This pattern is useful for recognizing and better managing different emotional states, specifically when it comes to ineffective emotional responses.

Step 1: Recall a past incident (A) in which you experienced a limiting emotional response. #

Step 2: Associate into the past experience (see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt). #

Step 3: Identity and elicit the key driving kinesthetic s… #

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Step 4: Consider and recall another experience (B), with a similar emotional state, as in step 1, but in which the response you had was positive. #

For example, it is often the same physiological experience (rapid breathing, stomach upset, over excitement) when a person is asked to give a speech in front of a large audience, or when that same person is expecting a much awaited surprise (such as the return of a loved one after a long period abroad).

Step 5: Look for the main differences in the kinesthetic sub-modalities, between experience A and experience B. #

Step 6: Find the commonalities in driving sub-modalities, that are shared by both experience A and B. #

Step 7: What key sub-modalities allow you to smoothly move between the positive and negative interpretation of similar events? #

Step 8: Now elicit the visual and auditory sub-modalities for experience A and experience B, and repeat steps 5, 6 and 7. #