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contents
Issue 63 Published July 2019
06
APPLICATIONS OF NLP
05 NLP Quick Tips
What do you do when your default strategies
stop working?

06 Education
The map is not the territory but the
territory IS the map?

08 NLP Stories
Effective communication with customers
12
10 Health & Wellbeing
Self-care
Reorganising your ‘Food Panorama Storage System’

12 Lifestyle
Are you limiting yourself with the Law of Attraction?

14 Business 24
The fellowship mindset scorecard
A vital tool for business leaders 14
18 ANLP News
ANLP Charity Partnership

NLP FOR PROFESSIONALS

20 NLP
Special Awards for a Lifetime of Services to NLP

24 NLP
The therapeutic genius of Milton Erickson and
how he positively influenced the fields of NLP
and psychotherapy 33
27 ANLP Social Media
28 Provoking Debate
So you think you know how to coach just
because you’re NLP qualified?

30 NLP Conference
NLP International Conference in review

33 Coaching
The best coaching is simple (Part 3)

36 NLP
Age with Attitude – Because getting older
doesn’t mean you have to become old
58 36
40 NLP
NLP and children’s social care

BUSINESS ADVICE
42 Author Interview
Lynette Allen
Rituals

46 Diary Events
50 Business Development
How to create a personal brand to grow your business

52 Research
Mixed methods and mixed methodology
50
57 Book Review
58 Ambassador News
60 NLP Practice Groups
62 Karen’s Blog
• Heart-singing Gratitude... 62
• Iterations
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What do you do when your

default strategies stop working?

I
By Eve Menezes Cunningham

’m normally very organised. But this beautiful, in cold weather (it was two my cutlery. The lack of internet meant
month, my usual strategies weren’t degrees which felt more like winter), it was everything else was taking a backseat.
available to me. my only source of heat. Usually, I’d have One day, it took me 40 attempts to
Preparing for over a year to move from been Googling, ‘How to light a log fire’ and get a signal to ring my mum. I couldn’t
Essex to the west coast of Ireland, from asking online. arrange to meet up with new friends but,
the time I signed contracts in January From the time I’d said I was moving to when in town, I’d catch up with as many
until March, I expected to be exchanging the Wild Atlantic Way, while loved ones arrangements as I could. I was able to
contracts on my UK home any day. Then I had been supportive, they’d warned me rent space to see online clients as a
would be able to find somewhere to live in that I’d be very isolated (especially in my result of having made connections before
Ireland and start ticking things off my On temporary rural studio) and would need to my move.
Exchange mind map. learn to drive. Now that I have more control of my
Reality meant booking the ferry before ‘It’ll be fine,’ I’d repeated. ‘I’m getting schedule, I’ve been cycling more – initially
we’d exchanged. I had nine days to find to know some lovely people in my future it took an hour into town but I’ve found a
somewhere for us to move into, pack and home town and we’ll be chatting and 45-minute route into town or the quay so
close UK life admin. All in case we crashed visiting all the time. My practice is almost I’m getting fitter and stronger, too.
out of the EU on 29 th March without a deal completely online now, it’ll be easy. My morning strategies changed as well.
and Rainbow MagnifiCat’s pet passport It’s 2019.’ My meditation, yoga and EFT became
became invalid. No mobile signal and exceedingly even more important to me. Additions, like
Friends I’d invited for imaginary limited internet those first ten days meant clearing the ash from the fireplace and
leisurely farewell cups of tea saved my I really did feel isolated. I was accepting feeding the trees with it, taking Rainbow
vegan bacon by helping me pack. The lifts into town from strangers I’d just met MagnifiCat’s litter to the leaf compost,
morning of our 17.5 hour journey, my mum (amazing people helping me get internet and gathering kindling and firewood from
saved the day by finishing what we had to sorted) and taking more cabs in a few these amazing grounds I’m temporarily
leave before completing. days than I’d taken in several years. In living in, make me feel like I’ve been
We finally exchanged contracts two spite of communication issues, I was bodysnatched by someone far more
days before moving. I was relieved to have interviewed by RTE (Irish television) adventurous than I am.
to put my flat to auction after moving but about my Brexit-inspired move and life Now feeling more settled and
I had limited wifi at the B&B the first week felt surreal. organised, I’m enjoying the sense of
and sporadic signal. When I moved to my Even not having my things around me order my lists and diaries and mind
rural studio after a week, I had almost no forced new strategies. This is a stunningly maps provide. But I also realise that this
wifi (even with a dongle) or mobile signal. beautiful but temporary home so most completely unexpected introduction to
Things that would normally take a few of my boxes are staying packed up until my new home country (the first place I’ve
minutes (e.g. a quick call to the bank) took we’re in our permanent home. For the lived where I have a blood link as well as
three days. first few days, I was spreading my Vego a passport) has changed me and being
Everything was new. For example, I’ve chocolate spread on toast with a fork forced to find new strategies has (with
never had a log fire before and while it’s as I hadn’t yet unpacked the rest of hindsight) been freeing.

