Life changing skills I didn’t know I needed…
Our Master Practitioner course with trainers Bevis Moynan & Paul Ward.
Four and a half years ago I walked into the Magenta training room feeling excited for what I knew would be a hugely impactful 10 days, but even now it’s hard to really comprehend the true impact of my NLP Master Practitioner course.
I’d learned from my practitioner course how powerful NLP could be. I'd gained lots of insights into my mindset and started to change the habits and behaviours that hadn’t been working for me. And I'd learned skills to communicate more effectively and help others to make changes in their lives.
It had enabled me to let go of the constant feeling of needing to prove myself, or achieve something. And also to start a new relationship. He was completely different from my usual ‘type’ and so was the relationship. Instead of just going with the flow and being afraid of asking for too much in case I scared him away, I was clearly stating what I wanted, what did and didn’t work for me and expecting to be made a priority. And as a result the relationship was completely different from what I had experienced previously - they say you teach people how to treat you and I had been teaching people that it was ok to fit me in when it suited them and that I would just go along with whatever they wanted.
So walking into the training room, alongside my now boyfriend, life was pretty good. I didn’t have any ‘big’ things that I wanted to let go of going into my Master prac course, but I was really excited to learn more about the fascinating world of NLP and how I could use it to support others.
Throughout the course I gained loads of new insights, I became aware of emotional baggage that I was carrying around related to my parent’s divorce, which I hadn’t even thought about for years! And beliefs like ‘not being good enough’ and ‘not being liked / popular’, that had stopped me from taking action and going after things I wanted. The process of letting these go enabled me to make different choices moving forward and to stop avoiding things in order to protect myself from a risk that didn’t even really exist.
But the true power of what I learnt has shown up in the months and years since I completed the course.
I’ve had a challenging few years with lots of big life events. Moving in with my boyfriend. A wedding, (finally after being postponed by COVID). Multiple house moves and area moves, some planned, some less so. A miscarriage & the grief it brings. Breast cancer surgery & adapting to the changes to my body. To name just a few of the biggies.
At each of these experiences I’ve been so grateful to have the NLP tools already in my toolkit. I had ways of managing my mindset, a network of fellow practitioners to reach out to for coaching and support, and powerfully, the knowledge that whatever I experienced I didn’t have to hold on to any trauma or negative emotions forever because I already knew it was possible to let go of these. I truly believe this made it so much easier to move through the hardest moments, knowing that I didn’t have to feel like that forever.
Not to mention all of the amazing experiences I have had using the NLP techniques that I learned on my Master Practitioner course in my coaching practice. Knowing that I can help people to have more exciting, fulfilling lives and let go of the fears, emotions and doubts that are not serving them is so rewarding and I feel incredibly grateful to call it ‘work’.
I am so excited to return again this May to support Bevis in delivering some of the training for this year’s NLP Master Practitioner course, because I know that each and every individual will have a transformational experience that will continue to impact their lives for years to come.
If you’re curious to know more about NLP I’m always happy to chat about how it might be relevant to you, whether in a coaching experience , or to undertake training for your own personal or professional development, just drop me a line! - danie@evergreen-coaching.co.uk