The Essential Coaching Skills Podcast

Episode 140 - What I learned from Dave - with Mark Thomas and Drew Pearson

Our latest installment of the series of What I learned from Dave (Dr Dave Dobson) features my conversation with "repeat offenders" Mark Thomas and Drew Pearson.

Drew Pearson is a retired fire test engineer. He studied with Dave for 7 years and went to his FUN SHOP ten times, 1994 to 2007. He describes how Dave's training deeply influenced the way he communicates with business associates, family and friends.

Mark Thomas is also strongly influenced by the work of Dr. David Dobson's Other Than Conscious Communication (OTCC). In the 1980s, Mark provided his expertise to the national training team of best-selling author and motivational speaker Anthony Robbins.

Mark and his wife, Reverend Elaine Thomas, began applying the accelerated learning tools of NLP to the teaching of spiritual development practices through their modeling course known as Spiritual Insight Training.  In 1988, Elaine and Mark founded Fellowships of the Spirit and its School of Spiritual Healing and Prophecy, which has continuously provided high quality educational programs for 35 years.

Episode # 139 - Lucy Freeman on NLP, Transactional Analysis and ”Syntax for Change”

Founder and CEO of "Syntax For Change," Lucy D. Freedman is a leading expert in communication, leadership. and change. With a life-long passion for enabling people to communicate and connect with honor, respect, and understanding, Lucy has decades of study and practice in interpersonal behavior as a speaker, teacher, corporate trainer, therapist, author, consultant, and coach.

Drawing from methods including transactional analysis, neurolinguistics, and the work of masters such as Dr. Milton Erickson and Fernando Flores, Lucy specializes in the practical techniques, perceptions, and behavior essential to human effectiveness in an environment of rapid change. She has also helped raise consciousness on issues of gender bias and other isms that limit opportunity.

The second edition of her book, Smart Work: The Syntax Guide to Influence, came out in 2012.

Learn more at: https://syntaxforchange.com/

Episode 138 - What I learned from Dave - with Halimah Holiday and John Morgan

WHAT I LEARNED FROM DAVE - a series within the podcast that features different folks who studied with Dr. Dave Dobson, PhD and one or more of his "Funshops"

In this episode I'm joined by Halimah Holiday and John Morgan. John and Halimah worked together for years via John's company, "John Morgan Seminars," where I also worked for about seven years doing Hypnosis seminars for Smoking Cessation and Weight Loss.

Halimah Holliday certified in Ericksonian hypnotherapy with Doug O'Brien in 1997 (I think?) and attended one of Dave Dobson's last Funshops in 2006. She is a massage therapist who has a guided visualization called "Virtual Massage." She retired as coordinator of John Morgan Seminars and now lives a quiet life in the Virginia countryside. She designs and creates custom journals and notebooks for Ledger And Lace and is currently writing The Fern World. Link to Virtual Massage recording Ledger & Lace YT channel:    • Virtual Massage  

John Morgan has been billed as America’s Best Known Hypnotherapist. John’s "Grasshopper Notes" podcasts are a collection of guided meditations and bite-sized, mini podcasts which open you to new ways of thinking, communicating, and responding.You get a finer appreciation of how your mind works and how to use your internal resources to your best advantage. See a video of John's background at the following link:    • Who Is John Morga...   In short, John Morgan is a people helper. Explore his channel and see what he can help you discover.

Link to YouTube:    / @grasshoppernotes  

Link to Podcasting: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1628038

Episode137 - Bill O’Hanlon on Ericksonian Hypnosis and Storytelling

Bill O'Hanlon is a world-renowned leader in the fields of brief psychotherapy and clinical hypnosis. Bill is the author of nearly 40 books and has delivered over 3,700 talks around the world. He was featured on the Oprah Winfrey show with his book, Do One Thing Different.
Though now mostly retired from the mental health field, Bill still offers a few online courses a year, sometimes with occasional group consulting. Along with teaching clinical skills around psychotherapy and hypnosis, Bill also teaches others how to write and publish their own books and how to become paid public speakers.
Bill is the co-founder of the Solution-Oriented Approach, a therapeutic method that focuses on identifying unrealized possibilities while acknowledging emotional and contextual issues. During graduate school, Bill studied with the eccentric and creative psychiatrist Milton Erickson (he was Dr. Erickson's only work/study student), he later became a major teacher/translator of Dr. Erickson's approaches to clinical hypnosis and change.
These days Bill splits his time between his long-term home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and his community of fellow songwriters in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has written or co-written over 1,000 songs and has had more than 30 of these recorded by other artists, with some of these songs being feature in television and other media.

