NLP etc ?

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Hello!
Just thinking i'm going to have to do something to kick start my confidence again, and i was thinking about NLP....Has anyone had any experiance of it? does it work or is there anything else i can be trying?
 
I've done a diploma in NLP to help with my job (teaching) but it has helped my riding as well. There's nothing in it not to 'work' its just another form of coaching/therapy/counselling which uses language to help you identify existing beliefs and form desired outcomes. Certainly investigate it if you are curious, there's nothing in it that can do you any harm
 
I have a book called Simple Steps to Riding Success by Liz Morrison which has NLP based exercises and case studies. It is very good. It is easy to read and you can dip in and out of it if there are certain things you need to work on.
 
Different things work for different people at times, but I must say I had a copy of Simple Steps .... by Liz Morrison. It did nothing for me and I sold it on ebay!

I can recommend Jo Cooper http://www.jocooper.com/equestrian.html She combines TFT which is a suprisingly quick and effective technique with NLP. The Consultations can be done by telephone so it doesn't matter where in the UK you live and I can testify it work wonders. It has for me, for others I've seen posting on here and for a friend of mine. Good luck with it.
 
Another good book for confidence issues is That Winning feeling by Jane Savoie. ( sits back and waits for it to be slagged off) However as someone who did lose their confidence I have found that what has worked best for me is forcing myself to ride every day and not making excuses. Even if it is only 20 minutes in the school it means i have achieved something that day. I don't think I'll ever have my old level of cofidence back but I'm starting to enjoy my riding again. I don't know whether its a riding confidence issue OP has but hope you can sort it out anyway.
 
Ive read that as well, and I enjoyed it. I think forcing yourself to make an effort is a good thing; unfortunately although you can lose confidence instantly, it does seem to require a sustained effort to build it back up again
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I am with Stella on this one, found the Simple Steps book absolutely dreadful and no use to me at all.

Best help for my sj nerves was TFT with Jo Cooper. My session was about 2 years ago and not needed any follow up. I was also fortunate to be able to attend a sports psychology seminar for a day with Michael Caulfield which also reinforced the work Jo had done.

Have a look at www.jocooper.com for more information on TFT, difficult to explain how it works but it does.
 
I am working through the Simple Steps book now and its helping me greatly by focussing on what i need to achieve getting my confidence back. Also have done TFT with Jo Cooper, she is excellent and definitely gets rid of past negative experiences!

I am by now means over my confidence issues but determined to get through it by riding different confidence giving horses and having lessons. Good luck!
 
I found the Simple Steps book confusing, far too much jumping around from one section to another to be helpful for me, all that having to look for the relevant sections broke my concentration.

It is possible to regain your confidence and there are people and training methods to assist. Guess it is finding what works for you.
 
I've got the simple steps book and am reading it now, it seems to have helped a little in the fact its helped me decide i want to be more confident but however positive i feel i then seem to lose it half way through my lesson, then just get more stessed at myself for allowing myself to get stressed then that cycle begins again!!!!!!!!!!!
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I found the Simple Steps book confusing, far too much jumping around from one section to another

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HeHe - that's the way my brain works so maybe thats why i quite liked it! We should start a new thread - what is the most confusing equitation book you have ever read?
 
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