We've had a really busy few months and I've been very slack keeping the blog up to date. I post frequently to our Facebook page - the modern way is short and sweet, little and often, rather than a long page of considered prose. Still, if you've been waiting for a Blog post, apologies for the long wait, here it is.

We're in the middle of a number of weekend-only courses which we were asked to run by a couple of clients. We've always said we'd offer training when people wanted it - so we're quite used to evening and weekend sessions, and even twilight sessions - which seem to be preferred by a number of professions. So if you want to train over a different schedule than advertised - do contact us and we'll see what we can fit in. We're taking expressions of interest for an Autumn practitioner to run at weekends, so contact us to make sure the dates will suit you.

We have been getting large groups for our practice groups recently, with subjects like "Dealing with difficult people" and "Swish Patterns", "Positive thinking - change your mind for good" proving to be very popular. The next event will be on Monday 23rd May, and we'll be working on Anchoring - full details on our website as always, with a booking link through PayPal or by email to me, Do please book in advance, we cater a light buffet on the night and need to prepare enough handouts so you get to take home all the resources after the event.

Here's a picture of a recent event - it gets busy, so do book early!

And if you prefer to keep up to date, in the modern little and often way here's a link to our Facebook page where you'll find all the news, events, and quite a lot of useful (and time wasting) snippets.

Do contact us with comments, enquiries and suggestions and to make sure you get our email newsletters, drop me a line. You can email me at julie@nlpliverpool.com  and call us on 0151 931 5184. We look forward to hearing from you.

Spring sunshine at last

Spring has been making it's presence felt for the last week or two as the daffodils force their way through the lawn, I can't believe it'll be April next week, I don't know where the first 3 months of this year have gone.

It's been a very busy first quarter for us at NLP Liverpool, there is definitely more business confidence in both large and small companies, and we have been struggling to fit in all the training days our clients want. We're even putting in an increasing number of weekends, so if you want training then - do give us a call.

Our practice group on Monday went really well, with faces onld and new joining us to learn about anchoring. We had some lovely feedback afterwards, with people using the techniques on the way home and at work the following day.

We’re going to re-brand the name of the practice groups, as we found some people didn't realise it was an event suitable for everyone, so they will now be called “NLP for All” events. The format will stay the same, buffet, tea, coffee and a good laugh, all provided as part of the package.

The next “NLP for All” will be on Wednesday 29th April, we hope you can make it. We are open to suggestions for a good topic for the evening; do let us know if anything comes to mind.

We have certified NLP practitioner courses running in May and June, contact us as soon as you can to book your preferred dates as limited places are available.

Do please interact with our Facebook page – the more you do, the more we can get the message out there.

Then contact me to sign up for the mailing list and then you'll be the first to know what's happening next.

We look forward to seeing you at an even soon.

Julie
Julie Cunningham
NLP Liverpool

NLP Liverpool - Certified training - Autumn programme 2014

So here we are, Autumn has arrived, with what feels like more calm and sunny days than the last half of the summer. Time for blackberries, conkers and wasps! 

It's also time for most of us to get back to work after a short break and find that the stresses and strains we forgot during those days on the beach, evaporate almost as soon as we sit behind our desks again. So to help with combating stress, we're running an NLP Practice group in September on this very topic. See the website www.nlpliverpool.com for full details and booking link

"Stress relief at the push of a button".

NLP Practice group 24th September 2014 

We all feel so much better after a holiday, it seems as soon as we go back to work, the normal patterns of behaviour seem to automatically return. Sadly, the benefit of a well-earned weeks rest seems lost. Wouldn’t it be great to re-capture that fully relaxed holiday feeling and summon it instantly when you need it most?

We're going to look at a powerful NLP technique called anchoring and teach you a few ways to use it in stressful situations. You will learn how to find inner calm in the midst of chaos. 

These are relaxed and friendly evening workshops, everyone is welcome. We start with some light refreshments at 6:30 and begin the programme at 7. We aim to be finished by around 9:15, be warned, the last people usually leave as we close the room at nearer 10. 

As always we have a packed programme of certified NLP training and private coaching this Autumn, with course dates scheduled into 2015.

NLP Practitioner course - 7 days

NLP Master Practitioner course - 10 days

(both are certified by Richard Bandler and the Society of NLP)

Presentation skills masterclass - 2 days

1 to 1 coaching by arrangement. Face to face 2 hour, half day, full day or hourly Skype & telephone sessions available

Individual NLP session for personal development or therapy - by arrangement.

As always our website has the most up to date information, head over there to see what else we have to offer. Or call us on 0151 931 5184 for more details or to discuss your requirements.

