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L. Michael Hall Ph.D is a prolific author in the psychology and self development field, having written 66 books, 40 serial books, and over 100 published articles.

He completed his doctorate in Cognitive-Behavioral psychology from Union Institute University in Cincinnati Ohio, with his dissertation completed on the languaging of four psychotherapies, including NLP, RET, Reality Therapy, and Logotherapy using the formations of General Semantics.

Dr. Hall has conducted private therapy in practice for 20 years, and also ran an NLP training center for 10 years.

He has co-founded Neuro-Semantics, Meta-Coaching, and the NLP Leadership Summit, and also collaborated with Richard Bandler, the co-founder of NLP, having written several books for him.

Dr. Hall is clearly a distinguished expert in his field and I credit him with much of my own personal development over near 20 years through his writings and to say I’m happy to finally be speaking with him on my very own podcast is an extreme understatement.

Episode Highlights:

1. What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming?

2. What got you interested in NLP and Hypnosis as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist?

3. How did it change your way of thinking?

4. You've developed your own model NeuroSemantics.  What is different about NS vs NLP?

5. One of the most significant things I've learned from your work is the Meta-States model. Can you share with us what this is? What can this model help us with?

6. We can know things logically, but still not do them.  This is largely the challenge that health professionals face with patients and clients, from losing weight, getting to bed on time, to avoiding drugs and alcohol, and doing more exercise. What is happening here? It appears we've long known that just understanding things doesn't change things, but we don't do anything about it.

7. One of the patterns you've mentioned in your books is the Mind to Muscle pattern.  Can you talk a bit more about what this is and why it's important?

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Nicole Visnic is a seasoned clinician with a track record of helping thousands of clients achieve their health goals.  She has spent the last 12 years working in an integrated medical clinic in Santa Monica, CA, developing solutions to complex conditions like chronic fatigue, and functional gastrointestinal disorders.  Nicole's multi-layered assessment processes identify underlying imbalances and biopsychosocial factors that influence dietary habits and overall health.  She translates the information into customized nutrition and lifestyle programs that are designed to address the root causes of chief complaints.  She guides and supports her clients throughout their health journey using innovative motivational strategies to increase dietary adherence, and maximize results.  Nicole earned her bachelors degree in health education from Winona State University, and her masters degree from the University of Bridgeport in human nutrition. She is a certified clinical nutritionist through the clinical nutrition certification board.  Earlier in her career she served 6 years in the Air Force National Guard, managed corporate wellness for Honeywell Aerospace, and worked as an adjunct psychology instructor at Brown Mackey college.  Her work in the military, corporations, and academia, along with being a wife and mom, gives her the ability to appreciate and relate to a diverse range of clients. 

1.  Can you give us a little history around your work in nutrition and how it led to your current approach to nutrition?

2.  We hear the word "inflammation" a lot when it comes to the body.  Can you tell us what that specifically means when it comes to mind for you in your work?

3.  Inflammation is tied into pain.  What is your experience in helping people with pain reduce inflammation and the results you have seen?

4.  Is being "overweight" a problem for having inflammation?

5.  Are there any specific tests you can run to determine how much inflammation you have?

6.  Most people deal with inflammation by taking things like anti-inflammatories, but I think we generally know taking a lot of this stuff isn't good, but what particularly happens when we keep dosing ourselves with things like ibuprofen to reduce inflammation?

6.  Inflammation in the gut is a hot topic right now, and in particular something called SIBO.  Can you give us a rundown on what SIBO is, and what are the common symptoms associated with it?

7.  So what do you do to reduce inflammation in the body?  What are your general recommendations?

8.  What's most exciting in your field of work right now?  What's new and awesome and on the horizon?

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