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List of Articles By Sarah Merron
What the Hell Is Going On Right Now?
What the hell is going on right now? When everything seems to be falling apart and coming together at the same time. Is it just me, ...
The Best Version of Yourself Can Keep You Stuck
What if you are not a self-improvement project? The endless pursuit of a better version of yourself may be reinforcing the very organisation you are ...
Why Talking About the Past Can Keep You Stuck
Why Talking About the Past Can Keep You Stuck The neuroscience of memory, and what it actually takes to change it Most people who have ...
Alignment Is Not Luxury: It Is Aliveness
Some women appear fully alive from the outside. They lead teams, build businesses, raise families, meet deadlines, solve problems, and carry extraordinary responsibility with apparent ease ...
Why Safety Determines Human Development
You’ve probably been told that growth is a matter of discipline. That if you just pushed harder, thought differently, or wanted it enough, you’d get ...
Taking Control Of Your Stress
Taking Control of Your Stress: How to Move from Overwhelm to Empowerment We all feel it sometimes - the tight chest, the racing thoughts, the ...
Can You Handle Clean Love?
Why People Who Don’t Like Animals Can’t Handle Clean Love There’s an old saying: “If my dog doesn’t like you, neither do I.” We laugh, ...
The Neuroscience of Dreams
The Neuroscience of Dreams: What Your Brain Does While You Sleep Have you ever woken from a dream that felt more real than reality itself? ...
NLP, Mindset, and Psychology of Change
NLP, Mindset, and Psychology of Change: How Our Minds Create - and Can Recreate Our Reality Our mindset isn’t something we are born with. It’s ...
Hypersensitivity to Time Is Often a Trauma Response
Why Hypersensitivity to Time Is Often a Trauma Response Understanding the Link Between Time Anxiety, Childhood Judgement, and Suppressed AngerDo you feel like you can’t ...
The Lie of Identity
You Are Not Your Labels: The Lie of Identity and the Path Back to Power From the moment we arrive in this world, society begins ...
Multitasking Makes You 40% Less Productive
How Multitasking Makes You 40% Less Productive - and What to Do About It How many times have you had a phone conversation while doing ...
Surviving a Toxic Manager
Surviving a Toxic Manager or Colleague (Without Losing Your Sanity or Your Lunch Break) There comes a moment in every professional’s life when you realise ...
Are You in a FONC?
Are You in a FONC or Fear of No Chaos? You’ve spent years untangling yourself from chaos - bad habits, toxic relationships, unnecessary drama… and ...
The Hidden Triggers of Addiction
The Hidden Triggers of Addiction: When You Don’t Feel Safe Being Yourself Addiction is not what you think it is. Dependency isn’t about substances. It ...
How Vitamin & Mineral Deficiencies And Emotions
How Vitamin & Mineral Deficiencies Affect Your Emotions: The Key Nutrients for Mood Stability Vitamins and minerals are the unsung heroes of our mental and ...
Does Your Belief System Serve You?
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself whether your belief system is actually helping you? Not whether it’s “right” or “wrong,” but simply whether it’s ...
Dopamine, Aggression, and Addiction
Dopamine, Aggression, and Addiction: What’s the Connection? Have you ever wondered why some people seem more aggressive than others? Or why addiction can make people ...
Personal Boundaries
Personal Boundaries: What Helps Us Maintain Them and What Holds Us Back Personal boundaries are essential for creating healthy relationships, maintaining mental well-being, and facilitating ...
Humming Away Distractions
How Your Humming Voice Can Silence the Noise Have you ever been in a noisy café, struggling to focus on your work or conversation? Or ...
Acknowledgement Before Acceptance?
Find below Sarah's article: Is Acknowledgement The Hurdle To Leap Before We Reach Acceptance?" published in Issue 6 of Expert Profiles Wellness Magazine in December ...
Bael Fruit: The Secret Superfood
The Secret Superfood: How Bael Fruit Boosts Health & Fights Disease Bael fruit (Aegle marmelos), a tropical fruit native to India and Southeast Asia, has ...
