Empowerment | Dr. Matt James

Rethinking Your Path

Oct 7, 2014 | Matt James

Aloha, You aren’t playing the hand you were dealt; you are playing the hand you picked. No one dealt the hand. You picked the cards right down to the suit. Your job is to figure out why you picked this hand, what are you meant to learn, and who you are meant to...

Feeling Stuck? How to Tell if NLP is Really Working

Sep 19, 2014 | Matt James, MER - Mental Emotional Release®, NLP / Neuro Linguistic Programming, Personal Growth

“It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for it is only through enlightenment that we become conscious of our limitations.” – Nikola Tesla Every once in a while, one of my students (sometimes...

Dispelling Myths About NLP

Sep 4, 2014 | Matt James, NLP / Neuro Linguistic Programming, Personal Growth

“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” – John F. Kennedy All through my career, I’ve had to respond to a variety of myths and misconceptions...

Depression is a Disease of Civilization: Stephen Ilardi at TEDxEmory

Sep 2, 2014 | Health & Fitness, Matt James, Matt James - Research, MER - Mental Emotional Release®, NLP / Neuro Linguistic Programming

Aloha, Did you know that nearly 1/4 of Americans will experience depression by the age of 75? Research shows that depression is on the rise. In fact, within the past 20 years, the use of antidepressants have gone up by over 300%. Wow. If...

The Brains of Successful vs. Unsuccessful People Actually Look Very Different

Aug 28, 2014 | Matt James, Matt James - Research, NLP / Neuro Linguistic Programming

Aloha, Do you know the difference in habits, beliefs and strategies between successful vs. unsuccessful people? (I’ve written about this concept previously when I talked about eliminating the word ‘excuse’ out of your vocabulary.)...