Eve Menezes Cunningham is an NLP master practitioner, online self-care coach, therapist and supervisor at selfcarecoaching.net.
She is the author of 365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-care Ideas for Embodied Wellbeing (White Owl, 2017).

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Self-care
Reorganising your ‘Food Panorama Storage System’

L
By Melody Cheal

ooking after yourself physically is an important aspect Food is often a symbolic

of self-care, including what you eat and maintaining a substitute for something else
healthy weight. However, as I am sure many of you know,
healthy eating and maintaining a healthy weight often have
at the unconscious level
more to do with emotional and psychological issues than simple value and a use. Over time, I began adapting some techniques
eating patterns. that have been in NLP for many decades, bringing them together
Both weight loss (for those who are overweight) and weight to create a pattern for ‘reorganising your Food Panorama
gain (for those who are underweight) should be a matter of Storage System’.
physics: energy in versus energy out. In reality it is far more Unsurprisingly, one of my biggest influencers for this pattern
complex than that. Modern research is suggesting that there is Lucas Derks and his work with ‘social panoramas’. In his
are individual differences that also mean people have different book of the same title (*1) he describes a pattern whereby we
challenges physiologically. I mention this aspect in passing as it store representations of the people in our lives. He noticed
will sometimes be an additional factor. My focus will be on thinking commonalities such as the location where many people store the
patterns and internal representations. representation of their significant other, loved ones, ex-partners,
Food is often a symbolic substitute for something else at work colleagues etc. He noticed that people would sometimes
the unconscious level and as a result everyone has a different have a social panorama that created relationship issues. Using
relationship with food. Some of these relationships are healthy NLP principles, he developed change-work methods to help
while others are not. Many of you will be familiar with phrases people reorganise their social panorama.
such as ‘comfort eating’ or ‘eating your emotions’. There is a This theory inspired me to explore another panorama, that of
challenge that no matter how self-aware you may be, behaviours food. I discovered that when I asked people to identify where they
such as comfort eating may be unconsciously triggered. There kept certain types of food they were able to tell me instantly.
can even be a form of amnesia involved where you do not even Most people indicated space around themselves, with only a
remember eating that bag of crisps or that chocolate bar. If few choosing locations within the body.
comfort eating were a completely conscious behaviour it would be I noticed a common pattern with people who struggled to lose
far easier to change. weight: they often seemed to have food that was sugary or high
in carbohydrates located close in front of their face, while healthy
Using the Food Panorama Storage System foods appeared to be located either to the side, low down or even
pattern with clients behind them.
Working with eating issues as an NLP practitioner requires a solid I developed a number of different food categories to check:
understanding of the complexities associated with the many • Highly desirable food
relationships that a client may have with food. • Food that triggered a gag response
When I work with clients, the first step is to do a basic ecology • Mild like and mild dislike locations
check around general health. I often recommend clients speak • Take it or leave it food.
to a medical professional to make sure there are no physiological In people who had a healthy relationship with food, these
issues that may also be having an impact. This can include labels made sense and each category would have a mixture of
medications that cause weight gain or weight loss. different food groups, e.g. vegetables, proteins, sugary foods and
In my opinion, unless you are a medical professional, it is carbohydrates.
unethical for you to offer advice about medications or medical Working with people wanting to lose weight there were some
conditions. It is useful to have an awareness of some of the marked differences. Location categories that made more sense to
common medications or conditions to inform your practice and them were:
yet to be clear about professional boundaries. By ensuring you • ‘Naughty’ foods (highly desirable and classed as unhealthy)
work ethically, you are helping to improve or protect both your • Healthy or ‘good’ food that was eaten because they knew it was
own reputation and that of NLP in general. good for them
The next step is to begin eliciting a well-formed outcome plus • Healthy food that was disliked or even produced a gag response
what the client perceives to be the issue. Make sure you explore • Food that they could take or leave.
the multiple positive intentions behind the issue(s) and also the I started exploring what happens when we reorganise a
outcome. This will allow you to gain some clarity about what other person’s Food Panorama Storage System. A ‘like to dislike pattern’
ecology issues may need addressing as part of the process. has existed in NLP for many years and this technique works on the
Be wary of only treating symptoms of the issue(s) rather than same principle. My pattern, the Food Panorama Storage System,
causes or triggers. When symptoms are treated in isolation, the introduces some new distinctions.
unconscious often re-routes the issue, creating a new symptom. The ‘critical sub-modality’ used is location and rather than
Working with clients with issues around food tends to be working with just one food at a time the idea is to help the client
complex and often multi-layered. Most NLP techniques will have a reorganise many different types of food.

