Mid-winter festivities go way back into our prehistory and with good reason. There is something about this time of year that makes us want to celebrate. And yet, in our modern lifestyle, the festive season is too often a time of stress. What light can the skills of NLP training bring to bear? The purpose …
Presuppositional Rap – 1
Chris Rasey, one of our best trainers has written an NLP book, which has been inspired so much by his work with John, and all of you who have attended our Practitioner training. Here is one of the Raps: Sometimes in life Things seem t’go wrong, Like cough ‘n splutter When you’re singin’ a song, …
Is NLP a science or a craft?
In the early years the co-founders thought of NLP as a new discipline that was part a science and part an art. My Practitioner certificate from Grinder, DeLozier and Associates in 1984 includes the words “the art and science of Neuro-Linguistic Programming”. I was talking with Judy DeLozier about the question ‘What is NLP?’ and we both think of it primarily as a skill, or set of learned skills. This would fit well with the idea of NLP as an art, or as a craft. I prefer art to craft, because a craft implies a practical, as opposed to a psychological skill. NLP is primarily a set of psychological skills focussing on intra and inter-personal communication.
