NLP Essentials State
Suggested list of essential states. Our state results in different chemicals being produced in our brain which give us access to different resources.
NLP Technique | State
Our state directly effects the people around us. Being able to lead our own and therefore others state is one of the most powerful aspects of NLP. What states might be useful to us in various contexts? Some starter ideas.
Also remember almost all states are useful in some contexts, albeit some for a very short period of time, before going somewhere else…
NLP Technique | State
Our List of Useful States
Accepting
Action
Adding Value
Approachable
Angry (Care!)
Authentic
Aware*
Balanced
Bastard (Care!)
Building
Capable
Charismatic
Calm
Caring / Not Caring*
Chaos
Childlike*
Competent
Confused*
Challenging
Creative
Curious*
Dancing
Daring
Destructive
Determined*
Empowering
Encouraging
Engaged*
Engaging
Fearful (Care!)
Fierce*
Flow
Focused
Fun
Glistening
Glowing
High Energy
Human
Inspiring
Interested
Intuitive
Judgemental / Not Judgemental*
Kick Ass
Knowing / Not Knowing*
Level
Listening*
Mischievous*
Motivated
Optimistic*
Persuasive
“Panther” State
Playful*
Present
Professional
Power (Care!)
Seductive
Tender*
Utilise anything
Wrecking
* Our favourites
How change our state(s)
- Memories and imagination (and anchors)
- Physiology and breathing (including voice tone, rhythm etc)
- Questions
- Beliefs
- Acceptance and meditation
Note state strategies: To get from depressed to excited we may need to go through a sequence such as depressed, annoyed, agree, determined, curious, playful, excited,
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