Standing in Spirit has a free collection of NLP articles that you may enjoy–discussion articles, reviews of NLP books, NLP research and much more. I believe that it is very important to continue research into neuro-linguistic programming and to establish more congruent and stable discourse communities in order to gain wider acceptance of these powerful techniques. The articles in this section discuss many different facets of NLP in different ways. Some of the articles are quite academic in tone, while others are simple stories or metaphors that I have found useful in my work. Many of the articles are reviews of NLP training courses and books which may inform your own research and learning in NLP. I hope that you find them all useful and that they will allow you to find new perspectives in every area of your life.
Dr. Brian Cullen
- The Archer Now I don't know if you have heard of Kyudo, the Japanese martial art of archery. It is very popular in Japan and in other places around the world. Kyudo has roots in the military and meditation roots of the Japanese samurai. As a meditative art, one of t...
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- Metaphors "I love stories and occasionally come across or write little metaphors and stories that have proved useful (or at least entertaining) giving a new perspective on an issue. Was it Gregory Bateson who said that everything is a metaphor for everything else...
- Rollercoasters and Runners My friend just wrote on Facebook that she had avoided riding a rollercoaster for the last 25 years because of a fear of heights. And today she overcame that fear and enjoyed riding the rollercoaster with her children. Congratulations! Now, personally I...
- The BearThe Bear Once upon a time, a long long time ago, in a great forest, there lived a bear. Have you heard this story? Good, good. Now I can’t remember the bear’s name, so we’ll just call him … “the bear”. Now the bear, he had a good life, he had a good job, he worked at a great company. But then you know, he started having problems
- Chocolate and Auditory Folk (Part 2) In Part 1 of this article, I discussed how many NLP processes seem to be designed primarily for people who have a strong bias for representing their maps of the world in the visual and kinesthetic modalities. Of course, there are processes which include a...
- Chocolate and Auditory Folk (Part 1) Recently, I saw a lovely demo of an NLP process by Yukari Horiguchi at the NLP Connections Japan meeting in Tokyo. Yukari used to work at Godiva Chocolate and it reminded me of an NLP Process that I occasionally use with clients called The Godiva Chocolat...
- Review: Innovations in NLP for Challenging Times Review: Innovations in NLP for Challenging Times by L.Michael Hall & Shelle Rose Charvet The field of NLP has been split pretty badly since Richard Bandler and John Grinder went their separate ways. Bandler and Grinder hold completely differen...
- Review: Adventures of Anybody by Richard BandlerReview: Adventures of Anybody by Richard Bandler This is a rather strange book, and that is probably to be expected from Richard Bandler. None of his books are what you would exactly call 'ordinary'. This book is Bandler's more open foray into the world of fantasy and metaphor. He says tha...
- Review: Clean Language - Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds Clean Language - Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds by Wendy Sullivan & Judy Rees This is a beautiful little book which is well-written and full of useful insights. Clean language consists entirely of questions and it is int...
- Review: Provocative Hypnosis Provocative Hypnosis by Jorgen Rasmussen Over Christmas, I had the pleasure of reading Provocative Hypnosis by Jorgen Rasmussen. In the foreword, one of the founders of NLP, John Grinder, says: You reader are in for a treat - this is the stuff of g...
- Review: Gerald Kein's Beginner-Advanced Hypnosis Training Review:
- Review: Tad James' Trainers Collection The Trainer's Collection Tad James I have written previously about my admiration for Tad James' ability to chunk NLP concepts appropriately to match the knowledge and experience of his readers/audience. He achieves the same result in this series of Au...
- Review: Trance-formations Trance-formations John Grinder & Richard Bandler Real People Press This is one of the classic books of NLP, a book about hypnosis by the founders John Grinder and Richard Bandler. Like many books in the field of NLP, it has be...
- PRESENT Model I was working with my students today to help them develop better presentations and came up with the PRESENT model which incorporates a lot of important NLP ideas and presentation tips in an easy-to-remember mnemonic. Below, I have given a simple initial d...
