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Changing Mindsets To Save Lives

A unique, entertaining and inspiring personal story on stress management from the mental pressures of experiencing the shock of capture to understanding the art of influence and interrogation to change mindsets to save lives. You can use these same strategies in your own lives to reduce stress and influence others to achieve your goals.

The talk is approx. 60 minutes (40-45 minute talk with 15 minute Q&A).

Please contact me for further information.

About Michael

Experiencing the shock of capture whilst on operations defined the future of my military career. The mental stress associated with this incident was something that I would never want to repeat, yet afterwards I found it both intriguing and fascinating as to why I thought, felt and behaved a certain way and why some individuals cope better than others. Wanting to learn from this experience, my search for answers would lead me to specialise in stress management, performance under pressure and influence, designing and delivering Hostage survival programmes to Defence. From teaching Resistance to Interrogation to Special Forces or negotiating face to face with the Taliban in Afghanistan to gain life saving intelligence, I have operated at the pinnacle of military elite influence – changing mindsets to save lives…

Supporting Veterans

I am proud to say that proceeds from my talks allow me to provide concessionary rates to veterans and emergency services suffering from mental health, whilst also supporting my continuous professional development as a speaker, coach and therapist to increase the scope of services I can provide.