Using Altered States (Trance) in a Purposeful, Positive Way
Since the dawn of man, human beings have used altered states of consciousness in both purposeful ways – shamanic healing, divination, getting battle ready, etc. – and non-purposeful ways. (getting drunk or stoned for fun) Truly, from a historical perspective, we are party animals. We’ve been getting high as far back as historians can measure. As one example, humans, like …
Meta-Fives in action
One of my favorite ways of using therapeutic metaphors is something I learned from Dave Dobson. Dave used to jokingly call these “meta-fives” because are one step better than metaphors in that they draw upon the person’s own unique personal history. The first step in creating a meta-five, then, is to find out what positive resource experiences he or she …
Milton Erickson was not an “Ericksonian”
Neo-Ericksonian Hypnosis v. Ericksonian Hypnosis There is an old joke that says “How many Ericksonian Hypnotists does it take to screw in a light bulb? The answer is “Seventeen. One to change the light bulb and sixteen to argue how Milton would have done it.” This past January I had the pleasure of witnessing a demonstration of real, live “Ericksonian” …
The Poetry of the Elevator Speech
Once, when the mathematician Blaise Pascal was asked, “Why did you write such a long letter?” he answered, “because I didn’t have time to write a short one.” If you are in the business world at all, you should take the time to write a good elevator speech. Most people in the business world don’t need to be told what …
Sleight of Mouth tip
Monthly Sleight of Mouth Tip- April 2014 Sleight of Mouth is an NLP Persuasion Skill. If you are not yet familiar with it this new monthly tip may not make as much sense to you as it could if you were to read the book or listen to the MP3s. (available at our web site) We’ve all had the experience …
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