What is NLP

What is NLP?

NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, but we can simplify the fancy words into "brain words patterning". NLP is a popular term among psychologists, coaches, and healers because it talks about changing one's thinking into positive patterns or "programs". Although it is never as simple as writing a program for a computer, which will remain the same program, NLP attempts to provide a program or pattern to help you.

NLP is a way

healers use to help you reprogram your thoughts in positive ways. If you continually get stuck in a thought pattern, such as "I'm never useful," you start to act as if those thoughts are true and give up trying to help anyone. Instead of thinking, "I'm never useful," with help and proper NLP counselling, you can start changing your attitude. At first, you may change to "Sometimes, I can be useful," and eventually to "I am a useful, kind person."

NLP is never

about brainwashing – or making you into a person you don't want to be or 'programming' like the book 1984. Instead, NLP can be a helpful tool where you and your healing practitioner collaborate on the programming you want. Sometimes, your counsellor or healer will help you recognise how you subconsciously think about things. Talking with an NLP-qualified counsellor, coach, or healer can help you see the negative thought patterns holding you back.

Sometimes

a thought pattern is recurrent because of an incident in childhood. When you tried and failed at something meaningful as a child, you may have told yourself, "I'm no good at that". As an adult, you may find yourself holding back in your career progression or failing to achieve everything you want to in your life. You could even be reverting to the same subconscious thoughts: "I'm no good at that" without realising it.

A children who

is not very coordinated at sports and was always picked last for team sports can become morbidly obsessed about being bad at sports. Suppose this attitude continues later in their adult life. In that case, they may refuse to join any team events or unconsciously put themselves down at corporate events. The ongoing heart belief that they are not at team activities can adversely affect their career and happiness.

Some people become overweight simply because they were not good at sports as a child. They assume they will not achieve or enjoy any exercise as adults. NLP can help you to see these sorts of issues in your life and can help you to combat them.

NLP is about

choosing a 'reprogramming' for yourself, with guidance from your coach, to help break those negative thought patterns still negatively affecting your life. You learn to move from "I'm useless at sports" to "I am a considerate team player in the workplace" or "I'm capable of achieving this goal".

You will need

to make positive thought patterns consciously at first. Still, with practice, you can create new neurolinguistic pathways that consistently help you think positively about yourself.

In a way, NLP is

all about love, and loving yourself, so you can be happy and break down the barriers that keep you from achieving your goals. Sometimes, people with low self-love or low self-confidence will deliberately sabotage their lives through destructive actions.

If you felt unloved as a child

you may assume you are unlovable as an adult. You may move from relationship to relationship, causing distress and heartache each time.

A good NLP practitioner

can help you to recognise the destructive patterns in your life and can help you to choose a new way of thinking to stop self-destruction.

If you subconsciously feel you do not deserve success, you may sabotage a job you enjoy. Habitually finding yourself with workplace issues may signal that you need to change your thought processes.

Often, a child whose parents were perfectionists and had extremely high or unrealistic expectations may translate that to mean they are unsuccessful. If this attitude continues into adulthood, the adult becomes scared of success and may even subconsciously sabotage any success they might achieve.

NLP offers hope, positive thinking, and practical ways to change your life, combating negative thought patterns or programs you received in the past. A good NLP practitioner can help you reprogram your brain to break down the barriers to your success, whether in your career, health, or personal relationships.

Using NLP as a therapy or tool takes work. You need a qualified healer, counsellor, coach, or psychologist to walk beside you and help you achieve your goals over time. Click here to find out how Pauline from Moonlady Healing uses NLP to help her clients achieve their life goals.