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.

July 2015 - Sunshine at last - half the year gone already.

We've had a busy couple of weeks, with a sudden rush of people looking to secure funding from their company to train with us. Business confidence seems to be rising all the time. More and more companies are looking to hold on to their best staff by offering more training and personal development to retain the best. August is looking quite busy, so if you are looking for training or coaching soon, ring us and book in quickly to be sure of securing the best dates for you.


We are still hoping to squeeze in an "NLP for ALL" evening before August. Watch this space or see our page on Facebook to like and keep up with all our latest news.


We are already putting dates into the calendar for 2016. So if you want to plan your personal development goals and include a certified NLP Practitioner or Master Practitioner training course with us, we have plenty of dates for you to choose from.


And if they don't fit with your busy schedule, just call us and we'll find space in the diary for course dates to suit you. 

You can find us on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/NLPLiverpool
and I do tweet @JulieCLiverpool (but only occasionally). 

If we can help at all with communication or NLP training, presentation skills, coaching, personal development or therapy, just call us on 0151 931 5184

We look forward to working with you

Julie Cunningham

NLP Liverpool

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

Welcome to 2015 - It's going to be a great year

First of all, Happy New Year - with all our best wishes to you and yours for a happy, healthy and successful 2015.

We've already had an unexpectedly busy start to the year, it seems that many people are beginning to feel confident of the economic recovery and are taking more initiative to plan for and invest in personal and staff development.

There have also been numerous inquiries about smoking cessation - which isn't surprising as the cost of smoking is many times more than £3,000 a year in cigarettes alone (for a 20 a day smoker). New Year is a great time for a new start towards healthier living. If you're struggling with motivation - just give us a call on 0151 931 5184 and book a coaching session.

And if you've reached a crossroads in life or career and aren't sure what do do next - book in for some life coaching and we'll help you find what you're looking for and make plans to achieve those goals.

We've given the website a little post-festive dust off and updated most of the pages and published our course calendar for the first half on 2015. We have a few new 1-day courses coming up in February - we'll be delivering some NLP training specifically tailored for HR and Management professionals and for Project managers. See our website or contact us for more details.

We also have our usual regular practice group date booked for 28th January, we'll be putting together the content over the next week or so, if you've any suggestions for what you'd like us to cover - do feel free to get in touch.

As always we have regular certified NLP Practitioner and NLP Master Practitioner courses running, see the website for dates and details.

We look forward to hearing from you soon,

Julie

julie@nlpliverpool.com

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

All of a sudden we have entered the final quarter of 2014, in less than 3 months it will be 2015. How did that happen?

Forget season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, it seems everyone is now gearing up for Christmas. Forget wasps and conkers, it's time to stock up on overpriced sparkly tat and panettone.

We, at NLP Liverpool are gearing up for a busy Autumn of courses and I have just extended our course calendar to include some of our 2015 courses. So click on the link below to see what we have to offer you in the coming months. You can never plan too far ahead - so if you want to express an interest in one of our courses, contact me today.

NLP Liverpool course calendar 2014 - 2015

We still have some places available for our NLP Practitioner course starting on 15th October, you'll need to contact me very soon for your place. If you're too late for the October course, we have courses starting in late November and in March 2015 and May 2015, so you can even book these now and start paying in installments to spread the cost. See our website, choose your dates, and ring me to make your booking.

Remember we also run Skype coaching wherever you are in the world. So, not only are we talking to clients in the UK, this week we had an inquiry from South America and often speak to clients in Dubai - so we're available to work with you whenever you need us.

Our next NLP Practice group is scheduled for 12th November - "Finding Willpower – how to stop what you shouldn’t and do what you should!” A must for procrastinators, avoiders, chocaholics, gymphobics and people who are stuck in a rut. Let us help you out

As always - see our website www.nlpliverpool.com for the most up to date information. We have lots of other presentation and personal development events coming up in the next few months. 

For business or personal development training - contact NLP Liverpool - your local NLP training experts with an international reach.

Call us on 0151 931 5184 or email me julie@nlpliverpool.com

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.

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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

A good week

I love writing the blog on a Friday, especially when it's been a good week. I always find it a great way to review events and very occasionally give myself a pat on the back, and also help clear my head for next week's tasks.

