Unlocking Possibilities with NLP
By: Sarah Fletcher
Language: en-gb
Categories: Business, Entrepreneurship, Education, Self Improvement, Courses
Welcome to my podcast 😊The personal development podcast that has the potential to transform your life! I'm Sarah Fletcher founder of the award winning Unlocking possibilities training and coaching academy, specialising in NLP training and transformational personal development programmes. My journey of personal growth began back in 2001 when my mental health was at an all time low. Anxiety and depression hit hard after the birth of my first child in 2000 and I was overwhelmed with feelings of low self worth, insecurity, fear and crippling negative self talk. As a Psychology graduate and newly qualified teacher teaching Psychology, I was determined to f...
Episodes
Why mBraining is the missing link in modern Coaching & Leadership
Oct 27, 2025Join me in this weeks episode where I explore how modern coaching has evolved from goal-setting and accountability to mindset, neuroscience, and somatic awareness and how mBraining bridges the gap between knowing and doing, between insight and integration.
mBIT (multiple brain integration techniques) offers a suite of tools helping coaches, therapist, leaders and educators to align and integrate the head, heart, and gut intelligences for deeper, lasting transformation, decision making, change and high performance.
Our next mBIT certification is happening 6-9th of November - You can find out more here 👇
https://sarahfletcher.simp...
Duration: 00:17:57Transforming Education and young peoples lives with NeuroEducation
Oct 24, 2025Join me in this episode where I talk with one of our Master Practitioners in NLP and mBIT practitioner - Hayley Reilly.
Hayley works in education and is also a coach for young people and parents. With over 25 years experience in education and working with YP, Hayley brings her passion and expertise to coaching and educating young people to create change, improve wellbeing and mental health, feel confident in exams and set the foundations for a positive future.
As a former teacher I loved this conversation and it brings me so much joy to share H...
Duration: 00:18:13Mind Over Meal - Reprogramming Weight Loss 'Where NLP & mBIT help you make peace with food and your body'
Oct 19, 2025Join me for this enlightening episode with one of our NLP and mBIT coaches Emma Bradbury - weight loss success coach - talking all things weight loss from the inside out.
As a previous slimming world consultant for 15 years Emma found a better way and is passionate about sharing her expertise as a weight loss mindset expert using coaching methods from NLP and mBIT .
Emma tells us how rewiring your habits, beliefs and identity are the keys to unlocking sustainable health and well being, and she explains why dieting alone doesn't work.
Emma wor...
Duration: 00:25:09From HR to High Performance - The Human Drivers of Team Success
Oct 13, 2025What truly drives high-performing teams — and how can HR blended with neuroscience and mBIT (multiple brain integration techniques) lead the way?
🎙 In this episode I chat with Laura Capindale - mBIT practitioner, NLP master practitioner, high performance coach and founder of the HR crowd - as we explore how deeper alignment between thinking, feeling, and doing (the head, heart and gut brains), can transform the way organisations approach performance, relationships and productivity.
From leadership dynamics to team culture, we unpack the human side of HR and why it's more critical than ever to...
Duration: 00:25:49Transforming business success with the head, heart and gut method
Oct 10, 2025Meet Libby Knight one of our students here at Unlocking Possibilities, who has trained with us as an mBIT (multiple brain integration techniques) practitioner.
Libby is known for her calm yet powerfully insightful approach to supporting business owners and leaders in finding focus, confidence, and clear direction through a blend of practical strategy, mindset work, and mBIT.
She integrates mBIT by guiding clients to connect with the wisdom of their head, heart, and gut — bringing alignment between thinking, feeling, and intuition so that decisions become clearer and action feels natural and right.
Lib...
Duration: 00:28:48The NLP formula for successful change
Jul 24, 2025How do people change and why does change feel hard?
In this episode I introduce the NLP success formula for change. In today's episode I walk you through the simple and profound change model that we use in NLP to bring about lasting and transformational change.
How do you move someone from feeling stuck, uncertain and overwhelmed to having clarity and visioning a positive future?
NLP uses a powerful framework and intentional questions that increase self awareness and ignites thinking that leads to possibility and choice.
If you are thinking about trai...
Duration: 00:17:15NLP for coaches & therapists (part 2)
Jul 18, 2025In this weeks episode we explore the NLP presuppositions as a way of thinking and communicating with yourself and others for personal change and positive outcomes.
The NLP presuppositions are beliefs about people and change that guide you in the facilitation of peoples own resources. This empowers people rather than 'rescues' them, enabling a coaching and therapeutic relationship that is client lead.
The NLP presuppositions we discuss are
- People have all the resources they need
- There is no failure only feedback
- people are not broken
- Al...
Duration: 00:20:39Why do Coaches and Therapists train in NLP? (Part 1)
Jul 11, 2025✔️ NLP offers powerful tools for change. Join me for a 4 part series talking about why coaches and therapists train in NLP to enhance their practice and results.
🎙In this episode I explore the change model of NLP - present state to desired state and give some insight into the some of the tools for change that an NLP practitioner might use to harness the conscious and unconscious mind for transformation and change.
🤔 NLP focusses on HOW rather than why. As a method that elicits excellence, NLP seeks to bring awareness to the processes that someone is using so...
Duration: 00:15:4892 3 Ways to Use NLP for Business Success
Jun 11, 2025NLP is a method for personal and professional excellence.
As a business owner/leader you will know how challenging your role can be at times.
Your ability to lead yourself and others successfully impacts your results. In this episode I share some top tips of how NLP can support you in
Setting up your day for success and accessing internal resources. NLP assumes that all problems have a solution but often in times of stress, you might forget howe resourceful you are. NLP shows you how to programme your nervous system to start th...
Duration: 00:23:4091 Your next level business breakthrough is already here
Jun 07, 2025Being a woman in business is hard right?
You feel like others have it all together and you don’t. You wonder when you’ll have your breakthrough moment. You see others doing something that you kniw you’re as good at or even better!
