People Building

Nicole grew up in a hyper-religious family – except, as her parents were from different religious factions there was no agreement about which was the right one to follow or the right way to live life. This created a great deal of rigidity in her family about how to ‘be’, and influenced Nicole’s decision to join the Air Force, where she experienced a horrific accident. As Nicole was thrust th...

My Missing Pieces: David Richman – ExtraOrdinary People In his late 30’s, David was a stressed-out, overweight, smoker. He married an abusive alcoholic, with 4-year-old twins.   Domestic violence is often thought of as something that men perpetrate and women are victims of. The roles were reversed for David.   An honest friend told him some words that he needed to hear at exactly the moment he nee...

Gemma Bailey is an entrepreneur, franchisor, trainer, therapist, author and podcaster who specialises in NLP and Hypnotherapy as the primary modalities of her work.   For the last 2-years, she was secretly embarking on a new venture that not only stretched her academically but tested her commitment to personal achievement as many things around her in her personal life fell to pieces.   In this pod...

After developing a successful business and living in a long marriage, Bill Heinrich walked out on his life. Expecting a journey of self-discovery, he found himself crying in the foetal position on the floor for 3 days. Bill realised his life was out of control and was ruled by his sense of wanting to be liked and an out-of-control anger. I’ll say this; Bill has what I would term as, some woo-woo w...

Matthew is a man with a moral compass that has caused him to become an advocate for others in challenging circumstances. Following a difficult upbringing with alcoholic parents, Matthew was homeless by the age of 17. This caused a revaluation of his life that led to him joining the army and getting married – all whilst 17 years old! He later became interested in law enforcement and moved into a ca...

Caroline has always identified as a drinker of alcohol. She was not only the one who rallied everyone to have shots, she was the one who got everyone at the bar to begin with! In 2013/2014, her husband had a pretty serious health scare and her brother died by suicide that was when she went from a party drinker to someone who was drinking to cope. No one knew this, she continued to perform at work...

Michael Herst always knew he would work in law enforcement. It wasn’t just a job, it was a way of life that fully underpinned his identity. He was drawn to this by way of positive rebellion – he came from a family that struggled with alcoholism and drug use and so it’s no coincidence that DUI enforcement became his specialism. Michael made his way up to a sergeant’s role leading him to be in...

Elena Perella began to change as a teenager. Whilst this is not uncommon the change in her was not a good one. She began to feel internal discomfort and began a destructive eating disorder. Then, at 19 years old her father died and she began to realise that her choices were a consequence of her family and societal pressures. This is an NLP podcast about relationships and the most important relatio...

Ryan Lindner had some challenges around anxiety and OCD as he was growing up. Being an introvert meant that the road to becoming a coach was an unlikely path but one that helped him develop himself as well as others.   After a series of jobs, the fit and healthy 30-something-year-old, landed his first decent coaching role. He was only one month into the job when a fluttery heart gave cause for mil...

Sara Im is the author of How to Survive the Killing Fields ; a story of hope, love and determination. It follows Sara’s own, true story that begins in tranquil Cambodia in the 1970s.     Studying to become an engineer, Sara had no idea that her country and the government that ruled it, was about to be overcome by a tyrannical regime that would take her to within inches of her life, whilst mil...