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A case study
When I asked people to identify
where they kept certain types
One woman in her late 40s found bread irresistible and she
disliked green vegetables. Bread was located directly in front of
her eyes and nose. Green vegetables were to her left and to the of food they were able to tell me
side at about waist level.
I first guided her to move bread to the same location as
instantly
vegetables. By experimenting I guided her to discover that the Apply to self
level of revulsion increased when she moved the bread lower I decided to experiment with my own eating habits recently. I
than the original location. She discovered that this was where moved sugary foods to my anchovy location (guaranteed gag
she kept offal which she disliked even more. Until that point she response for me). I was wanting to lose some weight and also
had been unaware of this location that produced a stronger aware of issues such as inflammation that I wanted to reduce.
revulsion response. What happened next was fascinating. After about a month,
Rather than move all green vegetables in this first session, I I had gained about six pounds! When I reviewed my progress I
invited her to choose one type. She chose broccoli. On moving it to realised that I had considerably increased my carbohydrate
the position just in front of her face she noticed that she felt more intake without realising it. My unconscious was still craving sugar
neutral about broccoli. This is not unusual in my experience and is and so prompted me to crave carbohydrates. I called this ‘stealth
still a positive indicator (as the next few weeks demonstrated). sugar acquisition’!
Over a fairly short period of time, she lost all interest in This is an indicator to me that there is a positive intention
bread. She began consciously adding broccoli to meals. Several or an ecology issue for me to clean up. I also realised I had not
sessions later, she reported that she had been adding other green increased the desirability of any healthy foods. I had not done
vegetables spontaneously to her diet. She now enjoyed the taste this because I already like healthy food. It occurs to me, on
and was experimenting with recipes that included much healthier reflection, that a balance in reducing the desirability of one food
ingredients because she wanted to. and replacing it with another may be a critical factor. These
As with several other case studies, the pattern changes were reflections have provided me with a new avenue to explore and I
very successful and she reached her goals easily and without will report the results in a future article.
stress. It appeared that there were several factors that made her,
and similar clients, a good candidate: Conclusions
• The weight gain was not a long-standing historic experience. In conclusion, reorganising a client’s Food Panorama Storage
She had gained weight during her divorce and had not System seems to produce the best results when focused on
previously had weight issues. specific foods. In addition, the client needs to either have no
• The original stressor was not active and there did not appear historic deep-rooted issues connected to their relationship with
to be any deep-rooted positive intentions to include in the food, or these issues need to be cleared before using this pattern.
change work. I have not applied the pattern to anyone wishing to gain weight,
• She was willing to give up a specific food rather than cut down however my hunch is the same conditions would apply. I would
on how much she ate. not expect this pattern on its own to have much impact on
As with smoking cessation, I have noticed greater success eating disorders.
where the person is prepared to give up a specific food rather than The Food Panorama Storage System pattern could provide
reduce intake. Working with other clients to reduce the intake of a a useful avenue for future research in a society increasingly
‘naughty’ food has usually resulted in a short-term result only. concerned with healthy eating.

