February 04, 2010

Is the mindset of drivers a reflection of trends in the society?

Driving through Kuala Lumpur gets more and more stressful. The roads are constantly clogged, lots of honking and pushing each other away.

It looks and feels as if there are private wars going on. Looking into the cars, and observing the different drivers reveals frustration, anger and resignation. Only a few animated smiles or conversations. Many are engaged in calls or text.

Once the road clears ever so slightly, everybody accelerates like they want to model Michael Schumacher. It gets scary to observe the buses or lorries on the fast lane, in short distance to the car in front. If something happens, there is no stopping. Sometimes it seems as if the drivers of such lorries believes that the lorry is a small and versatile car, like the Kancil. I wonder if the parents know how fast these buses go!

Once in a while, when I come back from outstation, I can immediately feel, when I reach the vicinity of Kuala Lumpur - the behaviour on the roads simply become more aggressive.

I believe that the way we behave when unobserved, is the way we express our most inner desires. Moreover, when we repeat the same behaviour over and over, it becomes entrenched in our neurology. Basically, the behaviour becomes us and then we wonder how we became who we are.

The scary part is that we spend so many hours in heavy traffic. Isolated, sometimes alone, sometimes with a few friends, colleagues or members of our family.

It semans that the significance and personal value of others around us diminishes over time. To reach our destination fast, we beat traffic rules and ignore those around. And as we repeat this oftentimes, it starts to become our way of life - and might become our identity.

Malaysia was once known as a country where people can easily relate to each other. Everybody smiled at each other and it was a way of life to live and let go. Way back in the 1990s, traffic jams were defined at 3 cars cueing up at a traffic light.

Things have changed. Do we still care for each other? Sometimes I doubt it. I saw an accident recently. A car must have hit a motorcycle. The rider laid on the middle of the street, probably whincing in pain. The driver of the car sat inside, most likely calling for help on the mobile phone. Probably too scared to leave the car. Too many newspaper articles on how drivers were hit by other motorcyclists.

I was too far away to see the exact event. But I saw that the cars on the road did not stop. They moved around the motorcycle and the rider. May be this was an exceptional situation, but wasn't it only a few years ago when people stopped to help, even if only to change a tire?

What has become of Malaysia?

The Language and Behaviour Profile (LAB Profile) is a tool of Applied NLP. Its strenghts is based on the fact that we while listening to the words that someone uses in a specified context, we know, how the person will behave in a similar situation in the future.

There are two patterns of interest that apply strongly to the traffic situation in Kuala Lumpur.

Firstly, there is hardly any interaction between the drivers. We all drive alone or are restricted to the passengers in our car. The LAB Profile defines this as Independent Pattern. A person that exhibits such behaviour likes to be independent from others in that specific situation. Entrenched in his or her thought, they do not relate to others.

Another filter of the LAB Profile indicates the way someone communicates with others. Is the person able to give feedback, open appraisal, performance management discussion or filters important information to others.

There is a small part in the population does not care about others and what others need to do or what others think. The emphasis here is on "does not care". I see a strong parallel to the traffic situation in Kuala Lumpur as it seems that we do not care too much or at all for others around us.

Do we operate on autopilot when we move with our car in Kuala Lumpur? May be there are more parallels. There are more and more guarded communities in KualaLumpur. Isolated from the rest of the society. Individual houses have high fences, sometimes even barbed-wired. The contact with neighbours gets more and more lost.

It is a trend that needs to stop. May be it is a trend that is caused by fear. May be it is the limited time we have to communicate with others at home. After a day of work, and long hours in the traffic, people are tired and want to shut down. They are overstimulated sensorily. May be it is because we got so used to communicate via SMS, Facebook, Instant Messengers or emails that we have lost the ability to form mutual, warm and personal relationships.

I don't know.

But do you like it? Make a change now, and start smiling to your neighbours. Drop a word every now and then. Do not fight on the road but start relaxing - let others go. It is a minute, or two that you might be delayed, but at least, you kept your sanity.

I am training in NLP. We have many Certified NLP Practitioners who, in the end of the workshop say that they believe that, if the world would know and use NLP, there would be less war more peace.

A great statement. A heartmoving comment underlying the power of NLP.

But still, I believe that we all have to contribute to make this world a better place. It starts here in Kuala Lumpur. It starts with you, the one who is reading this article. Accept your responsibility to make this place a wonderful place to live again.

Thank you!!!