- Review: The Wild Days: NLP 1972-1981 The Wild Days: NLP 1972-1981 Terrence McClendon What a fun little book and a great read for anyone who has taken NLP training and wonders where it all came from. McClendon was there right from the beginning days of NLP w...
- Review: Persuasion Engineering Persuasion Engineering: Sales & Business Language & Behavior ©1996 by Richard Bandler & John LaValle Meta Publications In the past, I had heard the audio of the Persuasion Engineering seminar and this book seems to be a pretty close trans...
- 'Selling' English to EFL Students'Selling' English to EFL Students This article uses the Milton Model to create language patterns for motivating students who are learning English as a foreign or second language.
- Review: Tad James NLP Practitioner Pre-Study Course This audio course is designed for people who are intending to take Tad James' NLP Practitioner Course, but it also stands alone as an excellent course about the basic concepts of NLP and Time Therapy and how to apply them in the areas of Business, Educati...
- Changing Balls into CatsChanging Balls into Cats It’s all about cause and effect, isn’t it? Are you in charge of events or are events in charge of you? The co-founder of NLP, John Grinder, said that if you kick a ball you can pretty much predict what’s going to happen based on the laws of physics. Bu...
- Review: Richard Bolstad NLP Practitioner Audio ProgramReview: Richard Bolstad NLP Practitioner Audio Program I consider myself very fortunate to have trained with Richard Bolstad for my NLP practitioner and master practitioner courses. Along with Judith DeLozier, he stands out for me as one of the most personally and professionally congruent people in the field ...
- Review: Christopher Howard NLP Practitioner Audio CourseReview: Christopher Howard NLP Practitioner Audio Course By chance, I listened to this series by Chris Howard right after I had watched Tad James Practitioner Course DVDs, and the similarities are enormous, right down to almost the same words in the same stories in many cases. I did a quick Google search and it...
- Review: The NLP Practitioner DVD Collection (Tad James)Review: The NLP Practitioner DVD Collection (Tad James) This 16 disk DVD set is a professionally produced video presentation of parts of Tad James seven day NLP practitioner certification program. Each DVD is about 90 minutes, so there is a huge amount of material presented, especially since it is very well ed...
- A Metaphor for Rapport: The Safe Cross Code On YouTube recently, I came across a song that I remember very well from my childhood. It's a great little song by Brendan Grace, an Irish singer, which tunefully taught us to cross the road safely. It's also a lovely metaphor for creating rapport and rai...
- Review: Coaching Cards These coaching cards from Salad Ltd. are a resource that I come back to again and again. They were created by Jamie Smart who always does a very fine job of teaching NLP in his videos and other products. Previously, I have reviewed his excellent Ericksoni...
- Identifying and Transferring Extra-Curricular Skills to Language Learning On October 29, I will be doing a presentation at Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan which examines some of our recent research into the potential of NLP for education, in particularly language learning. The title of the presentation is: Identifying and Tran...
- Review: Christina Hall's Video Series: Discover the Difference Discover the Difference Video Series by Christina Hall Christina Hall has been training NLP since 1977. She collaborated closely with Richard Bandler for many years and was also closely involved with the development of many important NLP innovations i...
- Review: The Definitive Book of Body Language The Definitive Book of Body Language by Allan and Barbara Pease (2004) Now, this is a great book for anyone interested in body language, how we communicate non-verbally by the way we sit, move, and set up our surroundings. While it is written in a ver...
- Review: Dynamic Learning Dynamic Learning by Robert B. Dilts & Todd A. Epstein Because I have been a teacher for almost 20 years, Dynamic Learning is an NLP book that I have been meaning to read for a long time. Such a great title! That's exactly what every teacher wants ...
- Review: Michael Hall's Secrets of Personal Mastery Videos Recently I was watching a video by a well-known NLP trainer, Michael Hall, in which he was discussing the development of personal mastery. This, of course, raises the question: What is personal mastery? And as Hall points out, the answer is surely differe...
- Review: Richard Bandler DVD: Class of a Master There is very little that I can say about this four-DVD set by Richard Bandler, except ... get your hands on them, and watch the master in action. Bandler's inductions get better and better, and faster and faster. I've watched the DVDs several times n...
