Resilience: Being the Phoenix, with Dr. Michael Hall

Dr. Michael Hall Ph.D.  is an entrepreneur who lives in the Rocky Mountains of Western Colorado.  For 20 years he conducted a private therapy practice and for 10 years an NLP Training Center. He shifted to modelling expertise in the early 1990s and from that he created many NLP and Neuro-Semantic models including The Meta-States Model. He studied and worked with Richard Bandler, writing several books for him and about NLP: The Spirit of NLP (1996), Becoming More Ferocious as a Presenter, Time For a Change, etc.

His doctorate is in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology from Union Institute University, in Cincinnati Ohio.  His dissertation explored the language of four psychotherapies (NLP, RET, Reality Therapy, and Logotherapy) using the formulations of General Semantics.  In 1995 he addressed the Interdisciplinary International Conference presenting an integration of NLP and General Semantics.  His Master’s degree was in Clinical Counselling and Psychology from Regis University in Denver Colorado and his Bachelors of Science was in Management of Human Resources.  Prior to that, he took a Master’s in Biblical Literature and Language.

As a prolific writer, Dr. Hall has written 58 books, another 30 serial books, over 100 published articles, and is recognized as a leading NLP Trainer and Developer. Most notable of the models is the Meta-States Model, also The Matrix Model, Axes of Change, etc. He co-founded, with Dr. Bob Bodenhamer, Neuro-Semantics® in 1996 as a field that focuses on meaning and performance.

As a modeler of expertise, he has completed 27 modelling projects which include modelling resilience, self-reflexive consciousness, “thinking,” communication excellence, sales, persuasion, accelerated learning, wealth creation, women in leadership, fitness, and health, cultures, leadership, collaboration, and more.

Our special guest Dr. Michael Hall is quite distinguished and in multiple fields. Tony has been looking up to him for years, reading his articles and his books. In fact, he just ordered Executive Thinking recently. He also is Tony’s favorite blogger. According to Tony, the two most prolific people he knows are Dr. Hall and Rex Sikes, but no one can touch Michael on the book side!

1. How did you discover the strategy of Resilience?
2. What questions were you trying to answer?
3. Why study resilience?
4. How did you discover Meta-States?
5. What are the keys to being resilient?

Visit Michael’s website:

• https://www.neurosemantics.com/