How do your emotional and physiological states shape everything from your learning to your relationships? In this episode, Mike and Chris explore the subject of states, explaining how shifting your mental and emotional state can unlock peak potential in everyday life.
What you'll learn:
- Understand how your internal state drives your behavior, focus, and emotional responses.
- Discover the key differences between ego states and NLP states, and how to identify them in your own life.
- Explore how you can shift into more resourceful states for personal and professional success.

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Episode Summary
In this episode, Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson break down the concept of states—how the emotional and physiological states we experience shape our lives, performance, and learning. They explain the differences between ego states and NLP states, and explain how they can be shifted, anchored, and used for performance enhancement and personal growth. Plus, they discuss how these states interact in loops, reinforcing behaviors, and how shifting between them can help you access greater resourcefulness and success.
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