What if I told you that your next level business growth isn’t ‘out there’ where you keep looking. It’s ‘in you’, it’s already here! You are her!
Come and join us for an NLP business breakthrough day on July 7th with me and my NLP coaches.
Get...
Fantastic Friday: Unlocking Possibilities Student and Client Success Stories Kerry Bridges
Jun 07, 2025In this week's Fantastic Friday I share my discussion with Kerry Bridges the Teachers Wellbeing Coach.
We talk about:
Kerry's NLP JourneyTeacher Well-BeingThe Role of NLP in EducationIf you’re a business owner and want to join our next NLP Diploma then get book your space today.
Duration: 00:18:0590 Women in Leadership - Harnessing NLP for Business and Leadership Brilliance
Jun 04, 2025Are you a woman in business or in a leadership role? In this episode I share how NLP can support you in aligning your values, beliefs, identity and mission with the work you do.
Join us for a business/leadership breakthrough day on 7th July with me and my NLP coaches for a day of personal breakthroughs for business and professional growth.
Link to find out more and book your place is here:
https://sarahfletcher.simplero.com/cart/227723-Business-Breakthrough-day
Fantastic Friday: Unlocking Possibilities Student and Client Success Stories Warren Langford
May 30, 2025In this week's Fantastic Friday I share my discussion with Warren Langford from Lab Creative about his experience of the NLP Diploma and how it helped his business success.
We talk about:
better communication with employees understanding and developing empathy to enhance relationships managing own state and reducing stress and overwhelm building happy and productive teams leading successfully overcoming limiting beliefs having more confidence to build relationshipsIf you’re a business owner and want to join our next NLP Diploma then get book your space today.
Duration: 00:14:3089 How NLP Can Bring About Change Fast
May 28, 2025What if change could be quick, lasting, and even easy—when you know how? Let me share how Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) can support you to do this.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
✨ Why traditional approaches to change often miss the mark
✨ How your brain “codes” problems—and how NLP teaches you to change that code
✨ What it means to hold a problem together neurologically
✨ The difference between understanding your issues and transforming them
✨ How to shrink the emotional charge of a problem using simple i...
Duration: 00:14:23Fantastic Friday: Unlocking Possibilities Student and Client Success Stories Sharon Dickinson
May 23, 2025088 How NLP Improves Communication and Relationships
May 23, 2025If you have ever felt misunderstood, struggled to get your point across, taken things personally, or wondered what planet another person was on, then NLP is for you.
If you are a coach, leader, educator, speaker, sales person or anyone using communication and language to help others, inspire and lead or motivate and influence then NLP is for you.
If you want to know HOW you and others tick, and you want to have better relationships, then NLP is for you.
In this episode I talk about how NLP helps to improve communication and...
Duration: 00:17:43Fantastic Friday: Unlocking Possibilities Student and Client Success Stories Helen Kane
May 16, 2025This week Helen Kane shares her surprise at how much more she got from the NLP diploma than what she expected. Her personal transformations way exceeded what she had ever thought possible.
Helen is a strengths coach helping individuals and teams to unlock performance and potential. With a background in social work she has spent her career leading teams in complex situations.
We invite you to attend our next 3 day flag ship NLP Diploma June 6-8th to have your own personal transformation.
The link to book your place is here:
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Duration: 00:13:39087 What if one technique could change everything - NLP is it
May 14, 2025I know it's a BOLD statement. I know you might be saying 'yeah right'... 'here goes another personal development mantra' ... but let me share something with you.
NLP has been around for over 50 years!
Over this time more and more Psychology and neuroscience evidence has proven NLP to be an effective method for personal growth and transformation.
It has also been proven that that there is science behind rapport and human connection which is why NLP is an incredible tool for building relationships, leading others, coaching, educating and understanding others.
We now...
Duration: 00:19:04086 Using NLP to Remove Negative Emotions from the Past
Apr 30, 2025In this week's episode I share with you how you can use NLP to remove negative emotions from the past. The result? More freedom, clarity, and confidence in the here and now.
Whether you’re feeling stuck, held back by fear or self-doubt, or simply curious about how to live more fully aligned with who you are today, this episode will give you insight.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✨ Why past experiences still influence your confidence, emotions, and decisions
✨ How limiting beliefs (often formed in childhood) shape your adu...
Duration: 00:16:31085 Transform Confidence from the Inside Out
Apr 16, 2025In this week's episode we are exploring how true confidence isn’t something we’re born with—or without. Instead, it’s something we build from the inside out.
You’ll learn how NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) can help you reprogram limiting beliefs and create a new, empowered internal blueprint for confidence, clarity, and courage.
What You’ll Discover in This Episode:
Why confidence is not something you “have”—it’s something you createHow internal self-talk and mental imagery can sabotage your success (without you realizing)The role of your head, heart, an... Duration: 00:19:04084 Train with us in NLP
Apr 09, 2025Are you curious about NLP and what it would look like to train with me? Well today's episode will give you a tour around:
- the opportunities available to train together
- what each of the courses give to you
- the richness of the learning
- the depth that NLP training gives and how it can change your life.
Want to know more? Join me on 24th April at 7pm for my free workshop, How to Clear Negative Emotions Fast With NLP: And Make Way f...
Duration: 00:35:17083 How to reprogram your reality with NLP
Apr 02, 2025We all know that our thoughts shape our reality right?
Sometimes we can think in ways that empower us, thinking ourselves into success, motivating ourselves, liberating and freeing ourselves.
But sometimes what you say to yourself is blocking your success and happiness without you even realising it. The words that you use can unknowingly sabotage your success and happiness. Your thought patterns might be zapping your energy and causing you stress and fear. Your words might be stopping effective decision making or problem solving.
In this episode I introduce briefly the META model o...
Duration: 00:21:59082 Using NLP to change your thinking
Mar 26, 2025Do you remember playing 'let's pretend' as a child or have you ever observed a child playing a game.
They are creative, imaginative, full of curiosity, inspired, expansive and they are having fun.
