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Polio and NLP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRTvGsnoQKE&rel=0 Summary: This short video is by another NLP trainer, not Andy, who responds to a clip from a UK-based trainer's video. The clip claims that NLP and hypnosis can be used to filter oneself against catching diseases, including polio. The speaker goes through the claims, questions the evidence behind them and urges viewers to..

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Copied Online Training Material: Taking Action – Part 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0SygmU3BE4&rel=0 Summary: In part eleven, Andy shows a practical method for reporting websites that copy and sell his material, using Google's tools for removing content from search results. He says it takes some effort, and steps through the copyright infringement reporting forms, explaining what to search for and what details to supply. He asks viewers..

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Copied Online Training Material: Forum Sign-Ups – Part 10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiNNVjtua9U&rel=0 Summary: In part ten, Andy looks at forum software being used to build web pages that offer free ebooks and downloads, and walks through trying one of the sign-up processes. He notes that several sites reuse the same page under different addresses and that sign-up asks for credit card details, and discusses the risks..

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Copied Online Training Material: The Franchise – Part 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7RyK3zSlhM&rel=0 Summary: In part nine of this series, Andy gives an update on his investigation into websites that appear to sell copied NLP and personal development courses. He says his reports have so far drawn little response, and shows a group of similar-looking sites that appear to share the same code and content, including a..

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Interview with Andrew T. Austin [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALbPLhiktKI&rel=0 Summary: A video interview in which Andy is introduced as a therapist with a background in neurosurgery and clinical neurology, a private practice in West Sussex and a specialist interest in schizophrenia. He discusses IEMT, including how it differs from EMDR despite both using eye movements, how IEMT training works, and the market for..

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Stalking: The Problem of Other People, Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuLdaPgmYlE&rel=0 Summary: Andy shares his personal experience of being stalked over about two years and how he handled it, noting that every situation is different. He talks about how other people, including friends and social media contacts, may misread the situation as a dispute between two people, and mentions the role of legal advice. He..

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Lofty Thoughts – Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-m4J20ADE Join us: https://www.historiailliusitineris.com Contents covered: Remedial change versus generative change Metaphors of Movement and Clean Language The issue of outcomes Kinaesthetics and drivers of motivation and NLP strategies Peak states, amplifying states, flow states, and Eckhart Tolle The disease of limiting beliefs Making the transition to self-employment Goal setting and decision-making Proactivity, reactivity, passivity,..

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Lofty Thoughts – Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=judgG-5t73A&rel=0 Contents covered: Does NLP actually add choice, or merely take it away? Do we actually help people change with Metaphors of Movement Content imposition James Lawley and Clean Language Creating kinaesthetic change Does everyone hate Andy NLP, the structure of a problem, and structured change The dumbing down of therapy Morons, morons everywhere! Summary:..

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Lofty Thoughts – Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Xlh38ExUw&rel=0 Join the tarot course: https://www.historiailliusitineris.com Link referenced: https://www.hermetic.com Subjects discussed in these lofty thoughts: The Tower tarot card and Metaphors of Movement Identity as a fake persona Personal development versus personal discovery Tarot: The fool's journey Failure and the presuppositions of NLP Alchemical symbolism and the fortune tarot card Andy hates intuitives Benefits of..

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