Connect with Bill at www.BillOHanlon.org

Episode 136 - What I Learned from Dave (Dobson). Dr. Harlan Kilstein and Dr. Clifford Saunders.

In this first of, hopefully, many conversations about Dr. Dave Dobson and his work, I'm joined by "repeat offenders" Dr. Harlan Kilstein and Dr. Clifford Saunders. Dr. Dave Dobson was the developer of O.T.C.C., or 'Other-Than-Conscious Communication." He was a great hypnotherapist some compared to Milton Erickson. However he has not left a huge footprint in the field due to his reticence to have his work be misrepresented. Today I am joined by two gentlemen who, like me, were "repeat offenders" in Dobson's joking term, meaning we went to more than one of Dave's "Funshops" over the years.

Clifford is also known as the Brain Reprogramming Doctor and you can find out more about him here: www.thebrainreprogrammingdoctor.com.

Harlan is an author, entrepreneur, and lifestyle coach and you can find out more about him here: www.harlankilstein.com.

Episode 135 - Robert McKee - The Legendary author of ”Story,” Live and in Person

In today's very special episode, I sit down with the legendary Robert McKee, author of "STORY - Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting."

Robert McKee is regarded by many as one of the greatest experts on the subject of Story and in particular, screenwriting, in the world. He has presented his STORY Seminar hundreds of time all around the globe over the last 30 years to screenwriters, novelists, playwrights, poets, you name it. Those who have learned from McKee have called him “the Aristotle of our time” because of his insight into the substance, structure of the art of story.

McKee’s former students include over 60 Academy Award Winners, 200 Academy Award Nominees, 200 Emmy Award Winners, 1000 Emmy Award Nominees, and much more.

Find out more about him and what he offers at https://mckeestory.com/

Episode 134- Sarah Carson - On Using NLP for State Management and Peak Performance

This episode originally aired as part of a Fundraiser in December of 2022. In this episode -- part conversation, part PERFORMANCE -- Sarah shows and tells how NLP isn't just her day job, it's a practical TOOL for helping her to step into the limelight of New York City's cabaret scene.

Contact Sarah at www.theintelligenthypnotist.com

Episode 133 - Rex Sikes, Author of ”Life on Your Terms: Live The Life You Want.”

After a skydiving accident nearly robbed Rex Steven Sikes of his life and caused him to spiral down in negativity for a couple years, Rex locked himself in his apartment for over 6 weeks to sort things through and develop the confidence to face the world again living happily and successfully. During those weeks of deep introspection and meditation Sikes discovered the keys for transformation which he's shared around the world ever since. He discusses this in his book, Life On Your Terms: Live The Life You Want. Sikes is founder of IDEA Seminars and Rex Sikes Entertainment. His innovations include Mind Design™ and Directed Questions™. The Attitude Activator™ and The Mastery Loop™ Learn more at www.rexsikes.com

Episode 132 - Rachel Hott and Steve Leeds

In this conversation with Rachel Hott and Steve Leeds of the NLP Center of New York we explore origin stories and much more.

This conversation originally aired as part of the Fundraiser for Jerry Seavey in December of 2022.

Episode 131 - Robert Dilts - Shooting the Breeze with arguably THE main co-developer of NLP

Join us for an informal chat about NLP and Robert's behind the scenes musing about NLP, Sleight of Mouth and other topics.

This is a rebroadcast of our talk from the Help Jerry Heal Fundraiser in December of last year.