The Scent of Hormone Disruption
Scented Fabric Softeners and Hormonal Disruption: What Does the Science Say? Scented fabric softeners leave your clothes smelling fresh and feeling soft. However, could that ...
Your Shadow Is The Ultimate Mask
This is Sarah's article "Unveiling the Shapeshifter: Your Shadow Is The Ultimate Mask", published in Issue 5 of Expert Profiles Magazine, Wellness Issue. The article ...
5 Lessons From A Health Challenge
Find below Sarah's article"5 Lessons Learned From A Health Challenge" published in Issue 4 of Expert Profiles Wellness Magazine in June 2024.If you would prefer ...
The Hidden Faces Of Fear
Read Sarah's article "The Hidden Faces of Fear: Exploring 7 Masks We Wear Without Knowing". This article was published in Issue 3 of Expert Profiles ...
Become A Pattern Recognition Machine
Become A Pattern Recognition Machine: Learn Neurolinguistic Programming Do you want to cut to the chase and become a mastermind of you-know-you? Then, it's time ...
Neurological Levels
From the Inside Out: Understanding Your Potential with Neurological Levels Imagine life as a symphony, each instrument representing a different aspect of your being. Each ...
Prime Directives of the Unconscious Mind
The Prime Directives of the Unconscious Mind in Neurolinguistic Programming Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) delves deep into the intricate interplay between language, behaviour, and thought patterns ...
The Secret Weapon of NLP Presuppositions
Access Your Potential: The Secret Weapon of NLP Presuppositions Imagine wielding a superpower that transforms how you see the world, navigate challenges, and connect with ...
Embracing Boundaries
Embracing Boundaries: The Power of Filling Your Own Space In our mind-wandering, embracing boundaries (or asserting them) often takes centre stage as an essential tool ...
Get The Best Out Of NLP Coaching
To Get The Best Out Of NLP Coaching And Training You Have To Own Everything! In the journey of personal development and growth, we must ...
Solar Flares 2024: Easy Navigation Tips
Navigating the Sun's Dance with a Powerful Mindset 2024 promises to be a celestial spectacle, with the Sun blazing towards its peak activity in solar ...
Magnesium Threonate: Rediscover Peak Performance
Magnesium Threonate May Spark Your Brainpower and Supercharge Your Growth Do you ever feel like your mind is stuck in molasses? Foggy thinking, scattered focus, ...
VUCA For Entrepreneurs: Taming The Beast
Unleashing High Performance in a World of Chaos The modern world is a whirlwind. Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity – the dreaded VUCA acrostic – ...
Decision Fatigue
Decision Fatigue: When Choosing Makes You Choke (in a good way) - Watch or Read! Ever stare blankly at a menu, paralysed by the power ...
Five Ways NLP Is Proven In Science
Just Five Ways NLP Is Proven In Science: A Journey from Pseudoscience to Neuroscience-Backed Therapy For decades, Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) was often relegated to the ...
The PTSD and Cortisol Connection
Unravelling the PTSD and Cortisol Connection: Understanding Trauma, Mental Resilience, and the Path to Healing In the intricate tapestry of human physiology, cortisol plays a ...
The Glutamate-Stress-Anxiety Connection
Unravelling the Mystery and Navigating Environmental Factors In the busy metropolis of the human brain, a neurotransmitter named glutamate reigns supreme. This universal molecule, often ...
The Spiritual Symbolism of Frogs
Embracing the Frog as Your Spirit Animal: A Leap into Spiritual Wisdom The world of spirit animals is a captivating one, where animals are believed ...
Primary Interest Filter
Cracking the Conversation Code With The Primary Interest Filter Picture this: you someone new, extend your hand, the classic "Nice to meet you" rolls off ...
Bats Are Symbols of Transformation
The Mystical Nature of Beautiful Bats: Symbols of Transformation and New Beginnings When you see or or think of a bat, how do you feel? ...
Be Emotionally Authentic
Enjoy this bedtime story and encourage yourself to be emotionally authentic.In the quiet town of Willowbrook, lived a young woman named Elara. Elara was known ...
