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Here’s a technique I learned from Danie Beaulieu that’s unmatched for dealing with self-esteem issues, mainly for cases of people who have been psychologically battered by others (I mean “battered” in the figurative sense).

Here’s how to run the pattern with your client:

1. Grab some cash (I personally love hundred dollar bills)
2. Show the money to your client
3. Ask: “How much is this worth?” This will interrupt the client’s pattern. Your client will say “One hundred dollars.”
4. Then, crumple up the money, spit on it, toss it behind you and then step on it.
5. Ask your client: “Do you feel like that at times?” Observe client’s reaction.
6. Pick up the money, open it up with care and attention, and show it to your client once more.
7. Ask: “How much is this worth now?”
8. Client will answer: “One hundred dollars.”
9. Hold out the bill in front of your client so (s)he can see it clearly. Future pace by saying: “And anytime you see a hundred dollar bill, no matter what’s happened to it, you’ll remember that it’s still worth a hundred dollars.”

This experiential metaphor is incredibly powerful. Allow the client to go through the experience and draw his/her own conclusions without explaining anything.

Do you know anyone who got run over by life and needs a self-esteem boost? Test this pattern and let us know in the comments how it worked out.

Written by Steve

I’ve found this video on YouTube that sums up brilliantly NLP Modeling.

Hear it from the horse’s mouth!

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Kind of a funny question to ask as a title…

And the answer is pretty straight forward:

No.

Can’t really tell you why.

Doesn’t bake my noodle all that much.

Formal or stage hypnosis, that is.

Trance phenomena continue to fascinate me. If trance = hypnosis, then I’m interested. But I believe a notable distinction exists.

Here in northern Brazil, umbanda is very much a part of people’s life. Adepts of this Afro-Brazilian religion get together in “terreiros”, where they celebrate their devotion to “orixás” and other entities. This celebration involves drumming and percussive dancing that leads most participants into trances.

Is that hypnosis?

Perhaps.

Sensory hypnosis? Or kinesthetic hypnosis?

Not sure…

But hypnotic language patterns, in my opinion, are the least interesting phenomena of trance available.

How many trances can you identify in your day-to-day life?