LET’S TALK ABOUT NLPDR. EDWIN PEREZ, LIFE COACH AT SUPPORT ANGER

NLP?SHORT FOR NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING

THE METHOD IS DEFINED AS ENCOMPASSING “THE THREE MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPONENTS INVOLVED IN PRODUCING HUMAN EXPERIENCE: NEUROLOGY, LANGUAGE AND PROGRAMMING.

Robert B. Dilts, author, developer, trainer & consultant in the field of NLP,

THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM REGULATIONS HOW OUR BODIES FUNCTION, LANGUAGE DETERMINES HOW WE INTERFACE AND COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND OUR PROGRAMMING DETERMINES THE KINDS OF MODELS OF THE WORLD WE CREATE. NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING DESCRIBES THE FUNDAMENTAL DYNAMICS BETWEEN MIND (NEURO) AND LANGUAGE (LINGUISTIC) AND HOW THEIR INTERPLAY AFFECTS OUR BODY AND BEHAVIOR (PROGRAMMING).

A MAIN TENANT OF NLP I USE IN LIFE COACHING:

“THERE IS NO FAILURE, ONLY FEEDBACK. IF WHAT YOU’RE DOING ISN’T WORKING, TRY SOMETHING ELSE”

▸ It provides tools and skills for the development of individual success

▸ However, success is defined by the individual

▸ Operates as a way to guide self-discovery, exploring both identity and purpose

“NLP is not only about competence and excellence, it is about wisdom and vision.”

HOW NLP IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER METHODS

LET’S TALK ABOUT NLP AS A METHOD FOR LIFE COACHING

“THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY” AND “LIFE AND ‘MIND’ ARE SYSTEMIC PROCESSES”

NLP OPERATES ON TWO FUNDAMENTAL PRESUPPOSITIONS:

▸ This explains how reality is determined through neuro-linguistic maps, determined by our sensory representational systems.

▸ What this means is that we don’t know reality, we only know what we perceive to be reality, and this determines how we behave.

▸ Our behaviors are then either influenced or limited not by reality, but our “map of reality.”

LET’S TALK ABOUT NLP

“THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY”

▸ The processes which occur within ourselves as well as our interactions with others and other environments is systematic

“Our bodies, our societies, and our universe form an ecology of complex systems and sub-systems all of which interact with an mutually influence each other.”

‣ What this means is that it’s impossible to operate in a world where these systems don’t effect one another

‣ We cannot isolate ourselves from our own thoughts, interactions with others, and interactions with the environments we experience, which, in turn, influence our range of emotions and behaviors.

“LIFE AND ‘MIND’ ARE SYSTEMIC PROCESSES”

LET’S TALK ABOUT NLP

WE DISPLAY OUR EMOTIONS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF WAYS

USING NLP AS A LIFE COACHING TOOL CAN HELP US TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT, AS HUMANS

WHETHER IT’S TONE

…OR PITCH

…OR VOLUMES OF OUR VOICES

OR THE PACE IN WHICH WE SPEAK, OUR BODY LANGUAGE, OR THE WORDS WE CHOOSE TO USE

…OR OUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

AND CAN HELP UNVEIL CLIENTS UNIQUE MAPS

NLP COACHES ARE TRAINED TO PICK UP ON THESE UNCONSCIOUS INDICATORS OF MEANING

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