It's All About State
How do you set up your most resourceful state – ahead of the time you need it? Or do you succumb to the whirlwinds of old feelings and behaviours?
What if we simply taught kids how to choose their emotional state ahead of time in order to get the best results – like at school or college? Because we can. It’s easy when you know how, so discover the secret of driving a Happy Brain!
Mind-Body Balance
The mind-body connection is no secret and Working Well means taking time to check your ‘balance’ of thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
Inside your brain, a ‘top-down’ cognitive approach to working well is generally understood: the quality of your thoughts affect the quality of your feelings, which in turn drives what you do/don’t do.
What is often overlooked however, is the brain’s ‘bottom-up’ approach to working well: the adjustment of your physiology/neurology affects the resilience of your feelings, which in turn drives clarity of thinking.
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In this short video clip I talk about this mind-body connection. Here, as I guide you through a simple physiological re-balance practice, is one simple skill that can re-set your working day.
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Happy Brain as a specialist application of NLP
Dr. Richard Bandler talks about Happy Brain as a Specialist Application of NLP and why children need to learn and develop key skills of resilience, tenacity and determination.
Our 2-day Level 1 programmes are running this autumn and in the new year. Check our website for details: http://www.the-me-group.com
Bullies, Bullied, Bullying
What is Bullying?
I work with bullies and bullied.
Take a recent example of a teenager who was being publically humiliated on social media after posting a live singing performance at a local talent competition.
The mum removed the post from social media citing ‘thumbs down and online judgements/jibes’ as evidence of bullying.
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Thinking
It is said that we think an average of 70,000 thoughts a day, and most of them are simply habitual.
Thoughts are the electro-chemical brain signals that make your brain:
* efficient – you don’t have to think about thinking.
* effective – you can select the most useful thoughts available to support your next move.
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Copying Smartness
Discover how (rescue dog) Molly learned important skills by copying her new brother. Molly teaches us smart ways to improve in areas we are not yet good at. Great advice for 7 – 14 year olds who worry about being not good enough at something in particular.
What is Bullying?
I work with bullies and bullied.
Take a recent example of a teenager who was being publically humiliated on social media after posting a live singing performance at a local talent competition.
The mum removed said post from social media citing ‘thumbs down and online judgements/jibes’ as evidence of bullying.
What happens inside your mind when you hear the word ‘bullied’. What assumptions do you make and what is your default emotional reaction?
I think the word ‘bully’ is a powerful metaphor Read more…
What Can’t You Do?
How do you expand your child’s capacity for a ‘can do’ attitude?
Why is this important? Because when your child or teen says “I can’t…(eat that/do that/learn that)” it prevents them exploring what they can do.
Hearing someone declare a limitation ahead of real time capability-testing can be frustrating because it’s a sloppy recall of a failure-memory rather than imagineering-success. If you believe their ‘can’t’ you accept their limitation. Yet trying to persuade them that they ‘can’ do it (they ARE capable after all) so often engages a battle that sends them into the justification corner.
Helping children and young people experience more in life, not less, means they get to expand their mental map of what they can do with their brain.
This example from our Happy Brain programme, coaches a 10 year old child through an experience of high value to them. Gaming is the child’s value. We’ll call the child Joseph.
Lonely Lana Changes Her Mind
14 year old Lana was fed up of feeling left out of a group of girls at her new school.
Moving schools can be tough at any age and Lana, one term in, was yearning for the feelings she used to associate with her old group of pals.
