Practical NLP Podcast

Interview with psychologist and NLP Trainer Sarah Makinde about using the Logical Levels model in coaching, how she blends psychology and NLP, how she grew a successful Facebook community, and more...

In this episode of the Practical NLP Podcast I interview Duff McDuffee, one of the most thoughtful people in modern NLP. He specialises in helping creative and neurodivergent people who ‘think differe...

NLP has a number of ways to help people get over traumatic incidents. Let's delve into them to see how they work....

Everyone wants tips on how to get what they want, but it's more important to find your direction so you get to the right place. This interview with Andy Smith tells you how!...

https://youtu.be/6aYnXIGWpPk This is the video version - listen / subscribe to the podcast version below Andy Smith in conversation with NLP Trainer, coach and author Margaret Nash. Here are som...

https://youtu.be/4LEQl3Mu7jU A bit of a rant this week, inspired by the many, many posts I've seen on NLP forums from rookie NLP practitioners who ask what technique they should be using with a pa...

Andy Smith in conversation with Debra Heslin, NLP Trainer, High Performance Coach, and Yoga teacher. Here are some of the things we talk about: Jack Canfield's work (you may know him as the Chi...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRQQA5StB1M&list=PLTPfitvHf-yqV6P9F4Lq2TrwiS-yGbBJW Andy Smith interviews coaching specialist and NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis trainer Doug O'Brien. In this inter...

This week we have the second half of an interview that we did about how to apply the principles or ‘presuppositions’ of NLP to improve your life and work. In the first half we explored the principle ...

This week’s episode is something a bit different. Instead of me interviewing a prominent member of the NLP community, it’s someone interviewing me – about the principles or ‘presuppositions’ of NLP an...

This week's episode is an interview with LAB Profile® queen Shelle Rose Charvet - with a very special offer included! One of the most respected figures in NLP, (and probably the most entertaining spe...

This week's guest is the inspirational Gemma Bailey! Gemma is an NLP trainer and director of NLP4Kids - a company which specialises in bringing NLP to children, their families and schools to help the...

This week's interview is with a real innovator in NLP, my old friend and occasional mentor Jonathan Altfeld, international NLP trainer and developer of Genius Mapping and many other useful tools and p...

This episode marks a new direction for the Practical NLP Podcast! Up to now we've been talking you through various aspects of NLP in a structured way - essentially the episodes build up into an audio ...

The SCORE model is not taught on that many NLP Practitioner courses, which is a shame as it's very useful in coaching and problem solving and doesn't require superhuman sensory acuity to use (although...

This week, the end of an era as we come to the end of the 'scripted' Practical NLP Podcast episodes. From next episode we'll be switching to a longer format where I interview thought leaders and pract...

Having elicited the timeline in the previous episode, this week we take it for a 'test drive'. In this week's episode: Two ways people may experience their timeline - as moving or static Ste...

We use spatial, linear metaphors to think about time (e.g. time is like a road, or like a river) without even thinking about it. How your unconscious mind represents time has a big effect on how you e...

This week's podcast shows you two ways to install goals into your future, plus (if you're using this for coaching or facilitating other individuals or groups) when you would use each method. Includ...

This week's podcast exposes the missing piece from the SMART goals model, and gives you a better model that takes account of your motivations and how you feel about the goal. Forget SMART, meet SYDER!...

In this episode we look at the different effects of 'towards' and 'away-from' motivation, and which is better for achieving your goals...

Prioritising your values list and checking for conflicts - do this before you set any goals! Practical NLP Podcast with Andy Smith episode 71...

In this week's episode we learn how to elicit values the NLP way, and why values are important for motivation. This is useful for coaching and for personal development, and essential for successful go...

Discover some uses of NLP for leadership. Includes the importance of congruence (and some pointers to achieving it) + how to lead by example...

Ideas on how to use NLP for selling and influencing, plus the CRAFT model for influence and sales....

Follow the steps in the 123-XL Model to be a better negotiator. With some tips on how you can use your NLP skills to get better results in negotiation...

Tips from NLP (and a few other areas like Emotional Intelligence and Appreciative Inquiry) to run more effective meetings...

This week on the Practical NLP Podcast, the most important thing you need to know about changing people's minds - something that many of those 'Influence with NLP' and 'Get anyone to do anything you w...

NLP has a useful set of classifications for the behaviour patterns of 'difficult' people, known as the 'Satir Categories'. Learn how to recognise them......

Ideas from NLP for giving effective feedback (and what not to do) - plus how to learn from criticism while maintaining a good emotional state...

Perceptual Positions is one of the most useful NLP patterns. It looks at any interpersonal problem from 3 viewpoints for new insights...

In this episode, some of the most useful metaprograms for business, covering 'Sameness/Difference' and 'Options/Procedures'...

In this episode of the Practical NLP Podcast we look at the General/Specific, Proactive/Reactive and Internal/External Frame of Reference metaprograms...

Metaprograms in NLP are one of the sets of filters we use to create our map of the world. They run 'in the background' so we are usually not consciously aware of them. They drive: what we pay a...

This week's podcast covers one of the most useful models in NLP - the 'Logical Levels' or 'Neuro-Logical Levels' model developed by Robert Dilts. This is a powerful map for coaching individuals, and i...

Parts Integration (also known as the 'Visual Squash') is one of the most powerful changework techniques in NLP. In this episode we guide you through it......

'Incongruence' is when someone is in two minds about something, or when their behaviour doesn't match their words....

A useful way to look at 'problem' behaviours is to remember there is a positive intention behind them. Separating the intention from the results (which may be unwanted) opens up the possibility of cha...

All meaning is context-dependent - so when we place events, things or qualities in a different frame, our emotional responses and probably behavioural responses can also change to something more helpf...

A new topic for the next series of podcasts: frames! The meaning we attach to what we perceive, and even what we notice versus what we don't notice, is strongly influenced by which 'frames' we are usi...

In the last few episodes we’ve been talking about strategies. I'd like to round off this section by mentioning a powerful NLP technique for doing things better or installing new strategies - the New B...

This week's episode features a format you can use to get lots of viable creative ideas from even the most unpromising groups, or that you can use to generate ideas yourself even if you don't regard yo...

Lots of people who thought they were just 'naturally bad spellers' have improved their spelling with the NLP Spelling Strategy. It turns out they weren't naturally bad at all, they were just using a s...

This week's podcast looks in detail at our buying strategies. These can be 'chunked down' into four elements - motivation, decision, convincer and reassurance strategies. In particular, we consider so...

Motivation can be 'towards' what you want or 'away from' what you don't want - but which is more effective in achieving your goals, and why? Find out in this week's Practical NLP Podcast....

This week in the Practical NLP Podcast, how to use a strategy that you have elicited - or change it so it works better!...

How to use the NLP TOTE Model to elicit a client's strategy - useful in modelling excellence, and also in therapy and coaching...

In this episode we start to get to grips with ‘Strategies’ - our internal ‘programs’ for doing what we do, both problems and the things we’re good at - and the TOTE Model, the standard model used in N...

A quick guide to how metaphors are used in NLP and how to create them...

Milton Model part 5 - Switching Referential Index, Selection Restriction Violations, Tag Questions...