Imagine the possibilities for your life if you knew how to change your thinking so you can solve problems easier. In this episode I share some powerful self coaching questions to help you change your thinking so you can think more clearly, achieve your goals, feel more positive and have more choice.
Remember 'there is nothing good or bad, but t...
Duration: 00:15:21081 Celebrating 1 Year of Kiss Your Life and the Key Lessons Within It
Mar 19, 2025In this special anniversary episode, I reflect on the one-year anniversary of my
book, Kiss Your Life: The Calm Guide to Keeping Your Life Successfully Simple.
Join me as I share the inspiration behind the book, its core principles, and how
simplicity can be the key to lasting personal growth. Let’s delve into the power of
self-coaching, mindset shifts, and the role of NLP in unlocking potential.
Hear about:
• The Power of Simplicity: How Kiss Your Life makes complex psychology and
NLP principles accessible and actionable.
• Self-Coaching & Personal Responsibility: Practi...
080 How to use NLP to improve mental wellbeing
Mar 13, 2025We all have mental wellbeing. Imagine the possibilities for your life if you knew how to harness your inner resources to support positive mental wellbeing.
Would you like to feel less stressed, less anxious, less overwhelmed and more confident, calm and in control of your life?
In this episode I asked our Unlocking Possibilities students what their favourite NLP techniques are to support their mental wellbeing.
1. Anchoring is a technique that you can use to harness a powerful resourceful state such as confidence, calm or motivation. We all have off days where we st...
Duration: 00:27:35079 How NLP can eliminate negative thinking
Feb 26, 2025Everyone experiences negative thinking right?
Perhaps you over think and get caught in looping thoughts that seem to never end. Or perhaps something has happened at work or in your personal life. You keep on replaying the conversation or picturing the event in your mind, and you can't seem to let it go and move on from it.
Maybe you are stuck in a self perpetuating story that is weighing you down, criticising and berating yourself for getting things wrong, not being good enough or regretting decisions you have made.
Sometimes your thoughts can...
Duration: 00:17:36078 How can NLP help you make changes in your life
Feb 12, 2025In this episode I break down what NLP is and how it can support you to make changes in your life.
Neuro - the brain and the nervous system and how we all create a unique model of the world that influences our choices, behaviours and results.
Linguistic - How you use language to describe your experience and make sense of it. How the story you tell yourself can hinder your happiness and success or enhance it. How we communicate with self and others.
Programming - How to change and reprogram the habits and...
Duration: 00:21:45077 How NLP can support communication and relationships
Feb 05, 2025Have you ever felt frustrated with other people? Do you sometimes find that you are misunderstood or that you misunderstand others. Do you sometimes take things personally and feel criticised by others?
We are wired for connection and relationships and yet they can sometimes feel like a huge source of stress. In this episode I talk about how NLP can support you in understanding others better so that you can get more curious about yourself and others.
Understanding that we are all different and all have our own unique map of the world, invites you to...
Duration: 00:20:08076 Creating a Compelling 2025
Jan 30, 2025Have you ever wondered what the difference is between people who achieve what they want in life to those who don't?
In the very first episode of 2025 I share a process from NLP that gives you the 'success method' for living life by design rather than default. If you want to bring your dreams and goals to life in 2025 then this is for you.
The NLP well formed outcome formula highlights:
👉🏻 How to State your outcome in the positive
👉🏻 The importance of personal responsibility
👉🏻 How to initiate and maintain your personal responsibility
👉🏻...
075 The Power of Self Coaching
Aug 21, 2024Have you ever wondered how to you can feel better every day? Do you have days that feel hard and wish you knew how to make them feel lighter?
‘It’s not what happens to you, it’s how you react to it that matters’ Epictetus famously quoted. These words of wisdom are all good and well, but HOW do you learn to find ways of reacting to life in a way that maintains your mental wellness, happiness and success?
At the heart of coaching is self coaching. Learning how to train you...
Duration: 00:24:40074 Think yourself into happiness and success
Aug 08, 2024In this weeks episode I talk about how your beliefs might be holding you back from achieving what you want in life without you even realising!
It's not your fault that some of the beliefs you might be operating from are getting in the way of a happy and fulfilled life. However it is your responsibility to design and and create the life you want now and for the future.
When you know how to change the structure and pattern of your beliefs then don't be surprised at what miracles unfold for the possibilities in yo...
Duration: 00:17:54073 The Kind Way to Personal Growth
Jul 31, 2024You’re already enough even though you might not feel it at times. Personal growth is an exciting part of being human. We get to understand ourselves and others better so that we can live an incredibly fulfilling life.
Join me in this episode to hear how NLP can support this journey of self-discovery in a compassionate and kind way
Learn more about training in NLP here
https://unlockingpossibilities.co.uk/nlp-diploma/
Book in a discovery call for 1-1 coaching by emailing sara...
Duration: 00:13:43072 If You Are Feeling Stuck Do This
Jul 24, 2024Did you know that the way you move your eyes gives you information about how you are thinking about and processing your experience? In NLP we call this eye patterns and cues. I like to call it eye clues.
Sometimes we get stuck in overthinking with the negative committee shouting loudly and telling you off. Or you might be thinking in pictures imagining a horror movie in your mind of something going terribly wrong, or remembering a past experience that caused you to be upset. You might be stuck in an emotional funk that you...
Duration: 00:19:13071 How to Build Mental Strength
Jul 17, 2024Join me in this episode where we will explore what it takes to build mental strength by choosing consciously which thoughts to engage with.
It's not possible to control your thoughts as they come and go all day long but it is possible to choose which ones you bring into your conscious awareness, and what you do with them.
Imagine your mind as an iceberg in that most of your processing is out of your awareness beneath the surface. The thoughts that you experience unconsciously are determining the quality of your life! Self a...
070 The power of language for success and happiness
Jul 10, 2024Join me in this episode where I talk about the power of language and how it can be used to support success and happiness.
