April 2008

In NLP a state is word describing the sum total of how we feel, our mood and our physiology.

Some states are very simple and have common every day names such as: angry, loving, dissappointed. Other states can be complex combinations of feelings and moods that may have no name but are very familiar to us.

Many people think that their state is something they are stuck with, in reality they are easy to change and choose. States and state management is a fundamental part of NLP.

In the next NLP Café meeting on May 20th we will explore getting in and out of states. In the first part of this practice group we will use a process to tease apart unresourceful states so that they are easier to change. In second part we will work on creating tailor made states for use on any occasion.

Join Andy Hunt and Nigel Hetherington to get in, and out of, a bit of a state at St Oswald’s Hospice Training Centre, Gosforth, Newcastle on Tuesday May 20th between 7pm & 9pm.

PS: If you have not trained with us before this is a great way of finding out what we are like and the kind of thing you might expect to get from one of our IntegrityNLP Practitioner trainings.

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Our NLP training course in Newcastle upon Tyne has a great deal of emphasis on practical application. Its not about learning 20 processes in one week and having no real skill as to how to use them. Integrity NLP practitioner courses give you the time to develop and integrate your NLP skills into your life.

Getting More of what you want with NLP

There are just two very simple parts of getting what you want using NLP’s well formed outcome. A full exploration of your outcome and then acting on the information. The full exploration is called a ‘well formed outcome’.

well formed outcome

State what you want, your outcome in the positive. Then in your imagination, See / Feel / Hear / Taste and Smell - exactly what it will be like when you have got your outcome. You require a sensory description!

• “I dont want to get angry” is not stated in the positive, so one way to turn this to the positive can be “I want to be calm”.

• When I am calm “it will be good” is not a sensory description. When I am calm I will be seeing other people next to me, they will be treating me differently, specifically they are talking to me, asking me about my ideas, opinions. I can smell one ladys perfume and notice the smell of coffee. I am in a cafe. I feel relaxed and my shoulders are particularly comfortable

Step 2

Check the possible consequences

• How will getting your outcome affect you, friends, family, others? You can think of this in terms of time, relationships, other commitments and any and all impacts your outcome will have on the relationships with these other people.

• What will you gain, what will you lose and what will stay the same? You can think of this in terms of money, time, relationships…

• How will you sort our potential difficulties? Think about it, what difficulties could arise? What problems are obvious what problems are hidden?

• Where do you want this outcome, where do you not want this outcome? In which physical locations; not at home but at the office.

Step 3

Resources and Control

• What level of control and influence can you bring to bear as resources to attaining your outcome. You have little to zero influence of winning the lottery. You can think of this as is this achievable and how can you make it more so.

• Do you have all the Skills, Understanding, Time and Information to realise your outcome? If you require additional information / skills / time / understandings - where can you get it from, what and where are your resources?

• How will yo overcome and barriers and hurdles?

Step 4

Do you still want this outcome?

• So having explored, examined and gathered information and resources. Do you still want this?

• Is getting your outcome the steps to getting something else?

• When do you want this and what are your next steps?

If you choose to use this process for a specific outcome, run the process three times on the same outcome. Then ACT on the information you have generated. Many people know about this process but seemingly only a few actually use it - be one of those who do.

best wishes

nigel hetherington

Communicating Excellence
Excellence in NLP and Clinical Hypnotherapy

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