We’ve all had that bad experience that sticks with us. And when we think back to it or something triggers the memory, we get the same emotions and feelings we had when the experience was happening. That scary elevator ride when the lights went out and the elevator car lurched and slipped before coming to an abrupt halt. Or when during a minor crisis when you were a young child you tried to help your mother but weren’t able to do exactly what she wanted and she called you a worthless child and you’ve carried that thought and emotion around through out your adult life. And now you’re ready to get rid of it so you can get on with your life. But how do you do it?
Neural linguistic programming, or NLP, sounds a bit like brainwashing, but it’s not. It’s using specific language to re-structure or re-frame how we look at past events and change the effect they have on us and our behaviors. At the Northwest Hypnosis Institute we are learning how to use NLP to identify and make manageable past traumas and the effects they have on us. (more…)
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