The L of NLP explores the impact of language and how language can both empower us or limit us. The presuppositions of NLP are a way of thinking that supports you in your quest for living an incredible life.
Learn how you can apply these principles to support behaviour change, achieving your outcomes and solving problems.
If you would like to know more about training in...
069 Why an NLP practitioner creates the conditions for transformational change
Jul 03, 2024In this episode I talk about the skills that make an incredible NLP practitioner brings to supporting an individual’s change and transformation process.
If you would like to know more about training in NLP then take a look at my website here:
https://unlockingpossibilities.co.uk/nlp-diploma/
Join my free face book group here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/unlockpossibilities?locale=en_GB
Watch the free NLP taster session here:
https://sarahfletcher.simplero.com/nlpreplay
Duration: 00:27:39068 How to Reclaim Your Life Part 2
Jun 26, 2024You have a brain and a body! What this means is that you have incredible wisdom and innate guidance INSIDE of you waiting to be unlocked.
Reclaiming your life requires you to tap into all of your wisdom to make decisions that are aligned with who you want to be and what you desire.
In this episode I explore:
- Questions to ask yourself to highlight your desires and values
- Questions to highlight your dreams and goals
- Questions to highlight your action and what you need to let go of a...
067 How to Reclaim Your Life Part 1
Jun 19, 2024How do you create a wonderful life?
In this episode I talk about the first chapter from my book KISS Your life – The CALM guide to keeping your life successfully simple.
Getting intentional with your thoughts, feelings and behaviours to set the direction of your life is the first step. You can’t create a life that you want if you don’t know what you want.
In this episode I explore:
066 Hear how the NLP Practitioners transform their own lives
Jun 10, 2024In this week's episode I share with you some of the feedback from my latest group of NLP practitioners about how they are using NLP to transform their own lives.
To order of copy of my book 'KISS Your Life: The CALM guide to keeping your life successfully simple' click here.
If you want to know more about how NLP can support you in living a fulfilled life then follow me on instagram here
Join my free Facebook group here
Join my next NLP Diploma here as a roomie or a zo...
Duration: 00:21:43065 How to take courageous action to achieve your goals
Jun 03, 2024In this episode I share with you how to take courageous action to achieve your goals in both business and your personal life.
Hear my own journey to courageous action and decision making and how I fulfilled my own goals to move away from teaching, become and NLP trainer and so much more.
I talk about limiting beliefs, decision making and the resources you already have to fulfil your goals for the future.
To order of copy of my book 'KISS Your Life: The CALM guide to keeping your life successfully simple' click h...
064 Client success story - Emma Bradbury weight loss coaching
Apr 26, 2024Join me whilst I chat to Emma and celebrate her success as an NLP and mBIT weight loss coach.
I absolutely love seeing the success of my clients especially when they are courageous action takers like Emma !
Emma is flying with her NLP & mBIT weight loss coaching business and is immensely passionate about helping people to feel good in their body
With 15 years in the industry Emma is perfectly positioned to be the go to person to help you break free from your yoyo dieting, and emotional weight that is keeping you stuck.
063 Client testimonial with Sarah Stringfellow
Apr 24, 2024I've been chatting to Sarah Stringfellow Coaching who is an ICF accredited coach and is training with me as an NLP Practitioner and recently certified as an mBIT coach.
Sarah talks about how NLP has enhanced and elevated her confidence as a coach and helped her to grow her coaching business.
NLP has supported her own journey of personal growth and she is looking forward to helping even more people with an integrated coaching approach.
If you are a coach wanting to add NLP to your coaching skills to bring about faster breakthroughs, and gi...
Duration: 00:10:33062 Coaching testimonial with Warren Langford from LAB Creative
Apr 23, 2024Join me for some more client success stories.
Warren Langford is the managing director of LAB Creative and has successfully scaled his business in a short period of time.
As a someone who cares deeply about his team and customers, Warren is keen to share how coaching has supported his progress and growth and how he intends to continue to support the growth of the business through investing in training and coaching.
You can find out more about LAB creative here 👇
https://labcreative.co.uk/
If you are a busi...
061 How are Your Daily Decisions Impacting Your Life?
Apr 22, 2024You make hundreds of decisions throughout the day mostly out of your conscious awareness.
In this episode I talk about the importance of conscious decision making and choosing how you want to think, feel and behave everyday to live an incredible life.
You can buy my number 1 best selling book here:
https://unlockingpossibilities.co.uk/book/
Come and join my LIVE event on 14th May here:
https://sarahfletcher.simplero.com/cart/204489-KISS-your-life-LIVE
Find out about my coaching and NLP training here:
https://unlockingpossibilities.co...
Duration: 00:19:11060 Hear From Our Students at Unlocking Possibilities with Jayne East
Apr 18, 2024Join me for a conversation with Jayne East who is a student on my current NLP practitioner and has recently completed the mBIT (multiple brain integration techniques) coaching certification with me.
Jayne is a pharmaceutical marketing consultant and in this video she talks about how NLP is helping:
You can watch the full video on my YouTube channel.
The next 3 day NLP foundation course i...
059 How to Create a Wonderful Life
Apr 08, 2024After a mini break unlocking possibilities with NLP and coaching is back.
Join me for this episode where I share some self coaching questions from the first section of my book KISS your life.
Expand your mindset for creating a life you love and give yourself permission to unlock possibilities for a wonderful life.
To order of copy of my book 'KISS Your Life: The CALM guide to keeping your life successfully simple' click here.
If you want to know more about how NLP can support you in living a fulfilled...
058 You Can Do Hard Things
Dec 18, 2023Have you ever doubted yourself? Have you been scared about trying something new and told yourself that you won't be able to do something ? Are there things that you want to do but you don't because you don't believe it's possible for you?
In this episode I talk about doing hard things and how we all have the resources you need within you to do the hard things in life that you want to do.
If you want to know more about how NLP can support you in living a fulfilled life then follow me...
057 Why You Might Be Sabotaging Your Happiness
Dec 11, 2023If you have ever wondered why you can't seem to get to where you want to be in life then tis episode will give you a peep into why this might be.