We went to an excellent 60 really useful minutes session at Liverpool Chamber today looking at Outlook and using it more efficiently. It was delivered by Rachael and Tracey from Happy and I've come back to the office and put some of the tips into use straight away. Just a few small changes should make a big difference. Some of the features I'd not used were demonstrated and I realised that just moving things about on the screen would make a big difference. I'll also be better able to keep tracks on what I've delegated and whether George has done it!

The rest of the week has been an interesting mixed bag of training, admin, accounts, prospecting and meetings, one of which we had over Skype to save us driving into North Wales. It was very tempting to have an "away day" in beautiful scenery, and the drive is often a great opportunity to plan without the usual distractions. Face to face meetings are also much nicer, but common sense prevailed and we saved some CO2 and chatted over broadband instead. Being able to share the screen is great too, especially when you are planning a brand new course and merging two sets of ideas into one supercharged training. It's going to be great, and the content should be almost complete next week, with first delivery set sometime in January.

George had a couple of days individual training booked at the beginning of the week, which gave me some quiet time in the office to catch up with the admin and accounts side of things.

Think that's where I'll start again on Monday. Going to return to Outlook now and do some more weeding and filing.

Very satisfying.

Happy Weekend All

Julie

Busy, busy, busy!

I don't know where the last few months have gone, since my last post at the beginning of April we seem to have been very busy. April was an odd month, with more Bank Holiday than is good for us as a small business. I did enjoy the short weeks, but it makes planning events quite difficult, with so many more "out of office" replies in the weeks around Easter and the Royal wedding.

Since then we've had another practice group meeting, on the 25th May, which went very well, and are planning the mailing for the next. We'll be at The Quaker Meeting House again on Thursday 14th July, (from 6:30 - 9pm) where we'll be looking at "anchoring" and it's uses. Everyone is welcome, whatever your skill level, wherever you trained, you'll find us a friendly and welcoming bunch, and there's always a bit of food and some decent coffee on the go.

Anchoring can be described as simply "a hook" which "grabs" you and puts you in a particular state of mind. It can be used for any of the senses, taste & smell, sound, sight and touch.

In the supermarket, the smell of fresh bread or doughnuts fires off a rapid set of nerve impulses linking directly to the brain to make you want to buy and eat immediately. This is an anchor, used to influence your buying. Incidentally, the baking vents are often deliberately routed into the ceiling above the entrance of the store, just to ensure you are driven towards the bakery by your stomach.

Anchors are used all the time in advertising, a certain song, jingle or even a colour can remind you of a product or service, and induce a feelgood and buying impulse.

Looking at pictures of a wonderful holiday or even the feel of bare sand between your toes will immediately relax you - these are all examples of anchors. What we'll do on the next practice group is help you to find great anchors to great feelings and give you the tools to harness them and use them to change your state of mind whenever you need. The ability to feel relaxed and calm in a stressful situation is incredibly useful, whatever you do. You can learn to quell your nervousness when you need to and find a more resourceful state, so you can deal with whatever is being thrown at you (hopefully not plates). It'll be fun, come and join us see www.nlpliverpool.com for more details and to book your place.

We are running an NLP Practitioner course this week, so we are already taking bookings for the next course 10th - 17th October. If you can't wait that long, we are now offering a 1 to 1 flexible training option over 5 or 6 days - call us today on 0151 931 5184 for details - it costs less than you think. You get individual training and we can fit the dates around your existing commitments - ideal for busy executives or owner managers who find it difficult to be away from work for 8 full days. For some high level SME staff or business owners, funding to help with the cost of your course could be available. Call us for details.

And finally, we are still offering a 20% discount on 1 to 1 telephone coaching, for sessions booked before the end of June. You can book as many hours telephone coaching as you need for only £40 per hour - and we'll even call you. If you are at a crossroads in your career or have issues you would rather leave behind, call today to book your appointments - you'll be glad you did. Early morning, evening and weekend appointments available. 

That's all for today, mailing to complete and send this week, look out for it in your in box

Keep well

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

End of the month .......already?