Reference
(*1) Lucas Derks, 2005. Social Panoramas: Changing the unconscious landscape with NLP and Psychotherapy.
Crown House Publishing.

Melody Cheal MSc is an NLP master trainer and holds a degree in Applied Positive Psychology. She is a partner in GWiz NLP and a co-
creator of PSiNLP. She offers NLP training from entry level to NLP master trainer and also has a private practice working one to one
with clients therapeutically.

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The therapeutic genius of Milton

Erickson and how he positively
influenced the fields of NLP and
psychotherapy

By Kris Hallbom

Milton had many different

identities, such as psychiatrist,
father, researcher, journal
editor, mentor, practical joker,
lover of nature and more Photos on this page provided
by the Milton H. Erickson Foundation.

O
nce upon a time in a faraway land Because of his frail health, many in the use of trance and Ericksonian
called Phoenix, there lived an old young college students who were hypnotherapy – and has written a number
man in a wheelchair, whom many studying psychology, psychotherapy of books on trance and psychotherapy;
called the Wizard of the Desert. (*1,2) This and hypnotherapy – along with many Robert Dilts, one of the primary
old man had sparkly eyes that shimmered seasoned psychotherapists of the day – developers of NLP, who has written more
like the ocean and he lived inside the would make the journey to the old man’s than 25 books on NLP, psychotherapy and
body of one who had polio. He was racked simple home in the desert to pay homage success factor modelling.
with physical pain day and night, yet had to him, and to quietly sit and learn from It’s interesting to note that the three of
the magical ability to outthink the pain him – and let him mess with their minds… them made multiple trips to see Erickson
and forge the pathway for a generation Some called Erickson a healer, others in the later part of his life – and these
of gifted healers – who would forever called him a trickster and a shaman – trance-filled trips helped shape them into
remember him – long after he was gone and millions of people around the world becoming the brilliant men they are today.
and his dust-filled ashes were spread out consider him to be one of the greatest The focus of this article will be on their
upon the Arizona desert. His name was psychiatrists and hypnotherapists of our thoughts and understandings of what
Dr Milton H. Erickson, and he was one of time. He wrote prolifically about what he made Milton such a therapeutic genius,
the greatest psychotherapists who ever did, worked with tons of patients – and and what made him so incredibly special.
lived. (*3) freely gave his knowledge and wisdom   And now we can step back in time to
away. He influenced a whole generation the mid-1970s, into the dusty hot desert
of brilliant young thinkers, change agents of Phoenix, Arizona – and imagine what
and psychotherapeutic geniuses who it would have been like to be a young
would go on to change the world in a university student studying with a great
big way. master like Erickson... a master who
Three of those people include: was colourblind, arrhythmic, tone deaf,
Jeffrey K. Zeig PhD, the founder dyslexic – and always wore the colour
and director of the Milton H. Erickson purple, with a bolo tie covered in purple
Foundation, and inheritor of Dr. Erickson’s seashells…
therapy practice, who has authored
and edited more than 20 books on Milton Erickson and the power
psychotherapy and the work of of having a beginner’s mind
Milton Erickson;  ‘Whenever we went to Phoenix to study
Stephen Gilligan PhD, who is considered with Dr Erickson in the 1970s, we had a
by many to be a modern-day genius lot of questions for him,’ said Robert Dilts,