NLP Training - Summer and Autumn schedule available

As I updated the website earlier today, I realised we'd not updated the blog for a good while - a general indication of how busy we've been the last few months.

We've had some great practitioner and master practitioner courses running, and the April NLP Practice group was a great success. We're still having a lot of interest from people wanting to study 1 to 1 at a time which suits them, so if that would enable you to study - give us a call.

Do visit our website www.nlpliverpool.com to access the latest course calendar and information.

Coming up on 19th June, we'll be running another practice group, and will have a scheduled certified NLP Practitioner course running 9th - 16th July. (https://www.nlpliverpool.com/nlp_practitioner.html)


We've been doing some coaching via Skype to different time zones which has entailed some "silly-O'Clock" sessions - a great way to get a VERY early start on the day - it's great to be able to be so flexible.

So wherever you are in the world - we can talk you through whatever it is you need.

Private NLP and coaching sessions available by arrangement, in person or by phone or Skype, evening weekend and even Silly O'clock sessions available. Call us on 0151 931 5184.

NLP Liverpool - for personal development, training, therapy, interview preparation, presentation skills, bespoke training - your local expert.

A bright 2014 ahead

My Blogger posts are becoming more infrequent as Facebook takes over my time and attention. It is so much more immediate in terms of feedback, yet I still find myself once a month or so, popping over to blogger and writing a little something.

2014 has started with a huge increase in confidence from our clients, it seems people are happy to look ahead and book ahead. We have training booked into the diary as far as next December and have had a very busy January.

Now we've hit February, we're looking forward to our first NLP Practitioner training of this year, beginning on 5th March.

And later this week on Wednesday 5th February we have our NLP Practice group which is always a great event.

Mind your language – Tuning in to words with NLP

A workshop style session, with tea, coffee and buffet, and lots of learning and laughing for only £15 - if you'd like to join us better book straight away - click here www.nlpliverpool.com

Call us for information about our certified NLP training, for individuals and companies, for personal coaching and therapy.

Telephone our expert NLP Trainer, George Cunningham on 0151 931 5184 to find out how he can help you.

Until next time....keep up to the minute with our Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/NLPLiverpool remember to like AND follow to get all our updates.

See you soon

Julie Cunningham
NLP Liverpool

An Autumn Tale

I was quite surprised to realise how long it had been since my last post. We've gone from weekly, to monthly to barely once a season with the blog lately. So, as we're well into Autumn, here's a quick update.

Facebook allows a much more immediate and much more interactive platform with everyone, so unfortunately, the poor blog has been rather neglected. I will continue give it the occasional update, but if you're looking for up to the minute information, it has to be the website www.nlpliverpool.com or our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/NLPLiverpool

Last week we ran our NLP Liverpool Practice group - Better choices & decisions with "propulsion systems"

A rocket theme seemed appropriate as it was the day after Bonfire night, and many of us (myself included) need a "rocket" to get on and make a decision sometimes. It was a great evening, with lots of goal setting and some people realising that they must propel themselves to act soon - before it's too late!

The next event will be on Wednesday 11th December, the title will be Handling Difficult Relatives
(Strategies for a Calm Christmas) You can head over to the website already to book your place. Of course all the techniques will be applicable in business situations too.

George has recently spent a weekend catching up with one of our very early trainees in NLP, Paul Cosens, who has now trained as an NLP Trainer and has a thriving NLP practice in Canary Wharf. He ran a weekend training course for Canary Wharf NLP Community, with George training conversational strategies and nested loops to a great crowd of NLPers.  

The last few months have seen us tailoring and delivering training for solicitor's practices, restaurant staff, a recruitment agency, and teachers, with some university lecturing coming up next week too.

The next public course in the calendar is our NLP Practitioner course starting 27th November, there is still space if you'd like to book. Do check our website for details of this and all our other courses.

Remember, we frequently train people 1:1 and offer individual coaching sessions by phone and Skype as well as in person.

Do like us on Facebook and make sure you keep up with our regular events by emailing me Julie@nlpliverpool.com and asking for our newsletter.

Until the winds change, and Winter blows in,

Julie

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Summer at last

Summer has made it's way up north to NLP Liverpool at last. And as usual we were hoping for some quiet weeks of breathing space to tidy up the office, catch up on reading all the newsletters that fly into our in boxes and generally get prepared for Autumn.

We're also hoping to sneak away for a week or two's Welsh Camping, but it seems that this has triggered an big demand for our services, George has a full day of training and coaching in Birmingham this week, has had a couple of phone clients today and has worked the last few weekends as well.

