The Remaining Unconscious Filters - NLP Matters, Episode #042

In the current season of NLP Matters, we have been talking about the NLP Model of Communication. This model encapsulates and integrates our physiological, psychological, and cognitive functioning as it explains how humans collect and process information through our 5 senses to make meaning and crea…

Introducing 3 Unconscious Filters - NLP Matters, Episode #041

As we continue our exploration of the workings of the human mind, we can see why learning the NLP Model of Communication can assist us to apply our knowledge to create change, growth, and new behaviours.  In this episode, we’ll begin to look at the unconscious filters which sift through the incomi…

Our State, Emotions, and the Role They Play - NLP Matters, Episode #040

We are now well on our way into our investigation into what NLP has to say about the totally fascinating workings of the human mind, and why this is important to how we think, behave and go about constructing our reality and our relationships with others. In this episode, we’ll look at the role of…

The Construction of Reality: Delete, Distort and Generalise - NLP Matters, Episode #039

In the past two episodes, we have begun exploring what NLP has to say about the fascinating workings of the human mind. Learning about how our minds work reveals the structure that underpins how we think, behave, and construct our relationships with others. It means we can discover how we create ou…

The Construction of Reality to 2 Million Bits of Info - NLP Matters, Episode #038

In our last episode, we discussed how as humans, we use our senses and neurology to construct an internal version of an external reality. We also said that by definition each of these “internal representations” or “maps” are different and unique.  As humans, there’s a lot of information available …

NLP Model of Communication and the Role of the Senses in Perception - NLP Matters, Episode #037

In this episode, we begin another season of the NLP Matters Podcast and start to delve into the totally fascinating workings of the human mind from the perspective of NLP. We’ll be examining things like what NLP has to say about consciousness, the nature of reality, thinking, and communication. We’…

The Presuppositions of NLP: Overview and Recap - NLP Matters, Episode #036

The Presuppositions of NLP provide us with a kind of code of conduct or compass that guides us as we use and apply powerful NLP techniques. Together, they form the ecological framework that ensures that the practice of NLP is constructive and expansive. In this episode, we’ll review these presuppo…

Wholeness, Choice, and Ecology - NLP Matters, Episode #035

In this episode, we’ll delve deeper into the final three NLP Presuppositions - that all procedures should increase wholeness, that all procedures should be designed to increase choice, and that behaviour and change should be evaluated in terms of context and ecology. Much like other NLP presupposi…

The Law of Requisite Variety and the Meaning of Communication - NLP Matters, Episode #034

As you follow these podcasts, one of the pictures you will be starting to form about NLP is its expansive nature. As we apply NLP in our lives, we get to expand our notion of what is possible for humans to achieve. In NLP, we emphasise ways of being, thinking, and doing, that increase growth, choi…

People Are Not Their Behaviours and Are Doing the Best They Can - NLP Matters Episode #033

Last week, we explored three NLP presuppositions that focus on acknowledging and accepting our personal power by redefining our responsibility as communicators. This time, we’ll delve deeper into two more NLP Presuppositions that really challenge us to see the world from a different perspective  -…