There are benefits to taking responsibility but it is a balancing act. It can make you seem like a dependable, reliable and committed person and those are all positive attributes. People are going to warm to you and you’re going […]
Turn Down Stress and Anxiety
It is possible to reduce the distress and discomfort that comes with negative experiences by making some simple shifts in our words and language. Often, we shrink what we are communicating because we want to communicate more quickly and easily. […]
My Toxic Inheritance: Elena Perella – ExtraOrdinary People NLP Podcast
Elena Perella began to change as a teenager. Whilst this is not uncommon the change in her was not a good one. She began to feel internal discomfort and began a destructive eating disorder. Then, at 19 years old her […]
Presuppositions
Everything that you need to succeed is already contained within you, you already have the resources inside. This is a presupposition of NLP that tells you that everything you need in order to be successful, is already within. A while […]
Running Out of Time: Ryan Lindner – ExtraOrdinary People
Ryan Lindner had some challenges around anxiety and OCD as he was growing up. Being an introvert meant that the road to becoming a coach was an unlikely path but one that helped him develop himself as well as others. […]
Rapport Building
A basic and fundamental technique in NLP is rapport building. Many people fixate on the strategies used to gain rapport but forget that it is equally as important to have the ability to identify once you have achieved it! In […]
How I Survived the Killing Fields: Sarah Im – ExtraOrdinary People
Sara Im is the author of How to Survive the Killing Fields; a story of hope, love and determination. It follows Sara’s own, true story that begins in tranquil Cambodia in the 1970s. Studying to become an engineer, Sara […]
Talking Seriously about Humour – Part Two
It’s not always appropriate to use humour as a break state.There are times when it may feel as if the best thing you could do right now is to make a client laugh yet there are times when you shouldn’t […]
Saying No to People Pleasing: Jerry Fu – ExtraOrdinary People
After not getting the grades he would have liked (and that would have been expected of him), Jerry handed the reins of his life over for other people to set the standards and decide where he should go next. Whilst […]
Talking Seriously about Humour – Part One
Is humour an appropriate way to interrupt someone’s emotional state? I have recently completed an NLP practitioner training course and have sent some wonderful new people off into the world. A question about humour in sessions came up during the […]