After completing another NLP Diploma with a fabulous group of people I share the first part of the training where we dive into the conscious and unconscious mind.
This taster will give you some insight and moments of realisation as to why you might be keeping yourself stuck or limited in your life.
If you want to know more about how...
056 Busting the myth of NLP being a 'happy happy' brand of Psychology
Dec 04, 2023In this episode I explore some of the myths about what NLP is and isn't specifically focussing on the perception that some people might have about it being something that is always about being happy.
Life can throw some big curve balls and challenges that can be really difficult to navigate.
Sometimes we might feel side swiped by something that happens and it might take us some time to re centre, recalibrate and feel ok again.
NLP is not about ignoring difficult emotions and feelings or pretending that you are ok when you ar...
055 Why Unlearning What You Know Is the Key to Unlocking Your Potential
Nov 27, 2023Have you ever felt that you're not living life to the fullest?
Perhaps you feel bored, stressed, or unhappy. You might have a niggling feeling that you are meant for more. You might look at other peoples lives and feel jealous or envious of what they have.
In this episode I talk about how what you learned when you were young might be limiting your happiness and success. The journey of personal growth can support you in the 'unlearning ' process to unlock your potential, success and happiness.
Want...
Duration: 00:22:42054 How to Use Coaching Questions to Get Unstuck
Nov 20, 2023Have you ever felt stuck?
In this episode I invite you to consider some coaching questions to help you shift your attention and focus your thinking into 'outcomes', rather than staying stuck in problems.
If you have experienced saying things like 'why is this happening to me', 'it's not fair', 'why do I feel like this', 'I don't know how to change', "I can't change' and many others, then this episode is for you.
Being able to shift and flip the direction of your thinking opens up possibility and choice for how you l...
053 What is NLP?
Nov 14, 2023Have you ever wondered why some people seem to navigate life’s challenges with ease and resilience whilst others really struggle?
Are you curious about how you can bring your best self to all areas of your life?
Would you like to know how to reduce negative states such as anxiety, overwhelm , stress or anger and have more resourceful states like joy, calm, gratitude and fulfilment?
In this episode I give a brief overview of what you can expect when training with me in NLP and who the training is for.
Si...
052 Simple Steps To Set Your Day Up for Success
Nov 06, 2023In this episode I talk about 2 simple and practical things that you can do for 'five minutes' in a morning to support you in setting your day up for success.
Success can mean different things for different people. In this episode I am referring it to as feeling more fulfilled and content, and training your thinking so that you expand your awareness to notice the things in your life that make you feel good.
Tag me on Instagram in a story @sarahfletchercoaching when you have tried them out.
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Duration: 00:12:58051 How to Have Beliefs that Empower Your Life
Sep 25, 2023In this weeks episode I talk about how your beliefs might be holding you back from achieving what you want in life without you even realising!
It's not your fault that some of the beliefs you might be operating from are getting in the way of a happy and fulfilled life. However it is your responsibility to design and and create the life you want now and for the future.
When you know how to change the structure and pattern of your beliefs then don't be surprised at what miracles unfold for the possibilities in yo...
Duration: 00:17:45050 5 Ways to Coach Yourself for Good Mental Wellness
Sep 18, 2023We all have difficult days and we all experience times that feel harder than others. Each one of us has our own unique way of interpreting the world and making sense of our experiences.
In this episode I talk about five ways for you to consider to help optimise your mental wellbeing:
1. reframing
2. gratitude
3. connection with others
4.setting boundaries
5. curiosity rather than judgement
You can read the article here:
https://medium.com/authority-magazine/sarah-fletcher-5-things-anyone-can-do-to-optimize-their-mental-wellness-86bf67d0f383
I would love for you t...
Duration: 00:15:57049 How to Be An Effective Teacher Using NLP Part 2
Sep 10, 2023Join me for part 2 of NLP for teaching
In this episode where I talking about the importance of having a mindset of curiosity and seeking to understand the positive intention behind behaviour.
Sometimes the quickest way of handling a situation can be to deal with the behavioural response to maintain the equilibrium in the classroom. This might involve sending a young person out or calling for assistance.
The long tern effects of this though are that the behaviour is likely to continue or escalate if the cause of the behaviour is not addressed. <...
048 How to Be An Effective Teacher with NLP
Sep 04, 2023Back in 2001 as a newly qualified teacher, I quickly realised that my teaching qualification wasn’t enough!
In this episode I briefly touch on some of the things I learned on the first day of the NLP Diploma that changed the trajectory of my teaching career.
If you’d like to know more join my face book group here
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Duration: 00:18:32047 How to Use the NLP Presuppositions in Coaching and Leadership
Aug 27, 2023If you coach or lead others then you will know that what you believe about someone and how you interact with them, influences the level of transformation and change they experience when working with you.
The presuppositions of NLP are essentially a set of beliefs and principles that guide thinking and behaviour. In leadership and coaching they can greatly enhance the way you communicate and interact bringing about personal change effectively.
When you coach and lead through the lens of these presuppositions you open up a dialogue that invites self awareness, personal responsibility and empowerment fo...
046 How To Use NLP to Lead Yourself for Business Success
Aug 21, 2023Running a business can be hard right?
Motivating yourself when you don’t want to do something.
Organising your time effectively.
Overcoming setbacks and carrying on.
Marketing, selling and talking to people!
Being consistent and showing up everyday.
Managing your mind monkeys, the fear, the self doubt, not feeling good enough, overthinking, the inner critic and the self sabotage!
It takes a lot of of personal resilience to run a successful business.
In this episode I talk about how useful it is to reconnec...
045 Staying Present With Your Clients
Aug 13, 2023In this episode I talk about the importance of being present with your client so that you can clear up your own ‘map’ of the world and work cleanly with your client.
When you are fully present you can observe and notice patterns that will give you data and information about how your client is operating and how they might be experiencing their issue or problem.
