June 2009

There has been some very good weather recently in Newcastle upon Tyne and like myself, I hope you have made and taken the opportunities to enjoy it while it lasts. While away enjoying this summer sun and balmy heat I have been out in the city centre.

And like any other day in Newcastle, I saw one or two street entertainers playing things from what looked like a cup with a rubber band, a one stringed guitar, a drum, a flute, you know, the usual mixture of good and bad. But one man playing an accordion really caught my eye.

During a pause from his playing, this very skilled, tanned and silver haired accordion player started to fumble in his pocket and pulled out a very new looking iPhone. With fingers seemingly as dexterous on his iPhone as his accordion, he looked to be checking email or texts or perhaps just surfing the web.

So how come I noticed his iPhone? Meta Programs.

Some people say meta programs can be described as the generalised repetitive patterns of thought, perception and behaviour that people seem to have. Another way to describe meta programs is where you focus your attention.

Please, these patterns are mostly unconscious, unless you know about them. You see, if you have completed an NLP Practitioner you will already know quite a bit about meta programs … but just in case you yet don’t, let me share a short example …

One of my friends, I remember like it was just yesterday, once told me he had started dating someone and the first time he went to her house he was in the kitchen. Looking around the kitchen out of all the things he saw there he noticed a cup. Now this cup was the same as one his ex-partner has.

Out of everything there to be see in the kitchen his focus of attention noticed the one thing that was similar. This perception of noticing ’sameness’ is called in meta program language ‘Sort for Similarity’. He then, not his best move, continued to tell his new girlfriend his new discovery.

One thing to understand about meta programs is that they are neither good not bad in and of themselves, they are simply repetitive patterns of thought and behaviour. So sorting for similarity will be valuable in some context and sorting for difference will be valuable in some context.

For example, sometimes, some specific meta program(s) may be responsible for a person having a string of failed relationships, they pick the same kind of partner and they have the same kind of experiences which massively contribute to an unhappy and then terminal relationship.

Perhaps in such cases noticing what is different in a fairly specific way could … and I stress could … clear the way for a much healthier more loving and mutually supportive relationships.

This is about not only recognising the language and behaviour of other and ourselves but even more so about being able to change our language and behaviour to ethically realise more of our desires and dreams. To be able to change meta programs for positive applications and purpose.

I don’t want you to take my word for this, just simply consider the possibility that, it is possible to alter, change and influence our own meta programs depending on what we want to achieve or even what someone else wants to achieve.

I am sure you are aware and now getting the bigger picture that the unconscious meta programs you run are to a large extent your patterns that determine your successes and failures in life.

All right, now, so how useful do you believe it is to coaches, therapists, personal developers and any one in the business of change to have a really deep understanding of the application of meta programs?

Our Newcastle NLP Master Practitioner explores and unpacks meta programs in terms of language and behaviour patterns in even deeper and more sophisticated ways than our NLP Practitioner training covers.

And here is an additional invite for NLP Practitioner and NLP Master Practitioners, re-read this article and look out for all of the meta programs. Notice anything you find yourself agreeing with and the ideas and concepts that see to appeal to you but also look out for things that you don’t agree with or sentences that do not entirely grip you.

Our NLP Newcastle based Practitioner and NLP Master Practitioner courses begin this coming September and if you already have an NLP qualification and wish to to it again for all the additional benefits you can for half the usual course price. Now which meta programs does this great offer appeal to?

And while the sun is still out and shining I want to finish my story, and you might be wondering, so how come I noticed this highly skilled accordion players iPhone? Well no mystery there, I have one too!

The weather forecast is suggesting that this coming week the UK will this week experience a week long heat wave. So if you are out walking practising noticing NLP Meta Programs in Newcastle upon Tyne, you might like to keep your eyes peeled to see not just accordion players but one with an iPhone.

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The V-K Dissociation or Fast Phobia Cure is one of the most well known NLP therapeutic intervention processes.  The Fast Phobia Cure process as we understand it has been ‘incorporated’ into Human Givins as the ‘Rewind Process’.

Demonstrating here in part two of three video clips, Andy Hunt from IntegrityNLP is seen doing the NLP Fast Phobia Cure during an NLP Practitioner training course in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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If like me and many other people you have been enjoying the summer sun and blue sky’s here in Newcastle upon Tyne, you might also have been enjoying how all this amazingly good weather gets people out of the house and brings us together.