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as he reflected on what it was like to be a operate from a lot of pre-held beliefs change, and contributed to Erickson’s
19-year-old studying with Erickson. and assumptions. therapeutic genius,’ explained Dilts. (*4)
‘The other students and I would ask Interestingly, every situation was According to Stephen Gilligan, who
him questions such as, “If you use this unique to Erickson, every person was ‘one was also a long-time student of Erickson,
particular approach with a person who of a kind’, and his relationship with that Milton had many different identities, such
has that particular type of issue, will it person was also unique, said Dilts. as psychiatrist, father, researcher, journal
produce a certain result?” and Erickson So when asked about the probability editor, mentor, practical joker, lover of
would invariably reply, “I don’t know.” of a particular outcome, Erickson would nature and more. He had a keen intellect,
‘We would then ask him, “Will it work always say, ‘I don’t know. I really don’t was an exceptional communicator, and
to use this process to address that know.’ And then he would add, ‘But I am a therapist without peer. He taught in
problem?” and again, Erickson would very curious to discover what is possible.’ medical school, founded and edited an
respond, “I don’t know.” We ended up ‘I believe that state of not knowing academic journal, and worked tirelessly
with pages and pages in our notebooks combined with curiosity is at the essence with psychiatric patients for close to five
repeating, He doesn’t know. He doesn’t of true generative and transformational decades. But along with these rational
know. He doesn’t know.’ and worldly achievements, Milton Erickson
Milton Erickson’s approach to problem One of the unique was also a great healer, said Gilligan. (*5)
solving is a classic example of the power
contributions that Erickson was renowned for drifting

Erickson made was

of having a beginner’s mind, proclaimed in and out of a trance state during his
Dilts. It wasn’t that he was trying to be therapy sessions with clients and trusted
evasive. It was that he simply did not ‘utilisation’ his unconscious mind to understand his
patient’s unconscious mind in a way that
intellect and logic could only attempt
to make sense of afterwards (and fail
massively to fully understand). One of
his most accomplished students, Jeffrey
Zeig, has often stated that even the most
perceptive and intelligent person could
still only catch onto about 50% of what
Milton was doing, and for a disabled man
with paralysis of the mouth, tongue, arms
and legs, Milton never wasted an ounce of
energy doing anything or saying anything
that was not entirely purposeful. (*6)
‘It is Erickson’s work, in fact, that is
most at the foundation of the principles
and techniques of neurolinguistic
programming’, said Robert Dilts. While
much has already been written on
Erickson’s processes, there is always
much to be gained by the re-examination
of his work. (*7)
According to Dilts, the most
fundamental and important strategy
employed by Erickson was the process
of ‘pacing and leading’. Erickson was a
master at meeting his clients at their own
impoverished model of the world, pacing
their way of thinking and then elegantly
leading them to a more resourceful way
of organising their experience. This
process of ‘pacing’ was also a powerful
way to establish a deep rapport with the
patient. (*8)
According to Jeffrey Zeig, ‘If you
were to ask Erickson what his biggest
contribution was to the field of
psychotherapy, he would have said that
the technical contributions that he made
were the interspersal technique and the
associative technique – meaning that on
the social level, you are talking about one
thing, while on the psychological level,
you are referring to other things.’ (*9)

