skill— such as forgetting words of a once learned language.
Your brain learns according to whatever your mind focuses on. During any mental activity, neurons make connections that lead to specific conclusions. The more you give your attention to a thought or experience, the deeper these connections become— this is known as neuroplasticity.
So NLP can be compared to a manual, giving insight into the mind’s conscious and subconscious processes (your ‘operating system’) with tools (like apps) to enhance your experience of life.
Strengthening may result in an improved skill— such as learning how to play an instrument.
Weakening may lead to the loss of a skill— such as forgetting words of a once learned language.
Your brain learns according to whatever your mind focuses on. During any mental activity, neurons make connections that lead to specific conclusions. The more you give your attention to a thought or experience, the deeper these connections become— this is known as neuroplasticity.
So NLP can be compared to a manual, giving insight into the mind’s conscious and subconscious processes (your ‘operating system’) with tools (like apps) to enhance your experience of life.
