"Master Your Mind
For A Change"

Defeat the Dark Side In Your Personal And Professional Life


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In Only 9 Days…

  • Improve Your Life,

  • Accelerate Your Career 

  • Earn 6 Figures Helping Others!*

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* Income disclaimer - no I'm not promising that YOU will instantly make 6 figures as an NLP practitioner in your first year of practice. But it is totally within the realm of possibility (I earned over 50K my first year as a part time practitioner and I can save you from all the costly "experiments" I did that kept me from making even more) and I will do my best to help you achieve any of your income or personal development goals.

 

If there was a “secret” body of powerful knowledge, attitudes, and techniques that would enable you to

  • Truly master your self and your interactions with others so well as to seem magical

and

  • Potentially earn a 6 figure income making a positive difference in the lives of other people,

Would you want to learn more about it or not?

 

 

Case Study #1
Bill came to me terrified of bridges, heights & deep water. He was so terrified that even seeing heights on TV or thinking about it could cause him to sweat, feel nauseous and even faint…

A few hours later he comfortably drove over a high and narrow bridge above the swirling waters of the Connecticut River…

Case Study #2
In all the years Sandy had been on the diet roller coaster she never lost more than 8 pounds...

8 weeks later she was 20 pounds lighter without painful dieting….

Case Study #3
Michael had never enjoyed talking on the phone. Making and taking phone calls for some reason was excruciating for him. It was also costing him business…

1 session later he was making cold calls and landing new clients. 3 sessions later he was making rapid strides towards financial freedom…

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Hear Michael for yourself:

 

Join me as I check in with Michael Guerin a year later. I know it's a bit long but you just have to watch this entire video. That's right.  Watch it all the way to the end!  (Warning: this interview contains adult language. In other words, It's really funny!)

 

Play this video for a personal message from Mark Shepard:

 

 

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Hi!, my name is Mark Shepard, these are just a few of the people I’ve worked with in the past few years as an "NLP Rapid Change Specialist."

With the tools of NLP, Hypnosis, and Time Line Therapy I’ve helped people -  

  • Stop smoking,

  • Lose weight,

  • Overcome fears, phobias, shyness, anxiety and panic attacks;

  • Make more money,

  • Increase their capabilities as athletes,

  • Shake old habits,

  • Get better grades,

  • Improve their sex life,

  • Blast through procrastination,

  • Accelerate their careers and enjoyment as professionals and more…

Usually in an hours rather than years. All using the same tools and techniques I’ll be teaching to you and an exclusive group of students at my next NLP Practitioner Training.
 

The “Magic” of what I do has a long complicated name – "Neuro Linguistic Programming" ( NLP for short).

One of my students simplified it for me, “It’s like Jedi Mind Mastery!” he exclaimed.

What is NLP?
NLP is a leading edge body of attitudes, beliefs and techniques that enable rapid change and peak performance in every area of human endeavor. There are NLP practitioners in business, education, therapy, athletics, alternative and traditional health care, entertainment, politics…

In my private practice I specialize in helping people from all across the United States clear fear and the other blocks that hold them back personally and professionally. I also teach others like you,  how to do what I do so you can help other people and earn an abundant and prosperous income. (disclaimer: Please note I can not guarantee you will use this material to make a 6 or 7 figure income. I have no control over what you do with this information. Your actual results may vary)

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What is NLP Really?
NLP Stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming. It’s a field of study that was created in 1970 by Richard Bandler, a graduate student in computer science and physics along with John Grinder, a linguistics professor.

They modeled the absolute best in every field from therapy to sales to sports and distilled the attitudes and methods that got superior results. But this was much deeper than a “best practices” survey. This was literally a quest to find out how peak performers thought and behaved that gave them the edge. Bandler and Grinder threw out the theory and focused on what worked, what got the actual results in any given field.

Bandler and Grinder also studied how people changed, and how they healed.

Within a short period of time Bandler and Grinder were practicing this new field they called NLP and helping people to change their "programs" of thought and behavior fast, often in minutes or hours where traditional therapy had taken years and failed.

The bottom line is that NLP is an unimaginably powerful set of tools and techniques that any one can use to help themselves and help others.

These tools enable someone like me with a background as a professional  musician and storyteller to help people stop painful limiting behaviors and to clear their "stuff" and get their heads together faster, easier and more permanently than most people (even psychotherapists) think possible.

If I can use these tools to help myself and others,  So can you.