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But besides the technical contributions, In spite of his remarkable impairment is one of the many things that made him
one of the unique contributions that due to polio and the residuals of post- so special.’ (*12)
Erickson made was ‘utilisation’, said Zeig. polio syndrome that stripped him of some Please visit the Milton H. Erickson
Utilisation is a philosophy of response of his muscular strength over the years Foundation website at: www.erickson-
readiness. The therapist responds and caused tremendous pain, Erickson foundation.org to learn more about the
constructively to whatever exists in the transcended his pain and perfumed the therapeutic genius of Milton Erickson.
total weave of the situation. Rather than air around him with the spirit of being
analysing things, you utilise things. So if
the person is tall, utilise that. If the person
glad to be alive. Erickson was also the
most precise communicator that Zeig
Erickson transcended
is short, utilise that... ever encountered: his pain and perfumed
‘For example, when I went to see ‘Every word was chosen, every gesture the air around him
Erickson for the first time it was the end
of my counterculture days and I had long
was chosen, the meaning of the words
was chosen, the meaning of the gestures
with the spirit of being
hair that was braided at the back and was chosen, and he was really working glad to be alive
parted down the middle,’ explained Zeig. assiduously to reach your heart – and this
‘And when I went to see him the second
time, I’d changed my style completely, to
a style that’s somewhat similar to the way
that I dress today, and I have curly hair,
and Erickson autographed his book for
me, “To Jeff Zeig, just another book to curl
your hair.” And so Erickson would utilise
anything, and if you gave him whatever
it was that you gave him, he would find a
way of utilising it.’ (*10)
According to Stephen Gilligan, one
of Erickson’s greatest skills was his
capacity to operate in two ‘realities’
simultaneously: the interior world and the
exterior world.
His ‘inner world’ (with a dazzling array of
naturalistic trance experiences) showed
the infinite possibilities of
consciousness; his ‘outer world’ (with all
sorts of directives to act differently in the
social world) showed many creative paths
for shifting a person’s identity; and his
skill at holding both worlds simultaneously
gave him a special capacity as a healer.
‘But while he had dazzling technical
prowess and mesmerising presence, at
the heart of his healing capacity was his
love and compassion for his patients.
I believe that his exceptional ability to
enter and gently affirm a person’s deepest
identity was responsible for much of his
success,’ said Gilligan. (*11)

References
(*1) According to Jeffrey Zeig, the New York Times first called Erickson the Wizard of the Desert in a small feature article around the
mid-1970s.
(*2) Wizard of the Desert video documentary (2014). An Alexander Vesely film.
(*3) John E. Bradshaw (2008). The Genius of Milton Erickson. John Bradshaw Media Group
(*4) Robert B. Dilts (2018). Erickson and the Importance of Having a Beginner's Mind.
(*5) Stephen Gilligan (2006). I Was Without a Face and it Touched Me: Milton Erickson as a Healer. In: Bradford Keeney PhD and Betty
Alice Erickson MS .Milton H. Erickson MD: An American Healer. Leete’s Island Books.
(*6) David Fairweather (2015). The Passing of Greatness: Milton H. Erickson – The Wizard of the Desert
(*7) Robert B. Dilts (1999). Strategies of Genius. Milton Erickson.
(*8) Robert B. Dilts (1999). Strategies of Genius. Milton Erickson.
(*9) Kris Hallbom (April 2019). Jeffrey Zeig interview. Phoenix, AZ.
(*10) Kris Hallbom (April 2019). Jeffrey Zeig interview. Phoenix, AZ.
(*11) Stephen Gilligan (2006). I Was Without a Face and It Touched Me: Milton Erickson as a Healer. In: Bradford Keeney PhD and Betty
Alice Erickson MS .Milton H. Erickson MD: An American Healer. Leete’s Island Books.
(*12) Kris Hallbom (April 2019). Jeffrey Zeig interview. Phoenix, AZ.

