And that it’s more than five months since I’ve had the Practitioner course CDs in my possession. I’ve finally finished listening to all 40 hours – I started off listening to them all the time in my car but a change of car meant I had no ipod connection in my new one and a change of job has meant little in the way of spare thinking time! I got back on track after making the brilliant connection that using some of the techniques I’d learned from the CDs might help with the birth pains of said new job – indeed exploring submodalities has managed to bring some brightness back into that side of things and have started asking ‘for what purpose?’ and ‘who, or what, specifically’, both of myself, and of people I work with, with fab results.

Towards the end of the CDs I started to feel ready for the course – ready to ‘have a go’ at some of the techniques, and fill some gaps in my knowledge where I hadn’t quite grasped the idea from just listening to the CDs on my own. I’d always thought I wasn’t visual (funny, that) but found wanting to see some pictures to illustrate a few concepts, did a few internet searches on one or two concepts, and am really, really looking forward to the course next weekend. If I hadn’t learned so much about doing things for the first time and learning from the CDs, I might be in danger of being a little nervous – but as it happens the pre-course study has prepared me well for turning up with an open mind, a positive ‘have a go’ attitude and ready to learn. See you next week!