Since reading my first NLP book in 1990, I have wanted to use NLP to help people get their lives back. To stop the pain and suffering and make people whole again because that’s exactly what NLP did for me.
Yet, when I tried to use NLP, I wouldn’t always remember what techniques to use or when to use them. And not only that, I would often forget the steps or get the order mixed up.
At other times I would simply get stuck and wonder, what the heck do I do now?
The more I got stuck while coaching – the more frustrated I got. The more frustrated I got – the more I got stuck while coaching.
I was on a confidence crashing rat wheel.
I asked others using NLP if they had experienced this, and many had, so I asked what they did to combat the problem. Well, I got an interesting array of answers. Everything from crib notes on the bookcase to recipe cards to read from – but nothing seemed to work for me.
As years went by, I became better at NLP and coaching. And I had some favourite techniques down pat, but the same old problem arose whenever I wanted to try new NLP techniques.
To tell you the truth, getting stuck so often kept me from getting better faster because I didn’t want to forget and feel stupid in front of people.
Many years later, while giving NLP Certification and Coaching Trainings, Ronda and I noticed our students having the same problem. So Ronda decided it was time to do something about it.
After many weeks, often working into the wee hours of the morning, all while nursing her dying cat, Tuppy, Ronda emerged with the first copy of the NLP Coaching Handbook.