Turning Bedtime Fears into Sweet Dreams: An NLP Language Strategy for Parents Every parent has "been there." The sudden stall tactics, the extra glass of water, and that hesitant look in a child’s eyes, when a bedroom light gets turned off. Many years ago now, my...
Recursive Change Architecture: Why "Stacking" NLP Techniques Leads to Permanent Change Most people approach personal change like a home repair: they find a single tool, apply it to a single problem, and hope the fix holds. If they have a limiting belief, they run a...
The Strategic Value of Confusion: Why Mild Uncertainty is Your Brain’s Greatest Gift (originally written ~2010 on altfeld[dot]com; rewritten and published here in 2026.) In the world of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), most people are obsessed with "positive"...
Is Your Reality Actually Real? An NLP Exploration of Perception If you’ve ever watched The Truman Show, you likely remember the growing sense of unease as Jim Carrey’s character slowly realizes his entire life is a fabricated television set. A movie-set light falls...
NLP and Stuttering: How State Control and Rhythm Can Transform Your Speech (originally published April 2011 on altfeld [dot] com. Fully rewritten and updated for modern times!) Quick Takeaways for Speakers & Coaches: NLP is a Strategy, Not a Cure:...
The Domino Effect of NLP State Changes: Mastering Internal and External Influence Quick Takeaways for Coaches & Communicators: States are Learned: Every emotional or physiological state you have ever experienced is a memorized, learned state that your body knows...
NLP Strategies & Elicitation: The Evolution into Strategy Pipelines Editor’s Note: Some of the ideas in this post were originally published 2/12/1998 in an online Chat Transcript, on altfeld.com. It has been refreshed, rewritten, and republished here on January...
NLP and the Hero’s Journey: Living a Life of Mythic Proportions Editor’s Note: This article was originally published two decades ago on altfeld.com. It has been refreshed, rewritten, and republished here on January 31, 2026. There is a moment most of us...
Introducing the Meta-Model — And the Good Intentions It Requires Originally published January 28, 1998. Completely revised and updated for 2026. If you've been around NLP long enough, you've seen both versions of the Meta-Model: the surgical instrument that clears...
How to Be More Efficient With NLP — Without Getting Stuck Chasing “Efficiency” "Efficiency" is one of those words that sounds like a practical goal… and often behaves like a mental trap. In NLP terms, efficiency is a "nominalization" — which is a process... frozen...
New NLP Practitioners ask me this question, more than almost anything else: "What’s the right way to structure an NLP session?" And I get why. When you’re new, the temptation is to reach for a script because it feels safe. But in real sessions, scripts make you...
Want to Learn How to "See Auras" Without Getting Woo-Woo About It? I don’t talk a ton about "energy" topics publicly — not because I think they’re taboo, but because the word energy gets used to mean everything and nothing. Still… NLP courses tend to attract curious...