You can use these techniques to literally do anything, from improving your golf or tennis game to making more money, to overcoming fears and phobias, to accelerating and supporting healing, losing weight and getting fit, stopping smoking and other habits, to improving your relationships, the applications are unlimited.

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More importantly, I teach you how to use these techniques to improve your life, help others and make an abundant living! I had a pretty steep learning curve building my practice and I can save you a lot of time, money and frustration as you build yours or just use NLP in your life and work.

The needs are great and the field is wide open!

 

Joe Schroder used his NLP training to stop smoking, overcome his fear of public speaking, help his daughter excel at school, improve his relationships, assist clients to stop smoking, lose weight and overcome fear of flying.

 

I have an hour long interview with Joe that I recorded 9 months after his NLP certification training. Don't take my word for it hear from him yourself in detail how he has used this stuff to improve his life and the lives of others.

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The needs are great and the field is wide open!

Anxiety, Phobias, Worry, Stress

  • Anxiety Disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S. with 40 million
    (18.1%) of the adult U.S. population (age 18 and older) affected.
    (source: Business & Health,  August, 1997  by Marilyn Dix Smith,  William F. McGhan)

    Using NLP Rapid Change Tools, I can often assist clients to be done with severe phobias and anxiety in a single day.

Smoking

  • 25% of the US population are smokers. A significant number of them are ready to quit and need your help to do it.

    Combining NLP with Hypnosis and Time Line is a powerful combination that outperforms using hypnosis alone. And using hypnosis alone is an extremely powerful modality.

Weight loss

  • Just look around! There are millions of people who need help in this area.

    Using NLP "submodality" techniques we can assist a client to "dislike" unhealthy foods they previously were addicted to, get to the stuff that is behind the overeating and clear it.

Peak Performance In Sports

  • Do you know any golfers? They are obsessed with getting an edge and they are willing to pay for it to get results.

    Using NLP "modeling" techniques we can discover what thoughts, pictures, feelings, self talk etc. we need to use in order to get the results we want consistently.

Peak Performance in Business

  • Entrepreneurs and Business professionals of all kinds need help getting out of their own way so they can be more successful and make more money.

    Lots of personal development books and courses teach "what" you "should" do to be more successful but few actually teach "how" to make the fundamental changes that turbo charge you towards success. That's what NLP does.

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Kathy McAfee, Executive Presentation Coach put her NLP training into practice immediately.  www.marketingmotivator.net

 

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Who Should Take This Course?

  • Personal coaches,

  • Holistic practitioners

  • Entrepreneurs

  • Managers

  • Executives

  • Real Estate Investors

  • Sales people and other business people who want an edge

  • Educators, Teachers, Administrators

  • Students (underachievers and high achievers)

  • Therapists, social workers

  • Athletes and Athletic Coaches

  • Parents

  • College students

 
Todd Rolland used his NLP Training to make a $30,000 profit in 2 months:

 

4/17/08 please note, I just sat down with Todd for an update and I'll be posting it soon either here or in my blog.

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What's Covered In This Training?

NLP applications for

  • Life Skills for Success

  • Business, Sales, Communication

  • Therapy and Relationships

  • Personal Growth and Change

  • Education and Learning

An Introduction to NLP:

  • What is NLP?

  • A Brief History of NLP

  • The Empowering Beliefs of NLP

  • Determining Your Outcome for this Program

Enhancing your Sensory Acuity:

  • Increasing Your Sensory Awareness

  • Learning How to Really See

Creating Rapport:

  • the 4 Indicators of Rapport

  • Pacing and Leading

  • Matching and Mirroring

  • Group Rapport

Submodalities for Change:

  • Universals and Drivers to Enhance Effectiveness

  • Changing Preferences

  • Swish Patterns

  • Overlap

Representational Systems:

  • Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, and Auditory Digital

  • Noticing and Using Predicates

  • Eye Accessing and Eye Patterns

Language Patterns of NLP:

  • The  Power of Presuppositions

  • The Hierarchy of Ideas – Chunking

  • The Milton Model - Ambiguity

  • The Power of Utilization

  • The Meta Model – Specificity

  • Modal Operators and Nominalizations

  • Multiple Embedded Metaphors

  • Sequencing and Ordering

Strategies of Human Behavior:

  • Learning Skills

  • The T.O.T.E. Model

  • Strategy Elicitations

  • Buying Strategies

  • Love Strategies and Relationships

  • The Decision Making Strategy

  • The Convincer Strategy

  • The Reassurance Strategy

  • Creating and Designing Strategies

  • Installation Methods

  • Learning and Spelling Strategies

Reframing:

  • Context Reframe

  • Meaning Reframe

  • The Visual Squash

  • Parts of the Unconscious Mind

  • Methods for Integrating Parts

  • An NLP Model of Therapy

  • Resolving Phobic Behavior

  • NLP Negotiation Model

Ericksonian Hypnosis

  • Trance Formation

  • The Power of Suggestion

  • Embedded Commands

  • Permissive vs. Authoritarian Approaches

  • Hypnosis for health, change, peak performance & personal development

Time Line Therapy™ Techniques

  • Intro to Time Line Therapy™

  • Working with the Future Time Line

Conclusion:

  • Putting It All Together

  • Applying the Techniques In Your Life and Career

  • Building a 6 Figure Practice or

  • Practicing NLP in your current career to create massive income increases

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What's different about Mark Shepard's NLP Certification Training than other NLP trainers?

This course has something that no other NLP course offers: Yours Truly Mark Shepard! :o)

 

I'm grinning here because before I learned NLP I would never have had enough self confidence and self esteem to make that previous statement or the ones that follow. The fact remains that I do bring some unique qualifications to the table. Here are some of the factors I bring:

  • Written dozens of original songs with NLP concepts embedded in the lyrics. You learn while listening and singing along in your car. This increases your retention and mastery of the material. To hear some of them click this link: NLPSongs

  • Spent 15 years as a professional storyteller and Arts In Education Professional. That makes my courses more entertaining – makes the subject matter easier to understand and retain. Stories get stuck in your mind and assist you to make changes and install new behaviors in your unconscious mind

  • Have been deeply trained in accelerated learning techniques by such world recognized experts as Blair Singer and T. Harv Eker to increase retention and enjoyment as the class progresses.

  • Use the NLP concepts in my own life every day.

  • Unlike many NLP trainers, I have an active private practice where I apply  the NLP tools I teach with actual clients. The lessons learned there are powerfully useful to help my students accelerate their own effectiveness as practitioners. Also, I have experience with using NLP in business as well as education and therapy. Many  other trainers experiences are limited to one area.

  • Have extensive experience with marketing on the internet that will save you time and money building your practice.

  • Am actively looking for qualified associates and colleagues to refer business to.

  • Current trainings are in the New Haven, Connecticut area, easily accessed from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey Vermont, New Hampshire and  Maine. No need to travel to California or the UK. Convenient to Bradley International Airport (Hartford, CT) and Tweed airport (New Haven) Only an hour and a half from JFK/LaGuardia airports

  • Other trainers teach groups as large as 300. This class with be limited in size to 50 or less, so you will get a lot of personal attention and opportunity to practice.

  • Other trainers have been teaching this material for 20 or even 30 years. They do have more experience than I do. I also know that I would rather learn from someone for whom the material was still fresh and who was still excited about sharing it.

  • I usually offer a tremendous bonus package that NO ONE else comes close to offering. (The other guys have tables in the back of the room loaded with all their "Stuff" they spend the entire training trying to get you to buy it all) For people who sign up right away, I usually include thousands of dollars worth of bonus materials as an incentive and a reward for taking action.

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Credibility: If you're like me, you want to know what my credentials are and why I'm qualified to teach this course.

  • Certified Trainer of NLP, Hypnosis, Time Line Therapy™ 

  • Studied directly with Tad James, NLP Master Trainer and Creator of Time Line Therapy™

  • Certified Trainer of NLP approved by American board of NLP (ABNLP)

  • Studied hypnosis with Dr. Topher Morrison, Master Trainer or NLP and Hypnosis

  • Certified Trainer of Hypnosis approved by American Board of Hypnotherapy (ABH)

  • Certified Trainer of Time Line Therapy  approved by Time Line Therapy Association (TLTA)

  • Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Hypnosis with American Pacific University

  • Completed 5 year program in Energy Healing with Mearah Marqua

  • Completed "Train the Trainer" Accelerated Learning/Teaching Techniques with Blair Singer and T. Harv Eker's Peak Potentials organization.

  • Author of "Clear The Fear Fast" Workbook and CD Set.

  • Author of "The Reluctant Sales Person" workbook and CD set

  • Author of Numerous hypnosis CD's

  • Composer of dozens of songs with embedded NLP concepts for deep retention or easy learning reinforcement of the NLP course material

  • Recognized as a "Master Teaching Artist" by the State of Connecticut

The most important credentials I have are these:

First, I use these tools and techniques to help clients from all over the country clear the fear and other stuff that holds them back. We often clear issues in a single day that they have been struggling with for decades. Some of them have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on conventional therapy with very little or nothing to show for it.

