About Nil Gün

    

Born in 1952, Nil Gün (Nil Gün means “The Day of the Nile River” in Turkish. “Gün” is pronounced like “Gune” because of two dots above “U” [Umlaut]. Nil Gün also means indigo colour) studied at the College of Journalism at the Department of Political Science, Ankara University. In 1972, she moved to California, USA and lived there continuously for fourteen, and intermittently for another twelve years.

During her residence in California, she was trained in the fields of alternative medicine, alternative education, human potential, and humanistic psychology. She also received training in hypnotherapy, Reiki, Rebirthing and NLP.

(Certified Hypno-therapist, Transpersonal Hypnotherapy Institute of California; NLP Practitioner, Advanced Practitioner, Master Practitioner, Trainer of NLP certified by the NLP Learning Systems Corporation with accreditation from the Society of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.)

International Council for Self-Esteem Representative, Turkey .

First person to assist birth in Turkey using hypnotherapy, painlessly and without drugs, in water.

Gün worked as an investigative journalist and columnist for numerous periodicals and the Gunes Daily in Turkey. For four years, she gave weekly seminars at Bilar and Bilsak. She prepared and presented psychology and personal growth-centered programs entitled Kuraldisi ve Otesi (Unconventional and Beyond) on various radio stations (Enerji FM, Show Radio, Best FM, TRT). She hosted a talk show every weekday on TGRT titled Nil Gün ile Yeni Bir Gün (A New Day with Nil Gün). She published serial articles in the Radikal Daily focusing on psychology.

She has been leading public workshops (for individuals) and private ones (for institutions) entitled “Meeting the SELF,” “Your Shadow / Your Light,” “Enhancing Self-Esteem,” “Improve Communication with Self and Others,” “Enlightened Man-Woman Relationships,” “Being at Peace with Stress,” “The Awareness of Positive Thinking,” “Enhancing Your Child’s Self-Esteem,” “Basic NLP,” since 1981 in the United States, and since 1989 in Turkey. She has also been helping students at Private Atacan High School to develop their feelings of self-value, adequacy and self-respect by lecturing them weekly on self-esteem using different methods.

She introduced the concept of Personal Development in Turkey and helped popularize publications in this field through consultancy for numerous publishers.

She has authored numerous books:
Unconventional and Beyond
Shadows of the Past
Truths and Lies
Quit Smoking without Gaining a Pound
Heroin
My Pounds, My Diets and I
Sales and Marketing through NLP
The Book of Happiness
Life Favors the Bold
How Women and Men Can Connect with Each Other
The Shaman Within: the Alchemy of Emotions
and translated many others, worked on hypnomeditation, mind programming, motivation and NLP.

She has also authored many CDs:
Stress
Chakra
Losing Weight without Losing Your Health
Quit Smoking
Overcoming Examination Anxiety
Healthy Pregnancy and Giving Birth
Sharpen Your Concentration, Improve Your Memory
Being a Happy Couple
Find Inner Peace
Begin the Day Feeling Confident
Face the Self
The Power of Positive Thought
Overcome the Fear of Being Rejected
Don’t Postpone Life
Improve Your Self-Esteem
Overcome Timidity
Happiness Starts Within
Happiness is a Choice
Eat Healthy-Get Thin

She continues to publish books on personal development through Kuraldisi Publications which she founded in 1995, and books on philosophy through Otesi Publications which she founded in 1998.