About this episode

The episode explores Neuro-Linguistic Programming and its controversial applications in various fields, including its origins and key figures.

What if someone told you that you could skip years of therapy with a few mental tricks? It sounded impossible… until we found Neuro-Linguistic Programming. NLP is a form of hypnosis beloved by everyone from sex cults to the U.S. military to fortune 500 companies–yet almost no one knows it exists.  Long before she co-founded NXIVM, hypnotist Nancy Salzman encountered NLP as a radical method for reprogramming the mind. Her story leads us to its inventor, Richard Bandler, a volatile, self-made guru. As we dig into how it took hold in so many places, we face an unsettling possibility: NLP might actually work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• Neuro-Linguistic Programming
• hypnosis
• therapy
• mind reprogramming
• cult influence
• self-help

Keywords

• NLP
• hypnosis
• therapy
• Nancy Salzman
• Richard Bandler
• self-help
• mind tricks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NXIVM, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, U.S. military, fortune 500 companies

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