Course curriculum

    1. The Four Basic Styles Of Communication

    2. Three-Part Assertion Message - Expressing What We Want

    3. Getting Out of Our Head - Answers From The Heart

    4. Communicating Mixed Views

    5. Connecting Questions For Constructive Conversations

    6. Focusing Questions

    7. Freeing Yourself Of 'I Don't Know'

    8. Notice Imagine Feel - How To Start A Conversation

    9. Responding To Uncomfortable Thoughts And Feelings

    10. Sway - Ultimate Decision Making Tool

    11. Utilising Compassion To Get Out Of Negative Thinking

    12. Welcoming Emotions

    13. The Magic Of Metaphors

    14. The Power Of Words - Change But to And

    15. The Power Of Words - Should, Could, Choose

    16. The Power Of Words - Try

    17. Understanding Universal Needs to Improve Communication

    18. Connect During The Day So You Can Rest At Night - Guided Meditation

    19. Building Great Communication Skills - Guided Meditation

About this course

  • 19 lessons

Our Mind Coaches

Rebecca Cragnolini

Rebecca trained as an Occupational Therapist and worked for 20 years in mental health at the CDHB in NZ and the NHS in the UK. As well as having a Bachelor in Occupational Therapy from Otago University, Rebecca is also trained in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Hypnotherapy. She was also previously a lecturer at the New Zealand School of Hypnotherapy. She is a founding member of Mind Coach Academy. Rebecca is also a published author. Her book is entitled The How of Hope: One family's story of overcoming mental illness . Not having pets as a child, Rebecca loves now having a cat called Patrick, and bunnies Bernie & Luna.

Kellee Berry

Kellee’s background is in business and banking, and she was most recently working at the Chamber of Commerce. But she felt like she needed to change direction and retrain in an area that she was drawn to. She is now trained in Coaching, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Hypnotherapy, and has never looked back. She is a founding member of Mind Coach Academy. Kellee has a love for dancing - previously winning awards at competition level, but now is just dancing round her home with the music cranked! One of her favourite quotes is: "You don't have to be great to get started but you have to get started to be great!"

Imelda Curtin

Imelda has had a background steeped in counselling starting from when she was living in Ireland. She is trained in Life Coaching, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), and Hypnotherapy. She is a founding member of Mind Coach Academy. Imelda loves living in New Zealand, and especially enjoys exploring the beautiful hikes. Her favourite past-time is watching her grandchildren and learning from their charming innocence and curiosity. They never stop exploring and wondering! Imelda is known for saying "I've just read a book on..."