- Review: From Coach to Awakener A review of Robert Dilts book, From Coach to Awakener - a useful resource for any Coach to have it on his or her bookshelf.
- Review: NLP II - The Next Generation This is a review of one of the best Robert Dilts' books in a long time and a good description of his current thinking, a systemic view of NLP which is recommended for reading and consideration by all serious NLP practitioners and researchers.
- What is Coaching? Thinking of taking on a Coach? Read this article to find out what a Coach can do for you.
- Review: Better Sleep Sooner A review of a book that can help you to improve the quality of your sleep.
- Any comments on logos? Recently, a designer did a couple of simple logo ideas for the new Standing in Spirit website. These are still rough, and all suggestions are welcome. Or if you have a good idea that captures the name of the company and the statement "Let it Flow", please...
- Not Enough Time to Get Things Done - Think Again! Are you 'too busy' to get things done? This simple article might make you rethink your ideas!
- Review: Using Your Brain - For a Change Using Your Brain - For a Change by Richard Bandler Edited by Steve Andreas and Connirae Andreas Richard Bandler is a remarkable individual, with simple ideas that he develops in very interesting ways, and Using Your Brain is one o...
- Review: Conversations with Richard Bandler Conversations with Richard Bandler by Richard Bandler and Owen Fitzpatrick The title of this book might be considered to be slightly misleading, or perhaps it was just my own expectations of the entire book being transcripts of conversations wit...
- Reading Resources for Treating Addictions with NLP This is a work-in-progress–an attempt to make a list and discussion of NLP resources for treating addictions. Please get in touch if you would like to suggest a useful resource. Decision Strategies: A major point in addictions recovery. Addiction - ...
- Criticisms of Alcoholics Anonymous When doing NLP work with people who have substance-abuse issues, particularly alcohol, there is almost invariably a mention of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). There is no doubt that AA has helped a lot of people, but it is not without its critics. One such art...
- Review: Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality by Tad James & Wyatt Woodsmall I have long been a fan of Time Line Therapy and find it to be one of the most powerful techniques in the field of NLP. In this book from 1988, James and Wyatt give a v...
- Complex Meta Programs I have always found Tad James to be one of the clearest writers in the field of NLP and recently I reread his wonderful book, Timeline Therapy and the Basis of Personality. In Chapter 14, he gives a fine description of what he calls complex meta programs....
- Review: Tools of the Spirit Tools of the Spirit: Pathways to the Realization of Universal Innocence by Robert Dilts and Robert McDonald Like so many books in the field of NLP, this one is written as the transcript of a workshop. Like several other books in this fo...
- Excellent Free Hypnosis Resources The Internet is truly an amazing resource, and amidst all the hyperbolic marketing and dubious products, I am sometimes very pleasantly surprised by the quality resources that people make available free of charge. Here are two examples of great resources ...
- 5 Ways to Listen Better This post is based on the wonderful TED talk by Julian Treasure. Much of the text below is directly from the video. I heard about this talk on an NLP mailing list, and apart from its value in developing sensory acuity and rapport skills, it is also of int...
- Transforming Futures: The Brooklyn Program Richard M. Gray has very kindly provided the facilitator's manual for Transforming Futures: The Brooklyn Program as a free download from Lulu.com. This is an incredible resource for NLP practitioners who are helping people with substance use disorders suc...
- Milton Erickson Video Many of the language patterns used in NLP were modelled from the work of the well-known hypnotherapist, Milton Erickson.While the analysis of his work by Bandler and Grinder and others is indispensable, it is also useful to go back to the original source ...
- NLP Modelling Modelling is essential to NLP, yet there are very few clear and useful descriptions of how it can be carried out effectively. The essence of a modelling project is to learn how excellent behaviour is achieved – to find the difference that makes the diffe...
- COACH State Process A couple of people were asking about the COACH state process. Here's a link to a short article explaining it, and contrasting it with the unresourceful CRASH. http://nlp.briancullen.net/state-management-coach-and-crash-states/ And here's a file with a s...
