Steph's Blog

Creating Your Own Reality

I've obviously been mixing in the right crowd these last few years because I can't remember the last time I had any lasting contact with someone who believed they didn't have control over their own life. However last | Read on...
Date Posted: Thursday, 2nd February 2012 | Comments: 0

The Scientific Way to Achieve Your Goals

It's coming up to November which means there's a comparatively short spell before people start thinking about New Year - often the traditional time for goal setting and establishing 'resolutions'.

SMART goal setting | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 26th October 2011 | Comments: 0

Mom and Dad's 60th Wedding Anniversary

You might be a little surprised to find I'm in Bridgnorth in the UK at the moment. I've just spent a week in Devon at South Allington House with my immediate family and we've had visits from family visiting from all | Read on...
Date Posted: Saturday, 17th September 2011 | Comments: 0

Yeah! It's Spring!

It's the first of September and Spring is in the air. Freesias and daffodils are blooming everywhere.

Oh look, I just made a rhyme!
It's so nice to see spring flowers and although it's still not exactly warm the | Read on...
Date Posted: Thursday, 1st September 2011 | Comments: 0

"Musturbation!"

I was talking to a colleague in the UK a few weeks ago. I'd just finished adding extra chapters to my 'Inside Your Mind' eBook and was telling him about how some words are more likely to make people procrastinate. When | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 3rd August 2011 | Comments: 0

New eBook Available

The keys on my Mac have just about beenon fire the last couple of months! The end result of all this activity is a new eBook called, A Useful Guide to NLP for Personal Development. It's only available from UK based on | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 6th July 2011 | Comments: 0

The Illusion of Work/Life Balance

I'm recycling! I wrote this article a few years ago but it seems just as appropriate today as it did then.

People still talk to me about this illusive work/life thing. In this article I explain why it's just about | Read on...
Date Posted: Monday, 30th May 2011 | Comments: 0

I'm on the radio!

I'm being interviewed tomorrow on Raglan Radio! Check 98.1 FM at 10.00am. To be honest, if you're further east than Hamilton you might not be able to tune in (unless of course you're in Raglan). But I'm looking forward | Read on...
Date Posted: Tuesday, 3rd May 2011 | Comments: 0

Get things done - AND have fun!

It's only occasionally that I promote other people's products - and then only after I've tested them myself and am convinced they're useful.

The Action Machine is one of those products. I bought this bit of software | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 13th April 2011 | Comments: 0

Skills of a Different Kind

I've often been asked, "Does NLP really work?" My answer is that yes, any tool works.

But it's not quite as straightforward as whether NLP works or not. We all know that given a hammer and nails some people can | Read on...
Date Posted: Friday, 1st April 2011 | Comments: 0

Free NLP Coaching Sessions

It's two plus weeks now since the Canterbury Earthquake. The NLP community has banded together to help people recover from its devastating after effects.

I'm offering free NLP coaching sessions to people who might | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 9th March 2011 | Comments: 0

Earthquake Predictions

John Campbell's so called interview with Ken Ring the other night left me feeling angry and frustrated.

I know that Ken Ring manages to predict the weather with more accuracy than most of the weather forecasters | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 2nd March 2011 | Comments: 0

Is it possible that you’re selfish?

I'm posing the question because I've come across a few people lately who would never consider themselves selfish because they always GIVE such a lot.

Being fiercely independent they sometimes think of themselves as | Read on...
Date Posted: Tuesday, 1st February 2011 | Comments: 0

Free Download - How Can NLP Help Me?

Many people who ask about NLP and what it can do for them get bamboozled (isn't that a fantastic word!) by vague, all encompassing definitions.

At the end of a conversation they're often left, non the wiser but | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 19th January 2011 | Comments: 0

Science (Finally) Catches up with NLP

I was cleaning Shaggy's cage at the weekend and got to replacing the newspaper in the tray at the bottom. The newspaper I was picked up was dated Monday March 29 2010. On the top of the page it said; ‘It’s all in the | Read on...
Date Posted: Tuesday, 11th January 2011 | Comments: 0

Free article written while communications were non-existent

Rumour has it that a digger driver cut though cabling at Whatawhata (10 kms from Hamilton) yesterday. The result was that Raglan became completely isolated - in a technological sense!

My internet connection | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 1st December 2010 | Comments: 0

More feedback!

Most people have told me that they love to read feedback from people who have been on courses.