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December 12, 2009

Bad memories wiped away with unique therapy

Science stated that they found a new way to wipe out bad memories with a new and unique methods.

In a way this is interesting.

What they describe as wiping out bad memories is done in NLP Coaching, Hypnosis or Timeline Therapy(TM) in an extremely short time. In fact, we teach this regularly in our training - so if you are interested ......

Elizabeth Phelps, an NYU psychology professor says that "This is the first study without drugs showing what we think is the permanent alteration of the memory."

I wonder how many years she is behind time? Is it really possible that she has never heard of hypnosis, NLP or Timeline Therapy(TM)?

Now, the main difference is that in NLP, Hypnosis or Timeline Therapy(TM), we have many different techniques to remove or reframe bad memories.

You see, memories of all kind are stored in the unconscious mind. Oftentimes, and in the case of negative memories, negative emotions are stored together with the memory. So when clients are in the same situation in which they learned to react so negativey, the unconscious mind, in its aim to protect the integrity of the person, releases the same heavy emotion, such as fear. But it might only be the emotion, without recollection of the actual memory. For example, those that are afraid of elevators wouldn't want to enter an elevator as it triggers fear. However, they might not remember the reason why this is the case, or recall the original situation that caused that fear. And we do not need to know about it.

In our work, this negative emotions are released when we capture the learning on these event - and we can capture it without going back to the original situation or confrontint the clients with the same situation.

This would be very unhealthy and stressful for the body. There are techniques to keep the client detached from the emotions while they gain the learning from the event. This is the main difference.


Here is the article in full:

"Bad memories wiped away with unique therapy
Experts say it’s the first time a fear-erasing technique worked in humans

By Jeanna Bryner
Senior writer

updated 8:13 a.m. ET Dec. 11, 2009

In a scientific experiment that brings to mind the memory-erasing escapade in the 2004 film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," scientists have blocked fearful recollections in human participants, sans drugs. The results challenge the view that our long-term memories are fixed and resistant to change.

This isn't the first time science has endeavored to understand and vanquish our fears. But it's the first time using a behavioral technique has been proven to work in humans, as opposed to a pharmacological one. A similar study was carried out in rats and reported earlier this year.

"This is the first study without drugs showing what we think is the permanent alteration of the memory," Elizabeth Phelps, an NYU psychology professor, told LiveScience. Phelps and her colleagues detail their findings this week in the journal Nature.

The findings also could have implications for treating phobias in a more permanent way, say the researchers. The current therapy of choice involves exposing patients to the feared object, though in a safe environment. This so-called extinction method works, but the fear can come back when the person is under stress.
Phelps and NYU colleague Joseph LeDoux, and their colleagues, based their study on an emerging view of long-term memory. Traditionally, scientists have thought we learn something, and then that information is sealed into our long-term memory.

Now, scientists are finding our memories get consolidated over and over again each time we retrieve a certain bit of information. Let's say we see a snake: At that moment our brains pull out past information we've stored on snakes, such as a close encounter with one. By revisiting the snake memory a portal of sorts opens, and that memory is open to manipulation.

From past studies, scientists think that the window of opportunity opens up between three and 10 minutes after spotting the snake, or its equivalent. And it stays open for at least an hour, but no longer than six hours, Phelps said.

The research team "seized the moment" by changing the fearful information before the memory got reconsolidated or sealed up again.

In the first of two experiments on humans, Phelps and her colleagues had participants view colored boxes on a computer screen, one of which was paired with a mild electric shock. This process conditioned participants to react fearfully to a blue square. They tested the participants' skin conductance, a measure of arousal, to confirm the conditioning worked.

The next day the researchers showed participants the blue square, a reminder of the object, which was intended to reactivate their memory and initiate the reconsolidation process (memory gets brought out of long-term storage and lingers in this unstable place).

This time, however, the blue square wasn't paired with a shock, a way to teach participants that the object was now "safe." Since the researchers had a rough estimate of when the reconsolidation window opened and closed, they varied the timing of this safe information.

One group saw the blue square with no shock, and 10 minutes later they viewed the blue square again with no electrical shock. Here, the thinking was that the first observation would trigger the beginning of the reconsolidation process. After 10 minutes, that window should be open and so this new information would be written over the fearful message before being sealed into long-term memory again.

Participants in the second group saw the blue square with no shock, but this wasn't followed up 10 minutes later. The scientists were using basic extinction training to create a new now-safe memory of the blue square in addition to the older fearful memory.

