Friday, February 25, 2011

Video: NLP Anchoring - mediating the chocolate habit


A story of a woman who is diagnosed of Diabetes but still struggling with her thirst for chocolate. To counter a compulsive chocolate habit, NLP anchoring is used to capture a negative feeling state: disgust. This is introduced to the desire for chocolate, and new neuro-pathways are created to accommodate the new, more balanced state which is a method of Aversion therapy.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

NLP and recovery from Porn and Sex Addiction

The vast majority of porn and sex addicts do not seek out NLP intervention on their own. Why? What if there were a method that did not fight against sexual nature, but instead harnessed and redirected it in order to use those same processes that pulled one into addiction to get out? This article presents one proven path to recovery from porn and sexual addiction that is anonymous and effective, and actually makes one feel better as one progresses.


Anonymous Online Help and NLP Make Recovery From Porn and Sex Addiction Permanent


Recent studies reveal that every second: 30,000 people are viewing porn online, $3,000 is being spent on online porn, 300 online searches are occurring, and very 39 minutes a new porn flick is produced. 30% of companies have reported terminating employees for inappropriate internet use. 10% of all Americans admit to having an internet sexual addiction. If you are reading this right now, it's likely that you or someone very close is devastated by a porn or sex addiction that until now has been too tenacious to defeat on one's own. I sincerely congratulate you on taking the time to read this, and know this article can provide ideas and information to illuminate a way toward permanent relief.

An addiction is a dependency on a substance that interferes with normal functioning, and addiction to pornography and sex is a whopper. In future articles, you will learn that pornography and sexual addictions are a form of substance abuse, and are more powerful than alcohol and many drugs. This article will focus on a proven path toward recovery.

The vast majority of porn and sex addicts do not seek out NLP intervention on their own. Why? Because even when they realize the need help, taking the first step out of the darkness of anonymity and secrecy to face the problem is extremely difficult. Porn addiction is all around us, affects nearly every family, yet it is very difficult to talk about. 

There's no ignoring that the stigma runs very deep. Additionally, a "successful" addict will also have constructed layers upon layers of deception and excuses behind that fake smile, most of them unconscious, and all of them designed to keep the secrecy and addiction alive. The addiction is a carefully constructed house of cards, some years in the making. The most common and devastating deception for the addict is that old story of "this is the last time". 500 episodes later, the addictive mind still acts as though this were true.

When finally caught, or when feelings of guilt reach a certain threshold, some few may seek help through their church, most of which actively battle pornography on many fronts, and offer methods based on prayer, repentance and abstinence. Often there are undercurrents of guilt and spiritual punishment which can actually strengthen the obsessive/compulsive cycle that fuel the addiction. As that cycle continues to deepen, many spiritual, sensitive and intelligent addicts deaden socially, and far too many seriously consider suicide.


Does any of this sound familiar?


For the individual who wants a way out, what if there were a method that did not fight against sexual nature, but instead harnessed and redirected it in order to use those same processes that pulled us into addiction to get us out? This article presents one proven path to recovery from porn and sexual addiction that is anonymous and effective, and actually makes one feel better as one progresses. These are:

  • Anonymous Online Deprogramming/Reprogramming
  • Qualified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Coaching
Anonymous Online Deprogramming/Reprogramming is an educative process the addictive mind undergoes online, while it learns how and why the addiction formed in the first place, and how to use those same natural means to get out of it. It also challenges the addictive mind to restructure itself while it connects with other real humans, in the real world, in real time. The addictive mind will learn to face fears, urges and cravings, replace them automatically with greater meanings, and use natural sexual energy to slingshot them towards those goals in life that have been so elusive. Sound impossible? It's not. Sound hard? Well, with the right program, it requires about as much discipline and practice as it would to pick up a guitar and learn 3 chords, enabling the student to then play great music, and doesn't that feel great?

Anonymous Online Deprogramming/Reprogramming can also be extended by special invitation to those who play a part in the journey toward recovery. Inviting a spouse, a parent or clergy into this support role prepares a base for common understanding and incredible acceptance.

Qualified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Coaching is not therapy. (The addict is not broken, the maps of reality held in the addictive mind are). It is vitally important to select a coach who specializes in porn and sex addiction recovery and personal excellence. It is a special skill to challenge the addictive mind and create new frames of reality that make change from the old to the new ways natural and easy. These specialists do not require any of the gory details to be effective. NLP focuses intensely on the how, not the what, the when, the who or the why. 