Secondly, I have used NLP, Hypnosis, and Time Line in my own life every day since 2002 with remarkable results. I have overcome fear, phobias, self sabotage, food issues, trauma, and more. I have transformed my career and am using my music and storytelling to positively impact and change a growing number of lives.

My life is not perfect, but it is increasingly abundant, joyful and healthy and enables me to make a positive difference in the world. Whatever success I've achieved as been because of these concepts and skills. I do my best each day to "walk my talk."

Thirdly, It is my sincere intention to do my part to create a community of empowered practitioners of NLP, Hypnosis and Time Line who can learn and grow as they hone their skills and help many, many people achieve rapid, positive change in their lives.

But don't just take my word. Check out these testimonials:

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From July 2007 Training:

I am really jazzed with all the information I've received in this 9 day nlp training! I really had no idea the value that I was going to receive.

I signed up 8 months ago and knew that this was the investment I was going to make in me and my business as an executive presentation coach.

Walking away after 9 days with all this incredible learning I can see immediate applications that are going to enable me to bring so much value to my clients both the corporate executives and the entrepreneurs and small business owners I work with.

-Kathy McAfee, "the Marketing Motivator", www.marketingmotivator.net

 

The first time I'd come into contact with Mark Shepard was about a year ago.

I'd been in therapy for most of my life. I was on all kinds of medications.

One of the problems I had was shyness. It was an extreme problem for me. I couldn't talk to anybody. So I went to see Mark. the way I found him out was I was looking on line on the web looking for different techniques I could use or different drugs I could take to try and decrease my shyness.

So I found a site that had all these things to do to reduce shyness and one of the things that popped out was NLP. So I talked to my father about that and he said he knew this guy Mark Shepard.

I googled him on the Web and I met with him a couple weeks later. Within 24 hours I was feeling great. I felt like I was on top of the world and that was after our first 1 hour session.

After that I saw him for a few more follow up visits. Everything since that has been going great - relationships have been good, my outlook on life has had a 10 fold increase. It's helped with everything. Medications dramatically reduced. Everything's going good.

After this nlp training I will be using these techniques with other musicians and students who may possibly have performance anxiety and also phobia sufferer. Hopefully I'll be able to help them increase their lives as Mark has helped me to increase mine.

Vince Ciafa, musician, college student, Boston MA

 

Listen to Joe Schroder. A non-smoker after 29 years!

 

I smoked for 29 years. After being introduced to Mark and the philosophies, learnings and trainings of NLP, I was able to put the cigarettes down without any feelings or negative emotions. There was no fear whatsoever of what was going to happen.

Through NLP and self Hypnosis and EFT and a whole bunch of other things that Mark has introduced to me and provided training on to me I've been able to go out into life and into the public very confident and secure with who I am today versus who I was 9 days ago before I came to this training.

So I go forth and I'm leaving this training after 9 days with a  very bright future knowing I will be able to make a difference in this world by helping people whether it be stop smoking, losing weight, increasing the abundance in their life... And I look forward to the next step of becoming a master practitioner.

- Joe Schroeder, www.StopSmokingCT.com

 

More NLP practitioner students talk about the training: testimonials

 

Here are some testimonials from my clients:

Sales and Career Related Anxiety:
"It has been unbelievable, the change in the way I feel when I'm in the same situations that gave me so much anxiety. What you have done for me has really helped me out, I can't tell you how much I appreciate it! Thank you." - S.S.

"The work I did with Mark Shepard taught me how to deal with my fears and internal resistance. It put me in the driver's seat and helped me stop old patterns. Encouraged by the work we did together; I left my old sales job and joined my brother in starting up a new company. We now have 150 accounts in 12 countries. Ed Riccio, Sedgwick & Cedar, www.sedgwickandcedar.com

"Working with Mark enabled me to focus & get over old fears. I can now do the things I set out to do."  - Ilona S. Leffingwell, Mortgage Specialist,
www.themortgageladyusa.com
 

"Mark’s NLP and time-line approaches to behavior modification have truly made a world of difference for me. In just a few short sessions we identified and released deeply embedded but unacknowledged behaviors and beliefs that diminished my energy and effectiveness. I’m amazed at how powerful his techniques are; the results were immediate and profound." - Beverly Sastri, Author, Speaker, Consultant, www.powersourcenow.com

"After working with Mark to clear certain limiting beliefs and fears I doubled my month's income."
- Jeff Tottenham, internet consultant,
www.wsiprofitwebdev.com

