How’s Your Internal Dialogue?

by Toni Payne, NLP Master Practitioner, ANC Health Petersham

We all have internal dialogue, that is, a way that we speak to ourselves. How is your internal dialogue? Is it supportive and positive? Or do you beat yourself up and put yourself down? If it’s the latter, then it doesn’t need to be that way. You can quickly and easily change your internal dialogue with NLP!

NLP (“neuro-linguistic programming”) is a series of psychological techniques that will help you let go of old, negative thinking patterns and replace them with more useful patterns. It works with the unconscious mind - targetting the root cause of an issue.

Some examples of unhelpful internal dialogue are:

• “I’m not good enough”
• “My needs are not important”
• “It’s selfish to put myself first”
• “I can’t have what I want”
• “I don’t know enough”
• “I have to please others”
• “I’m responsible for other people’s happiness”
• “I shouldn’t upset other people”

If you are running these sorts of thinking patterns, chances are you are giving yourself a hard time unnecessarily. Wouldn’t it feel better if you spoke to yourself in a nicer way? We can also work on getting rid of the guilt, anger, fear or sadness that might be weighing you down and holding you back.

NLP is very fast and effective. By focusing on the cause of issues, we don’t need to spend wasted time trawling through your entire history. My job is to help you quickly uncover the thinking patterns that are causing you distress and then assist you to clear them. Most people require only 2 or 3 sessions. I have years of experience in helping people feel better about themselves. It’s not only great for you, it’s very rewarding for me to see people valuing themselves the way they deserve (that is, positively!).

Initial sessions with me are 90 minutes long, during which time we can make significant inroads into the issues. Please don’t beat yourself up. NLP will help you to have a more positive outlook and to be kinder to yourself. Now, wouldn’t that be a relief?

To make an appointment, call or drop into ANC Health,

31 Gordon St

Petersham. Phone: 9564-6533; www.anchealth.com.au