A skilled NLP coach can greatly accelerate and strengthen recovery efforts, and help the former addictive mind realize that better life. A complete recovery is not when the addictive mind has simply stopped doing the old behaviors, it is when the new mind manifests excellence in its place.

I strongly suggest that the above tools be utilized in the order presented above. In other words, start with Anonymous Online Deprogramming/Reprogramming, and then graduate to an NLP Coach. 

By the time the former addictive mind has completed the online program, it is committed, conditioned and will often have overcome the addiction completely, and so any NLP work can focus on generative, rather than remedial interventions. Here is where the fun really begins!

I invite the reader to search your heart of hearts, and ask if now is the time to explore the possibility of reclaiming your life through Anonymous Online Deprogramming/Reprogramming, Qualified Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Coaching.

Craig Pinegar an NLP coach and teacher, a supply chain systems architect, a husband, and a father of four, using the internet and local study groups as venues for helping people get introduced to NLP, and to make it their own, through practicing NLP patterns in the real world, with real people, in real time, and for free.

As in sports and music, NLP is an art form, and while it may matter who you study with, but the practice and well you perform are what really matter. NLP is done from the heart, not the head. To do NLP well, you need to be in the zone, and I can help you get there.
Together, we can use NLP tools to change the world from the inside out, and bottom up.
By Craig Pinegar.  Visit http://www.GrassRootsNLP.com to learn more.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

NLP and treating addictions


NLP has become almost impossible not to notice in todays culture. NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Some believe that NLP is a new kind of weapon for army and secret services. Others would think of it as a way to “program” a person to do certain things which is to manipulate the Subconscious. However, most people understand NLP in a different way. Others blame all their illogical behavior on illicit ways of NLP use in daily life (talk about conspiracy theory!).

What is NLP?

NLP is a new popular approach in psychotherapy. It is a tool used by a therapist in the process of his or her work. If this tool is used by a true master it can create masterpieces. One can successfully treat allergies, phobias, and different kind of addictions with the help of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. This technique integrates methods of verbal and non-verbal communication. As a result, the understanding of the world’s concept changes; known limitations of human capacity can be overcome; a human is taught to use his or her own inner resources and reserves.

How It Started

NLP as a science goes back to the 1970s when Richard Bandler and John Grinder summed up and organized their knowledge and experience in linguistics and in psychology. They presented their ideas in the book “The Structure of Magic” (2 volumes). NLP has been developing as a separate discipline ever since, though some of the critics deny the existence of its scientific ground.

NLP Use

Scientific or not, this approach has been widely used in many fields starting with patients’ treatment and ending with sales, management coaching, sports, and business communication.
Still, the main field of NLP application remains psychotherapy. NLP techniques have it as their aim to reveal hidden resources of the person and direct them towards solving the problem.

NLP Concept

NLP method can be defined as a simple yet a very clear statement: we are the message we send. The therapist’s aim is to use the way a person thinks and the way a person speaks to provide him or her with a new mindset. There are a number of positive statements that are used in the process.
Some of them are:

  • the Universe has a lot of resources that can be used to solve your problems;
  • whatever we perceive is highly subjective;
  • there are no failures or winnings, only positive and negative feedback;
  • from all the behavior patterns a person will most probably use the most appropriate one;
  • etc.
The idea is that our reactions are defined by an individual “program”, a number of actions that we use as a pattern for a particular situation. Sometimes, as a result of a shock, a tragic incident, or some unusual experience, this connection of reaction and pattern is changing. The good and the usual turns into the bad and the unpredictable. In this case NLP can be the method to re-establish this connection. It can be a creation of a new pattern, or getting back to the old one. The “new” negative reaction should be changed into a positive one.

This is the way to treat different issues, including drug, alcohol, and other types of addictions. For example, the reaction of euphoria after the drug use can be changed into the reaction of disgust; the wish to take drugs can be replaced with the wish to throw it away.

Of course, it is a long process to go through; weeks (sometimes months) to create a bond between the therapist and the patient; to earn the patient’s trust, and then reach out to the subconscious resources of the patient to help him heal himself.

While some people remain incredulous when it comes to the NLP, many thank this approach because it changed their life. It does not really matter how controversial NLP is claimed to be. As long as it helps people they would not care about the scientific ground. Help is help wherever it comes from.