The new schedule for Autumn has been on the website for a few weeks now, with a couple of NLP Practitioner courses lined up for early October and late Nov/Dec, with flexibility to split the study (and the cost) into 2 parts.

You can access a copy here http://www.nlpliverpool.com/Assets/NLP%20Liverpool%20Calendar%202013.pdf 

We've also had a big increase in the number of people wanting to complete an NLP Practitioner course in their own time 1 to 1 (hence the weekend working) which we've been able to accommodate. If this is what you're looking for, give us a call on 0151 931 5184 and we'll fit the study to your schedule.

Our next NLP Practice group is running in Liverpool on Wednesday 18th September, we'll be taking suggestions for the next few weeks, so if you have a good idea of a subject to work on, then email me and let me know, or post it to our Facebook page, and we'll gauge reaction.

Watch the website or Facebook for updates, or better still, put it into your diary now and email me to register your interest and I'll keep you posted and remind you to book nearer the time.

That's all for now folks, I've a mailing to get out, watch for it hitting you mailbox or email me  julie@nlpliverpool.com  to get your copy.

As always, you can connect with our via social media - we love to hear from you, get in touch

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A New Year and a new start

I'm not sure where the time has gone since I last posted, and am sure there are a few posts that have vanished into the ether over Summer and Autumn. And so here we are, at the start of a New Year. I hope 2013 has started off well for you and that you continue to work towards being happier and healthier this year.

My own resolutions have had a shaky start, the daily walk has not happened at all. I'm not chained to this desk, but I often feel bound to carry on, that a walk would be an indulgence, rather than a useful time to clear my head and think and plan. The weather has also been cold, drizzly and grey here, so there has been no temptation to go out, I'd get cold and wet, and I'm not very good at either. Better get out soon, I hear a big freeze is on its way, so maybe today, I'll wrap up and venture out.

I've made a good start at the planning for this year and given the website a quick dust off. The 2013 course timetable is available for download, with courses scheduled into July already. There have been a flurry of calls over the last few days, with bookings and enquiries as far ahead as June, which shows how much people look to their future in the New Year.

There's a mailing to head out next week, and we're putting together the programme for the NLP Liverpool Practice Group on Monday 11th February. We're going to be looking at Assertiveness, and how to use NLP to be more assertive. These are really enjoyable evenings, relaxed training in a friendly group. Come along. See our website www.nlpliverpool.com for full details and to make your booking.

Been a busy week of meetings for George this week, with some bespoke training work coming up over the next few weeks. It seems companies are spending their training budgets wisely by consulting with us for delivery of very specific training - which is what we do best. It's great to go into an organisation and find out exactly where the improvements are needed and design and deliver training to fulfil that need. It's very satisfying work. I really enjoy finding new materials to use, so we can evolve the training all the time. It keeps it fresh and interesting and means I am always learning about new fields.

Do visit the website www.nlpliverpool.com , or
connect via Facebook http://www.facebook.com/NLPLiverpool,
Twitter https://twitter.com/JulieCliverpool and
Linked in http://www.linkedin.com/pub/julie-cunningham/5/1b1/875

Or better still, call us 0151 931 5184 for information about our courses or private coaching session. We'd love to hear from you.

Be your best in 2013

Julie Cunningham

Busy, Busy, Busy

We've been very busy over the last few months, and once again I have neglected my blog. The usual Friday evening, end of week slot I set aside for updating the blog seems to have been swallowed up by other things for the last few weeks. I really enjoy the writing, as reviewing my week helps me fell proud of what I've achieved, and plan the following week's activities. So I MUST do it more regularly.

I'll let you into a little secret, I attended a Liverpool Chamber 60 Really Useful Minutes session on Blogging this morning, with Sara Sartorius from Brava Design. I learned about some platforms we're not currently using, and it would be a waste put some of it into practice straight away! Look out Pinterest, here I come.

This month we've also attended a number of networking events and I was lucky enough to get a place on a superb Social Networking seminar run by The Women's Organisation, which really helped me with twitter.

We've run a couple of NLP Liverpool Practice groups since I last wrote the blog, both were well attended and great evenings. For the April event, we ran the "Dealing with Negativity" workshop again, as so many people had wanted to come and were unable to make the first event. The May evening was "Dealing with Procrastination" - We just couldn't put it off any longer. This was a great fun evening, based around the premise of "Eat That Frog". The frog is the unpleasant task you are likely to put off until later, or until it's urgent or worse still, overdue. The idea behind the Eat That Frog principle is that if the worst thing you have to do today is eat a frog, then better get it out of the way first. And if you've a number of frogs  to eat, better start with the biggest and ugliest. See the book by Brian Tracy for more ideas on being more efficient.

