U is for Unconscious
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” – Carl Jung
In NLP we recognise the Power of the Unconscious Mind. The unconscious mind isn’t just background noise, it is the driver of our thoughts, feelings, and actions.
While our conscious mind can focus on a few things at a time, our unconscious is running the vast majority of our mental programs automatically.
This is why NLP focuses so much on working with the unconscious rather than trying to fight it.
The Unconscious Mind
The unconscious mind takes charge of running physical tasks such as breathing, digestion and responding to threats.
It also stores all habits, fear and beliefs which have been shaped by past experiences and coded through our senses.
The unconscious mind runs 90% of our day to day activities and decisions and therefore if you want lasting change, you need to update those unconscious patterns.
The benefit of NLP is that the techniques speak directly to the unconscious.
Why work with the Unconscious?
The conscious mind will have a continual debate saying “on the one hand…and on the other hand…” and can go round in circles trying to decide the best course of action looking at all the pros and cons.
With NLP it bypasses the conscious debate and works with the part of you that actually decides what you want to achieve and whether you feel confident, anxious, motivated, or stuck.
The unconscious mind:
- processes information far faster than the conscious mind.
- influences nearly every decision you make without you realising.
- delivers change naturally and effortlessly once it is on board.
Final Thoughts
Your unconscious can seem mysterious but is not a mystery to be solved. Your unconscious is your most powerful ally.
NLP helps you learn to work with it, and then transformation becomes not just possible, but inevitable!
Contact me if you wnat to learn more about working with your unconscious.