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How a Petite Woman Diffused an Armed Man's Murderous Rage with just Words

Mark Andreas
How a Petite Woman Diffused an Armed Man's Murderous Rage with just Words
Last August I gave a 1-hour workshop at a conference in Las Vegas on the power of story as a tool for creative conflict resolution. What I didn't know at the time is that later that night one of my participants—probably the smallest woman in the group—was going to voluntarily resolve an intense conflict with a drunk armed man in […]
January 4, 2016

How to Deal with Bullying

Mark Andreas
How to Deal with Bullying
Standing up for the underdog (excerpt from my book Waltzing with Wolverines: finding connection and cooperation with troubled teens) One of the most supportive things you can do with your power as a leader and role-model with teens, is to stand up for the underdog. If there is a conflict between two kids who are […]
December 3, 2015

Working with Troubled Teens

Mark Andreas
Working with Troubled Teens
Not many people realize that before I started my private NLP coaching practice, I worked for two years as a counselor and trip leader for at-risk and troubled youth at a wilderness therapy program in Colorado. During those two years working round-the-clock shifts for three weeks straight, I learned more about human behavior than at […]
November 3, 2015

How to Deal with Ego

Mark Andreas
How to Deal with Ego
Most people agree that ego is a problem, and big egos are a bigger problem. But how do we deal effectively with the egos we bump into in our lives? Or how do we transform the egotistical parts of ourselves that get in our way or make our lives miserable? Below I share one answer […]
September 29, 2015

Improve Your Communication: Clarity through Curiosity

Mark Andreas
Improve Your Communication: Clarity through Curiosity
Sometimes all that’s needed is the right kind of listening Last month I taught the Meta Model in an NLP Practitioner Training in Winter Park, CO. For those of you unfamiliar with the Meta Model, in a nutshell the Meta Model is all about being curious and gathering detailed information about someone else’s experience, rather than […]
September 1, 2015

Transforming Fear with Core Transformation

Mark Andreas
Transforming Fear with Core Transformation
I met over Skype (this was before Zoom) with a young woman living in Italy who was afraid to sign up for the study abroad program she wanted to go on. Danielle told me, “I want to become more confident with myself and be more courageous in following my goals, and I want to get […]
May 1, 2015
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