Oxytocin: The Kindness Hormone
Oxytocin: The Kindness Hormone and Its Role in Stress Reduction Did you know that FEELINGS of kindness trigger the release of Oxytocin and can reduce ...
The Stretch To Self-Responsibility
In most societies, when we reach a certain age we can get married, drive a car, drink alcohol and vote. We're considered an adult. However, ...
10 Reasons To Befriend Your Emotions
When we befriend our emotions, we create a headspace where it's safe to feel rather than distract ourselves with thoughts or external stimuli. When you ...
Instant Gratification: A Weapon Of Self-Destruction
Instant gratification may offer short-term benefits however, if we give into our desires to feel the 'hit' of getting what we want fast, it can ...
Transformational Leaders Are Trained
Assumption Is The Mother Of All Limitations "Are good leaders born?" My client asked at the start of our session. "In my experience, transformational leaders ...
Inductive, Abductive and Deductive Thinking
As a leader or self-leader, it's important to make sound decisions based on all the information available to you. But what's the best way to ...
The Many Faces of OCD
OCD: The Unmasking of a Complex Psychological Compulsion When you hear the term OCD what happens in your mind? Does it conjure up an image ...
NLP vs Natural Language Processing
Are you confused about Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) vs Natural Language Processing (NLP)? The cause of the mix-up between NLP and Natural Language Processing (NLP) is ...
The Power of Self-Leadership
Embracing the power of self-leadership is developing the ability to take control of your own life and make decisions that lead to more happiness and ...
Overcoming Biases in Decision-Making
As a leader, it's crucial to make objective and unbiased decisions. However, our brains are wired to make decisions based on certain biases. Neuro-linguistic programming ...
Level Up Your Liver Health
Do You Struggle With Brain fog, Memory loss Or A Short Attention Span Brain fog, memory loss, and a short attention span are common symptoms ...
The Relationship Between Commitment and Disappointment
When we make a commitment, we promise to fully engage in the experience, to be fully present now, and to trust that we can achieve ...
The Impact of Mental Rehearsal
The positive impact of mental rehearsal on performance is well-documented. Mental rehearsal is a technique used in many fields of psychology and coaching. It is ...
Decisions In Taut or Slack Mode
Are you making your decisions in TAUT or SLACK Mode? The moment we seek to be a certain way, think a certain way, do a ...
13 Questions To Break Beyond Victim Mindset
The victim mindset is an archetype or energy present in all of us. Think of it as a mini-personality that may present as a coping ...
Personal Learning Journey
Personal Learning Journey: How To Make It Work for You Your Personal Learning Journey is precisely that: PERSONAL. You will find the framework of your ...
5 Key Benefits of NLP for Leaders
Whether you are an entrepreneur, manager, or coach, if you want to be a successful leader, then learning NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) is essential. NLP, with ...
NLP In Sports Mindset
The Power of NLP In Delivering Optimum Sports Mindset Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) is a proven method for achieving success in sports. The power of NLP ...
10 Ways NLP Enhances Leadership
Neurolinguistic programming (NLP), the mindset, the tools, and the techniques, offer a strong foundation for leadership training. It supports leaders to expand their flexibility in ...
7 Ways NLP Can Support Educators
In the ever-evolving landscape of education, educators must adapt their teaching styles and practices to align with modern approaches. It's time to consider how NLP ...
Disease Starts From Your Emotion
In Japan, every school child is taught the phrase 病気は気から, pronounced byoukiwakikara which translates to 'Every disease starts from your emotion', or more simply, 'Disease ...
Virus Mania: A Life-Changing Read
I've just read "Virus Mania", a ground-breaking book by investigative journalist Torsten Engelbrecht, Dr. Claus Köhnlein, MD, Dr. Samantha Bailey, MD, and Dr. Stefano Scoglio, ...
Benefits of Supervision In NLP Coaching
Supervision in the coaching arena is yet to be a best practice requirement, as it is in the early careers of professional counsellors, clinical hypnotherapists, ...