The third group saw the blue square with no shock and then after six hours saw it again with no shock, with the thinking that the window of vulnerability had already closed by then.

All participants left that day essentially free of their fear response to a blue square. The next day, tests showed the fear had returned in the latter two groups, but not for the participants whose blue-square fears were rewritten during reconsolidation. To see if stress would cause the fearful memory to come back, in one part of this experiment, participants received a mild shock before viewing the blue square. The fear didn't come back for the reconsolidated group.

A test of some of the participants a year later showed the reconsolidation held up, with individuals showing no fear of the blue square. The fear had returned, however, for the others who only underwent the extinction therapy.

Another experiment showed this reconsolidation method is selective and targets a particular feared object without disrupting other memories.

© 2009 LiveScience.com. All rights reserved."

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December 02, 2009

Negative emotions and Limiting Decisions

In Neuro Linguistic Programming, Time Line Therapy(TM) Techniques, and in Hypnosis, we teach the power of the mind and how someone can use the mind to manifest goals.

You see, the Law of Attraction works, but only, if one was able to get rid of all the baggage from the past.

What is in this baggage?

Old negative emotions such as fear of success, fear of failure, anger, rage, hurt, sadness and so on. Also, old limiting decisions.

Examples for these are "I cannot be a leader", "I cannot present", "I cannot get married", "I am not a good employee", "I am not a good husband or wife" etc. Anytime you say to yourself that you cannot do something, you encounter a limiting decision of your own.

The all time favourite is "I cannot get rich" or "I do not deserve to earn lots of money". In addition, we found the doubts: "Will I be able to survive in this economic climate"? "Will I get the promotion that I so desire?"

We all have these negative emotions and limiting decisions.

Their location: The Unconscious Mind.

Date of Installation? Throughout life, but oftentimes, negative emotions are installed when we are very, very young. Ever seen a baby crying and getting angry, because the milk bottle doesn't arrive on time? Yep - these are the first signs of installations. Can we do something about it? It is hard not to have these emotions and limiting decisions inside of us.

Can we get rid of them? Yes- as mentioned, it is possible through Time Line Therapy(tm), which was developed by Tad James of the Tad James Company. It is an easy process that allows individuals to get rid of their negative emotions and limiting decisions from the past in a few minutes. Really, that is all it takes.

We recently had a student in our NLP Practitioner class that once, a long time ago, had decided that he is not funny, and can't crack jokes. Yep, it sounds like a minor issue for most, but this was all that was left behind as "problem". In our NLP and Time Line Therapy(TM) Class, people loose their problems so very fast!

When the practitioner removed this decision, this guy started to crack jokes. Good ones, I tell you! That that require quick wit and On-The-Feet-Thinking abilities.

It is hard to explain the procedure here, but the results are really powerful. But for now, I want to invite you to just watch out for these Limiting Decisions - as mentioned, any time, you say to yourself "I cannot do this", it means that you encounter a limitation. Not to worry about this limitation. The main point here is to become aware of it , as is okay as you until now survived with it.

But ask yourself these questions regarding this limitation:

- What would happen if you do what you do not want to do currently? (e.g.; I stumble and embarrass myself)
- What is the worse thing that can happen? (e.g.; people will laugh at me)
- What will happen if you do not do the thing you do not want to do? (I stay where I am and won't develop)
- What will not happen if you do it? (now that is an interesting question)
- What will not happen if you do not do it? (another one)

Don't you just simply love questions? Really, stretch your brain around it and laugh along while you answer the questions. May be laugh at your problem. But don't take the easy way out, and re-use the same answer again and again in a re-formulated manner.

You see, awareness creates choice is one of my favourite sayings. And once you are aware of those little guys that hold you back, you can start to initiate the transformational work.

And do you know when there is no doubt anymore about your abilities? When the fear has disappeared? No more unjustified and out of hand anger? Would you not reach your goal extremely fast? This, dear reader, is the total power of NLP, Hypnosis and Timeline Therapy(TM). Just imagine the pleasure that you experience without all of these handicaps.

Don't you think that it is much easier to reach your goals in life without these? Don't you think that your life will be easier, less stressful, more fruitful and beneficial? That you can then create the life that you desire and deserve?

You can bet. So, if you really agree with me, then go ahead and do your work.

If you have a question, you may also call me - I am more than happy to help you with a tip or two. But, when you are ready, take your major step forward and come to join us in our classes.

I look forward to meeting you there!


