The Thought Hackers

Barbara Miller is the Master of Transformation. A true pioneer carving a path for others, who wish to save time, to follow.

From tobacco addiction recovery to dealing with trauma and epic adversity Barbara delivers tough love talk. “Life is hard there is no reason to sugar coat it.”

Her experience is based on overcoming extreme odds as they were stacked against her in ways most can’t fathom. At the tender age of eight this was the mission she experienced as a vision. The heart of her vision was to live as an example that anything is possible.

 

Key Points

1/ Actions speak louder than words

2/ Honour, Respect and Listen to your feelings

3/ Regardless of how bad the circumstances seem, there is always hope and help

 

Find Barbara Online

* Facebook – Suicide Prevention Taskforce

* Facebook – BMP Method

* Twitter

 

 

 

Rik Schnabel is a world class life coach trainer who has mastered magic. He has helped hundreds of his clients to diminish their issues in just hours and calms anxiety in minutes. He’s a master of the brain’s amygdala and weaves his magic to dramatically improve one’s thinking.

With over 20,000 training and clinical coaching hours, he is a regular contributor to the media. Within Australia, he is one of just a handful of internationally recognized and nationally accredited Trainers of Life Coaching, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Public Speaking and Trainers Training with Life Beyond Limits.

He is also a best-selling author of four books; The Power of Beliefs: 7 Beliefs That Will Change Your Life, The Secrets to Creating a Life Beyond Limits, ROAR! Courage — From Fear to Fearless and The Life Coach Millionaires.

Key Points

1/ Every single person’s No:1 Value is avoiding death. So therefore our No:1 Value is actually Safety

2/ If you do not feel safe, you will keep replicating the same thinking 

3/ Unless you do something, the problem will always remain

 

Find Rik Online

* Website

* ROAR Courage Book 

* Rich Mind / Rich Life Program 

 

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Scott Kiloby is an international speaker on the subject of nondual wisdom and its application to addiction, trauma, depression and anxiety. He is the author of six books on the subject. He is a California Certified Addiction Treatment Counselor and Interventionist. He is the founder of the Kiloby Center for Recovery in Rancho Mirage, CA, the first addiction treatment center in the US to focus primarily on mindfulness.

Scott is also the co-owner of the Natural Rest House, a detox and residential center in La Quinta, CA. In addition, Scott is the founder of the Living Inquiries Community, a mindfulness facilitator training program with approximately 100 certified mindfulness facilitators who work in over twelve different countries.

Key Points

1/ Trauma can be resolved by undoing the ‘velcro effect’, which is the experience of traumatic thoughts being stuck to emotional charges and body contractions in the body. 

2/ Trauma is highly subjective and often settles into mind-based core stories such as “I’m not good enough, I’m unsafe, I’m a victim”

3/ Non-dual awareness can be a gentle and safe foundation in which to explore and release trauma, if done skillfully

 

Find Scott Online

* Website

* Resources From Scott 

 

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Christine Handy is a speaker, author and breast cancer survivor. Her journey encourages her listeners to be their best selves in all aspects of life. Her motto is: “There is always purpose in pain”. 

Her challenges led her to write her first novel, Walk Beside Me, which became a best seller.

As a model, Christine has appeared in campaigns for brands such as Guess, J. C. Penney, Pepsi, and Target. She has appeared as a breast cancer advocate and expert on many radio and television programs including Fox News Radio. 

Christine is passionate about empowering women and she serves as a spokesperson, speaker and ambassador for cancer-related causes.

Key Points

1/ Having people beside you and behind you will help with change

2/ For everybody who goes through pain or trauma, it’s a choice how we use it, tell it and show it

3/ How are you allowing yourself to be influenced?

 

WOULD YOU LIKE A SIGNED COPY OF CHRISTINE’S BOOK…?

Christine is kindly giving a copy of her printed book ‘Walk Beside Me’ to 3 of our listeners

The FIRST 3 LISTENERS to answer this question in the comments below, and leave a comment on the interview, will be sent a copy as a gift.

This offer is only available to listeners in the USA.

Question: What is the No:1 thing Christine does to clear her mind…?

 

Find Christine Online

* Website

* ‘Walk Beside Me’ – Book 

 

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Michael gets people inspired. He shares with people the tools to become more effective. He assists people learn how to develop a stronger personal focus and stay balanced in the process. Michael started off sharing the lessons he learned over twelve years ago. This was after he learned that each of us has a far greater capacity to grow than we realize.

Before becoming a professional speaker and workshop leader Michael was a high performance professional with an international packaged goods firm, moving up 5 positions in his first 7 years while moving 5 times. He has been featured on the Canadian Television Network, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CITY TV, and on dozens of radio interviews across North America.

 

Key Points

1/ If you want to fight for your life, you have to decide what is the quality of the journey you wish to have? What is the outcome you wish to have?

