Most people agree that ego is a problem, and big egos are a bigger problem. But how do we deal effectively with the egos we bump into in our lives? Or how do we transform the egotistical parts of ourselves that get in our way or make our lives miserable? Below I share one answer […]
September 29, 2015
Improve Your Communication: Clarity through Curiosity
Sometimes all that’s needed is the right kind of listening Last month I taught the Meta Model in an NLP Practitioner Training in Winter Park, CO. For those of you unfamiliar with the Meta Model, in a nutshell the Meta Model is all about being curious and gathering detailed information about someone else’s experience, rather than […]
I met over Skype (this was before Zoom) with a young woman living in Italy who was afraid to sign up for the study abroad program she wanted to go on. Danielle told me, “I want to become more confident with myself and be more courageous in following my goals, and I want to get […]
“I finished the audition and only when I walked out did I realize: I had no teeth chattering, no sweating, no shaking at all! It was just so crazy. I didn’t expect it at all!” Let’s rewind back to when I first met Maya. She was a bright high school student who played trombone in […]
If it ain’t fun, you ain’t doin’ it right! When I started working for the Monarch Center for Family Healing, a wilderness therapy program for at risk youth, I soon discovered that “at risk,” meant teens who were alive, and their parents were worried. The kids were sent to us for many reasons—drugs, sex, anger, […]
Being raised by NLPeople Over the years, many people have asked me, “What was it like growing up with your parents using NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) on you all the time?” To which I like to respond, smiling, “How would you feel if your parents NLpeed on you your entire childhood?” Then I point out that there […]