The Ultimate Superstition (#711)
It was B.F. Skinner, the father of modern behaviorism, who famously said “If we want to understand the basis of superstition in humans, the best place to start is by looking at the behavior of pigeons.”
The Source of All Fear (#710)
For much of the past decade, I have had the privilege of studying with and working alongside the co-creator of NLP, Dr. Richard Bandler. As well as being a brilliant psychologist and fearless therapist, he is also a hypnotic storyteller.
Perhaps my favorite of Richard’s stories is about his work with a schizophrenic who everyone in the medical profession had deemed incurable. This man hallucinated snakes everywhere he went – and as he was terrified of snakes, he lived in a constant state of fear.
The Root of All Authority (#709)
A few months ago, the amazing Mandy Evans was our guest lecturer at Supercoach Academy in New York. Of the various topics she covered in our time together, perhaps my favorite was what she called “self-authorization” – that is, our right as human beings to claim the role of author in our own lives.
The Ultimate Psychotherapy (#708)
Over the past few days, I’ve had the pleasure of spending time with Dr. Robert Holden, the UK’s preeminent happiness psychologist and a regular guest on the Oprah Winfrey show.
The D-O-R Model (#707)
One of the main questions I’ve been exploring and wrestling with over the past 20 years or so is how we create more of what we want in the world.
