Category: Concepts

Down-Time is having all sensory input channels turned inward so that there are sensory resources available for outward attention.

Dovetailing Outcomes is the process of joining together different outcomes to create new solutions.

Dissociation is looking at yourself from a third person perspective.  This is done by visualizing your body from the outside, such as imagining yourself sitting in a movie theater seat while watching yourself on the movie theater screen.  This process dissociates, or removes you, from the feelings that you would experience if you were actually there.  Dissociation […]

Having a discrete (on/off) meaning, as opposed to Analog that has various shades of meaning.

This is the end-result or goal that a person is trying to attempting to reach at a particular point in time. It could be a large, long-range goal (“travel the world”), or a smaller, short-term one (“exercise for 5 minutes”).

Deep Structure is the sensory map (both conscious and unconscious) that people use to organize and direct their behavior.

Matching a person’s body language with a different type of behavior or movement, such as tapping your foot in time to their speech rhythm.

Conscious Competence is the third stage of the learning cycle in that full conscious attention is still required to carry out an activity. The skill is not yet fully integrated, intuitive or habitual.

Conscious Incompetence is the second stage of the learning cycle in that conscious attention is on the task and the results are variable.

In NLP, Congruence is when all of a person’s internal beliefs, strategies, and behaviors are fully in agreement and oriented toward securing a desired outcome. Words, voice and body language all are aligned and conveying the same message.