The ABC's of Neuro-Linguistic Programming

Posted on February 01, 2020 by Chris Wagnor, One of Thousands of Health and Fitness Coaches on Noomii.

NLP is a methodology to map human behaviour that is mostly used for overcoming psychological problems (Neuro), communications (Linguistic) and finding smart strategies for a better life (Programming).

Much of ‘who we are’, is based upon what we believe about ourselves. Our conscious beliefs and our unconscious ones, make up our ‘map’ of the world and impact the role that we play in it. These ‘maps’ allow us to negotiate life as efficiently as possible.

Beliefs are a sense of certainty about what something means. A feeling supported by references i.e. life experiences (what you have been told and felt.) Imagine a table with four legs. The table top is our belief and the legs are your references that support and hold that belief up.

It’s crucial that we understand how our beliefs are not real – they are merely representational constructs of what we deem as being real. The ‘map’ is NOT the territory, just a subjective representation of it!

In other words, beliefs are the minds way of creating meaning to all that it experiences. They are the fabric of the meaning we give to life and to the events that we experience throughout life.

Because beliefs are constructs and therefore not ‘real’, no belief is either right or wrong. However, they can be either empowering or limiting, as they are the foundational basis for everything that we think and therefore consequentially do.

In many cases, our beliefs aren’t even our own but were ‘taught’ to us when we were young and impressionable. But now they determine our feelings, thoughts, and behaviours and are the basis for the construction of our personal realities. We often forget that our beliefs are subjective and not always necessarily even true.

“The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.” – James Allen