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ANLP Charity
Partnership
A t the 2019 NLP Awards,
ANLP partnered with
Mind BLMK (Bedford, Luton
for people with mental health
challenges. It is important
work.
help on any level where we
can AND can raise the profile
of NLP within another national
feedback on how we can best
structure this relationship and
use our collective resources
and Milton Keynes) to give We came to know that Mind, charity. We hope that this will to make a positive difference
our support to a local charity in general, have had their lead to more recognition of that is not necessarily based
which is part of a larger funding cut and are in more the positive changes NLP and on direct funding or financing
national group. need than ever of support ANLP members can bring into (you are welcome to do this
The rapport with the for their work – and that got the wider world. as well!).
Mind BLMK team has been us thinking… Our intention is to register As Richard Hurst says,
incredible and they have been We have started discussions those members who have ‘[Mind] care about how mental
active in working with us to with Mind BLMK to see how time they can give for general health support is given. We
raise funds for their work. we can form a strategic volunteering and those care that we talk about mental
We are humbled and amazed partnership with them to members with appropriate health openly. We care about
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appreciation and gratitude and membership to support local directly with Mind. Mind strategies to deal with mental
we feel such a strong bond Mind groups across the UK. will carry out their own due health.’
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Stephen Fry (opposite page) Mind for help. particular areas. help us in our discussions
and spoke about the work As a collaboration, this then This is just at the discussion and get the best outcomes
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Letter from
Stephen Fry Bedford
This letter was written for and read out at the Central Beds
NLP Awards evening on Saturday 18th May.
Luton
Milton Keynes

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Mental health is something that we at Mind care about. We care about how mental health issues are
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NLP International
Conference in review www.nlpconference.com

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By Andy Coote

t the NLP International

Conference this year, I spent
'The three days I experienced Ronit taught me pretty much
everything I know about NLP from
some time meeting and talking were inspirational, the practitioner course all the way
to people, some of whom I knew and motivational, insightful, through to coaching and being a
some who were new acquaintances.
People come to the conference for
sometimes emotional trainer. I’m also part of her academic
team, teaching NLP.’
many different reasons and I was and overall simply Tony Nutley, NLP coach and
interested in why they came, how extraordinary' trainer, has actively avoided coming
their experiences had been whilst to the conference in past years.
- Tony Nutley -
there and whether they would return Now he is a convert. He says, ‘If you
another time. decided to pass on attending the
James Tripp has been a regular NLP conference this year, trust me
attendee at the conference since on this, you made a mistake. I have
it was held at Regent’s College. He not attended in the last few years
told me, ‘NLP is my background. based on ancient experience and
I’ve been operating in the field of some preconceived notions. I have
hypnosis, professionally speaking, for to say, I was wrong; the three days of
a fair while. I owe NLP a lot and I love the conference have been one of the
the scope it gives me for exploring richest learning environments I have
interesting things. So I’m coming back had the privilege of being a part of for
into this world and reconnecting with many years.’
it after years on “foreign” shores.’ Martin Crump, NLP trainer, was at
Or Levy was part of the Israeli group the conference as a speaker, having
around Ronit Goldberg, a regular been persuaded it would be a good
at recent conferences and a major idea to submit a proposal. ‘I arrived
influencer in her home market. Or told on Saturday, checked in and went to
me, ‘Basically I was interested to get get a cup of tea, and was approached
to know more about the worldwide by the only other person standing
NLP community and listen to some there, who introduced himself and
interesting lectures. My teacher told me he was looking forward to my

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presentation the next day. He’d

