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

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A Funny Thing Happened on my Way to Life: Amanda More One of my students works as a part time Art Assistant. She recounted a story to me of a healing trance she had while she was waiting for a layer of paint to dry.  On a couch nearby she laid down and closed her eyes, putting herself into a deep relaxed state using one of the advanced hypnotic induction techniques she learned in Master Practitioner Training. As she did this, she recognized she had thoughts floating in her head about...

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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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Not Just Any Mentor

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I was listening to a presentation today on the merits of and the how-to’s of finding a mentor. The presenter extolled the value of being in the right environment and openly sharing value and gratitude with folks who you want for a mentor because their success, the presenter suggests, is something you can learn and do to be more successful. In addition, the presenter suggests you do the same with random folks who  just might have some interesting knowledge to become a mentor you never...

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‘Twas the night before an NLP Christmas

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‘Twas the night before Christmas and look what I find, all these empowering resources in my unconscious mind . My beliefs and values were aligned with great care,  in hopes that Erickson could work with what’s there. The fears of my past were all put to bed, while visions of trance Joyfully danced in my head. I took a deep breath and adjusted my cap,  then settled my brain for a long trance-like nap. When into my head there arose such a clatter,  I sat up in bed to see what was the...

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