2/ Choose to have quality experiences

3/ How are you allowing yourself to be influenced?

 

Find Michael Online

* Twitter

* Facebook

* Website

* Email

 

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John is a Barrister, Solicitor and lobbyist living in Adelaide, Australia.

During his childhood John was targeted by a paedophile in the Northern Territory where he grew up.  John was apprehended by police as a housebreaker and petty criminal in his early teens.  He also struggled with alcohol and drug abuse in his teens and very early 20’s which culminated in a moral, emotional and spiritual collapse and a new path in life.

Through life, John has worked as a police officer, politician and Minister of one of Her Majesty’s governments in Australia.  Until a year ago John served as the Attorney General of the Northern Territory in Australia, also holding the portfolios of Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health Services, Minister for Disability Services, Minister for Child Protection and Minister for Corrections in the Northern Territory.  He also managed the Parliament on behalf of the NT Government as Leader of Government Business.  John has worked in the international arena as a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association with African Nations, Fiji and the Solomon Islands.

 

Key Points

1/ If you have a sudden desire to correct your life, don’t think that is the end of the journey…..It’s only the beginning

2/ Look after what is between your ears and in your heart

3/ Awareness is being able to rise above the circumstance you find yourself in and realise what is actually going on

 

Find John Online

* Wikipedia

 

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Dawson Church, PhD, is an award-winning author whose best-selling book, The Genie in Your Genes, has been hailed by reviewers as a breakthrough in our understanding of the link between emotions and genetics. He founded the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare to study and implement promising evidence-based psychological and medical techniques.

Dawson’s groundbreaking research has been published in prestigious scientific journals. He is the editor of Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, & Treatment, a peer-reviewed professional journal and a blogger for the Huffington Post. He shares how to apply the breakthroughs of energy psychology to health and athletic performance through EFT Universe, one of the largest alternative medicine sites on the web.

 

Key Points

1/ You don’t have to suffer. PTSD can be removed

2/ Talk therapies don’t work

3/ The experience needs to be turned into an emotionally neutral memory

 

Resources Mentioned

‘EFT Mini Manual’

Find Dawson Online

* WEBSITE

 

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Ira Robinson has been a writer all his life and currently has 6 books published in both fiction and non-fiction genres.He is also a copywriter and radio show host, both of which have given him the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives.

Though life has given Ira many difficult experiences, through those difficulties, he has been able to transform his own life and the lives of others.

Ira Robinson’s books can be found worldwide at major book retailers, as well as Barnes and Noble and Amazon, or you can find them on his website at OriginalWorlds.com.

 

Show Notes

A full transcription of this podcast will be available soon

 

Key Points

1/ Emotional addictions will seek out the same patterns that you have always been going through

2/ We can’t change the past, but we can alter our future based on what we have been through

3/We can’t make changes in our lives until we take some kind of action. Just the smallest action can start a chain reaction.

 

Resources Mentioned

‘When Good Relationships Go Bad’ – And Ira’s other books

 

Find Ira Online

* Broadcast Show

* YouTube Channel

 

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When he was in his early teens James looked around and noticed that there were not very many people who were truly happy with their lives. He soon realized that even people who seemingly had everything, people like Elvis Presley and more recently Robin Williams, were unhappy, unhappy enough to end their lives.

He started a quest. One that has lasted almost three decades. The purpose was a search to find out what true happiness really is. Because of what he learned, he is happy, joyful and content 99 to 100% of the time.

 

Show Notes

A full transcription of this podcast will be available soon

 

Key Points

1/ What we are led to believe we want in life isn’t what is making people happy in life

2/ Our thinking is made up of patterns, and when we train our brain to put pieces of these patterns together faster we can avoid stresses. 

 

Find James Online

* Website

* Courses 

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John Kennedy was contracted by the US Marines in 2006 to develop a cognitive skills enhancement program to reduce casualties in combat, primarily from IED’s (Improvised Explosive Devices). Combining the latest research into neuroplasticity with his proprietary process and project management methodologies, he created the PACE™ – Progressively Accelerated Cognitive Exertion™ brain training program targeting the Foundational thinking process – “Break it down, Think it thru, Execute!”

Trainees include Marines, Snipers, Special Operations forces and their instructors, pilots, professional athletes, business people, students and student athletes and those suffering from brain trauma including TBI, PTSD and concussions. All have had their lives positively changed by the program.

 

Show Notes

A full transcription of this podcast will be available soon

 

Key Points

1/ When your brain is faster, you can anticipate when a trigger is going to happen.

2/ Our thinking is made up of patterns, and when we train our brain to put pieces of these patterns together faster we can avoid stresses. 

 

Find John Online

* Website

* Email – Our listeners are welcome to email John directly. Please mention you are coming to him from The Thought Hackers.

 

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