Finding someone you can relate to in some way and listening or reading what they have to say can be extremely beneficial | Read on...
Date Posted: Tuesday, 23rd November 2010 | Comments: 0

After the Initial 'High'

NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner Training Courses can be long. That's because, in order to make effective and rapid changes with yourself or others you need the proper tools and you need to be able to use them | Read on...
Date Posted: Monday, 22nd November 2010 | Comments: 0

Book Review

I've just finished reading Michael Beale's eBook, A Useful Guide to Coaching with NLP distributed by Pansophix in the UK. I found it very, er well, useful! I like it's clean and logical format but rather than repeating | Read on...
Date Posted: Saturday, 13th November 2010 | Comments: 0

We made the local news!

The Raglan Chronicle published an article about NLP practitioner training last week. Emma Brooks interviewed some of the participants during a lunch break and gathered feedback about what they'd learnt and how the | Read on...
Date Posted: Tuesday, 26th October 2010 | Comments: 0

Reaching the Animal Mind

I recently finished reading this book by Karen Pryor and have written a review of it. In case you start thinking that it's just about animals please note that it's really about brains and how they work. This means that | Read on...
Date Posted: Friday, 15th October 2010 | Comments: 0

Values, values values

It seems as if every conversation I have lately is about values.

I've had a conversation about making a decision regarding a complex business situation. And another one with a guy who is clearly in a work | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 8th September 2010 | Comments: 0

The Little French Word That Opens Peoples Ears.

Many people don't understand how big a role non-verbal communication plays in their relationships. The developers of NLP, by watching and listening to expert communicators, soon noticed that there was a structure to | Read on...
Date Posted: Thursday, 2nd September 2010 | Comments: 0

Ragz' YouTube debut

I was playing around with Ragz and with my camera today. I'd just groomed him and decided to see if he would be obedient on camera!

It's the first time I've put a video on YouTube. I was amazed at how easy it was. | Read on...
Date Posted: Saturday, 21st August 2010 | Comments: 0

New website 'finished' - again!

This seems a bit like deja vu. It was this time last year that I was building a new web site and here I am again, finishing it for the umpteenth time.

The reason?
There were a few 'issues' with the previous one. I | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 4th August 2010 | Comments: 0

Business and NLP Part Seven and Eight

I've added the last two sections from the interview with UK NLP trainer Michael Beale to the blog. Listen to what he has to say about the skills needed for success in work or business. Michael tells me about his strange | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 9th June 2010 | Comments: 0

Business and NLP Part Five and Six

Here are a couple more excerpts from my interview with Michael Beale. They'll provide some interesting listening for you over Easter! In part 5 Michael and I discuss the difference between NLP training and many other | Read on...
Date Posted: Tuesday, 30th March 2010 | Comments: 0

Business and NLP - Part Four

The question I ask Michael is, "How does NLP Training affect your Practitioners when they go back to their work, business and home environments?"
We discuss how NLP can amplify the skills you already have and how | Read on...
Date Posted: Thursday, 18th March 2010 | Comments: 0

Business and NLP - Part Three

Michael answers the question: 'What kind of feedback do you get from your participants?' He talks about the sometimes 'uncomfortable' self realisations people experience and about providing an environment where they | Read on...
Date Posted: Tuesday, 9th March 2010 | Comments: 0

Business and NLP Part Two

Here's the second part of my interview with Michael Beale. I asked Michael what skills and tools people are typically looking for from an NLP Business course. I think you might be surprised by Michael's response and how | Read on...
Date Posted: Tuesday, 9th March 2010 | Comments: 0

Business and NLP

I'm really excited because I've just completed an interview with Michael Beale. Michael is a NLP Business Trainer in Milton Keynes in the UK. Check out his web site at www.ppimk.com. I've split the interview into | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 10th February 2010 | Comments: 0

The Calm Spot

A couple of people have asked me recently, 'Where's the Calm Spot?' I can't find it since you made over your web site. I searched for it myself the other day and it wasn't there. So I decided it was time to record a new | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 3rd February 2010 | Comments: 0

Cause and effect Part two. How to be at cause.

Here are the questions which will help put you back in control no matter what circumstances life brings.
1. What can you do, right now, so you start feeling more in control?
2. How are you letting what's happened in | Read on...
Date Posted: Tuesday, 17th November 2009 | Comments: 0

Cause and effect - Where are you today?

I'm making this an auditory/visual blog post. I want to explain a very simple model to you. But don't be fooled by its simplicity. Many people have described it as 'liberating' and 'life transforming.'

Click the | Read on...
Date Posted: Tuesday, 13th October 2009 | Comments: 0

Tsunami or no Tsunami?

I was working away on tomorrow's new version of MetaMoreTalk when a friend rang from Auckland sounding quite agitated. She'd heard on the radio that people in specific West Coast towns, including Raglan were being told | Read on...
Date Posted: Wednesday, 30th September 2009 | Comments: 0

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