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Duration: 00:14:16044 How to Bring About Positive Change Using the Presuppositions of NLP
Jul 06, 2023If you coach or lead others then you will know that what you believe about someone and how you interact with them, influences the level of transformation and change they experience when working with you.
The presuppositions of NLP are essentially a set of beliefs and principles that guide thinking and behaviour. In leadership and coaching they can greatly enhance the way you communicate and interact bringing about personal change effectively.
When you coach and lead through the lens of these presuppositions you open up a dialogue that invites self awareness, personal responsibility and empowerment fo...
043 Join me for a free masterclass on the neuroscience and psychology of high potential coaching and leadership
Jun 28, 2023I would love for you to join me for a free masterclass on the neuroscience and psychology of high potential coaching and leadership.
In this episode I talk briefly about how neuroscience has validated what ancient philosophies have always known, that we are incredibly powerful human beings.
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042 Are Your Beliefs Holding You Back?
Jun 22, 2023In this weeks episode I talk about how your beliefs might be holding you back from achieving what you want in life without you even realising!
It's not your fault that some of the beliefs you might be operating from are getting in the way of a happy and fulfilled life. However it is your responsibility to design and and create the life you want now and for the future.
When you know how to change the structure and pattern of your beliefs then don't be surprised at what miracles unfold for the possibilities in yo...
Duration: 00:17:45041 Coaching and Leading with the NLP Outcome and Ecology Frame
Jun 15, 2023Coaching is essentially about helping people to have more choice.
More choice in how they think, more choice in how they feel and more choice in how they behave.
One of the ways that you can do this is to offer different frames in which the person can view the world through. Imagine your favourite picture hanging on the wall in a frame. Now imagine changing the frame. The frame changes the picture.
This is how coaching works. Give someone a new frame in which to perceive life through, and how they see...
040 Why You Might Be Sabotaging Your Happiness
Jun 06, 2023If you have ever wondered why you can't seem to get to where you want to be in life then tis episode will give you a peep into why this might be.
After completing another NLP Diploma with a fabulous group of people I share the first part of the training where we dive into the conscious and unconscious mind.
This taster will give you some insight and moments of realisation as to why you might be keeping yourself stuck or limited in your life.
If you want to know more about how...
039 Using NLP to Remove Negative Emotions From the Past
Jun 01, 2023Have you ever found yourself disproportionately responding in the here and now?
Perhaps you have been worrying excessively about something and then when the situation happened it wasn't actually that bad.
Maybe you have got really angry with something that happened and have surprised yourself with how strong your emotional responses was.
Or maybe you are struggling to make a decision in the here and now because you are scared to make a wrong decision.
In this episode I talk about how the NLP practitioner group had been learning how to u...
Duration: 00:14:42038 The NLP well formed outcome (and more) of goal setting
May 29, 2023Do you have clients who set goals but don't achieve them?
Have you exhausted your options as a coach for goal setting and wonder how to support your clients on a deeper level?
This is where NLP can really enhance your coaching skills and the transformations for your clients.
NLP is a methodology that works with your clients conscious and unconscious mind. All behaviour change takes place first an an unconscious level and is revealed to the conscious when the client is ready. You've heard the saying 'when the student is ready, the...
037 How to be a highest potential coach or leader
Apr 26, 2023Have you ever found yourself doubting your leadership or coaching abilities?
Do you sometimes overthink the coaching session or worry that you are getting it wrong?
Do you lack confidence and see others as doing it better than you?
Have you wondered what others are doing and how they make it look so easy?
In this episode I introduce you to mBIT (multiple brain integration techniques), an exciting coaching and leadership field validated by neuroscience.
I explore what might be happening when you find yourself in inner conflict and give...
036 Do this to optimise your coach state
Apr 25, 2023Like many people I have been very lucky to have incredible mentors and trainers. Melody Cheal was my supervision trainer and taught me some of what I am sharing with you in the episode. I'm deeply grateful for her teachings.
How you lead yourself will influence the coaching relationship and results.
In this episode I explore some ways that you can unlock your coaching and leadership potential by:
- being present and curious
- turning off your inner dialogue and map of the world
- building rapport and connecting deepl...
Duration: 00:17:25035 Why seeing your clients in their highest potential is important
Apr 13, 2023Transform your client results by seeing them in their highest potential.
How you perceive a person and what you believe about them will influence the coaching relationship and the results they get.
Even when a person is showing up in a seemingly 'unresourceful state' it is important that you hold a representation of them in their highest potential.
NLP coaching teaches you how to recognise a persons high potential states and how to give them feedback so that the individual learns to coach themselves. Imagining someone already achieving their outcomes and being where the...
Duration: 00:15:55034 Simple steps to set your day up for success
Mar 02, 2023In this episode I talk about 2 simple and practical things that you can do for 'five minutes' in a morning to support you in setting your day up for success.
Success can mean different things for different people. In this episode I am referring it to as feeling more fulfilled and content, and training your thinking so that you expand your awareness to notice the things in your life that make you feel good.
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Duration: 00:12:58033 Getting out of stuck thinking
Feb 15, 2023Perhaps you have been wondering how to get out of your stuck thinking but don't know how to. Do you sometimes find yourself stuck in an unhelpful thinking loop that sends you in a downward spiral. 'Why do I feel this', 'why can't I change' , why is this happening to me'?
Often you won't even be aware of the thoughts that you are creating and how they are impacting the results of your life. NLP teaches you how to move from the 'problem' frame of thinking to the 'outcome' frame, inviting thinking that gives you choice and so...
Duration: 00:16:53032 Introducing NLP
Feb 08, 2023In this episode I introduce Neuro Linguistic programming explaining what it is and how it can support you in enhancing your life!
Neuro: the brain, physiology and nervous system. How we are all beautifully unique and how we process, store and code information in our own unique way.
Linguistic: the language of the mind and body and how we communicate with ourselves and others.
Programming: Habitual, automatic and often out of conscious awareness thinking and behaviour patterns that can enhance your life or limit it.
