About NLP DAVAO
NLP Practitioner Trainer, NLP Coach
and Hypnotist in Davao
My name is Michael Paulus. For over 27 years, I have been interested the human mind’s incredible Flexibility. My Neuro Linguistic Programming journey began not in a classroom, but in the school office of the vice principal. I was facing a challenge that would change the path of my life.
The journey to internationally certification of NLP Practitioner, Master Practitioner, Post Master Practitioner and NLP Life Coach has started, and with it my passion and mission empowering individuals and groups in Davao City and beyond, to break through their limitations, release the powers that were all the time with them all along. It ignited a life of purpose, clarity, and contentment.
That Moment the Path of My Life Took a Turn.
My First Neuro Linguistic Programming Experience
I still remember that moment. I knew and decided I had to start Neuro Linguistic Programming. In other words, the NLP Practitioner Training.
In 1998, I was working as a music teacher. At that school a vice-principal named Menno Abbas was ruling. Everyone was afraid of him. I saw many colleagues leaving his office in tears. He was a master manipulator. He was a very rude person. The image of his face would follow me always going home, his unpleasant voice playing over and over in my mind.
Intrinsically Motivated, I Started My Quest
Since there was no internet at that time, I went to the local library and found a book on Neuro Linguistic Programming. I absorbed it and I loved it. Only… the concepts seemed so simple—these “instant interventions.” Could that really be true? But… I decided to try one, the one called Sub-modalities.
This technique involves changing how you see an experience with your “inner eye.” Do you see a movie or a still picture? Is it in color or black and white? Is it close or far away? All these visual qualities, called sub-modalities, define the impact of your experience or memory.
He Was Gone, Lost His Power Over Me
I found a quiet place where I started to change some of these Sub-modalities of my memory of Menno. I froze the movie into a picture, turned the colors into black and white, and mentally moved his face so far away that I could barely see it. When the impact of his memory was minimized, with a mental “click,” I locked it in place. Later that day, a few hours later, I realized something profound: He was gone, out of my mind.
The mental loop had stopped. He was no longer following me. Even in his presence at school it seemed he had lost his power over me. I was the in Power now. He never summed me in his office anymore.
The Start of a New Life
That was the moment I decided to enroll for the Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner at the institute where I completed my:
- NLP Practitioner
- NLP Master Practitioner
- NLP Post Master Practitioner
- NLP Life Coach Certification
- Ericksonian Hypnosis Certification
- Trainers Training by Annee Linde
Fundamental Changes
This journey not only but fundamentally transformed me but equipped me also to help others. Studying and training Neuro Linguistic Programming I became a calmer, more patient person, a better listener, and a more effective communicator, all qualities a good life coach needs. It gave me a profound sense of purpose: to use these powerful tools to facilitate real transformation in the lives of others.
Certifications and Diplomas
Disclaimer: I am an NLP Life Coach. I am not a therapist or psychiatrist. My work with Neuro linguistic programming is focused on the present state, on its way to desired state, helping clients to find the resources they need within themselves. To teach them practical tools and strategies from Neuro Linguistic Programming for personal growth and goal achievement. I am not a therapist. I do not provide psychological or medical treatment for mental health disorders.