Beliefs: Pathways to Health and Wellbeing

by Robert B. Dilts, Tim Hallbom, Suzi Smith

Beliefs: Pathways To Health & Well-Being, by Dilts, Hallbom and Smith, is the most revolutionary book available to offer leading edge technologies that rapidly and effectively identify and remodel limiting beliefs.
This manual is unique in that it teaches you powerful processes for change. It demonstrates the "how to's" of identifying and changing beliefs through scripts from personal work actually done with individuals in workshops. These processes include Reimprinting, Conflict Integration, Belief/Reality Strategies, Visualization and Criteria Identification, and as you will learn, they can help anyone who wishes to create profound personal change.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Self Help, Health

216 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1990

About the author

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D...

Robert Dilts has been a developer, author, trainer and consultant in the field of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) since its creation in 1975 by John Grinder and Richard Bandler.

Dilts has made many personal contributions to the field of NLP including the authorship of the Encyclopedia of Systemic NLP. He is best known for his work on beliefs and strategies.

He founded behavioral engineering – a software company with William Hanley as Director in 1981. There he developed numerous education software programs. Math and Spelling Strategy were licensed by Apple Computer as part of its Special Delivery Software.

Reviews

[April · Rating 3 out of 5]

I took a traing from Suzi Smith, one of the co-authors of this book. I learned a lot from the training, but I find the book a little dry and find myself flipping through it without getting much insight from it.

[TΞΞL❍CK Mith!lesh · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Ryff Scale of Measurement is a psychometric inventory consisting of two forms (either 54 or 84 items) in which respondents rate statements on a scale of 1 to 6, where 1 indicates strong disagreement and 6 indicates strong agreement. The Ryff Scale is based on six factors, specifically, autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life, and self-acceptance. Higher total scores indicate higher psychological well-being. Following are explanations of each criterion, and an example statement from the Ryff Inventory to measure each criterion.

Autonomy: High scores indicate that the respondent is independent and regulates his or her behaviour independent of social pressures. An example statement for this criterion is "I have confidence in my opinions, even if they are contrary to the general consensus".

Environmental Mastery: High scores indicate that the respondent makes effective use of opportunities and has a sense of mastery in managing environmental factors and activities, including managing everyday affairs and creating situations to benefit personal needs. An example statement for this criterion is "In general, I feel I am in charge of the situation in which I live".

Personal Growth: High scores indicate that the respondent continues to develop, is welcoming to new experiences and recognizes an improvement in behaviour and self over time. An example statement for this criterion is "I think it is important to have new experiences that challenge how you think about yourself and the world".

Positive Relations with Others: High scores reflect the respondent's engagement in meaningful relationships with others that include reciprocal empathy, intimacy, and affection. An example statement for this criterion is "People would describe me as a giving person, willing to share my time with others".

Purpose in Life: High scores reflect the respondent's strong goal orientation and conviction that life holds meaning. An example statement for this criterion is "Some people wander aimlessly through life, but I am not one of them".

Self-Acceptance: High scores reflect the respondent's positive attitude about his or her self. An example statement for this criterion is "I like most aspects of my personality"

[Stuart Macalpine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Robert Dilts is widely quoted in cognitive coaching and so I was interested to read more about his ideas. I did not find the sections on illness meaningful or particularly appropriate, however the other sections of the text are an extremely interesting exploration of the way in which people form and keep beliefs and the extent to which these can be re-imprinted or changed. The majority of the work deals with what in cognitive coaching would be the problem resolving map and specifies the ways in which we can move from an awareness of the current state to an awareness of the desired state and how to remove obstacles and increase resources to get there. I had not realised previously that Robert Dilts was a part of the neurolinguistic programming movement.

[Javier Villar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beliefs do change behavior, create perception and alter outcomes. It's my view that they are the expression of a certain level of consciousness and they are chosen either consciously or unconsciously.

The hierarchy of beliefs given by Dilts is incredibly practical.

[Judith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good insight and techniques for changing limiting beliefs.

[Pedro Rolha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book about NLP techniques, describing with real examples, like we are attending a NLP course. I recommend to anyone with knowledge about NLP or curious about it.
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[Kellie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for my birth story training. There are some gems in here, and some of it felt over my head. I think it's one of those things that I will need to come back to also.

[Manish · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is probably a book that I may have to revisit in the future. Most of the examples were in the form of transcripts which made the experience slightly tedious.

[Narg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent livre avec exemples d'accompagnements (verbatim) et explications détaillées.

[Antacq · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tus creencias condicionan tu vida, crean tu realidad.
Eliminando todas esas “creencias limitantes” verás como de pronto toda tu realidad, tu accionar y tus pensamientos están en armonía de un momento a otro.
La vida es mucho mas fácil de lo que crees. Solo debes quitarte de encima algunas creencias.
Buen libro.

[Roni Matar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enlightening and Educational!