In a workshop, I delivered last week on Practical Emotional Intelligence for Beginners, one of my attendees interjected with his own interpretation of the difference between sympathy and empathy, two terms that are often confused with each other. It got me to thinking, do I really know what the differences Read more…
Grab a cuppa, I want to tell you a story. On Monday afternoon this week (today’s Saturday), my husband and I had an argument. About what is a story for the next blog post, when it’ll be relevant to the story, but suffice to say, it was bad enough for Read more…
He stood behind the microphone in a small, dimly lit outdoor bar in central Yarraville last night and tried to speak. Except, the words, they failed to come easily. I could see his jaw adjusting, trying to make the right movements. I could see his tongue moving to make the Read more…
From the book, Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do, by John Bargh, I learned about priming. Priming is a methodology that demonstrates how cultural ideologies and values operate unconsciously to influence a person’s judgements and behaviours. In the application of NLP, we know that the unconscious mind Read more…
I was coaching a woman in her 50s with a new sales technique, in the way she held her body, the language it spoke I knew that she wasn’t able to exhibit confidence because she didn’t believe she was enough. A man, head of his department of a national company, Read more…
Our representational system is our preferred way to communicate based on how we filter the sensory input from the world around us. We know that words are approximately 7% of what we communicate, and yet, what you’re going to learn here is how to communicate using words that are included Read more…
In order for you to consciously understand how to get the best performance from yourself on an unconscious level, you need to know what you’re driven by. Your unconscious mind is driven by clear objectives that fit into three categories: Memories, Emotions, and Processes. Memories Like an amazing, self-organising document Read more…
A client told me about an experience with her husband. He’s Hungarian, and apparently Europeans like to snack in the middle of the night. Not a ‘take something from the fridge’ type of snack but full-fledged bread, cheese, hot salami and sliced tomato snack. The snack is not the problem. Read more…
Think back to a time when you were having a conversation with someone where you were each recalling the specifics of an event you witnessed. Did you find that the person’s memory differed to your own? Out of 10 eye witnesses to a car crash, all ten people will have Read more…