Notes on the thing NLP was before it became a certificate.
What NLP is, how it actually works, what survived testing and what did not. Written by the people who teach it, for people who want to understand it rather than collect it.
Before there were NLP techniques, there was modelling: watching what excellent people actually do and transferring it. Everything else is downstream of it.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming, explained in plain language: what the three words mean, what the field actually does, and the quick facts you need.
NLP overclaimed for decades, and it damaged its own credibility. Here is what failed testing, what the evidence says, and how to use the field without fooling yourself.
Is NLP compatible with Christianity or other faiths? The honest answer is that NLP is a toolbox, not a belief system, and the real question is what a particular training wraps around it.
Is NLP legit? The honest answer is more interesting than either the hype or the debunking. Here is what actually got tested, what failed, and what the research does show.
How two men in Santa Cruz in the 1970s turned three gifted therapists into a new field, and how that field overclaimed, split and settled.