Now speaking of getting out of the house and people coming together, have you ever considered how valuable it is to be able to build new relationships and improve existing ones?

All to often, myself included, I find people can get way to bogged down in work and the things that ‘you have to do’ and quite literally put the most important relationships with friends, family and partners on the back burner.

In any situation be it business, with friends or partners being able to connect and build even better relationships is an invaluable skill.

And, by using some simple tools, building relationships becomes a very learnable skill.

Whatever your job or interest is, you need to be able to connect with people and to be able to build great relationships and this is the ability to connect deeply with people when you choose to do so.

And how do you connect deeply with people? NLP of course!

Now, you have probably had the experience of meeting some people who you really get on with famously, they are warm, seem to say all the right things. They inspire trust and friendship too … you have also likely had the opposite kind of experience with other people too …

Whatever kinds of experiences you have had in terms of connecting ( or not ) and building amazing relationships ( or not ) you will be aware that having the choice to connect deeply and build better relationships is an amazing skill that opens up a massive possibilities and opportunities for both you and the all people you meet.

So, with this in mind, you are invited to consider for yourself and the important people in your life, how further developing your skills and ability to connect and relate to others will improve your life.

With that in mind, we invite you to come to The NLP Cafe because we want those of you who are interested in connecting and building better relationships with others to have the tools to make it easier to connect more deeply with people.

And as you might expect we have scheduled the next NLP Cafe - Building Better Relationships For Summer - for this month in June just in time to for summer and the wonderful opertunities to build better relationships and really connect with people. So while the time is upon us and the weather is good, we invite you to get to the NLP Cafe the month.

And if you book your place now, you can rest assured you will be learning how to improve your skills in relating with people and connecting more meaningfully too as you enjoy the summer … and the new oppertunities that come with the summer sun and blue sky’s.

NLP Practice Group with Nigel Hetherington and Andy Hunt

NLP Cafe on Wednesday 17th June
St Oswald’s Hospice Teaching Centre at 7-9 pm
Just £9.00 booking in advance online or £10 on the night.

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The Fast Phobia Cure or V-K Dissociation is one of the most well known NLP therapeutic intervention processes.

Demonstrating here in part one of three video clips, Andy Hunt from IntegrityNLP is seen doing the NLP Fast Phobia Cure during an  NLP Practitioner training course in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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NLP Master Practitioner - Practising Mastery – Mastering Practice

This is a full 140 hour direct contact well supervised Newcastle NLP Master Practitioner course that will expand broaden and increase your NLP skills by deepening your understanding of the purpose behind each step of an NLP process taking your skills to the next level up.

When you first decided to take an NLP Practitioner course, what was it that sparked your interest and curiosity?

• How was it you decided to to embark on a potentially life changing journey called NLP?
• What motivated you?

And,now having had the NLP Practitioner experience how has this changed and benefited you?

Having completed your NLP Practitioner, you will certainly have discovered new and powerful ways to communicate and connect. No doubt you have learned to apply life changing and enabling processes to yourself and with others too. It is likely new behaviours and possibilities are abundant in your life and perhaps you are now considering how to further your NLP skills and abilities? An NLP Master Practitioner is an excellent way to continue your NLP development and personal evolution.

If you are seriously considering how to continue your ongoing journey, you may have been thinking about additional personal development and growth. It could also be the desire to utilise your rapport and communication skills to make your career go in the right direction for you. Maybe you are increasing your skills and effectiveness to become a better therapist. It may even be you are considering the possibilities of becoming an NLP Trainer? All of these avenues and more are open to you with an NLP Master Practitioner training.

This NLP Master Practitioner training is for you if … you want to continue and increase your learning of powerful, effective and ethical ways to influence both yourself and others. If you want to learn how to learn. If you want to continue your NLP evolution

“Number of alternative tools introduced with plenty of opportunity for flexibility. Emphasis on learning with fun
as an integral part of the process and explanation of theory behind the process, practical techniques rather that role learning“

Richard – Policeman

Course begins 12-13 September 2009.

Click Here for all information and to reserve you place.

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