Remember With Purpose
How much of your time and energy do you dedicate to memories or past events? Does it serve you? If you indulge in spending time ...
Archetype Of Egyptian Goddess Bast
Bast, originally known as Pasht, was said to be the daughter of Ra the Sun god. She defended her father against Apep, the Serpent representing ...
NLP Practitioner And NLP Master Practitioner Levels
Future NLP training delegates frequently ask, "what is the difference between NLP Practitioner and NLP Master Practitioner levels of training?" In reality, it's a quantum ...
Remix Your Stories
It's Time To Remix Your Stories To Serve YOU! Most of us get into the habit of telling stories in a specific way. We might ...
What’s Love Got to Do With NLP?
In NLP we position love as the only true emotion and every other emotion as an illusion. It's a beautiful idea, and yet if you ...
Non-Mirror Image Reverse in Neurolinguistic Programming
In training courses we often refer to the non-mirror image reverse in Neurolinguistic Programming. Funnily enough, we don't always consider what it means and what ...
Entering The First Platinum Age
Are We Entering The First Platinum Age? We do love to categorise eras using metals, don't we? I cannot help but wonder if we are ...
Time To Make Friends With Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive dissonance is the phrase used to describe the state derived from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes. Most frequently, when discussed, this concept ...
Power Of The Placebo
Could Optimum Health & Healing Be Simpler Than We Think? A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon this interesting article [1]. It questions whether ...
Choice Exists When Avoidance Does Not
Hang On To Your Hats I have a sneaking suspicion that the next three months will be, quite literally, mind-blowing for human awareness. We are ...
Where We See Separation Monopoly Exists
It's pretty clear to every human being on the planet that something's not quite well with our lovely little world. The last two years have ...
Unmesmerize Your Self
Mass Mesmerizm In Action In November 1920, the "one to many" communication era began with the advent of the radio, 'the wireless' as my grandmother ...
What Is Ego?
We Hear So Much About Ego We hear so much about the ego in everyday life, let alone if we're engaged in any field of ...
Say No To The Fear Narrative
100 years from now, if someone gathered together all the media from the last two years and read it, would they be able to write ...
Brainwave Patterns 101 For NLP Students
If you’re already learning about NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming), Time Line Therapy® or hypnosis you’ll appreciate that much of the language work facilitates an expansion or ...
Transform Your Anger With Purpose
Every single one of us experiences feelings of anger and from a very young age. We may allow our conscious mind to perceive that the ...
Status Impacts Our Ability To Receive
Blinded By Status Like it or not, status is prevalent in every society, in every country across the globe. In reality, status is a powerful ...
What Is Spiritual Alchemy?
When you see the word, 'alchemy' it may conjure images of people hovering over hot pans and stoves, intending to transform base metals into gold ...
5 Ways To Let Go Of Victim Mindset
Everyone Experiences The Feeling of Being A Victim At Some Point Anyone who embraces life with an open heart will sometimes feel like a victim ...
Suicidal Thoughts Are Part Of Growth
Isn't It Time We Removed The Fear And Stigma Associated With Suicidal Thoughts? If your mindset enjoys a clear delineation between right and wrong, or ...
5 Reasons To Invest In Destination Training
Destination Training Is Now More Important Than Ever We live in a world where online training is becoming increasingly available. In fact, the last 12 ...
Clean Language Tools Get Better Results
Clean Language Tools Get Better Results And Better Communication Whether you're a coach, manager or leader, clean language tools get better results when you're communicating ...
Coaching Facilitates Expansion Into New Dimensions
There Are Many Dimensions Beyond The Three Most Familiar As you read this, you can increase your awareness of height by raising your hand above ...
Journaling Benefits From Clear Intentions
If You're Going To Journal - You Need To Set Clear Intentions To Get The Benefit Do you journal? I do, and yet not in ...
Animal Spirit Guides Black Jaguar Balance
How To Build Your Confidence And Find More Balance Through The Black Jaguar When we work with the Black Jaguar as a guide, this energy ...
