The Pattern Advantage (Part 3): States Are Something You Do

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🧠 What if your emotional states aren't simply things you have, but patterns of how you organise yourself? We commonly describe emotional states as something we possess: “I have anxiety,” “I lack confidence,” or “I need motivation.” But what if there's another way to understand these experiences? In The Pattern Advantage (Part 3): States Are Something You Do, NLP expert Chris Collingwood explores how emotional states emerge through patterns involving physiology, attention, internal imagery, internal dialogue, movement, breathing, and other sensory processes. Discover how recognising and deconstructing these patterns can reveal how we organise ourselves into anxiety, confidence, anger, or calm—and how small changes may sometimes transform the experience. ✨ Rather than labelling states as simply “good” or “bad,” explore how different states serve different purposes depending on the context. The question isn't just how to change what you feel, but how you organise the experience itself. 📅 Join us on Sunday, November 29, 2026, at 5:00 PM GMT+8, for MOTIVATE Community's FREE live webinar, “The Pattern Advantage (Part 3): States Are Something You Do,” featuring Chris Collingwood, as we explore how emotional states are organised through patterns of physiology, attention, internal dialogue, and sensory processes—and how changing those patterns can create more choice in how we experience and respond to life's challenges. 🧠✨ 🎯 Key Points / Takeaways for the Audience 🔹 Understand Emotional States as Patterns of Organisation. Explore how states such as anxiety, confidence, anger, and calm are not simply things we possess, but experiences organised through physiology, attention, internal imagery, internal dialogue, breathing, movement, and other sensory processes. 🔹 Discover How Small Changes Can Influence Your Experience. Learn how deconstructing an emotional state into its component processes can reveal recurring sequences—and how changing one part of that organisation may sometimes alter the experience as a whole. 🌱 Additional Key Points / Takeaways / Benefits ✨ Develop Greater Emotional Self-Awareness. Become more curious about how you organise your emotional experiences rather than simply identifying with the feelings themselves. ✨ Explore the Connection Between Mind and Body. Discover how breathing, posture, movement, attention, internal imagery, and self-talk contribute to the way emotional states are experienced. ✨ Look Beyond “Good” and “Bad” Emotions. Understand why anxiety, anger, vigilance, confidence, or calm may be useful in certain situations and limiting in others. ✨ Recognise the Patterns Behind Familiar Emotional Responses. Explore the sequences that contribute to recurring states and how observing them can create opportunities for different responses. ✨ Discover More Flexibility in How You Respond. Consider how small adjustments to the organisation of a state may open possibilities for experiencing a situation differently. ✨ Gain Practical Insights for Coaching, Leadership, and Personal Development. Explore a different way of understanding emotional states that can inform self-reflection, communication, and professional conversations. ✨ Move from Labelling to Curiosity. Instead of asking only, “How do I get rid of this feeling?” begin exploring, “How am I organising this state, what does it make available to me, and what happens when I change the organisation?” 🎙ABOUT THE SPEAKER🎙 Chris Collingwood, BA Psych, M.AppApplied Science, Grad Cert NLP, has been involved in learning and teaching NLP since 1979 and studied with the major early developers of NLP. With his partner Jules Collingwood, he designed, developed, and accredited Australia’s first government-recognised postgraduate qualification in NLP. Chris has extensive experience applying NLP to learning, coaching, and organisational consulting, with a particular interest in patterns of thinking, behaviour, and personal organisation among successful ent