Can you give me some advice on overcoming a blockage I have with exams and written work?

April 30, 2009

I am a student of hypnosis, and have an interest in understanding NLP but find that part heavy going from a technical point of view, this may be due to my father when i was a child, although clever enough he always wanted better and was quite forceful with it, to a point where i [...]

How do I tell my own stories?

April 29, 2009

I recently moved from the world of corporate finance to being a transpersonal hypnotherapist. How do i connect my work with my own story so I am being me, rather than borrowing stories from the ‘expert’ story tellers I come across. That’s quite a change isn’t it? From corporate finance to transpersonal hypnotherapist. Not an [...]

What are the fundamentals of crafting a story?

April 28, 2009

Well what is a story anyway? I mean if you think about it you’ll realise that a story is simply a narrative of a sequence of events. Like the time I was in a training seminar and the exercise was to come up with 5 stories from our personal experience. And this guy comes up [...]

How can I use storytelling to persuade my very “blinkered” and left-brain colleagues that there may be more than one way to resolve an issue?

April 27, 2009

I want to be able to tell stories in an informal context, just chatting. The “audience” would generally be work colleagues who are generally very concrete and left-brain thinkers. I sometimes find that they are very “blinkered” and will hone in on something minor without seeing the bigger picture. My intention in telling the story [...]

How do I ensure that my audience quickly and deeply enters an altered state, to reduce any resistance to the story I am telling?

April 27, 2009

There are two major assumptions build into this question. First, that your audience will “resist” your story. Second that they need to be deeply in an altered state to get the message. I would challenge both of these assumptions. One of the main reason why stories are so effective as vehicles for suggestions is that [...]

How does one construct and structure a sequence of stories on the fly in the course of an ordinary conversation to achieve a specific outcome?

April 24, 2009

I love this question because it gets to the heart of what is possible when you master the art and science of hypnotic storytelling. It reminds me of a story John Grinder told me. When Richard Bandler and he were modelling Virginia Satir she would often make what seemed unusual and counter intuitive interventions based [...]

Can hypnotic storytelling be just as effective in the written form?

April 24, 2009

To what extent does being physically present make a difference in what is required for you to get the same result? Oral delivery is much more effective. All the principles of what makes a good story still apply in the written form- capturing attention; engaging interest and motivating the “audience” to keep reading; keeping the [...]

Is there such a thing as the unconscious installation of skills through storytelling?

April 23, 2009

This is a very important question- particularly as there are plenty of NLP trainers out there claiming that their training courses will “install” the effective behaviours of NLP unconsciously. All too often this can be a cover for them not really knowing what they are doing. You know? “Oh don’t worry if you don’t get [...]

Thanks for all your questions about Hypnotic Storytelling.

April 20, 2009

We’ve had a great response since the site went live and its been great to find out more about you all and what you’re most interested in learning about hypnotic storytelling. Over the next week I’m going to be answering the most common questions that have come up and telling you more about the Foundation [...]

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