Animal Spirit Guides Birds of Prey
Animal Spirit Guides Birds of Prey Represent Vision And Freedom All birds of prey have incredibly sharp eyesight to help them locate and catch their ...
How To Get Happy And Shine Your Light
Wondering How To Get Happy And Shine Your Lighter Personality On The World? Think Brain Chemistry! When your Crown Chakra is in balance, your Pineal ...
How To Make The Most of 2020 Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction
We've Just Experienced Something Unique! How Can We Make The Most of the 2020 Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction? Yesterday, we saw the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction. It’s the closest ...
Addiction Treatment Free From Restriction
The Addiction Business Is Big And It's Poised For Dramatic Growth In February 2020, Reports And Data released this article [1] quoting Globenewswire.com "The global ...
7 Ways Ancient Kahuna Aligns With NLP
Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) Draws On A Whole Range of Concepts If you've studied NLP with me or someone else, you'll know that Neuro-linguistic Programming is ...
How To Trust Your Gut And Connect To Intuition
Trusting Your Gut Involves A Fully Functional Pituitary Gland, Emotional Intelligence & A Broad Perspective Intuition is that 'inner knowing' or a feeling in your ...
The Mythical Nature of Trees
Trees Are More Than Just The Lungs Of The World In order to truly understand the mythical nature of trees, we have to look at ...
It’s Time To Take Ownership Of Your Body
We Continue To Separate From Our Body - Is It Time To Reconnect? Human health is in a challenging place. According to the WHO, Noncommunicable ...
Heart Chakra Balance Equals Better Relationships
Business & Personal Relationships Pay The Price of An Imbalanced Root Chakra When our heart chakra is balanced we are compassionate, nurturing, unconditionally loving and ...
Learning Story – The Elephant And Antelope
Addressing Imbalance With Our Heart Energy Centre Many people suffer from imbalances in their heart energy centre, often known as the heart chakra. Those imbalances ...
Ground Your Way To Good Health By Taking Your Shoes Off
Grounding Or Earthing Is Your Way To Good Health - It's Time To Take Your Shoes Off Back in the 1990s a man called Clinton ...
Learning Story: Teach Me How To Perform
Learning Stories By Sarah Merron: Teach Me To Perform When It Matters Most Many people suffer from performance anxiety in business, music, acting and sports ...
3 Reminders For Engaging With NLP Coaching or Training
Engaging With NLP Coaching & Training Can Shift Perspective Fast Engaging with NLP Coaching can deliver a rapid change of perspective. This feels surprising when ...
We Can Focus On Connection More Than Separation
Can A Focus On Connection Reduce A Need For Defence & Futile Competition? When we focus on connection we have the ability to see similarity ...
The Battle With Belonging
The Internal Battle With Belonging Belonging is a powerful driver in our core values and belief system, and subsequently, our behaviour. A feeling of whether ...
Zen Koans To Caress Your Consciousness
What Is A Koan? A koan is a riddle or puzzle that Zen Buddhists use during meditation to help them unravel greater truths about the ...
Is Depression Really A Stuck State?
Once We Categorise Negative Feelings We Create Depression As A Stuck State The WHO website [1] states that “depression is a common mental disorder affecting ...
Can We Create An Equal Relationship With Nature?
If We Strive To Create An Equal Relationship With Nature Will She Help Us Find Balance Everywhere? What would happen if, instead of imagining that ...
How Mastering Acceptance Builds A Strong Foundation
Mastering Acceptance Takes Patience & Practice Acceptance seems to be out of fashion in the media these days. This is unfortunate because finding your way ...
The Solar Plexus Is Your Personal Energy Core
If you want to present the best version of yourself, it's time to polish your tesseract. Actually, we all have one. In fact, understanding and ...
Embrace Loneliness And Find Happiness Quicker
Loneliness Relates To Our Sense of Belonging Loneliness can grip your heart just as tightly when you're surrounded by a bustling crowd as it can ...
Teach Me How To Be Strong
Teach Me How To Be Strong "I want to know how to be strong?" said the young man to the old hermit, breathless from climbing ...
