Terms and Definitions

Anything that can help one achieve an outcome. E.g. physiology, states, thoughts, beliefs, strategies, experiences, people, events, possessions, places, stories, etc.

Shorthand for Representational System.

Experiencing the world from another's point of view and so understanding their reality to some extent.

Modelling one's own states of excellence as resources.

The constant talk in one's head.

The process of learning to make finer and more useful distinctions from the sensory information one gets from the world.

Using subtle word patterns to tactfully shift the frame of reference of a subject. E.g.in response to "you are terrible", "yes, but I'm great where it counts!"

The level of experience where one is most oneself, and one feels most connected with others. Spirituality is one of the Neurological Levels.

The sum of one's thoughts, feelings, emotions, physical and mental energy.

Repeatable sequences of thought and behavior, which consistently produce a particular outcome.

Fine distinctions we make within each representational system. The qualities of our internal representations. The smallest building blocks of our thoughts and experiences.

The visible form of thought patterns derived from the deep structure by deletion, distortion and generalization. Deep Structure is manifested as surface structure by the words that are actually spoken.

An ambiguous sentence with a verb ending in "ing" (a gerund), which can be either an adjective or a verb. For example: Leading people can be interesting.

Perceiving the world from the viewpoint of a detached observer.

A subjective line that connects one's past with one's future, running through one's present moment awareness.The way we store pictures, sounds and feelings about the past, present and future.

A mode of NLP intervention that emphasizes associating into problems in the past or future, and then dissociating from those problems before the problems in the past, or after the problems in the future.

A flow chart model consisting of Test, Operate, Test, Exit. NLP uses representational Systems in conjunction with TOTE to monitor progress toward the desired outcome.

An altered state resulting in a temporary fixed, narrow and inward focus of attention.

Making meaning of general words by searching one's own experience.

Everything not currently in one's present moment awareness.

Nouns that do not clearly state who or what they refer to.E.g.they, or those who.

Verbs that are not clear or have the adverb or object deleted. E.g."think" or "do".

In a state with your attention focused outwards.

Shorthand for Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic representational systems.

One's sense of balance.

To do with the sense of sight. A major sensory modality in NLP.

An outcome that is specific, achievable and verifiable.