I just got in contact with a gentleman who has been working with one of the original founders of NLP. Back before it was called Neuro-Linguistic Programming, it was called Meta. Everybody attributes the creation of NLP to Richard Bandler and John Grinder, but those two would have never been successful in creating it without their first student and co-creator, the third and often hidden gem, Frank Pucelik, who was a Vietnam veteran suffering from the turmoil of being in combat and was one of the first to be transformed by NLP. P.S. Still looking to practice some of the advanced processes that I am learning with anybody who is willing, before I go back to my day job. Hit me up. https://youtu.be/XFAULwn5mNM?si=LDtCixf1O1oqkHG4

I just had an interesting practice session using the metaprogram outline in these master practitioner manuals I got my hands on, combining it with core values elicitation. I was always wondering how we can change metaprograms, and whether it's even ethical to change them. I'm starting to see a pattern where simply opening up the scope of someone's metaprogram and giving them more choice, guided by their core values, has been extremely interesting. I'm still looking for people to practice with before my schedule goes back to normal. My part-time job, coaching sessions, and jiu-jitsu fill up my calendar fast. Feel free to hit me up.

I believe some people had a problem accessing todays NLP Surgery, so I ran it again and recorded the session for you. This weeks question came in from Sarah asking about NLPs Fast Phobia Model. Please also read pages 184 to 185 of Toby and Kates book - 'The NLP Practitioner', before practicing this technique and have a read of the attached PDF for more information. You can also see Toby demonstrate The Fast Phobia Model in front of a live audience many years ago. The technique is the same as is the outcome: The client successfully releases the phobia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgwgLI2Didc Please post your questions here for next weeks NLP Surgery which will go live from The Lake District where some of us are meeting up for a walk and talk (Please see separate post if you want to join us).

Hi everyone, I want to get anybody's opinion on reimprinting, matrix reimprinting, and projective identification. I was discussing with another practitioner who does matrix reimprinting, which I had never heard of before. He tried to explain it to me but honestly I didn't fully understand his explanation, so I'm curious if anyone can shed some light on what it actually is. I know there are different forms of reimprinting, but I'm not clear on how matrix reimprinting fits in or how it differs from what I already do. In my experience working with clients, if a parts integration is not taking, I typically do a reimprint, and that does hold and has had lasting effects. However, I love adding more tools to my toolbox, and I'm wondering: does projective identification typically lead to a reimprint, or does it just call for parts work? And what is the connection between projective identification, standard reimprinting, and matrix reimprinting?

A lot of people claim that they can't visualize, or they claim that their clients can't visualize. Unless you or your client has been diagnosed by a doctor with aphantasia, that is 100% not true. For context, research across multiple studies puts aphantasia at roughly 1 to 4 percent of the general population. To put that in perspective, out of 1,000 people, that is somewhere between 10 and 40 people. Rare, but not zero. And for the auditory side, anauralia is the inability to produce an internal voice or replay sounds in the mind. Research also shows a connection between anauralia and aphantasia, meaning they sometimes occur together. Both are genuinely rare. The overwhelming majority of people claiming they can't visualize or can't hear an internal voice simply have not been shown how to access those systems yet. There are three things you can do. 1. Accept the premise and limitation that you or the client can't visualize and give up. 2. Use the NLP synesthesia pattern to lead them from one sensory modality to open up another. That is exactly why we have the module of behavioral flexibility. 3. Pay attention to their words, catch their preferred sensory modality and their accessing cues, and then go from there. Too many times people claim they can't make pictures in their head while looking up and using words like "see," "picture," "clear," and "bright," or claim they have no inner voice while the words they choose reveal active auditory processing happening below their conscious awareness. Use the apple test to show them they can visualize, and remember it doesn't have to be crystal clear Leonardo da Vinci type visions. Even a blur is visual. Sometimes I think when people say they can't visualize it's because they can't make a perfect picture, which can be a thread to pull on to explore if they're a perfectionist. For the internal sounds or dialogue, use the countdown test, or have them remember their favorite song and have them first hum it out loud and then have them stop humming and see if they can still hold the sound in their mind, which 99% of the time they can.