The Essential Coaching Skills Podcast Doug OBrien

Ulf Sandstrom and I discuss "Clean Language" and "Clean Communication" in coaching. In this enlightening and far reaching discussion, Ulf makes the case that clean language is truly an essential coaching skill, and also talks about the dangers of what can happen without it. Ulf Sandstrom is a humanitarian working in the Peaceful Heart Network using tapping and Havening to relieve trauma in post-conflict areas like Rwanda, Congo and other vulnerable populations. He is a colleague hypnotist, NLPer and musician, and good friend. Reach Ulf or find out more at www.ulfsandstrom.com www.peacefulheart.se www.Havening.se

April is Poetry Month and today we explore the connections between poetry and a hypnotic therapy script - and how YOU can use BOTH in Coaching.

I share several poems in this episode and read some sample Trance Scripts to illustrate the similarities.

One poem I read is by David Whyte who's website is www.davidwhyte.com.

Another is by E. E. Cummings (1894–1962)

Another poem I read comes to us courtesy of the poet Julie Flanders. Julie is also a founding member of the band "October Project" and writes all of their lyrics and sings in the band.

Julie is posting a new poem everyday this month on the October Project's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/octoberproject/

They are also sponsoring their 6th annual poetry contest.

To learn more and ENTER their poetry contest, please click here: https://www.octoberprojectmusic.com/poetry-contest/annual-poetry-contest

I talk with Damon Cart about the "Self-Concept Model™," originally created by NLP Co-Developer, Steve Andreas. Damon is the only person ever Steve ever endorsed to teach the Self-Concept model and he wiil explain why he believes it to be the very pinnacle of all change-work approaches.

Find more about Damon and his work at selfconcept.com or email him at damon@selfconcept.com

In this episode, I talk about Sleight of Mouth and my approach to teaching Sleight of Mouth classes. AND I talk about first impressions of Dilts's "Sleight of Mouth II"... what I learned from taking Robert's wonderful 4-Day Training on Sleight of Mouth II and his beautiful new book of the same name - filled with rich illustrations!

Come to my free Webinar on Tuesday March 5th at 1:00 Eastern. Click here to register: https://www.essentialcoachingskills.com/som-webinar

In this episode, I interview Robert Dilts about his new book, "Sleight of Mouth II", and why he needed such a thing. In this far-reaching conversation we dive deeply into the subject and uncover some fascinating tidbits. To find out more about this and other Robert Dilts offerings, go to www.robertdilts.com or ww.nlpu.com.

In today's podcast, we talk about how to combine the principles from Stephen Covey's "Seven habits of Highly Effective People" and his book "First Things First," with the E.A.S.E. model to create new habits that will last a lifetime.

Find out about our E.A.S.E. Challenge at www.Ericksonian.com.