What is NLP?
We cannot call neurolinguistic programming science, because it has been criticized in this regard, but it can be considered a ‘model’, that is, a set of techniques and theories focused on understanding behavior and guiding human beings towards self-knowledge and achieving their goals.
But first, let’s take a closer look at its acronym
First, we have the word “programming,” which refers to the intention to reprogram behaviors, beliefs, and psychological processes. The concept? Neuro? It gives us the idea that any behavior is based on a number of neurological processes. And finally, “linguistic” responds to the concept that all these neurological processes are expressed through a specific verbal and body language.
In other words, the initial goal of this dimensional triad is to understand our internal processes, and then reprogram the way we communicate and express ourselves, to change beliefs and make us feel safe to achieve personal success. Isn’t that right? But then we will try to briefly discover some other aspects.
The NLP tells us that the way we communicate and the words we use define our reality and how we understand the world, we have a personal perspective that sometimes does not match that of our interlocutors, we also have two types of communication: internal (what we think and feel internally) and external (which, in addition to the words we express aloud , join gestures, postures and behaviors).
Do we differ in the way we do it? Capture information. Are some people more guided by the visual environment, some by the auditory, others by the sensations?Take a moment and think about this idea: how do you remember things, through words or images?
One way to achieve goals or overcome certain problems would be based on this concept that uses behavioral psychology. Imagine a situation that causes us a lot of anxiety and anxiety, such as public speaking. One way to deal with this reality would be “Anchor ?”a pleasant, relaxing and positive moment in our memory, and associate it with visualization and breathing techniques, in the face of the “stressful situation”. A walk on the beach when we were kids, an evening with our great love, relaxing music?All of this should help us to “weaken this fear” and reprogram new realities, in which harmony reigns.
Time is of some importance to each person, but it must be properly controlled: our memories and emotions come together in the past. The past is like a safe from which sometimes good things can be taken out to reorient the “now”. It is in the present that sensory experiences prevail, in which really important events happen, this is where we must invest all our efforts to have a bright future, the future does not yet exist, that is when we must block our desires for the future to be bright. to thus energize our present, ours now.
We have a system of beliefs and values that have been built throughout our lives; it is these forces that guide our neurological axes. “Are we what we believe to be? and beliefs are the conceptions of our world, which promote action and behavior. Sometimes these beliefs are so ingrained in our being that we do not even realize whether or not they are beneficial to our lives; Can we hurt ourselves without even knowing?This is where NLP immerses itself in the ecology of our systems, to become aware and reorganize these structures in a more beneficial and healthy way.
Then all this goes through big blows. These are the basic pillars on which the human mind, neurolinguistic programming, focuses. Above all, it’s about how we interpret our reality and organize information: the senses, the language, the time, the words, the memories, the beliefs?These are the leaves that make up the tree of Life. It is enough to vary or change the orientation of one of these parts to orient our lives towards certain goals.