An alternative way to sort my head muddle!

I had another appointment today – wow I think my life is full of appointments these days. This time it’s on my terms.

I have been trying to work with the difficulties I am having in getting my words out or making sense of anything. In working with kids and staff for so many years I used to use a programme which built people’s self-esteem and helped them regain their thoughts.  Working on both the conscious and subconscious thought.  I know some of these courses were influenced heavily by subjects such as NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

I have been trying to bring together some of my training but I really am struggling to get my head around it. So, I decided to bite the bullet and make an appointment to see someone who does NLP.  Being in Scotland I thought I would try there.

Wow, I think my thoughts were lead into places that I never thought of. Got some good techniques to try and work on.  One is by using an anchor to swap feelings (or something like that!)  So if I remember something that helps me feel calm and relaxed or happy then press my fingers or do an action so that when I repeat the action or pressing it will kick that lovely memory in.  So when I feel that I am struggling then press my fingers in the certain way I set and the lovely feeling will come forward instead.

The other one is when I am struggling for words to try not to look down but instead to look up. This is the eye pattern which will help my memory recall whereas looking down will not have recall but will associate it with feelings.  So if I’m struggling then it will just make it worse and make me feel worse.

Right I’m going to practise these when I get home – after a snooze