User's Manual for the Brain: Vol. II, Mastering Systemic NLP Hardcover – April 30, 2003

I don't want to get bogged down writing reviews all day.I love the thoroughness of Michael Hall and Bob Bodenheimer.They are linguistic masters, and present excellent material to understand NLP on a completely different and deeper level.Mind-expanding to say the least.You know what they say, "a mind stretched to new dimensions can never go back."

This follows the first volume and is a great training manual for those wanting to learn NLP. Great case examples throughout.

Found NLP(ish) website 4.5 months ago.Read just about every page of it.Used an example of a session transcript over 50 times.Options for more learning from the teacher on the site weren't a possibility for me.Found User's Manual Volume I.Read it 2 weeks ago.Found User's Manual Volume II.Read it last week.Finished it 2 days ago.After reading Volume I,& reading part of the way through Volume II,I could no longer take my antidepressant medication.(Been taking 17 years.)I couldn't sleep.Maybe my depression is letting up.Recently,(it's springtime,)I'm seeing & talking with my neighbors.I did some work with bonds to people from the past plus some other NLP work.It seems that I'm open to relating to people.I feel very different in this area.I am acting very differently.I have changed.Right before I finished the book 2 days ago,during one exercise in the book,I cried & cried.I have noticed that since then,I have been looking at myself in the eye in the mirror and seeing that there is a person inside.I believe that the person inside of me has been hiding for decades.I believe that I have not seen the person inside of me when I looked in the mirror for those decades.There are many,many more changes since I have been learning about NLP the past 4.5 months.I had given up hope that I could ever get better until I found the NLP web site.I am still not absolutely positive that,with the help of NLP,I will recover from my problem(s),but at this point it looks as if recovery may be a possibility.Well,what can I say?Since I began reading Volume I and Volume II,the changes in me have been great.And,these are things that I hadn't recovered from in 23 years.

From the editor of NLPWeekly Magazine:I've read the "User's manual for the brain" quite a few years ago. I had to save money in order to buy it, but it was worth it.Now, with the second book, I didn't even think about it, I immediately ordered it when it was published.Michael Hall and Bob Bodenhamer know what it is like to be clueless about personal excellence, and without risking the quality of their writing, without mixing fluff (like Robbins) or self importance stories (like Bandler), they craft a well written instruction book.Michael wrote numerous books, and I'm a proud owner of most of them. His writing style is clear, well thought and worthy of every penny you spend on his books.This book is a must have for both newbies and NLP professionals.Shlomo Vaknin, C.HtNLPWeekly Magazine