Nine Reasons Why Crying Is Good For Your Health
You Were Born With Tear Ducts For A Reason Everyone cries, it’s not a gender-specific activity. Moreover, I’m going to give you nine reasons why ...
Laughter And Happiness Are Good For Your Health
Laughter And Happiness Improve Health - It's That Simple! When Is The Last Time You Laughed Really Hard? In recent years we've spent a great ...
It’s Rarely Too Late To Change Your Mind
When you're governed by doing the right thing, it's hard to change your mind Today, I was having a chat with one of my friends ...
Ready or Not, Here I Come!
Being Ready Is A Decision More Than A Feeling Being ready for newness or change is rare. Most of us are dragged, kicking and screaming, ...
Productive Coaching Relationships
Productive Coaching Relationships Are More Like Match dot Com Than Tinder! This week, when I was working with a new client, I was reminded of ...
Connection To Our Values Can Make And Break Our World
Connection To Our Values At Work And At Play Is The Seat Of Motivation I had an interesting reminder about the importance and the impact ...
5 Tips To Align With Your Truth
Everyone Feels Lost Sometimes. Is There An Elephant Sitting On Your Truth? Sometimes, you may feel like you're lost and don't know who you are ...
Balance The Masculine And Feminine – Sacral Chakra
As The Root Becomes Binary The Sacral Chakra relates to our balance of the masculine and feminine energies inside our energy field. The features of ...
9 Things You Need To Know About Chakras
What Is A Chakra? Quite simply a chakra is an energy centre or vortex in your body. The word 'chakra' comes from the Sanskrit word ...
How To Communicate Better: Balance Your Throat Chakra
How Our Communication Improves When Our Throat Chakra (Vishuddha) Is Balanced Mastering balance in the throat chakra helps us to release unneccesary thinking or over-analysis ...
7 Ways Gestalt Therapy Influences NLP
The Ever-Evolving Landscape of Psychotherapy If you are studying or interested in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), you’ll know that Bandler and Grinder (the creators of NLP) ...
Can Facing Our Emotions Create A Better World?
Disconnection From Others Absolves Us From Responsibility and Facing Our Emotions Facing our emotions can often be disconcerting and frightening, until we practice.Melvin Lerner was ...
Relationship Between Epigenetics And Trauma
Can we inherit the essence of our thoughts, feelings, and emotions from our forefathers? Furthermore, can they pass down through DNA like physical characteristics? That ...
Cross Crawling: Balance Body, Balance Mind
The Power of Cross Crawling To Balance Your Body & Mind What Is Cross Crawling? Cross crawling is when we use the two sides of ...
Is Our Need To Categorise Limiting The Buffet of Life?
An Interesting Made Me Question Our Need To Categorise Our need to categorise is driven by a need to know or a need for certainty ...
The Quiz Show Mentality Around ‘Need To Know’
Needing to Know Is Prevalent In Culture Everywhere Before our obsession with reality TV and contrived celebrity, our Saturday night television viewing used to involve ...
Noise Pollution And Howling Dogs
How Do Loud Sounds Impact Our Furry Friends and Other Animal Life? It's significant, and I'm sure you're not surprised. Man-made noise pollution and howling ...
Your Short-Term Memory Lasts About One Minute
Your Short-Term Memory Is Shorter Than You Think Have you ever 'crammed' for an exam? I know I have. Those moments where you convince yourself ...
Subjective Spectacles Are Different For Everyone
Our Subjective Spectacles Are Filtering, Deleting, Distorting & Generalising Information. Always. We used to think that we were bombarded with about 4 million bits per ...
If Your Laptop Behaved Like Your Brain …
If Your Laptop Behaved Like Your Brain You Could Be In Trouble! When I first met my husband and I asked him if he’d heard ...
Virginia Satir And Neuro-Linguistic Programming
What Links Virginia Satir And Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)? Considered to be the guru of family therapy, Satir was an obvious modelling choice for Bandler and ...
Rumi, Sufism And Love
Who Was Rumi And Why Do We Love Him So Much? Jalal Ad-Din Muhammad Rumi lived between 1207 and 1273. He was also known as ...