Fear of Speaking in Public and Flying:
"Mark helped me overcome my fear of public speaking in about an hour. Later, I knew I had to see Mark again when I had to attend a family event in Arizona. Because of time constraints I knew I had to fly. I had an overwhelming fear of airline travel. In fact, I had not flown for about 20 years. I did everything to avoid flying.  After spending a day with Mark, I felt pretty good about getting on the plane.  As I got on the plane, I kept hearing Mark’s voice… calming me. I actually enjoyed the flight! Thank you Mark for helping me to overcome my fear of flying!" - Pam Pitcher Document Creations www.documentclarity.com

Test Anxiety:

"I wanted to share some good news with you...I found out today that I passed my nursing boards! Thank you so much for all of your help and encouragement. The tools you provided me with definitely

helped me during the exam." - Michele W., nursing student

“I just got an “A” on my math quiz!”  - F.B.

Germ Phobia:

"Guess what? I have terrific news, I am all better. Now at school I can even eat lunch without washing my hands! Even though I am better I still want to write you because you are a nice person...thanks for all your help. -Alexandra, ten year old girl 

p.s. I am still going to do your exercises if I have anything to worry about!:)

 

Bug Phobia:

“Before working with Mark I was terrified of bugs in my house. It was so bad there were certain rooms I would not enter and the idea of returning home after work and possibly encountering a bug filled me with dread. After working with Mark for one day I returned home feeling different. I’m now able to go in every room in the house. I feel nothing. I’m so happy! No stress! No anxiety! No Fear. Thank you so much!”    Dorna Persson

 

What's it going to cost and is it worth it?

Do you know the cost of an MBA at a decent Business School?

Something like $250,000!!!!

And yet many MBA's enter the business world with few if any tools to master themselves or the numerous interpersonal challenges facing most business people today.

The same can be said of most Bachelors, Masters and PhD programs. You spend a lot and get a lot of theory and book learning but little real world experience.

Now imagine learning powerful, proven, practical tools for mastering yourself and your interactions with others.

What would it be like if you could create Rapid Positive Change wherever you went? What's that worth? $10,000? Many financial and real estate courses that teach practical knowledge and real world skills can easily cost $10,000 for a 2 or 3 day training. Then you're on your own to sink or swim.

To be completely frank with you I haven't yet set the price for this training. As of this writing (April 17th 2008), I just closed the early registration at a ridiculous price that I will never, ever offer again and you can not sign up at any price until May 15th) 

If you would like to be kept posted about the huge value I'll be offering and get a big chunk of powerful NLP practitioner training free as I work my way up to the national launch of this training please sign up at the opt-in box at the top fo this page.

I do know this: for every dollar you invest in yourself with this training I have committed to providing you with 10 times the value. That's just the way I want it to be. I want you to look back on this the way I've looked back on the best trainings I've taken and say "Jeez! I just got a HUGE return on my investment. In fact when I add it up, the training was free because the new knowledge I just applied enabled me to increase my income exponentially."

There will be a lot of bonuses. Not sure yet what they will be.

Stay tuned!

- Mark Shepard, NLPT, Modern Jedi
 

p.s. A couple of other thoughts...

Why reading about NLP isn't enough and why just practicing it alone without a community of mentors and fellow students isn't enough:

Imagine you are reading a book about how to play tennis like a pro. Will it enable you to win at Wimbledon? Probably not. Why? Because you never practiced and played! If you watch a video about how to play basketball like an NBA player, will you suddenly be an All-Star-Player and win a gold medal? Not likely...

Reading about NLP is a great first step.

But, unless you put it into practice it most likely will not change your capabilities!

Actually putting what you've read into practice on your own is the logical next step. You can get an immediate return on your investment of time and attention.

That's what I did, I read books and listened to cassette tapes (remember those?) and started practicing in the course of my daily activates. When you practice and apply your new knowledge, that is when the actual circuitry of your mind changes on a subconscious level to adapt new behaviors and solutions.

However, I was working in a vacuum. I had not fellow students, no coach, no mentors. Trying to learn this all on my own cost me a lot of time. It wasn't until I actually broke out of my comfort zone and attended a live training that I was able to make huge, quantum leaps of improvement. At that training I met other people like me who were passionate and committed to making vast improvements in their lives and work. I discovered I wasn't alone. I was able to compare notes and benefit from other people's experiences. As a result my learning accelerated.

Learning and Practicing with Other Like Minded People = Rapid Results Leading To Mastery.

 

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