The Rainbow Machine: Tales from a Neurolinguist's Journal

by Andrew T. Austin

The Rainbow Machine: tales from a neurolinguist's journal, by Andrew T. Austin, offers fascinating glimpses into the personal change work of a top NLP practitioner and registered nurse, in settings from mental hospitals, emergency rooms, and neurosurgery departments, to individual hypnosis and psychotherapy. Rollicking, creative, lively, funny, outrageous, touching, profound. A "must read" romp for anyone interested in therapy or personal change.

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology

232 pages, Paperback

First published November 7, 2007

Reviews

[Roni Matar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not for the faint of heart.

Andrew Austin has broken enough bureaucratic rules in therapy and coaching, and left enough footprints of change and insight in many people's lives that this book merits a read from anyone who is working in therapy or change work.

This is not a self help book.
You won't learn any techniques, directly at least.

What you will get is an adventurous journey of one of the brightest minds in the field of personal change.

Read it with an open mind, and definitely check the change work processes he created, Metaphors of Movement and Integral Eye Movement Therapy.

Enjoy the journey.

[Deepak Imandi · Rating 2 out of 5]

An insanely huge pain in the "A".
I am not really sure why I tolerated the 125 odd pages and after that, I couldn't take it anymore & left it right there. Good luck if anyone is still interested in reading this piece.

[Loïc Dion · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best NLP books out there. This is the first book I stumbled upon when I switched my NLP learning quest from french resources to english 12 years ago but I decided not to read it at the time. Silly me!! It's one of those books that you just can't put down because it's fun to read.

[Aleksandr Kudashkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book

[Robert Sanders · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful, thought-provoking and practical.

This is a very accessible collection of anecdotes with a learning bias. Full of humour, and quirkiness, the book could probably be enjoyed by anyone, but for NLP practitioners it gives special value. The creative, provocative nature of some of Andy’s interventions freshens our practice and inspires.
Makes me want to learn more about many of the approaches mentioned, and the bibliography is a real starting point for new learning.

[Sandrine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant, entertaining and highly inspirational. Do not think I would use many of his approaches with my clients though...

I loved the fractured penis chapter. And Hubert the Hairless chapter. Actually, loved them all!

[The English Sisters Zuggo · Rating 5 out of 5]

We loved Andrew T. Austin's book.
It's a very valuable read for anyone interested in NLP and Hypnosis and entertaining too.


Bye bye
The English Sisters

[Kimberly Kohl · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite books! LOVE NLP!!!!