Challenging Perspectives: Don’t Get Toad Away
Learning Stories By Sarah Merron - Challenging Perspectives: Don't Get Toad Away With The Tide We are comprised of our values, beliefs and thoughts. What ...
Mindfulness To Mindlessness Needs Stretch!
For the last couple of weeks my mind has been preoccupied by thoughts with ‘mindfulness’ and ‘flow’, in relationship to happiness.The idea of mindfulness is ...
Perfectionism is Fear In Another Jacket
A Phrase From My Childhood "I want it to be perfect!" A phrase I've said to myself and other people so many times. In fact, ...
The 14 Presuppositions of NLP Practice
The Canvas On Which We Paint Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a collection of practical techniques, skills and strategies which can lead to a profound level ...
What is NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)?
What Is NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)? In simple terms, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) delivers you a dictionary for your mind. That is to say, it’s the life ...
Heaven And Back In Two Days At Huvafen Fushi
Out of This World I'm not normally one for writing reviews about travel, in fact, I think this might be my second in 4 decades! ...
How Feng Shui Tips Can Help Us With Leadership
This week I was reading an article about Feng Shui and the importance of clean energy in your work place and home. I was busy ...
Why It’s Good To Know About Triglycerides
What Are Triglycerides? Many of us are regularly assess our cholesterol levels. In fact, you might have been told that you have high cholesterol. If ...
Explore Spiritual Hay House Summit
If you're interested in all things health, wellness, spirituality, prosperity, relationships and general self-improvement and expansion, you're in for a treat this week. On May ...
Get Your Trainers On Towards Better Ideas
I was surfing the internet today and I came across this brilliant article [1] about the benefits of running. The intro had me hooked “One ...
How To Support Your ‘A’ Game With Food
If you want to bring your 'A' Game then you want to have well-functioning tools. Those tools could be your body, your mind, your resources, ...
WICKED! Empowerment
“WICKED!” Empowerment For Women Session One Date: 17 May 2017 Time: 3pm-6pm Location: Hotel Jen Malé, Maldives You are always more than you think you ...
Time On Your Hands? Here’s How You Can Make Impact.
In the past when people have mentioned volunteering it always makes me think of building schools or digging wells in Africa. For some reason I ...
Ladies – have you signed up to GOOP yet?
I'm sure that many of you will know who Gwyneth Paltrow is. You might have seen her acting in films such as Iron Man, Shakespeare ...
Free Education At Any Age, From Anywhere
I was lucky enough to have a wonderful, all-round, education. In fact, my parents worked hard and sacrificed other things so that I could go ...
Unlocking The Mind: NLP Submodalities
What Are NLP Submodalities? Submodalities refer to the finer components or attributes of our sensory experiences. In NLP, they are the specific qualities or characteristics ...
Time Line Therapy® Glossary of Terms
Some of the language used in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and Time Line Therapy® training can sometimes seem a little complex. If you’re learning, this ...
Time Line Therapy® And Emotional Release
Time Line Therapy® and emotional release therapy is a powerful healing technique that uses time-tested processes to help people move through their emotional pain and ...
How Assertive Is Your Communication Style?
There have been hundreds of books written on the concept of assertiveness. It’s one of those skills that are regularly referred to in communication skills ...
Mindfulness is a Powerful Approach To The Modern World
'Mindfulness' is one of those terms that we recognise as something to do with inner peace. We know it's probably a good idea, and yet ...
Thoughts on Authentic Leaders – Robin Sharma
This article discusses thoughts on authentic leaders by Robin Sharma. Actually, his work led the authentic leadership mindset early on. Specifically, it moves us towards ...
Freud’s Frosty Mind
Sigmund Freud's 'frosty mind' view of how the mind works overall and this is summarised in his famous quote below. "The Mind is like an ...
Where Does The Inferiority Complex Come From?
"To be human is to feel inferior." Alfred Adler Alfred Adler And Self-Esteem Alfred Adler was one of the first psychoanalysts suggesting that a person's ...
