Suffering is Optional

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Suffering is Optional“Suffering is optional”,  is what I answered, to the question “what is the purpose of suffering?” posed by one of the Rabbi’s in a group discussion. It shocked a few people. And one person exclaimed: “Pam Castillo, It isn’t optional! How do we explain difficulties like 9/11, or, to use the most used example, the Holocaust? How is suffering optional? Do mean if a person makes himself delusional, he won’t suffer?”MY ANSWER:In a way, your...

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THE LIFE OF NLP

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THE LIFE OF NLPA FEW YEARS BACK I PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE CALLED THE DEATH OF NLP (See Blog archives) where I wrote how the skills of NLP helped me to help my beloved uncle, pass on, when his death was eminent.  I wrote about how NLP was useful to making sure the nursing staff, and physician’s were  supportive, rather than using language that would create, or further any fear of dying. If you missed that article, I recommend you find it, and read it.  HERE I WANT TO TURN THAT TOPIC OVER...

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The Other Side Of The Coin

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The Other Side Of The Coin   Let’s connect the dots: Logic class. The first set of language patterns in the Milton Model. Two lumbar back vertebral discs. And a cannabis and cocaine addict. Ok, here we go… Logic class: One the most valuable things I learned to do successfully in my college logic courses was to successfully argue my opposing viewpoint in debates. To learn these skills, the professor taught us many ways to persuade and argue within the context of philosophical debate...

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Interview Series – A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To My Life; NLP People Talk: Amanda Khatib

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  A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To My Life; NLPeople Talk: Amanda Khatib   Amanda Khatib went to Burning Man 2016, a radical 9 day festival that takes place in Black Rock City in Nevada. Everything is extreme there she says, the people, the heat, the activities. Amanda did research on the event so to feel as prepared as possible. She felt that the most important and effective thing she could do is set up a system in her mind, her Unconscious mind, a place she could go to the...

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The Death of NLP

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The Death of NLP By Pam Castillo – Clarity Institute, Los Angeles The use of language and the application of NLP™  in the context of health and wellness has been something that’s fascinated me ever since my first NLP™ training back in 1999.  And over the last 16 years of my private NLP practice and in my years of facilitating NLP™  certification trainings as an NLP Trainer,  I have used NLP™ to help myself change both diagnosed and undiagnosed health conditions. I have...

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Interview Series – A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To My Life; NLPeople Talk: Don Martin

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A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To My Life; NLPeople Talk: Don Martin Don Martin recently had major surgery. Open heart surgery to be exact. The doctors informed Don that he would have a breathing tube inserted down his throat. As part of the procedure, they also mentioned that as he would be coming out of anesthesia, the breathing tube would still be in his throat and that he would experience discomfort with it. This started to worry Don because he did not want something down this...

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