I've found that blogging is a nice way to finish the week. It helps me get my thoughts in order,(always a good thing) I can review what I've achieved (again, a good thing) and then put together a plan and a list for next week. That doesn't mean that I wont spend at least a few hours over the weekend just keeping on top of emails and generally getting my desk straight for next week!



We've had a number of private clients this week, a couple of meetings and numerous enquiries regarding the Taster next weekend, the presentation skills course at the end of February and the certified NLP Practitioner in March.



We went to our first Chamber of Commerce lunch this week, we've been Chamber members for at least 3 years, but never been free to attend an event. We are determined this year to make more networking events, so as soon as the programme arrived, we made space in the diary. It was very enjoyable, well run and well attended, we met some really good new contacts. It's good to get out and network, particularly when you work in a niche business like ours.



I've been really busy today, I've put the final figures to the VAT return (and submitted it - always a relief) and sent the reminder mailing for next week's NLP Taster event. If you'd like a place see www.nlpliverpool.com/taster.php and make your booking as soon as possible. Only 8 places left at time of writing, so better be quick!



This weekend it's the RSPB's big garden birdwatch, so I''ll be spending an hour or so, just looking at the bird life in the garden. Very therapeutic.



Until next time, enjoy your weekend



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

A green end to the week!

Another busy week. Now trying to juggle the end of the week tasks, those emails that really shouldn't wait over the weekend and the keeping up to date with the filing. And this blog of course.

Finished training one of our own NLP practitioner courses last Friday, an 8 day, full - on, training experience for George and our delegates. I know a lot of laughing went on, as the reception staff at The Racquet Club kept asking "What are you doing in there?" as there was such a lot of giggling and guffawing going on. The best laugh of the week was when the group invented a new NLP technique, based on The Milton Model, only using such cheesy expressions it had to be re-named The Stilton Model. We hope this will become a mature addition to the cheeseboard of NLP, with grateful thanks to Ryan.

We've had a number of enquiries this week about our Presentation Skills courses, which reminded me to update the website. We'll be running for a maximum of 10 delegates on 11th and 12th May. I have 2 places reserved already, so contact me soon to ensure your place.

Been struggling with our software again this week. We upgraded our Adobe suite, an absolutely essential tool for our documents, photography and web site development. I'm not even going to relate the sorry tale of spectacularly bad customer service from Adobe with regard to the purchase which swallowed up 2 days with telephone calls and emails.

The new version makes updating the website much easier and will help with the photography we do (when I can get time to concentrate on learning all the new features), but the pdf maker has disappeared from Word.

Gone.

POOF.

Just like that!

There seems to be no coaxing it back and no amount of cajoling or sweet-talking is having any effect. We've run "repair made", reinstalled, restarted and all to no avail. The up side is, that while George has sat and deepened his frown lines all afternoon (we know it's serious when I vacate my seat and allow him "at" my machine) I've got to grips with a huge pile of filing and filled a bag with paper recycling. So I'm feeling quite green and calm.

All in all, a good week, I always enjoy sending the licence agreements off to The US, having trained another bunch of people in the subtle art of NLP.

Better go, need to pack a child off to cub camp!

More news next week,

Julie

The first 2010 Blog

First of all, Happy New Year, I hope 2010 is as exciting for you as I'm expecting it to be for me. I've neglected the blog a bit recently, which just shows, I suppose, how busy we've been.

We're just putting the final arrangements together for the 1st February Taster evening, feel free to email and book your place now through the website www.nlpliverpool.com, where you'll find all the information as we have it.

The New Year started well, with an unexpected bonus of 3 day's extra holiday for the children. What could we do, but embrace the opportunity to enjoy the first decent snow in about 30 years, and go sledging. I am the proud possessor of bruises I couldn't possibly show anyone! I've finally learnt to embrace opportunities when they present - the old me would have stuck to my schedule without wavering.

So we're putting in more than a couple of late nights in the office (with the fire on - I know we're green ambassadors but it's still quite chilly) now everyone's back at school.

I'm overhauling the website little by little, and we'll be putting together some exciting new courses for later in the year, so keep watching.

Do keep following and I look forward to hearing from you,

Julie

P.S. Take life's opportunities, even if they do give you bruises!