Coaching and NLP when used together are powerful tools to help you make changes to things about yourself and your life. NLP helps you understand how your mind works so you can be more effective in your thoughts and actions. It’s a little bit like you updating any ‘out of date software’ on your ‘mental computer’ – taking out the ‘bugs’ and restoring programmes that have been corrupted.
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today to make a new ending”
Maria Robinson – Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Mathematics,
Seattle University
So why is working with a NLP coach becoming so popular these days?
Well…there was a time when people just accepted their ‘lot in life’ and got on with it.
Society had a way of keeping people ‘in their place’ so that everybody knew where they stood. There was a level above which you didn’t expect to rise, and things you didn’t ever expect to experience.
Most people didn’t realise that it was possible to change and make life more fulfilling, more exciting, more satisfying, more interesting, more meaningful, less stressful and less work-related – unless they were wealthy of course.
These days, we don’t have to readily accept what life has given us. You can have greater aspirations, you can improve and progress, and you can get rid of old unhelpful habits that are holding you back in life. Professional people can now find ways to improve their performance, you can learn how to reduce stress levels and increase your happiness levels.
People now demand more from life than in previous generations.
Today, it isn’t just the rich and famous who are able to use the services of a Personal Coach who can help them to identify what they really want from life and help them to get it. People can now employ the services of a coach to help them sift through their problems and get their life moving in a compelling direction – much faster than if they were trying to work it all out on their own.
Today there are also many more opportunities. People have become small business owners (working for themselves from home or on the internet) attained professional positions they never could have dreamed of years ago; some people even become famous; they own their own homes; they take foreign holidays; they have the latest technological gadgets – and so do their children.
But alongside this are many additional life pressures and a great deal more stress. We live in a society where the pace of life and learning is so quick, the demands so many, and the expectations so high. These things take their toll in many ways, because many people feel under pressure, always rushing, always having to reach for the next level and feeling inadequate if they don’t attain it. Personal happiness is being undermined and relationships are suffering.
Some people may want to get out of the rat race, slow down and have time to enjoy life. Others may want to step up a gear and achieve life-long ambitions or improve something in their life that’s holding them back (confidence, motivation, relationship etc)
Whatever your reasons for making changes, NLP coaching can be a great help. NLP is a very simple yet powerful technique that your coach can use to help you to achieve what you want from life.
When using Coaching and NLP together you can take more control over your conscious and subconscious behaviours. They are powerful tools that can help you to become the person you want to be, achieve what you want and live a more satisfying and fulfilling life.