The Happy Brain Co

08/07/2026

Constantly repeating 'I believe in them, I love them' provides a foundational gift. This unconditional love, regardless of behavior, creates psychological safety and a thriving mind, not just a survival one. A powerful, often overlooked, aspect of raising children. Sinigoj

06/07/2026

Understanding where someone's attention lies is key. NLP filters distinguish between internal and external focus. While some may be lost in thought, others find it overwhelming. The ultimate goal? Cultivating the ability to be fully present with whatever is happening.

16/06/2026

Our bodies are designed to activate in emergencies, but what happens when we're stuck in that alert state 24/7? This constant stress can have significant long-term consequences.

13/06/2026

Diaphragmatic breathing, or belly breathing, is a vital tool for immediate calm. Visualizing a balloon expanding in your belly shifts your brain to the creative hemisphere, altering your body's chemistry. This deep breath signals safety to your nervous system, effectively biohacking stress.

25/05/2026

Happy Families - PLAY together!

Playfulness is our basic nature, until we learn to take life too seriously. Happy Brain training brings you back to your creative, playful nature which brings massive rewards to the next HAPPY BRAIN for next-generation thinking

Are you focused on what's wrong? What could go wrong? Where the nex...

18/05/2026

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Why people choose to train with us :)

03/04/2026

Summary of last night's Practice Group :)

Thanks to those who came to our NLP Growth Zone Practice Night 02.04.26

Here's the summary of our evening.

Overview.
We learn in two ways – repetition and big emotion.

🧠That is repetition to hard wire into neurology through Reptilian Brain.

⚡️Big emotion to glue chemical signals of what to move towards or away from.

🤓All curated by the prefrontal cortex deciding where, when, what to direct attention.

🌞Group Warm Up
>Hand clasp (reframing comfort)
>Finger patterns (cross hemisphere alignment)

👍Pre-group brief:
Bring to the group your focus on a present issue in life that currently presents as an obstacle (we don’t need details) and your desired outcome (content and context specific timeline goal).

Process:
1. Watch and listen as that obstacle is articulated to the group and offer your 1st response.

2. Reflect on your auto-state 1st response. e.g. offer guidance, solutions and which part of the story you caught up in.

3. Future pace a better RECEIVING state of calm, presence, curiosity and how to distil key details you may have missed, such as:
SPECIFIC STATES: unwanted and desired (or the counter pole of unwanted state) e.g. stuck/still > forward movement
METAPHOR: that may be offered e.g. sails in the wind and storms.
LANGUAGE predicates VAK preferences.
CLARITY of desired outcome.

4. Having identified two specific polarity states – work in pairs to elicit the sub-modalities of each state by taking longhand inventory (from NLP manuals).

5. Compare and contrast the lists and identify the ‘kicker’ i.e. biggest difference.

6. Explore the ‘kickers’ as if present in the desired outcome (dissociated timeline) using Milton Language.

7. Once congruent agreement is established, have the other person fully associate and ‘lock in’ (personal anchor) and integrate this NEW STATE into timeline.

8. Dissociate and build desire for that locked-in state, connect by elastic band.

Next class (online - zoom) May 7th 7:30-9pm BST.