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

Mark Andrea
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

Having Fun!

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Having Fun!
Tale of the Day: Fun Last week I was re-reading one of my favorite nonfiction books, “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman.” Feynman was a young professor at Cornell, feeling somewhat “burned out” by teaching introductory physics classes. One day he was in the cafeteria when a guy was fooling around throwing a spinning plate in […]
December 2, 2014

Communicating Through Mini-metaphor

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Communicating Through Mini-metaphor
Tale of the Day: One of my favorite mini-metaphors “But the fear keeps me safe!” “I can’t let go of the anger or I might get hurt.” This is the kind of thing I hear again and again from clients experiencing anxiety, anger, fear or other emotions causing stress, sleep loss, or compromising their relationships, careers, […]
November 2, 2014

Pacing with Metaphor: (how to be clairvoyant)

Mark Andreas
Pacing with Metaphor: (how to be clairvoyant)
Tale of the Day: I recently presented a fascinating and very unique new way of working with metaphor at the American Council for Hypnotist Examiners (ACHE) Conference in Pasadena, CA. I received a lot of positive feedback on the presentation, and had a great time exploring metaphors as a group. Below is one example from […]
October 2, 2014

Where do you want to HAVE your “problem?”

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Where do you want to HAVE your “problem?”
Tale of the Day: Our problems are solutions After having spent a lot of his time focusing on his family, a client of mine from Alaska wanted to get back into focusing on his business and bringing in an income again. He said he wanted to get back into that laser-like focus and flow with […]
August 29, 2014

Mark Andreas Interviewed on The Art of Charm

Mark Andreas
Mark Andreas Interviewed on The Art of Charm
Tools & Tales of the Day: This month I'm posting the link to an hour-long interview I did with Jordan Harbinger from The Art of Charm. This is the first time NLP has been a topic on Jordan's show. As he says in his intro to the show: "I am a skeptic when it comes […]
August 2, 2014

"Little Voices"

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"Little Voices"
Tale of the Day: Befriending Critical Internal Voices Lucy was working on a manuscript and wanted to become more comfortable in her writing. She wanted to improve her ability to let the information flow easily into type when she sat down to write, instead of having it feel like she was “pulling teeth." She wanted […]
July 1, 2014

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