Category: NLP | Neurolinguistic Programming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDb-ToGVkqw&rel=0 Summary: Andy comments on the chapter Sarah The Dominatrix, about someone he worked with as a student in care work (not her real name), and reflects on the pressures of nursing and care environments. He talks about the intimate and sometimes embarrassing nature of nursing work for both patients and staff, and ends with..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl3uJks8_XQ&rel=0 Summary: Andy comments on The Long Stand, a very short piece in The Rainbow Machine made up of practical jokes played in the department store where he once worked. He uses it as a starting point to discuss stage hypnosis and hypnotherapy, in particular compliance versus an altered state, and says he remains unsure..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP3jJtN58-M&rel=0 Summary: Andy comments on the Bedwetting chapter of The Rainbow Machine, which describes strategies he has used as a therapist to deal with bedwetting. In this video he also talks about survivorship bias in motivational speaking and business, using a well-known book about finding meaning as an example, and a story involving panic attacks...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YKUAQ9y6H4&rel=0 Join this channel to get access to perks. Buy The Rainbow Machine: Tales from a Neurolinguist's Journal book. Summary: Andy comments on Patching Holes, a chapter about what he describes as a miracle he performed on a neurosurgical unit where he worked. He says it is awkward for him now, explains that correlation is..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxK3YcwBrBY&rel=0 Summary: Andy discusses The Child, a chapter about a family consultation in which the parents always referred to their son as the child. He looks at the communication between parents and child, whether the child's speech was literal, figurative or metaphorical, and the style of communication he used with the child in his intervention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPgj1zu0X30&rel=0 Summary: Andy comments on a very short chapter of The Rainbow Machine about an incident in a residential psychiatric setting, involving a resident nicknamed Word Salad Dave whose speech did not make sense to others. He discusses how the environment, staff roles and medication shaped the situation, and how hard it is to change..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l38X-26qbQ&rel=0 Summary: Andy talks about what he calls his favourite chapter of The Rainbow Machine, in which he dressed as the devil for a session with a psychiatrist who wanted to deal with religious-based issues. He discusses how therapists' clothing and settings affect clients, the use of costume and sensory-rich environments, and why he is..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNHFe1BH0B4&rel=0 Summary: Andy comments on A Case of Dying, a short chapter from The Rainbow Machine that he says polarises readers and attracts negative reviews. He questions the idea that illness is caused only by mindset or limiting beliefs, and says he does not expect NLP techniques to cure terminal disease. He considers why the..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNHt7YAuinM&rel=0 Summary: Andy comments on Poor Planning, a very short chapter of The Rainbow Machine that reviews a researcher's observations on people with weight issues. He talks about traditional food, the spread of fast food chains and how food marketing shapes what younger people eat, and gives his view that the food industry takes advantage..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiicSpF51xs&rel=0 Summary: Andy comments on the Self-Esteem chapter of his book The Rainbow Machine. He suggests that what is often labelled low self-esteem may be better understood as self-hate, and that reassuring someone they are fine does not stop the hate. He asks viewers to share further examples of this kind of phenomenon.