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Why not ask "Why?"

Mark Andrea
Why not ask "Why?"
Tale of the Day: Understanding “why” Today I want to focus on a common word that we use a lot, but which can be very misleading and unhelpful. The word is “why.” When I was teaching in an NLP Practitioner Training last summer, a participant in the training—who was in the midst of a difficult divorce at the […]
March 7, 2016

Why not ask "Why?"

Mark Andreas
Why not ask "Why?"
Tale of the Day: Understanding “why” Today I want to focus on a common word that we use a lot, but which can be very misleading and unhelpful. The word is “why.” When I was teaching in an NLP Practitioner Training last summer, a participant in the training—who was in the midst of a difficult divorce at the […]
March 7, 2016

You Don’t Deserve Love (and how knowing this will improve your life)

Mark Andreas
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You Don’t Deserve Love (and how knowing this will improve your life)
Tale of the Day: Deserving Jan was sad over the loss of her long-time friendship with Hannah. Hannah was still pleasant to Jan, but after a period of being much less available, Jan asked Hannah what was up. Hannah explained that while she valued their friendship, she no longer had the time to spend with Jan […]
February 12, 2016

How a Petite Woman Diffused an Armed Man's Murderous Rage with just Words

Mark Andreas
How a Petite Woman Diffused an Armed Man's Murderous Rage with just Words
Tale of the Day: Last August I gave a 1-hour workshop at a conference in Las Vegas on the power of story as a tool for creative conflict resolution. What I didn't know at the time is that later that night one of my participants—probably the smallest woman in the group—was going to voluntarily resolve an intense conflict with a […]
January 4, 2016

Bullying

Mark Andreas
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Bullying
Tale & tool of the day: Standing up for the underdog (excerpt from my new book Waltzing with Wolverines: finding connection and cooperation with troubled teens, now available in print) One of the most supportive things you can do with your power as a leader and role-model with teens, is to stand up for the underdog. […]
December 3, 2015

Waltzing with Wolverines

Mark Andreas
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Waltzing with Wolverines
Tale of the day: Working with Troubled Teens Not many people realize that before I started my private coaching practice in NLP, I worked for two years as a counselor and trip leader for at-risk and troubled youth at a wilderness therapy program in Colorado. During those two years working round-the-clock shifts for three weeks […]
November 3, 2015

Coming to Wholeness

Mark Andreas
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Coming to Wholeness
Tale of the Day: Dissolving the everyday sense of the ego “I’ve been at this hypnosis conference for 3 days now, going in and out of trances, and that simple thing you said just put me into the deepest trance yet.” ~ Participant at Mark’s workshop at the Hypnothoughts Live Conference, Aug. 2015. This summer I […]
September 29, 2015

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