01 Mar

4 steps to improve your rapport with people – an essential ingredient in NLP coaching

By Brenda
In coaching, Inspiration, tools and resources
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I want to make it easier for you to use NLP jargon in your daily life The first concept is rapport, which sits at the heart of NLP Rapport is the French word for making contact. It goes deeper than only contact. It’s more than just saying hello and having a conversation. It can be a

15 Dec

6 steps to exploring your mind and how it affects your behaviour

By Brenda
In coaching, Inspiration, tools and resources
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Human behaviour is intriguing and sometimes complex to understand. Bjork, one of my favourite artists in the world has a beautiful song called Human Behaviour. She sings: If you ever get close to a human and human behaviour Be ready, be ready to get confused and me and my hereafter Getting more understanding and clarity

14 Dec

How to choose the right coach or training for you

As trainers, we love coaching and bringing you further on your path. It’s important to us that you make the right choice. Looking to be trained as a coach? here are 8 tips to consider: 1. Get to know the trainer personally Find out more about the trainer. See if there’s content available on social

06 Dec

What is systemic work?

By Brenda
In coaching, tools and resources, Training
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Systemic work is a way of seeing. To see with your heart and soul what your eyes cannot perceive. A constellation is about looking at and seeing what’s going on in a system. You’re linked to your (biological) family system. They reveal invisible patterns. It may be a question from within about yourself, your family

02 Dec

6 steps to create awareness in behavioural patterns

Do you get irritated when experience certain behaviours and patterns in someone? From a coaching perspective, we have the responsibility to create awareness in our coachee. Before someone can break through a pattern, awareness around what is happening is important. Most of our behaviour happens unconsciously. We act and do, often not aware of what

11 Nov

Zooming in and out in coaching

By Brenda
In Training, coaching, tools and resources
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At the beginning of last year, my trainer and mentor Peter Dalmeijer asked me if I would like to write a review for his book, 10 steps in systemic coaching, that he wrote together with his partner Yvonne Stams. My heart jumped with joy! At first I didn’t believe he asked me to write a

29 Jul

5 tips for storytelling

Storytelling was the Netflix of the olden days. This was how lessons learned were shared and legacy passed on. In NLP coaching we often speak about the structure of memories and events . To create safety and rapport, the story is important.

27 Jul

5 ways to tap into your coach consciousness

By Brenda
In Training, coaching, tools and resources
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It’s important as a coach or coach to be to have the right attitude With this, you provide a safe haven for the person you are conversing with Here are 5 ways to tap into your coach consciousness before a session:

06 Jul

What is Ubuntu?

You can’t be human all by yourself What exactly is Ubuntu? You hear it more and more these days which is wonderful because there is so much wisdom that can and may be shared from the African continent. That’s really one of my missions and very tangible in my training.

01 Jul

3 ways to tune into your heart and intuition

Look at a picture of yourself as a child. What do you see in her/his eyes? Look beyond what you see. What is not seen or said. Write down who you are e.g. daughter, son, friend, parent, colleague, creative, etc… you’ll discover the list is infinitely more than what you can think of and write

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