Good Questions Result In Meaningful Answers
"Do not quench your inspiration and imagination; do not become the slave of your model." Vincent Van Gogh How was it that Einstein managed to ...
Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom
Soren Kierkegaard was a philosopher born in Copenhagen in 1813 and lived in, what became known as the Danish Golden Age of Culture. He studied ...
Stopping Specific Behaviours Improves Leadership Skills
This article refers to the Top 10 Greatest Business Disasters. Surprisingly, my first business wasn't listed - te- he! If you take a peek ...
Working To Eliminate Insomnia Using NLP
Long-term insomnia negatively impacts your physical, emotional and psychological well-being. In fact, I am often working to eliminate insomnia, using the specific application of NLP ...
Is Emotional Intelligence really important at work?
What is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional Intelligence is the common sense that we forget about when we’re in “work mode”. It’s about understanding what we’re feeling ...
How Does NLP training improve business skills?
All businesses benefit from strong communication skills. Moreover, they need people who believe they can achieve beyond the possible. As a result, if you want ...
Is Your Self Image Positive or Negative?
When I run Emotional intelligence training I use a variety of questionnaires to support people in gaining self-awareness. I thought I'd share this on with ...
Are we taking wellness seriously in business?
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. ~World Health Organization, 1948" Over ...
Destination training gets better results
I believe delegates get more from their training experience when they train away from home. Whether they’re attending a Farcical Life Retreat or one of ...
Thought For The Day About Creation
There Are So Many Different Ideas About Creation So many of have different thoughts about what creation is and how it happens. I love this ...
Keep Your Brain Alive!
Luminosity - To Keep Your Brain Active I've discovered Lumosity http://www.lumosity.com/. It's a great way to improve memory, cognitive brain function and keep your ...
Does our strength come from our vulnerability?
Even talking about vulnerability can seem a little exposing, even today, some 10 years after the lovely Brené Brown brought it out on the table. ...
Get your habits to work for you!
According to the Society for Neuroscience “Imagination is often a prime casualty of the process of growing up. For most of us, by the age ...
We are all the same. Now this is wonderful
An Breadth of Perspective When I first started to work in different locations around the world I had expectations of difference. This idea in itself ...
How To Use Language To Dissociate
When I train people to use NLP techniques in coaching, one of the most common questions of new coaches is "how do I maintain my ...
Your Feelings Are Your Power
As a child, I was a huge fan of the original Star Wars trilogy. OK so I had a crush on Harrison Ford, and yet ...
Self-Talk Makes Or Breaks Our Experiences
Diving Into The Unknown Enjoying or not enjoying your first dive is all in your head. In fact, whenever we dive into the unknown, our ...
How Values Can Support And Restrict Our Evolution
A Stimulating Conversation Earlier this week I flew back from Cairo to London Heathrow and had the privilege of sitting next to a very well ...
Theodore Forstmann – An Inspiring Letter
The Source of Inspiration We can all find inspiration in any life experience, conversation or activity. Actually, this one, by Theodore Forstmann is an inspiring ...
Cognitive Dissonance – For And Against Success
Quite simply, cognitive dissonance works both for and against our success. When we choose what we to do we are committed. When we do what ...
Superstitions, Pigeons and Behavioural Psychology
The Birth of Behavioural Psychology Did you think Ivan Pavlov's experiment with some dogs, a steak and an auditory anchor (or tuning fork) was interesting? ...
Up Against A Wall – T. Boone Pickens
T. Boone Pickens was an inspiring man. What's more, he took a flexible approach to solve problems when he found himself up against a wall. ...
Depression Takes Effort
The first instance of a depressive feeling happens in flow or in the moment. In fact, maintaining depression takes effort. It requires a repetition of ...
Challenging Times Require Resilience
Everyone on the planet faces challenges at some point in their life or another. In fact, facing challenges is a fundamental part of our growth ...
The Guy In The Glass
I love this poem "The Guy In The Glass" by Dale Wimbrow. Actually, it reminds me that there is no hiding from yourself, or certainly ...
