Neuro refers to the brain and neural network that feeds into the brain. 

Neurons or nerve cells are the working units used by the nervous system to send, receive, and store signals that add up to information. 

Linguistics refer to the content, both verbal and non-verbal, that moves across and through these pathways. 

Programming is the way the content or signal is manipulated to convert it into useful information. 

The brain may direct the signal, to convert it into thinking patterns and behaviors that are the essence of our experience of life.

http://www.holisticonline.com/hol_neurolinguistic.htm

Making Changes To Our Life Style Using NLP:

Once we understand our own map of reality, we can make changes to it in order to obtain the life experiences we want. NLP provides us "maps" used by other people. We learn how others have responded to a particular situation we are facing. We see the differences in the approaches and in the outcomes. Based on it, we may voluntarily make changes to our own behavior. We step out of our own map and step into the other's. When this happens, the rewards are many. We experience a deep connection to the successful person. And our life will never be the same again.

NLP increases the depth and effectiveness of our relationships, beginning with our self and extending through personal and intimate relationships to our professional and work lives, and finally, to the therapeutic arena or working with others to bring about healing, change and growth. NLP provides the tools that enable this rich connection with self and others to happen.

Many of NLP's tools and applications are widely used in business, management, education, training and therapy. Many of us may have encountered and applied these principles in our life, without even realizing that it came from NLP.

Rapid state-of-mind improvement (RSMI) – a pathway to improved mood and behavior

 Great Resources here : http://tomcloyd.com/lib_iudb02442-rsmi.html#h3_1