NLP is about personal excellence and l...
031 Bringing your best self to all areas of your life
Jan 26, 2023Imagine the possibilities for your life if you saw your weaknesses as your brilliance in the right context.
Imagine being able to bring your best self to all areas of your life everyday. I wonder how your life would be different if you gave yourself permission to capture your moments of 'excellence' and reproduce them time and time again.
In this episode I explore how NLP brings modelling to human behaviour and performance to enable us to capture the essence of 'how' someone does their brilliance, and how this can be replicated and taught to ot...
030 Coaching with NLP
Jan 18, 2023Join me in this episode where I begin the explore the transformational benefits of NLP and coaching.
Coaching and NLP share fundamental principles in that they both aim to support people in living happier, more peaceful and fulfilling lives.
Coaching helps people to unlock their potential and maximise performance so they can achieve their goals. NLP makes coaching even more powerful by adding tools and techniques to resolve the inner conflicts and personal barriers that are hindering a persons success. Once these are resolved the chances of lasting behavioural change and continued personal e...
029 Daily Practices to Support a Calmer and Happier 2023
Jan 04, 2023Have you set new year resolutions and already wondering if you will stick to them? Have you tried to change things before and ended with the old habits creeping back in?
In this episode I invite you to develop simple daily practices to help you find more calm and happiness in 2023. Whilst I'm all for the big goals and dreams too, it is important to celebrate small steps to success and embody daily practices that support you in living life to the fullest.
I invite you to:
1. Start the day with a breathing pr...
Duration: 00:14:53028 Closing Down 2022 with Your Multiple Brains
Dec 30, 2022How are you feeling about coming to the end of 2022? We all do endings and beginnings differently. Some of us love to reflect and take the learnings from the year, others are already planning for next year , and some might be caught up in the excitement (or stress) of the holiday season.
In this episode I take a short exploration into using your multiple brains to close down the year feeling good about yourself. I also offer some suggestions about how you can tap into your inner wisdom to consider your life in 2023 so you can be th...
Duration: 00:17:023 ways to close down 2022 with your multiple brains
Dec 16, 2022How are you feeling about coming to the end of 2022? we all do endings and beginnings differently. Some of us love to reflect and take the learnings from the year, others are already planning for next year , and some might be caught up in the excitement (or stress) of the holiday season.
In this episode I take a short exploration into using your multiple brains to close down the year feeling good about yourself. I also offer some suggestions about how you can tap into your inner wisdom to consider your life in 2023 so you can be t...
Duration: 00:18:34027 Client Success Spotlight: Karen Marie Nicholson
Oct 21, 2022Join me for the first in a series of conversations with graduates of my Unlocking Possibilities Training Academy. In this episode Karen talks about her journey of self discovery and change throughout the NLP and MBit coaching course snd how she now helps others as a health coach.
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Duration: 00:28:44026 Client Success Spotlight: Michelle Smith
Oct 16, 2022Join me for the first in a series of conversations with graduates of my Unlocking Possibilities Training Academy. In this episode Michelle talks about her journey of self discovery and change throughout the NLP and MBit coaching course snd how she now helps others as a health coach.
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Duration: 00:17:02025 5 Ways to Optimise Your Mental Wellness
Jul 01, 2022We all have difficult days and we all experience times that feel harder than others. each one of us has our own unique way of interpreting the world and making sense of our experiences.
In this episode I talk about five ways for you to consider to help optimise your mental wellbeing.
1. reframing
2. gratitude
3. connection with others
4.setting boundaries
5. curiosity rather than judgement
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Duration: 00:16:07024 NLP Presuppositions
Jun 24, 2022In this episode I talk about NLP as being like a mentor in my back pocket where I get to pull out a magical piece of advice that will delightfully surprise me in just the right way in any given moment.
In a short blog that I wrote for the Association for NLP I was talking about how I use the NLP presuppositions to help me in my business. Here I discuss how you can use these three pre- suppositions to help you in all areas of your life :
1. There is no failure only feedback
023 How I Became Convinced That NLP Worked
Jun 17, 2022Back in 2003 a colleague suggested that I go on NLP training to help with my teaching skills. Many of my classes were very challenging and I wanted skills to help my students with confidence, self esteem and self belief.
At the time my own mental health was suffering and I was struggling with being a new parent and I had recently lost my father suddenly. Like many people who embark on personal development journeys, I didn't really know what to expect. All I knew was that I was desperate to feel better and I wanted to learn m...
022 How to Move From Excuses to Results
May 13, 2022We can all fall victim to finding excuses for not doing the things that we know are good for us, or not taking the action to give us a more fulfilled life or blaming others for our feelings of being stuck.
In this episode I explore how you can move yourself away from making excuses and feeling like life is happening to you, towards taking personal responsibility and being the creator of your life by choosing a results driven mindset.
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021 How Loving Yourself Benefits Everyone
May 06, 2022I know you might squirm and feel icky when I mention self love but stay with me!
In this episode `I share a bit about the science of self love from the heart math institute and how your self love benefits everyone!
You see your electro magnetic field of positivity is felt by others and leads the way for others to lean into self love.
We have all been in the presence of someone who makes us feel good right? They have the good vibe going on and they have the positivity thing ooz...
020 Three Ways to Reframe Your Challenges
Apr 29, 2022One of the things I am passionate about is helping people to transform their challenges into breakthroughs.
Often when we are struggling it can be difficult to find an alternative way of thinking about the situation and we can end up feeling stuck. The thing is that how we perceive our challenges will impact how we respond to them and how we move through them.
When you learn to reframe your challenges you can begin to unlock possibilities in how in perceive them, so that you have more emotional freedom and choice in responding to th...
Season 2 TRAILER
Apr 28, 2022Welcome to Season 2 of Unlocking Possibilities
Duration: 00:03:24019 The Antidote to Stress
Mar 18, 2022Do you find yourself starting the the day scrolling through your socials, flicking through the media headlines, checking your e mail or worrying about the hundreds of things that are on your to do list?
