Tune in to this segment of The NLP View Radio Show, as host, Donna Blinston is joined by author, Olive Hickmott to discuss how she uses NLP to help people who have learning difficulties. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a way of understanding how we use language to program our brain. NLP helps us understand how we process the information that comes into our brains and how we create a simplified version of our experiences in our minds. NLP shows that the simplified version we may accept is not necessarily an accurate reflection of the actual experience, and is largely determined by what we focus on.
Sometimes referred to as ‘the study of subjective experience’ NLP offers very exciting opportunities for students who have been diagnosed with learning disabilities. NLP is the study of how individuals put their experience (pictures, words, feelings, actions) together and how effective they are in achieving the results they want. It is based on the premise that we are “programmed” by our past experiences – sometimes in ways that support us and sometimes in ways that limit us. NLP enables you to recognise non-judgmentally any limiting behavioural, communication, learning, or emotional patterns and gives you the tools to do something about them. It shows you how you can shift, or, if necessary, “reprogram” certain beliefs, internal states, behaviours or (learning) strategies so that you are freed-up to get the results you want in your life.