Wisdom Strategy Research Institute

6 Step Reframing is quite an effective process that you can use for almost anything.

Here is my version. Instead of using the word "part" or "sub personality" as is traditionally done in NLP I recommend using the words "behavior", "feeling", "pattern", "unconscious mind", or "intention". While talking about parts or sub_personalities is ok, the reason I prefer these other terms is they are more wholistic. They do not imply internal fractionation.

1. Find a pattern of thought, behavior, emotion, physiology, result, relationship, attitude, resistance, or interference that you would like to change.

2. Get into communication with the pattern / behavior.

A. "Will the behavior of X communicate with me? "

If it's not obvious set up a signal system for yes and no.

B. Apologize for not being more appreciative. Thank the behavior (or your unconcsious mind) for everything it's wanted for
you, and for all the effort it has put forth for your benefit through the behavior / pattern.

C. Welcome and appreciate the behavior / pattern as a valuable resource.

D. Ask the pattern / behavior (or your unconscious mind) if there is anything it would like to tell you, or if it has any message for you, or if there is anything it would like communicate.

i) Thank the (pattern / behavior / your unconscious mind) for it's communication

3. What is (the pattern / behavior's / unconscious mind's) intention for you? What is it seeking to accomplish for you?
If there is any difficulty discovering this, use as many of the following manuevers as needed:
a) Pretend or Act as if, or have the pattern or behavior pretend or act as if it knows.
b) is there any reason to not tell you? --- possible reframing with this pattern
c) reframe the pattern of not knowing, or not being willing to tell
d) what stops you from knowing? -- reframe
e) what would happen if you knew? --- reframe
f) does any aspect of your unconcious mind know?
g) Is it ok to assume a positive intention -- this may reveal other patterns of self - doubt, or self mistrust to work with if the answer is "no".
h) provide a checklist of intentions
common intentions include:
Safety, protection, self worth, love, being OK, peace, freedom, fun, certainty, validation, connection, significance, learning, making a difference, looking good, being right, winning, satisfaction, fulfillment, approval, acceptance, justification, security, etc.

i) recheck your signal system
j) check rapport -- is there any underlying upset, or negative emotion with this pattern? --> reframe this pattern of upset or negative emotion first.

SHIFT TO REFERRING TO THE INTENTION at this point.

4) Go to your creative resources and ask them to generate at least 3 new alternative that will as effective and as available as the previous choices in meeting your intention(s) of ___.

5) Ask the Intention if it agrees that the new alternatives are as good or better than the previous choices.
a) If not, recycle to step 4, or to step 3 if needed to get new choices and more / "deeper" intentions.
b) Ask the Intention if it will take fully responsible for trying out the new alternatives in the times and places it would have previously chosen the old options.
c) Run through full virtual reality fantasies of using the new choices, in all the situations in the future

6) Is there any objection, or hesitation, or reluctance to any of the new alternatives?
if so, recycle to step 2 with the objection / hesitation.

Continue to recycle through this process as many times as necessary. Occasionally this may be quite a high number, in the dozens or more. Typically it only takes 1 to 3 rounds through to make a change. Be willing to do whatever it takes.

Namaste,

Robert