Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)

What's Your Legacy?

Like millions I have been shocked and stunned by the sad news of Michael Jackson. Today I have been thinking about how much he achieved in 50 years. Just how many lives he has influenced, what incredible songs, videos and memories live on. I suspect there is a copy of Thriller hiding in most respectable CD collections.

M Jackson

Friends of ours run a street dance school which has been borne from the MTV culture, and if Michael Jackson hasn’t been one of the key icons that created the MTV generation than I don’t know who is. So, in some way, our fiends, who live in a very different world to the world of MJ, have nether the less had their lives profoundly influenced by this icon.
And surely leaving a legacy is more than just how many people we influence and touch. Surely, it is how profoundly we impact on the lives of others, whether that is 50 or 50 million?

Another friend of ours is, in some ways, preparing to hand on a professional legacy and seems to me, to be seeking those who have similar values, beliefs and skills for the job. And of course modelling is key to this. To be a congruent example of the legacy not merely ‘re-enact’ similar behaviours.

And this makes me wonder, ‘What is my Legacy?’ How would I want to be remembered by the world? Does that bare any resemblance to the way I will be remembered? How is what I do, believe and value everyday forming part of that rich tapestry?

Kate 26th June 09

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Happy Hypnobirthing

23rd June 2009

7 weeks till our due date! Gosh, only seems likes yesterday that we were in a little hut in India when we found out we were pregnant. I have digested a scary number of books on pregnancy yet nothing has made as much sense as Hypnobirthing. I guess we are rather biased to this sort of approach, however really tapping into the benefits of Hypnosis again has been so refreshing. Last weekend we attended our friends and colleagues Hypnobirthing classes in Bristol (Kieren and Jai). Kieren and Jai are truly stunning Hypnotherapists and they train all of our hypnotherapy courses. It was wonderful to be in the perceptual position of student again.

Check out these reframes:

Medicalised language Hypnobirthing Language

Contraction Surge or Wave

Deliver / Delivery Birth / Birthing

“Pushing” Birth Breathing

Braxton Hicks Pre-labour warm-ups

Anyway, I can totally recommend Hypnobirthing to anyone looking for a refreshing approach to birthing. There is more information on Kieren and Jai’s website http://www.bristol-hypnobirthing.co.uk/ .

We’ll keep you updated as we progress. Kate, Toby & bump J

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Tibetan Buddhism, influence and a Golden Retriever

24th March 2008

Located in a peaceful valley on the banks of the river Esk in Scotland, 15 miles from our new home in Lockerbie, Kagyu Samye Ling was the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre to have been established in the West. It is a centre for wisdom and learning within the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Samye Ling is a monastery and international centre of Buddhist training, known for the authenticity of its teachings and tradition. It offers instruction in Buddhist philosophy and meditation within the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. It is also a centre for the preservation of Tibetan religion, culture, medicine, art, architecture and handicrafts. The Easter weekend break gave Kate and I an ideal opportunity to introduce our two best friends from Bristol to Samye Ling, and their first experience into Buddhist tradition.

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