Stuck? Ask Yourself These Questions

Use the NLP reframe matrix to quickly and easily solve problems.

Sam Saenz
2 min readJun 19, 2022
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When you face challenges it can feel like you’re spinning in place about what to do, but not getting anywhere. You’re stuck and it can feel disempowering.

However, the quickest way to get unstuck and decide the best course of action is to reframe your thinking. Reframing is a core fundamental of neuro-linguistic programming that can help you get past the fear, anger, sadness, and other negative emotions surrounding a problem or challenge.

When you reframe or think about something in a new way, you enable your own critical thinking so you can come up with different solutions and outcomes. This allows you to switch from a disempowered state to an empowered one! It also helps you be decisive and take action.

How to quickly reframe your thinking about a problem and get unstuck using NLPs Satir Matrix.

Think about a problem you are facing, then ask yourself the following four questions below and fill in the blanks.

  1. What will happen if I do _______________________?
  2. What won’t happen if I do _______________________?

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Sam Saenz

UX Content Designer (https://samsaenz.com), Travel & Food Writer (https://eatwelladventureoften.com), and NLP (mindset) practitioner in Miami, Florida.