We ran a "Building on Success" workshop for an Ad agency in Liverpool recently which was very well received. It's so important in the current climate that organisations continue to train their staff and also take time to recognise their successes and focus how to build on them in the future.

Next week, we'll be mailing our newsletter with details of the next NLP evening session, "Silencing the Worrier Within", which promises to be another stimulating evening of learning NLP techniques you can relate to your work and life. Do come and join us. See www.nlpliverpool.com for full details.

There's still time to book for the NLP Practitioner Programme 18th - 25th June, call me on 0151 931 5184 straight away to register your interest.

Time to sign off now, do follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for the blog, which I'm going to grow and re-format over the next few months.

Until next time

Keep Well,

Julie

Happy New (Financial) Year

April has sprung with bluebells, glorious sunshine, howling gales and sleet! It's been a busy few months, so apologies for few posts and fewer newsletters, we've been busy training and meeting new people and working on exciting new projects for the coming quarter. As is often the case, they have to remain under wraps for the moment, we'll tell you more next time.

This is going to be a short post as I've a mailing to get out before Easter. We've had some lovely practitioner trainings this quarter and met some fascinating private and coaching clients. The practice group in February was so well received and there were so many people who wanted to come but couldn't, that we are re-running a very similar event on Wednesday 18th April. You can find full details and link to booking through Paypal by clicking here

As always, we've a couple of certified NLP Practitioner courses coming up over the next few months, we're taking bookings for the 18th -25th June course now.

If you'd like some personal 1 to 1 coaching or therapy then call us to arrange a session in person or via telephone or Skype.

Bespoke design and delivery of unique training is our speciality - try us.

As always up to date information about us and our services is available on our website www.nlpliverpool.com or just call us on 0151 931 5184 to tell us what you need and let us help you.

We look forward to hearing from you

Julie

It's been an exceptionally busy start to the year, it seems everyone has decided that this is the year they are going to make a change. And when they want to make the change, they need to do it now! I spent the first few days of the year making sure the website was updated and current, with our course calendar for the rest of 2012.

We're making it our mission to help as many people as possible become confident presenters, and have a 2 day course running every month until at least the middle of the year. We're only taking 10 on each course, to ensure everyone gets enough time on their feet to make a massive difference to their delivery techniques. So choose your dates and book your course as soon as possible, see the website for details.

The NLP Liverpool practice group on 18th January is booking up fast, and as we'll be working on "Dealing with difficult people" we're expecting a bumper turn out. From a vicious boss to those nasty relatives, or that annoying salesperson or insubordinate or sulky staff member, we'll teach you techniques to deal with them, and leave you with the tactics to help in the future. We're also hoping to pick up some spectacular stories from you, so if you've a tale to tell, bring it along and we'll help you with difficult people and situations. Click here for more details and booking via PayPal.

As always, there is an 8 day NLP Practitioner course in the offing, with the next dates scheduled for 3rd - 10th February and 18th - 25th June. Book now and we can hold your place and even arrange for you to pay in installments if you'd find that easier.

Sign up for our newsletter to keep in touch with all our latest news and special offers, visit the website and sign up.

Until next time

Julie

Practice Group - still a great success

The NLP Liverpool Practice group earlier this week at The Quaker Meeting House in Liverpool was fantastic. With nearly 20 people, we were able to make 4 groups to work on strategies, looking at eliciting good strategies. Then we finished off with a short demonstration silencing "the voice inside your head". Everyone enjoyed it, we kept them all topped up with tea, coffee and butties, and were made most welcome at the venue.

So welcome in fact, that we've booked the next meeting there for Wednesday 25th May, you can book your place now at http://www.nlpliverpool.com/

We're also taking confirmed bookings now for the NLP Master Practitioner 16th - 20th May and 4th -8th May, and for the NLP Practitioner 17th - 24th June.

We're also offering bespoke 1 to 1 Practitioner and Master Practitioner training, more and more, people are looking for training on their terms, at a time that suits them, and we are really happy to be as flexible as possible. Training individuals is great for them and great for us. Call us for details or with your requirements and we'll fit around you.

Time to go, nice to have the light evenings back with us again. I love this blossom and buds time of year.

Julie

How did it get to be November?