'I love these sorts of events to Ronit and the people around her. I don’t

where you get to dip into

recognised me from my photo think I’ve acquired a lot of new knowledge
in the conference planner and but definitely a new perspective on things
wanted to say hello. Everyone at many different things' that I already know.’ Would he come back
the conference was really friendly, another year? ‘I think so, yes.’
- James Tripp -
and I had lots of very interesting Tony Nutley: ‘The mix of workshops
conversations at the event and and quality content was outstanding,
afterwards.’ not to mention the opportunity to catch
So how was their conference up with old friends and to make new
experience? connections. Additionally, I was able to
James Tripp: ‘I’ve enjoyed develop some great business opportunities
the conference and seen some that my team and I are really excited
fantastic speakers. I love these about. Be sure to book your spot for the
sorts of events where you get to NLP Awards gala evening dinner; all I can
dip into many different things. say is WOW! If you are thinking about the
The way my mind works, sparks 2020 event, and wondering if it’s for you, I
of connection happen between honestly recommend the event. The three
disparate things. This is exactly days I experienced were inspirational,
the kind of environment that motivational, insightful, sometimes
allows for this to happen or at emotional and overall simply extraordinary.’
least facilitates that and acts as a Martin Crump: ‘I had decided to watch all
catalyst. I also find equally as much the presentations in the Business strand as
value in the side conversations my focus on NLP is business applications
that happen in the corridors and but after the first session I decided that
the refreshment rooms between I should go to the sessions I wouldn’t
the sessions. Really enjoyed it, got normally focus on, to see what learning
a lot from it.’ from these I can apply in my practice.  
Or Levy: ‘The level of ‘I had a great time in the ‘Mindfulness-
professionalism in NLP in Israel based Inner Repatterning’ session by Tania
is high, especially when it comes Prince, where I learned how to get rid of my

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impostor syndrome, which was really

'I was interested to get some great exercises, getting to know

to know more about the

useful, given that it was talking some people better and others for the
loudly in my ear that morning. I first time. The feedback from others was
wasn’t sure what to expect from worldwide NLP community often non-verbal: relaxed posture, eye
the name of the session, but I got
and listen to some contact and smiling. Not all conferences

interesting lectures'
a lot out of it, especially the value have had this level of energy. The
of stepping out of your comfort keynote from Judith Delozier and Judith
zone. Robert Dilts is a hero of mine - Or Levy - Lowe set the tone and energetic level
and I use the logical levels model in and held the attention of a very large
most of what I do – it’s at the core and attentive audience learning about
of my strategic planning tool, my Passion in Action and working towards
coaching approach and my cultural our dreams.
change models, so hearing from The organisation and stewarding
him was a highlight. Overall, the key is now getting to a good professional
learning I got from the conference level where they are hardly noticed
was: after 23 years of learning and most of the time, even with the purple
using NLP I am pretty good at it, tabards they wear. Rooms are turned
and I’m well respected by the NLP round, audiences moved in and out with
professionals whom I met. That speed and ease, refreshment breaks
said, I’ve still got lots of opportunity and lunchtimes are facilitated by the
to improve my knowledge, skills conference team and the hotel to be
and understanding. It also brought as effective as possible. From arrival to
home to me how effective and departure (and before and after that),
useful the presuppositions of NLP the conference just works.
are – especially this piece of advice: This year’s mix of sessions seemed
“You have all the resources you to me to be varied and honoured both
need to achieve your goals. There the roots of NLP and the places where
are no unresourceful people, only it is going. Next year it would be great
unresourceful states.” I certainly to see even more diversity and range in
feel in a much more resourceful the sessions and a younger element to
state than before I went.’ audience and speakers.
I spoke to many more people at Will I be back next year? I most
the conference and took part in certainly will. I hope to see you there.

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Ambassador update
W elcome to our latest ANLP
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Excelling with NLP.
We are collecting more stories and
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well as the NLP community itself.
We are holding a series of five regional
ANLP member open-frame forums during
• Madeleine Allen – Northumberland and is working – the difference that makes 2019 and will be posting on social media
Scottish Borders the difference. Our Ambassadors are and our website with dates and times
• Luke Bong – East Malaysia and Brunei at the forefront of this ANLP initiative that we hope you can attend. This is your
• Dave Wooley – Staffordshire. and are actively seeking out those chance to meet your local Ambassador
We will be featuring bios of them in NLP professionals who do great work and help shape how the global
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is a prestigious position within ANLP. Each
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New Ambassadors

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and their members with a focus within a particular
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Being an ANLP International/UK Regional
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Rita Aleluia Dave Wooley
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Portugal Staffordshire

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