Toby & Kate McCartney

Hits you

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:42:34 +0000

Some things just get me…

If you can spare 25 minutes please watch this video of Zach Sobiech who, at the age of 14, found out he had a rare form of terminal cancer. If you wouldn’t mind sharing this so more people hear Zach’s story, I’d love it.

The NLP App

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:20:53 +0000

Kate and I have been working on this for quite some time but now it’s finally here – Our NLP App. Available for Android and iPhone smartphone users.

You will find all of our NLP Video’s, Audio files for the NLP Practitioner, our Calendar, maps of our training venues, photo’s, blog site, our Contact details and lot’s more.

And guess what - It’s free!

We are delighted to bring you yet another benefit of training with us.

To get the app simply follow these links:

For Android phone users: http://com.conduit.app_532e32d7c3334829b261f5dda6e452f8.app

For iPhone Users: TBC

Mindfulness

admin — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:09:04 +0000

I am being a little bias this month with my blog entry and am including a video by the Karmapa who talks about how he was discovered to be the reincarnation of a revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism. In telling his story, he urges us to work on not just technology and design, but the technology and design of the heart. He is translated onstage by Tyler Dewar.

This months live NLP practice group will be taken taken by an amazing man and great friend of ours, Vin Harris who is a lead trainer for the Mindfulness Association (http://www.mindfulnessassociation.org/). You will meet Vin again for the mindfulness module on our Master Practitioner at Samye Ling) and so I thought this video was quite appropriate.

Enjoy.

It’s On Me…

admin — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:51:00 +0000

“It’s on me…”

I spend most of my working week in ‘Wi-Fi enabled’ coffee shops in my local town of Carlisle, and caught myself staring out of the window last Tuesday.

I was watching a middle aged man, unwashed and unshaven with dirty looking jeans on and a ripped duffel jacket. He sat outside the coffee shop in the cold, arms stretched out holding a ‘Costa Coffee’ takeaway cup for people to place coins in. As I looked closer, I recognised the man… He was once a maths lecturer at my University and someone who tutored me through my first year maths exams…

I left my table and went out to speak to him.

“Mr.Taylor” I said, “You may not remember me but…”

“Toby. Am I right?” he said… I couldn’t believe he remembered me.

He told me that his luck was down. He had lost his job years ago and had suffered with severe depression when his wife passed away. “This is what life has in store for me now” he said, “Still doing the maths, but just to count what little change I can scrounge from passers by…”
I asked him if I could help. He said “No thank you – unless you can find it in your heart to buy me a coffee and sandwich. It’s freezing out here, and I’m starving.”

Of course I bought him a coffee and sandwich, and as I gave it to him he asked me to cup my hands. He tipped the few coins he had in his takeaway coffee cup and said “I know it’s not enough, but it’s all I have.”

“It’s on me.” I said and handed him back the coins…

I began thinking about Mr. Taylor and what I could do differently to help…

I read about a scheme on Facebook that started in Naples. I think it’s called ‘Suspended coffee’s’ and it reminded me of my encounter and how we can all help people like Mr. Taylor. Most of us think nothing of paying for a friends coffee or sandwich when we meet for lunch, so what if, every time we go for a coffee we buy an extra one and add it to the “It’s on me” account at the coffee shop. If the coffee shop hasn’t heard of the scheme, tell them this story (or print it out and give it to them). Those who find themselves on the street and in the cold and can’t afford a coffee can ask in the coffee shop if there are any coffee’s on the “It’s on me” scheme. Your pre-paid coffee will be given to them, and it’s all “on you”.

It’s a simple idea and it only costs a couple of pounds. It’s simply about being nicer to each other… What have you done today that’s for someone else?

Chocolate

admin — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:03:23 +0000

Chocolate and NLP mentioned in the same article in the telegraph… Kate’s two favourite things

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/9920870/Addicted-to-chocs-I-should-cocoa….html?fb

Inner Dialogue

admin — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:55:34 +0000

Tam Johnston, a soon to be NLP Trainer with us, has been working with people helping them to quieten down their internal dialogue. I’ve always found my inner dialogue useful, until that is that I started training for the London marathon… My Inner dialogue has been getting in the way – telling me “I won’t be able to make the distance (26.2 miles)”. I’ve found Tam’s techniques, a mix of many NLP tools, to be very useful and have been working on turning my negative voice, into a positive one. The video really captured me. Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, self-awareness — shut down one by one. An astonishing story. Let me know what you think. Toby

Trick your brain to into happiness

admin — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:37:37 +0000

I came across this article the other day and though it might be of interest.
It would be great to get your comments below on what you think about what Rick is saying about re-wiring your brain to provide a greater happiness and well being…

Here’s the article: http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_trick_your_brain_for_happiness/

Your thoughts?

Anchoring

admin — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:44:21 +0000

I’ve just worked out how to assign tunes to different groups of people on my iPhone. If a friend calls me, my phone rings with “‘We are Young’ by Fun”, If an unknown calls me, my phone rings with “‘Runaways’ by the Killers” and if a family member calls me, my phone rings with “The Great Escape tune from the movie”.

The default ring tone on the iPhone was beginning to grate on me and I was finding I wasn’t answering my calls.

Anchoring is an essential part of a coaches arsenal and can be used to build positive emotion, as well as delete negative frustrations and annoyance.

The Office – Pavlov’s dog from Rauno Villberg on Vimeo.

TimeLine Techniques

admin — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:45:26 +0000

We will be looking at TimeLine Techniques in February during our NLP Practice groups. NLP TimeLine work helps us ‘empty our bins’ of all of the negative emotions that can hold us back from the dreams we have of our future. Kate and I have had profound results with these techniques and have eradicated emotions like Anger, Sadness, Fear, Guilt and Jealousy which held us back in the past.

We think you will enjoy the video attached here if you wish to imagine a better future for yourself…

NLP Communication Model

admin — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:26:49 +0000

As we finish training for the year we reflect on the tools and techniques that have been most valuable to those who have been through our NLP Programmes. Although more of a ‘theory’ rather than a change technique, the NLP Communication Model seems to be the one we refer to most often and is especially welcomed by our corporate clients. It’s a nice model to start with when we begin answering that often asked question “So what is NLP anyway?”.

We had a 3D artist design a video of the Communication Model to try and simplify the theory of NLP when we are asked what it is. This might be something you could send out to people who ask “What is NLP?” to help you answer the question. Feel free to copy this blog link and send it out.

If you get a moment, please let us know what you think of the video in the comments section below.

Have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy and prosperous New Year.

Toby and Kate