It’s a well-known fact that our thoughts create our feelings, which in turn lead to our behaviors and actions, ultimately determining the outcomes we experience. If we want to change our outcomes, then we need to start by changing our thinking patterns from the very beginning. One effective method for changing our thinking patterns is through reframing, a technique widely used in Cognitive Behavioral Therapies and Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP). As an expert in NLP, I’ll be sharing some ways to reframe your thoughts and thinking patterns in this article. NLP has a presupposition that “the map is not the territory,” which means that our perception of the world doesn’t always match reality. Our model of the world could be limited or incomplete, much like looking at a picture of a pizza versus actually eating a slice of pizza. So what is reframing? In simple terms, it’s the process of changing the way we view and interpret our experiences by changing the content and context in which we see them. Reframing can help us gain a new perspective on a situation, which can lead to completely different responses, behaviors, and ultimately outcomes.
