Hello,

Some of you may have noticed my abscence for the last week or so - I have been on holiday with my family, in sunny if not windy Guernsey.

If you have not been there or if your reading this outside the UK, you may not know just how beautiful the Island is. The beaches are reminiscent of holidays long since past, e.g uncrowed, litter free, no parking charges & a small beach shop.

The pace is slower than the mainland & clearer & cleaner. Many times I anchored a favourite moment to re live & re play upon my return. In fact only to day during a particularly dull meeting I fired of an anchor & much to my colleagues suprise, a wry smile appeared across my face.

If you have not come across anchoring it is a powerful NLP technique that works on the simple ‘ stimulus - response’ theory of behavourism.

Try this as an experiement-

Think of a moment that was really special for you, see it clearly, make it bright with colour & contrast. Hear the sounds associated with the picture, both immediate & surrounding. Notice the feeling that comes up from these two sense’s. Build that feeling, double it, so it engulfs you. Now when you are at the peak of this re lived experience touch a knuckle on one of your hands with a finger & bring your experience to a climax.

Now take your finger off the knuckle & run through the 7 times table, twice, out loud if possible.

Now go back & touch the same knuckle you’ anchored’ your experience to - notice as the sensations come back - I am sure you can think of many situations where this can be used.

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Keep well & anchor your summer memories for when it gets cold…!

Gavin

Good Evening,

I hope you all had a good weekend & acheived all you set out to do.

No?

Well dont worry, it happens to all of us. One of the main culprits is focus &  along with yourself and a million others, there probably weren’t any goals set. I dont mean ‘cast in stone, to sacrifice all other things by’ goals, I just mean, taking a moment to plan what it is you want. For instance is it peace & quiet, is it fun & excitement, is it socialable or solitary?

Goals dont have to be these momentous things but it does help if we take a moment to consider our needs.

What is it we need? An acronym I have used in the past ( & before I get swamped with replys the words can be altered) is SPICE.

SPICE can stand for Social/Spiritual, Personal/Physical, Intellectual/Intuitive,Cultural/Creative & Environmental/Economic.

As a prompt to activate thinking its quite handy. I am sure you can come up with alternatives for SPICE & for many more. Why not give it a go & get some right brain activity going..?

Before I go can I just thank all those involved with the Town & Country Party in the Paddock last saturday. It was well organised, fun & I spoke to many interesting people. To those I would definatley include Paul & Clare from Devon Haylage www.devonhaylage.co.uk . Their company on the adjoing stand was very pleasant & it was inspiring to hear how they had constructed their business. Two very hard working young people who have earned success.

I think I was struck by this simple day, by sometimes how we are encouraged to overcomplicate our lives, sometimes we need to slow down & ask ourselves ‘Is this what I want? and most importantly, listen for the answer.

Take care,

Gavin

Hi there,

Just a quick note to those of you who are supporting, in one way or another, the journey that is Days of Colour.

Its curious how we are often poor at listening to our own council, dont you think? or in my case to day using ‘timeline’ to place me where I needed to be. Heres the example;

I went to the dentist, routine re filling. I have never been that great with dentists so I took a slug of my own hypnotic/NLP medicine & anchored the feeling of calm with the feel of the arm rest in the dentist chair. I also told myself that the further the chair went back the more relaxed I would feel. I then transfered the vibration of the drill to my right foot, like an exhaust system, to let out any tension.

The proof of all this, when i got out of the chair I yawned because I felt sleepy, just the same as when any client is coming out of trance. Great I thought, do this more often methinks.

Then I went shopping & my timeline seem to shift to ‘in time’ rather than my normal ‘ through time’. I became engrossed, then forgot about the fact I had been to the dentist. Ate some food, thought I was chewing on my good side & bit through my (numb) gum!

It looks worse than it is and it just goes to show the difference between being mindful when it is required of you & allowing your thoughts to drift.

My fault for not letting my unconscious mind to look after my mouth!

Till next time, keep well.

Gavin

Hello there,

I hope this entry finds you well.

Life has been quite hectic at Days fo Colour HQ - the site is getting some fine tweaks, thanks to my webmeister ( cheers Rich, wouldnt be here without you) & I am preparing for a open show with workshop at Town & Country, in Broadclyst, nr. Exeter. It will be all day on Saturday 5th August love to see you there if you can make it. It is an Equine event, which is curious, only inasmuch that this group of clients did not appear on my radar when I first set out.And what a great group of people they are!

Like all individuals passionate about somthing, the desire to expand our horizons is one of the finer traits of human nature. It could be about success or it could be about satisfaction, enjoyment, contentment or bliss. Whatever your desires, be it consciously or unconsciously one should always start with the end in mind, even if its initially vague.

I ask myself what am I about to undertake, where am I going with it, what will I need, who will I speak to etc. You get the idea, you menatlly collect resources and you move from your present state to your desired state ( or place). If you get stuck as yourself this question;

‘Whats the differenec that will make the difference?’

We all went camping last week & I menatlly packed the car in the order of the day e.g wake up - toothbrushes, mugs, cups etc, beach - towels, wetsuits etc.. Maybe its just me but I find ordering my thoughts in this way flags up things I might otherwise overlook.

Currently I am working on being me. I receive & search for so much advice that sometimes I get lost. I dont know where I start & someone else begins. A freind said to me today ‘ You already know what your doing & where your going’ I thought for a moment & then realised that I probably did. Otherwise how would I be typing this talking to you now. Intuition is a greatly underused resource.

I guess it has somthing to do with one of my favourite phrases;

‘ We move in the direction in which we think’ & I would add ‘And become that which we first create in dreams’

Sweet dreams,

Gavin

Its a warm & balmy evening down here on the East coast of Devon. I have just returned from the beach with my wife & children, where we swam in the chilly summer waters. As I write this I find it hard to comprehend how I got here. I say this as I felt that upto this point I have felt very much a spectator on many things in life, almost to the point where I had been hypnotised by the world I chose to surround myself with. Many of the clients I speak to feel the same way and as I work with them they experience what I would term moments of altered dejavu. As one said to me the other day ‘ It wasnt untill I had done somthing differently & completed the action did I realise that it was different & so was I. In the moment I didnt catch myself & say ‘ Oh look I am doing this differently’ it was only afterwards, I just knew I had changed, for the better’.

Sometimes in life you know you want to change and making that step is sooo hard. I suggest this - Just change one small thing. This way it shows you can,when you want.

What do you want change?

‘Every journey starts with the first step’

Sweet dreams.

Gavin