Guest guest Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 I am fascinated by Richard Bandler's new book, " Get the Life You Want: the secrets to quick and lasting life change with neuro- linguistic programming " . For me, going to a Bandler seminar is normally a cross between a state of being tranced out all the time, or being a left brainer attempting to understand what in Hell he is doing/has done to get the results he got. Either way, most of us miss a lot. I know I did. In his new book Bandler shows up what we've missed in an elegant way that is very effective, easy to understand and easy to use right now. Bandler conversationally goes over `seeming' complex concepts such as Time Lines, Time Distortion, Eliminating Bad Thoughts, Building Better Suggestions Exercise, Submodalities, peak performance, Falling More in Love exercises and much, much more. He has taken what I used to think were complex processes and in a very simple yet effective manner has made them understandable to those that just read the stories and pretend they are in the stories. He will ask you to do drills. Do the drills and then you know what he's referencing. One aspect I particularly fell in love with was his observation and use of feelings (emotions) that exist (physical location) and move around (certain directions make them worse and certain directions make them better) in our bodies. I.e. the important question to ask people when they say " I feel frustrated, " is, " Where? Where do the feelings start? Where do you feel it first in your body? Where does it more to? " Feelings can't stay still. They are always moving somewhere, in some direction. " The fact that it's moving means that you can move it faster, you can move it slower, you can move it forward, and you can move it backwards. So our feelings are NOT outside of our control. In fact this is the very thing most of us need to gain control of because, when you do, you can alter your feelings. " As Richard says in the preface to his book, " I did not look for `what went wrong' or the `whys.' I did not look for cures. I looked at what worked, no matter how. If a few good therapists `fixed' anybody, I looked at what they actually did. When people got over problems on their own, I looked at what had happened. So this book is a series of lessons that teach what others have learned that works. " I love the book because it is so immediately usable, and the use of those concepts are so instantly effective on myself and on my clients. John M. La Tourrette, PhD http://mentaltrainingsecrets.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Great review, Doc. Makes me want to get a copy immediately. Judith On Behalf Of docspeed2001 Saturday, September 27, 2008 8:50 PM This new book can save your life! I am fascinated by Richard Bandler's new book, " Get the Life You Want: the secrets to quick and lasting life change with neuro- linguistic programming " . For me, going to a Bandler seminar is normally a cross between a state of being tranced out all the time, or being a left brainer attempting to understand what in Hell he is doing/has done to get the results he got. Either way, most of us miss a lot. I know I did. In his new book Bandler shows up what we've missed in an elegant way that is very effective, easy to understand and easy to use right now. Bandler conversationally goes over `seeming' complex concepts such as Time Lines, Time Distortion, Eliminating Bad Thoughts, Building Better Suggestions Exercise, Submodalities, peak performance, Falling More in Love exercises and much, much more. He has taken what I used to think were complex processes and in a very simple yet effective manner has made them understandable to those that just read the stories and pretend they are in the stories. He will ask you to do drills. Do the drills and then you know what he's referencing. One aspect I particularly fell in love with was his observation and use of feelings (emotions) that exist (physical location) and move around (certain directions make them worse and certain directions make them better) in our bodies. I.e. the important question to ask people when they say " I feel frustrated, " is, " Where? Where do the feelings start? Where do you feel it first in your body? Where does it more to? " Feelings can't stay still. They are always moving somewhere, in some direction. " The fact that it's moving means that you can move it faster, you can move it slower, you can move it forward, and you can move it backwards. So our feelings are NOT outside of our control. In fact this is the very thing most of us need to gain control of because, when you do, you can alter your feelings. " As Richard says in the preface to his book, " I did not look for `what went wrong' or the `whys.' I did not look for cures. I looked at what worked, no matter how. If a few good therapists `fixed' anybody, I looked at what they actually did. When people got over problems on their own, I looked at what had happened. So this book is a series of lessons that teach what others have learned that works. " I love the book because it is so immediately usable, and the use of those concepts are so instantly effective on myself and on my clients. John M. La Tourrette, PhD http://mentaltrainingsecrets.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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