Do you feel overwhelmed and stressed and wonder why? Often we are unknowingly triggering the stress response in our nervous system not realising the detrimental effects that this could be having on our health and wellbeing.
In the episode I talk about the benefits of gratitude as your antidote to stress, and how being mindful of how you start your d...
Duration: 00:17:32018 How to Liberate Your Human Spirit
Mar 04, 2022All of us at times in our feel stuck.
Life transitions and challenges and things out of our control can leave us questioning who we are and what we want. We can can get stuck in feeling powerless and helpless and our light can begin to dim.
The good news is that it is amazing what we can endure and overcome as human becomings. We are truly amazing!
In this episode I explore with you ways that you can begin to shine your light from within and liberate your human spirit eve when you...
017 How to Reconnect With Your Body for Better Health, Wellbeing and Decision Making
Feb 25, 2022Have you ever found yourself stuck in the chaos of your thoughts? Have you been paralysed with indecision and can't seem to make up your mind?
Are there habits that you want to change but you find yourself sabotaging your best efforts even though you have the best intentions of changing.
Do you feel overwhelmed and stressed and struggle to switch off the chaos of your thoughts?
In this episode I introduce the fact that neuroscience has caught up with ancient wisdom and that we have multiple intelligences in our mind body system.
016 New Results Requires Different Thinking
Feb 18, 2022Have you ever found yourself doing the same thing over and over hoping to get different results?
Wanting to feel better but still thinking the same thoughts that are making you feel bad.
Wanting to be more effective at work but doing the same strategies and wondering where your day has gone. Maybe there are relationships in your life that you would like to improve but you find yourself falling back into the same arguments and don't know how to get out of it.
In this episode I talk about if you want ne...
Duration: 00:15:08015 Owning your feelings and taking back control of your responses
Feb 11, 2022We all have those time where we dump our crap on others crap right?
You might be tired, overwhelmed, stressed or frustrated and instead of turning inwards to ask your self what you need, it ends up getting dumped on someone else.
Taking a look in the mirror and observing ourselves can feel uncomfortable. We all have that shadow side of ourselves that we might not want to look at! So instead what we do is project our inner world out on to others without realising what is happening.
This of course can lea...
Duration: 00:17:51014 What You Can Do if You Are Ready to Change But Don't Know How To
Jan 28, 2022Are there things in your life that you want to change but you don't know where to start? Are your fears and worries holding you back? Do you feel that you are not fulfilling your potential or that there is more for you?
In this episode I tell you about how I felt when I left my teaching job and the fears I had around not being able to make enough money. I talk about how you can begin to consider:
What you heart truly yearns for Taking things one step at a time and reminding your... Duration: 00:18:25013 The Unstuck Mindset
Jan 21, 2022Do you remember when you were a child playing the game 'stuck in the mud'?
You would be running around desperately trying not to be the one who got 'tigged' (unless you were me who was happy to get the tig as I didn't want to run around ). When you got the 'tig' (for those of you who have no clue what I am talking about, the tig was someone smacking you on the back to make you stop), you then had to stand like a star and shout stuck in the mud. You would continue to...
Duration: 00:18:10The Unstuck Mindset
Jan 21, 2022Do you remember when you were a child playing the game 'stuck in the mud'?
You would be running around desperately trying not to be the one who got 'tigged' (unless you were me who was happy to get the tig as I didn't want to run around ). When you got the 'tig' (for those of you who have no clue what I am talking about, the tig was someone smacking you on the back to make you stop), you then had to stand like a star and shout...
Duration: 00:18:01012 New year, New perspectives
Jan 14, 2022I know change can feel hard especially when you feel a lot of pressure bringing in the new year with a new you. Change your life, make 2022 your best year yet. Be more, do more, have more! It can feel a bit overwhelming to say the least and no wonder only 9% of people actually end up achieving the resolutions that they set at the beginning of the year.
So how about considering shifting perspective to give you more choice in how you live your life in 2022. When you think differently you open up possibility and choice that y...
Duration: 00:16:54011 How to put down your emotional baggage and set yourself free
Dec 17, 2021Would you like to move into 2022 lighter than how you are feeling right now? Imagine the possibilities for your life when you are feeling less burdened physically, psychologically and emotionally. Giving yourself permission to release what is weighing you down is one of the biggest self care practices that you can do for yourself.
If you are wanting to improve your health and well being in 2022 then start with releasing your emotional and psychological baggage so you can glide gracefully in to 2022 with a freer heart and mind.
Instead of putting pressure on yourself to ac...
Duration: 00:16:26010 How to Optimise Your Life Using All of Your Brains
Dec 10, 2021Have you ever experienced internal conflict? Or perhaps you find yourself sabotaging your best efforts at something. Perhaps you have an important decision to make but keep putting it off because you’re you don’t know which way to go. Have you ever wondered what’s going on here?
In this episode I share with you some of the latest research from neuroscience that informs us that we have three brains which all have their own functions. We often experience difficulties when our brains are out of alignment or we are not listening to what they are tryin...
009 The one thing you must do everyday to master your life
Dec 03, 2021Does your mind often feel like a swirling cesspit of mushed up chaos? Overthinking, over worrying and generally feeling overwhelmed. You've tried the positive thinking, the distraction techniques and even the meditation and yet you still end up back in the chaos of your mind. In this episode I talk about the power of balancing your nervous system to bring the equilibrium and calm back in to your life. You can find out more about this at the Heartmath Institute.
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008 Four Ways to Beat the Bad Days
Nov 26, 2021Do you have those days where you can't get out of your head? Your energy is unbalanced, you can't focus, you get distracted more easily and you find it difficult to be present. In this episode I explore 4 ways that can help you to honour yourself no matter what you are experiencing to help you come back to a place of harmony and peace within.
About Sarah:
Sarah Fletcher is a therapist, Life Coach, NLP and mBIT trainer. She helps people to discover their deep inner wisdom, and lead and live a life they...