I can't really write much, but when I logged on to see the word August staring back at me I had to write a quick update. We've been very unexpectedly busy for the last few months, the Summer was much busier than we were expecting and I'm only just about getting caught up with the backlog now. For the first time in months my desk looks like a desk, my accounts are up to date and I have only 1033 items in my email "in box" to file and only around a hundred newsletter and articles to read



We had a really lovely group study NLP Practitioner with us in October, and we are looking forward to seeing them again with their certificates. We have also set our schedule for the first half of next year. We'll be running practitioner courses in March and June 2011 with a Master Practitioner in 2 halves, part 1 in May and part 2 in July.


We've had numerous enquiries from people wanting to study individually, so if that would be more up your street, give us a call and we'll put together the right programme for you at a time that suits. It's great working with just one person, and we always have numerous willing volunteers happy to spend a day updating their own skills and acting as "willing victim" for the learner. We can concentrate more on the techniques you are going to use the most and work on examples which will help you in your chosen field.

We do have a couple of slots available for telephone coaching, which can be booked on an ad hoc basis - don't worry, we wont tie you in to a yearly standing order. We always work on a "pay as you go" basis, so you stay in control. It's doesn't feel right to us to work any other way. It seems wrong for your coach to have a vested interest in keeping you coming week after week!

That's about all I've got time for.

Do leave a comment or "like" our posts. We'd love to hear from you.

Julie

How did it get to be June already?

Where did nearly half the year go? I must have lost at least a month somewhere. I've probably spent some of it staring into the back of my computer improving my frown lines and tearing my hair out.

Ssssshhhhh, all seems to be well at present on the hardware and software front, with a large mailing to go out tomorrow, I'm really hoping that will remain the case, otherwise tomorrow could be a VERY late night.

May has been a busy month for us, we've just finished another Master Practitioner course, it's such a pleasure to have students come back to build on their practitioner training, by now they are old friends, and we are able to build exactly the training they want as we know them so well. Whether they are therapists, business managers, solicitors or trainers themselves, we tailor the training so they are able to use the techniques where they need them.

We're now gearing up for the Summer Practitioner course at the end of June, with only a few places remaining and future funding options likely to be limited, (bye bye SkillWorks -we'll miss you!) we are urging people to study now, while the last scrapings of EU funding are available.

We've booked our next NLP taster for the evening of 9th September, and will take provisional bookings now, as they've proved very popular in the past.

We're very excited to read your stories for our June Newsletter competition, and looking forward to awarding the £100 prize before we publish it to our website. If you'd like a chance to win, just go to the website www.nlpliverpool.com and sign up for the newsletter by the end of June, which has all the details, send us your tale of woe, and keep your fingers crossed.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Julie Cunningham

A poor neglected blog

My poor blog has been so neglected lately that I've broken with convention and am writing at the start of the week rather than the end. The last few weeks have been so busy that by Friday afternoon, it's just been one job too much to post a final missive.



We finally managed to coerce the pdf maker back into action, which makes sending qoutes and documents much easier. Since then, the accounting software fell over and grazed its knees and wouldn't get up again. Put in a number of very late nights trying to reload, reinstall and restore, and are finally (fingers crossed) able to start entering data again. We even got into the "computer geek, back office, techy stuff", the bit with all the warnings, and I used RegEdit for the first time. Seems funny to have a computer application called Reg!



Over the last month or so we've completed some practitioner training, put a number of delegates through their paces at Master Practitioner level and discussed some exciting proposals for a number of large organisations, for staff training in communication skills and team building.



The team building exercises should be fantastic fun, we've got some really interesting ideas, and we're always grateful to hear from anyone who has any more. I've noticed most team building exercises seem to involve the great outdoors, of which I'm a huge fan, but splinters, getting wet and the possibility of broken ankles wouldn't really be suitable for our clients. Clay pigeon shooting and go-carting tend to appeal to the male and macho. A day of raft building, trust falling, plank walking and trapeze jumping are great for teens and twenty year olds, but our demographic is slightly above that - myself included. So we're looking for some more cerebral (and sedate) challenges, with emphasis on communication, co-operation, and listening, rather than strength and brute force. Shame really, I'd love a day rally driving.



George is doing some bespoke 1 to 1 Master Practitioner training this week, it's a huge advantage to be able to really target the techniques to the areas the client is going to use. We seem to be doing more and more of this type of work. Maybe the current economic situation drives more organisations and individuals to seek out a more precise tailored solution rather than splash out on a one size fits all product.



Bespoke tailoring always fits better and lasts longer.



Better go, manuals to print and bind, certificates to send and the accounts to tackle.

Thanks for reading (email me julie@nlpliverpool.com and let me know what you think)

Julie