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Some of you participated with me in the amazing NLP training course with John Overdurf last August. That incredible week was full of powerful messages about consciousness, multiple ah-ha! moments, and the exploration of how our minds really can make change for good!

For those of you who missed this intensive training that focused on NLP techniques and coaching best practices, John plans to be with us again in Oregon this coming summer (end of July, 2011). Not only is he excited to offer his basic NLP training course again, but he also plans to offer a presentation skills course geared to the coaching/training professional. This skills building course will definitely help you overcome any fears of speaking in public, and will focus on how to communicate naturally and conversationally to adapt to a variety of coaching contexts.

Anyone can benefit from the exploration of how to effectively coach the unconscious mind. John’s NLP training course will explore how to work with unconscious processes found at the root of most coaching issues which will help equip NLP trainers with some critical and amazing skills to share with our clients.

Interested in expanding your skills during an intensive week that may change your practice and your life? Contact me today at dianeslistening@gmail.com or 503.740.6614 to learn more about the training courses, and how to register. More information will posted later this spring on this site, so check in here, too!

I recently received two interesting requests from people who wanted to read more about improving “fast.” This is not an uncommon request, of course, as improving or changing fast seems to be a lot of what I hear on a daily basis. A far-fetched notion? Immediate gratification guaranteed?

It is possible to make significant improvements in a short period of time, but for improving or changing to last, well, repeatedness is the answer.

In my previous blogs, I have presented some interesting information about neuroscience and how spect scans are able to gauge or track that what you pay attention to creates muscle or a significant pathway in your brain. This superhighway of what you are paying attention to is critical conditioning. For example, if you are paying attention to “what if I panic?”, you can develop strong neurons for panicking. If you are focused on “what if I am totally confident?”, then you can develop strong neurons for confidence.

John Overdurf calls this scenario the Cycles of Observation. These Cycles of Observation can alone determine our reality through:
* the quantum zeno effect which, as you know, is how the duration and frequency of observation effects the rate of change in both objective and subjective terms.
* the relative detail, patterns, and/or progression that can be observed. Notice, for example how frequently you observe something or place your attention on something; how much time that observation/attention lasts;
where this attention starts and finishes (and/or does it?); what you pay attention to between observations; what meaning you make of it all; how you keep that meaning constant.

Whew! That’s A LOT of observing going on! But, it’s really important to pay attention to where your mind is, where the focus spends most of its time, and what patterns you might be creating that could be redirected towards something more positive.

Why not consider paying attention to something positive and repeat that multiple times?

Most of my clients aren’t seeing me because they are paying attention to something positive repeatedly – they are seeing me to resolve whatever pattern or story they are stuck in, the tape that stops them from creating and maintaining healthy patterns to create a healthy life and life choices.

In individual client sessions, I ask many questions on the first visit as many people have said there is no greater knowledge than knowledge of oneself.
What’s curious is that many people are oblivious to themselves and it’s others who know only certain aspects of their personalities. Remaining stuck in a state of darkness about ourselves keeps us stuck and prevents progress. Change is only possible where there is an element of awareness or consciousness present.

Defenses that are ingrained habits have to be resolved or worked through so we can picture and be ourselves as we really are. Only then is it possible to transform. This is when we are no longer ruled by circumstances but we become rulers of our circumstances.

This is where our lives truly change and become enriched.

Some of the concepts presented in last week’s blog about your brain and getting in the zone will also be discussed in the upcoming training with John Overdurf.

For more information, see the announcement on the home page of my site.

John also presents critical concepts about awareness, the power of our minds, and making change in his Trance of a Lifetime Training, 2010. Be sure to spend some time on his site to learn more about his trainings and materials.

Hope to see many of you at the upcoming training!

There is a terrifically simple story told by many different workshop trainers featuring the town ‘fix it’ man. You know this man – he’s the old local who was known to be able to fix anything.

His story goes like this: In the middle of winter, the boiler in the elementary school would not work. Everything possible was tried in order to fix it so the kids would be warm while in class. Finally in desperation, the ‘fix it’ man was called to come in a look at the problem. After he was told about all the efforts that were made to fix the boiler, he walked to his toolbox, took out his hammer and walked back to the boiler. Then, without any warning, he took his hammer and tapped gently on a valve. Instantly the boiler started back up again and continued to run smoothly without hesitation. The ‘fix it’ man packed up and went home.

The school received a bill a week later from the ‘fix it’ man for $1000. They were of course taken aback, and referred the matter to the superintendent, who then phoned the ‘fix it’ man and asked for an itemized statement. How could he possibly have charged $1000 when all he did was tap his hammer once on a valve? When the itemized bill arrived, it noted very clearly that he charged $1.00 for the hammer tap and $999 for knowing exactly where to tap.

This is a perfectly simple example illustrating that it’s important to know what to change, where to change, and how to change.

Many of the folks I work with have tried to create changes in their lives by changing jobs, relationships, cars, locations, style, and many more elements of our seemingly complicated lives. It is fantastic to have knowledge that you need a change, but it is completely different to have the awareness that directs exactly what or how to change. (And, remember that John Overdurf reminds us that all we are is change. We are changing all the time. Evolution is good. Then, of course, there is the fear of change. But that’s a different story.)

The best way to change your mind is by changing your negative thought patterns. We can see with scans that whatever our mind pays attention to actually creates a super highway of neurons and dendrites to support those thoughts, positive or negative. The mind doesn’t discriminate here.

Stop and assess for a minute. Are you paying attention to anxiety? Fear? Why not change your mind and add a positive force to your life?

My colleague and friend, the amazing John Overdurf, will be joining us in Oregon at the end of July to teach an intensive workshop geared to the coaching professional.

This workshop is for busy professionals who are interested in learning about the latest effective coaching practices. Whether you are new to NLP or already an NLP practitioner or master practitioner, you’ll certainly benefit from this training that emphasizes how to effectively and conversationally coach the unconscious mind.

The training will explore how to work with unconscious processes found at the root of most coaching issues, as well as focus on how to communicate naturally and conversationally so techniques can be adapted to a variety of coaching contexts.

Plan on expanding your skills during an intensive week that begins on July 31 and runs through August 6, 2010. Learn more about John Overdurf, his specialized, intensive training, and how to register for the event that may change your practice and your life right here.

See you at the training!