Communication Myths

~ Article by Dr.L.Michael Hall and Mr Shawn Dwyer  ~ Given that NLP is a Communication Model and Neuro-Semantics is an Integrated Communication Model- communication is our business.  That is also why we often, instead of giving a “NLP Practitioner” certificate, we give a Professional Communicator Certificate.  After all, […]

What is NLP

~ Article by Dr.L.Michael Hall and Mr Shawn Dwyer  ~ Morpheus asked Neo when they first met, “Do you want to know what it is?” Neo answered with a question, “What is the Matrix?”  The question here is, “What is NLP?”  Now some NLP people seem […]

Cognitive Fallacies In Everyday Language

~ Article by Dr.L.Michael Hall and Mr Shawn Dwyer  ~ In ancient times, tribunals accused certain persons (usually women) of being “witches.” If a woman denied that she was a witch, the denial was used as proof that she was a witch. The reasoning was this, […]

Competance – The Solution

FOR GENDER BIAS, RACIAL BIAS, SEXUAL BIAS, ETHNIC BIAS AND EVERY OTHER BIAS When it comes to biases— especially the social biases that dominate almost all human societies, competence is the solution. Consider how we have solved the problem of gender bias in The Coaching Centre. There is not a single […]

Parenting #101

~ Article by Shawn Dwyer and Dr.L.Michael Hall ~ You Parent as You Were Parented! Parenting #101 – Would like to hear something really scary? You will tend to parent as you were parented. Now scream and get it out. That’s right, and a little more screaming, […]

When You Deal with a Short-Term Thinker

~ Article by Shawn Dwyer and Dr.L.Michael Hall ~ Short-term thinkers- these are the people who focus on the short-term benefits, gains, and results when going after a goal. This would be a good thing except that they are so focused on the short-term, they do […]

Matrix Model Listening

If you listen, really listen, you can hear the matrix. And if you listen with your eyes, really look intensely, you can see the matrix. A person’s matrix of meaning, intentionality, emotions, and sense of self is there for the seeing and hearing, if you have ears to hear and eyes to see.

More Memory Empowerment

MORE MEMORY EMPOWERMENT ~ Article co-written by L. Michael Hall PhD and Shawn Dwyer ~ By understanding memory as a dynamic process intimately related to thinking, there are actually lots of things you can do to develop a richer and more robust memory. In the […]

Empowering Your Memory

~ Article co-written by L. Michael Hall PhD and Shawn Dwyer ~ While having a good memory is not a prerequisite for coaching, it certainly helps.  And while we do not explicitly train memory development in Meta-Coaching, it is fully implied in the NLP Communication […]

WARNING: GLOBAL THINKING

~ Article by Shawn Dwyer and Dr.L.Michael Hall ~ Warning: Global Thinking. A larger crisis on Planet Earth than global warming is global thinking. When a person generalizes (or over-generalize) that person engages in a kind of thinking that often prevents one from actually “thinking.” That’s […]

ANXIETY-ING IS NO-THING

~ Article by Shawn Dwyer – Meta-Coach President International ~ Anxiety, what is it really? Recently I’ve been working on material, patterns and practices for coaching anxiety in clients. Part of the process required research into the human orders and their description under our current health […]

WHY YOU SHOULD MEMORIZE THE META-MODEL QUESTIONS

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD and Shawn Dwyer ~ The failure to thoroughly learn the Meta-Model as the basic NLP Communication Model is one of the biggest challenges we have in getting coaches prepared. It is also the biggest problem we have in helping […]

MODELLING AS AN ASPECT OF COACHING

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD and Shawn Dwyer ~ Modelling to get to first base? What is it that you’re attempting to do when you work with a client? Think for a moment how you would answer that question… Okay, here is mine. First […]

MODELLING YOUR CLIENT'S MATRIX

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD and Shawn Dwyer ~ Modelling your clients matrix experience – as you know from your Meta-Coach studies is layered. What you see at the primary level, the performance of actions and words is the outer game. And […]

Are Your Meta-Cognitive Powers Wimpy?

~ Article written by Shawn Dwyer and L. Michael Hall PhD ~ There is “thinking,” and then there is real thinking.  Most thinking is System-1 thinking- the fast thinking of Kahneman which is automatic, easy, inevitable, and without effort. You do this kind of “thinking” […]

WHEN THINKING GETS OUT OF CONTROL

~ Article written by Shawn Dwyer and L. Michael Hall PhD ~ Just as a person can get out of control, so can thinking.  Thinking can get out of control.  Nor is that all that uncommon.  It may happen to you, or someone you love, […]

THINKING HUMAN BEINGS

~ Thinking Article written by Shawn Dwyer and L. Michael Hall PhD ~ Most people do not “think.” Most of the time you are not thinking!  Does that strike you as shocking? Or does it not shock you because you simply do not believe them? Of course, it […]

The Basics Give You Depth

THE BASICS GIVE YOU DEPTH ~ Article written by Shawn Dwyer and L. Michael Hall PhD ~ During October when when completing metacoach training – I was impressed all over again about the crucial role of the coaching basics. Over and over I found myself […]

EQUALITY & COLLABORATION

EQUALITY & COLLABORATION ~ Article written by Shawn Dwyer and L. Michael Hall PhD ~ In One Way, And One Way Only, Can We All Be Considered Equal We are equal in terms of human value. Now that statement is an assertion of a belief […]

FACING UNCERTAINTY

~ Article written by Shawn Dwyer and L. Michael Hall PhD ~ “In my opinion … As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” Albert Einstein […]

FROM THE PAST INTO THE PRESENT

~ Article written by Shawn Dwyer and L. Michael Hall PhD ~ FROM THE PAST INTO THE PRESENT The past posts have focused on the subject of getting over the past. While this is not the theme, purpose, or essence of NLP, it is one […]

ASKING THE EMOTION QUESTION

~ Article written by Shawn Dwyer and L. Michael Hall PhD ~ If you have taken your Meta-Coach training at The Coaching Centre in the past year, then you know that if there’s any really dangerous question that we repeatedly warn about, it is “the […]

GETTING OVER YOUR PAST – TIME CODES

~ Article written by Shawn Dwyer and L. Michael Hall PhD ~ The Concepts of Time To get over the past, you need to understand about the concept that we call “time”-what it is, what it is not, what you are actually referring to when […]

MAKING THE CONVERSATION COUNT

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD and Shawn Dwyer ~ “While no single conversation is guaranteed to change the trajectory of a business, a career, a marriage, or a life, any single conversation can.” Susan Scott, Fierce Conversations If Meta-Coaching, as a cutting-edge […]

Embrace The Fluidity Of "Personality"

EMBRACE THE FLUIDITY OF “PERSONALITY” ~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD and Shawn Dwyer ~ If the question came up once, it came up several times, this year. The question? Something about “personality.” “Is that the way some people just are?” “What about […]

Super-Charge Your Ego-Strength

SUPER-CHARGE YOUR EGO-STRENGTH ~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD and Shawn Dwyer, ACMC ~ What we call ego-strength is the strength that a person has in his or her sense of self to look reality in the face without blinking. It is the […]

WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER AN EMOTION

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD and Shawn Dwyer ~ As a coach, and especially as a Meta-Coach, you frequently (like just about every time) encounter strong emotions in your clients. It’s inevitable. They are humans! The only exception is if you are […]