“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” ― Epictetus
Do you have a bad habit that you’ve tried desperately to stop, but you keep repeating the same old patterns? We all do from time to time. Many times we prevent ourselves from changing or doing something differently because we are a sum of all our experiences, beliefs, and influences, and we fall into a vicious cycle of listening to those inner critical voices.
NLP or Neuro-Linguistic Programming may be the answer you’ve been searching for and a way to finally break that cycle. NLP shows you how to take control of these beliefs and influences.
Using NLP techniques, you can begin to change the way that you think and feel about past events, fears, and habits and finally live the life filled with the happiness that you dream of, using the power of your own mind.
Technically speaking, NLP is the study of how verbal and non-verbal language affects our mind.
Neuro: Refers to the brain, particularly how it sends, receives, and stores signals that add up to information that controls how we communicate and behave.
Linguistic: Language, both verbal and non-verbal, that moves across and through pathways.
Programming: The way the content is manipulated to convert it into useful information.
Using NLP techniques, you will understand how you can change the responses and behaviors that limit you, and instead, turn them into positive behaviors. NLP helps you to create and live through choice.
For example, reframing is a common technique in the practice of NLP. It’s a way of changing your thoughts from negative to positive. Let’s say you’re waiting in a doctor’s office for an appointment, and you’ve been waiting a long time. Instead of focusing on the bad or getting irritated and complaining to yourself, change the language inside your head. Think about how you can take this time to answer a few emails on your phone or just to unwind and read a magazine article. You’re internally turning a potentially negative experience into a positive one.