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November 20, 2009

Obessed with life

I am obsessed with life. It probably is the best obsession to have. And I cannot get enough of it. Every day is like a blessing, full of wonders, surprises and learning. I love it!

I remember how I was a couple of years back, in a deadend job, that I had to get used to. I had great friends, colleagues, and nice bosses. Yes, more than one. I reported to the US, to Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. Many different instructions to juggle, and when I did something great, I got one compliment, mainly from those that I worked with. When I messed up, I had more than one conversation, haha!

But I knew that there was something else. I didn't want to stay my whole life as an employee. I didn't want to do change management work that doesn't change a thing. I knew that there was a calling in me, a calling for more.

Then I came across NLP - it was a simple 2-days course, but I never looked back. I realised how easy it is to work with and through other people. How we can understand and influence them to initiate powerful change in awin-win situation.

How the unconscious mind,while protecting us, also holds us back with beliefs and values that have been installed a long, long time ago. What to do to talk directly to the unconscious mind. Heck, before NLP, I denied that there even is such thing as an Unconscious Mind.

Yes, I fail, even today, after nearly 5 years in whichI have been totally engaged in and with NLP. I fail daily. I feel overworked, neglect my family too often, but I know what I need to do to bring me back on track. To get back into powerful peak performance states.

I enjoy, daily, how wonderful it is to see my practitioners and clients succeed in their challenges. I gave them the tools of NLP to succeed. But there is more to that. Everybody can give you tools. But we teach how to use all the tools in every area of your life to succeed. There is nothing better than to see people transform, and realise that their problems is a thing of the past. To laugh, with us, together at their old problems.

Over the course of 5 years, we developed a pathway to success for our practitioners. I use it myself as well, of course. Pull myself out of the swamp in which I end up every now and then.

And how I fall in love with life, over, and over and over again.

This is the pure beauty of NLP. It is so much more than just confidence and better relationship. That is just the by-product.

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November 03, 2009

The danger of hypnosis Part 2

Last month, I commented about an article and asked, if hypnosis is dangerous. The story was about a woman that sued a hypnotist on molestation charges.

Today, I found this article in Asia One which initially sounds quite good. It says that more and more patients ask doctors about hypnosis. This is probably based on the tremendous number of advertisements that offer hypnosis courses, which assist growing awareness about the tool.

The article raises the reasonable question if hypnotherapy should be regulated by the Ministry of Health. While it describes the situation in Singapore, this is a reasonable question for Malaysia as well.

There are some points that can be considered. Hypnosis is a very effective tool to assist clients overcome certain psychological issues and "install" new behaviours. It is known for weigh loss, smoking cessation, performance enhancement, anxiety- and fear removal and much more.

The challenge arises when a new hypnotherapist lays his or her hand on deeper issues such as depression, suicidal cases, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or even other addictions. It is here where extreme care is warranted. Curiosity and the willingness to help might lead the newbie to start working with the client and then be caught off-guard by unforeseen client reactions.

In my training, we once had a woman who, in a simple exercise, went deep into her emotions and started to cry and wail uncontrollably for about 2 hours. It was a simple exercise, that was suppose to take 10 minutes. The practitioner afterwards told me that he was happy that I was around as he thought he wouldn't have been able to manage the case by himself. He only wanted to learn the tools for self-improvement and coaching in his company.

Nevertheless, all practitioners and even the woman told me after the training that it was an eye-opener and worth learning.

But this can happen and it is in these situations when experience with such cases is of utmost necessity.

The article quotes a Dr. Kwek, the Head of the Department of Psychological Medicine at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He says that "it is better to take a strict and conservative approach when regulating its use in treating clinical conditions.

Dr Kwek said: "The technique of hypnosis may be straightforward, but we're often dealing with people with psychological issues, sometimes without obvious psychiatric symptoms. When you go into their subconscious, you may chance upon past trauma or suppressed memories.

A hypnotherapist not trained in healthcare and without psychological training may not be equipped to handle such situations and the person receiving the hypnotherapy may end up worse."

I might even agree but looking around and seeing the problems caused by "official healthcare" does not cause me to worry less. How often do we have cases where a doctor messed up? Not only in Malaysia, but worldwide?

Also, traditional (that is what I call modern) medicine is often at the end with their abilities in many dis-eases and nowadays, even doctors in the Western World look at hypnosis as the way forward.

