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November 24, 2025

Using Logical Levels in Coaching: Interview with Sarah Makinde (Practical NLP Podcast 92)

Interview with psychologist and NLP Trainer Sarah Makinde about using logical levels in coaching, how she blends psychology and NLP, how she grew a successful Facebook community, and more

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Published on November 24, 2025 02:31

September 28, 2025

Never Miss an Episode – Subscribe to the Practical NLP Podcast

If your favourite podcast app isn’t on the list, try searching in your app on ‘Practical NLP’, or maybe it […]

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Published on September 28, 2025 03:52

April 1, 2025

The Ultimate Map – a Story For NLP Trainers

A teaching tale for NLP Trainers about the limits of how we see the world, and 'the map is not the territory' - The Ultimate Map!

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Published on April 01, 2025 02:17

March 21, 2025

New Podcast Trailer – Positive Change Methods with Andy Smith!

A quick trailer for the new Positive Change Methods podcast - all about Appreciative Inquiry and related change methods

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Published on March 21, 2025 04:05

March 3, 2025

States vs Goals – and Why It’s Vital to Understand the Difference

Sometimes, as a coach, I’ve asked someone what their goal is and they say something like “I want to be […]

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Published on March 03, 2025 07:31

November 18, 2024

Book Review: Transforming Your Self by Steve Andreas

Self-esteem, self-confidence, self-doubt. What are they? Everyone will have their own slightly different definition. Steve Andreas’ brilliant book Transforming Your […]

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Published on November 18, 2024 04:48

September 17, 2024

Meta Model ‘Deletions’: Simple Deletions, Unspecified Nouns, and Comparative Deletions

A quick clear-up of the remaining Meta Model patterns – find the others here. Simple Deletions We can identify a […]

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Published on September 17, 2024 06:00

September 9, 2024

Meta Model ‘Deletions’: Unspecified Verbs

These are simply verbs that aren’t as specific or clear as you need them to be. They count as ‘Deletions‘ […]

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Published on September 09, 2024 04:17

August 26, 2024

Meta Model ‘Deletions’: Nominalisations

Why ‘Deletions’? ‘Deletions’ are where the speaker has left some information out. If that information is important, either because it’s […]

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Published on August 26, 2024 03:44

August 13, 2024

Meta Model ‘Generalisations’: Modal Operators of Possibility and Necessity

Modal What Now? Because the patterns in the Meta Model were originally identified and named based on John Grinder’s academic […]

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Published on August 13, 2024 02:38