My training has included NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), and as the (rather long) name suggests, it places a great deal of importance on our use of language. Noticing how we use language can provide insights into our automatic thinking processes, and whether they are helpful or limiting.
NLP coaches and psychotherapists may listen to a client’s language patterns as an opportunity for bringing about positive change. They often use meta modelling with a client to highlight if he or she is overgeneralising, deleting or connecting situations, feelings and events without specific evidence to back it up.
It’s useful to tune in to our own use of words from time to time to see if they are helping or hindering our experience of life. The common limiting language patterns are summarised here, along with the meta model questions used to encourage more specific and informed statements.
Oh, and as a bit of fun, I put the blog url into Wordle today, and it produced a wonderful graphic of the common words used on this site. Interesting in itself to see the different effects that words can have depending on how they are presented. Have a go yourself!
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