I believe it is the usual up and down with hypnosis, as it was for the last 100 or 200 years. But its influence is growing and the research on neuroscience and discoveries on how brain and mind work clearly indicates that hypnosis has the ability to go on for a long, long time.

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October 20, 2009

A cat as hypnotherapist

I am a registered NLP Trainer, registered as Trainer of Hypnosis with 2 internationally recognised institutions, registered as Coach Trainer, Language and Behaviour Profile Trainer and as Trainer of Timeline Therapy(TM) Techniques.

I say that not to impress you (are you?), but to state that these organisations are observant, and they took care that I am really alive when I registered with them.

Why do I tell this story?

Because a cat by the name of George was registered with the British Board of Neuro Linguistic Programming (BBNLP), the United Fellowship of Hypnotherapists (UFH) and the Professional Hypnotherapy Practitioner Association (PHPA).as Hypnotherapist.

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May be they are unknown institutions or have limited capacities to check every application. But then, I also wonder about their registration procedures.

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October 13, 2009

Hypnosis is dangerous

A doctor named O'Connell in the Lakeside Behavioral Health Center is accused of sexually molesting a co-worker under hypnosis in her second session on smoking cessation.

Court papers state the victim was hypnotized while she was lying on the bed. It is said that he took off her socks and shoes, that later led to her shirt. Apparently, the doctor continuously repeated "You are very relaxed and will not remember this when you wake up" to the alleged victim. She says he then fondled her breast. "She was aware, she said, that something was going on, she couldn't control it, couldn't stop it," said Shular who is the spokesperson for the Shelby County Sheriff's Dept..

Dr. O'Connell told detectives the woman allowed him to pull her shirt up and massage her shoulders and back with lotion. He says when he offered to take off her bra, she said no and he obliged.

It is a sad story and I feel for the woman.

But the question is: Is this possible to hypnotise someone so much that they cannot fight back, resist, wake up during a hypnosis session?

I disagree. In a hypnotic state, the client experiences heightened self-awareness, and a deep relaxation. While the sounds of the outside world might fade away, the client is always aware of what is happening around. It is always possible to wake up, stand up, and walk away.

A hypnotic state can be compared to deep meditation, yoga or relaxation. The time just before you fall asleep is hypnotic. Not when you sleep, mind you, but just before. When you start to dream. When you watch TV, you are in a hypnotic state after 20-40 seconds. When you drive your car, you go into hypnosis, if you want or not. It is called highway hypnosis.

A person in hypnosis will not do what is being suggested by the hypnotist. However, there is one rule to this. The person will only do what is suggested if the person is used to do this action. An extrovert person in a hypnotic stage show will take on the lampshade and dance on the table. A hypnotist would not even call an introvert on stage, as they would not do what is asked.

It is easy to blame hypnosis for a lot. It has been done over and over again. But may be it is also possible to blame hypnosis for something that we regret afterwards? To not take a fall?

I was hypnotised when I did this or that. I was hypnotised by the client, that is why I messed up the account. I was hypnotised by the beautiful lady or handsome man, that is why I went astray. Easy as an excuse, but the truth is, it is not possible.

Hypnosis is powerful.

It is powerful in a variety of issues. do you plan to give up smoking, or loose weight? Do you experience negative emotions such as anger, fear or hurt? Do you need to increase your performance in your organisation or in sport?

That is the true power of hypnosis. That it is helpful as a tool to overcome a variety of negative habits that have been formed when we were much younger and that still run in our unconscious mind as programmes. Hypnosis can assist in replacing these programmes with something more powerful, but only, if the client is willing and agreeable.

Then, and only then, is hypnosis useful.

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Public Programmes: Asia Mind Dynamics organises new courses in NLP for those interested to become NLP Practitioners, NLP Coaches, Hypnotists or those that intend to gain a better position in the crisis or want to simply improve their influence and communication skills

And when you succeed, you receive Lifestyle Vouchers worth up to RM25,000 - click here for information.

For more information, follow these links:

To learn about Asia Mind Dynamics: click here.

To learn more about our Advanced Coaching Programme, click here

To learn more about the Language and Behaviour Profile (LAB Profile) - Words That Change Minds Certification, click here

To register for any of these courses, click here.

To learn more about Asia Mind Dynamics, click here

For companies, interested to know more about in-houses courses, click here.

Alternatively, send an email to andreas.dorn AT gmail.com or najwadorn AT yahoo.com or call 012-287 5048 (Andreas) or Najwa (012-3276 048) for a discussion about your needs and requirements.

See you soon!

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