Doug O'Brien & Associates

Doug O'Brien & Associates Information about and training in Ericksonian approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy.

10/13/2025

Legacy of a Wealthy Slave
Denise Manning-Keys-Page, founder of Ubuntu Storytellers, a collective of Black and Brown story artists. Denise shares how storytelling became both a spiritual calling and a social mission—one that builds empathy, equity, and authentic connection through lived experience.

From forming Ubuntu Storytellers to her upcoming appearance at the Woodstock Storytelling Festival, Denise opens up about how stories can shift understanding, bridge divides, and reclaim identity.

Woodstock Storytelling Festival: October 24–26, 2025 – [woodstockstoryfestival.com](http://woodstockstoryfestival.com)

Ubuntu Storytellers: [ubuntustorytellers.com](http://ubuntustorytellers.com)

10/08/2025

Tell good stories for a better society
Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona — author of Coyote Medicine, Coyote Healing, and Coyote Wisdom
He asserts that sharing good stories will create a better society and it is our responsibility to share positive stories in this world of bad news.

Join myself Doug, Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona and Barbara Mainguy, among many other great story tellers at the Woodstock Storytelling Festival from 24th October.
woodstockstoryfestival.com

10/07/2025

Change your story for the better
this episode of the Essential Coaching Skills Podcast I sit down with;
Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona — author of Coyote Medicine, Coyote Healing, \
and
Coyote Wisdom — and Barbara Mainguy, co-author of Remapping Your Mind: The Neuroscience of Self-Transformation Through Story.

Both these amazing story tellers will be at the Wodstock Storytelling Festival from 24th October,
Please join us,
https://woodstockstoryfestival.com/

10/06/2025

Stories Make meaning of our lives
this episode of the Essential Coaching Skills Podcast, I sit down with;
Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona — author of Coyote Medicine, Coyote Healing, and Coyote Wisdom —
and
Barbara Mainguy, co-author of Remapping Your Mind: The Neuroscience of Self-Transformation Through Story.

The two will be joining me at the Woodstock Storytelling Festival, and you should too,
COME to the Woodstock Story Festival 2025
October 24, 25, 26
@‌woodstockstoryfestival and https://woodstockstoryfestival.com/

09/29/2025

The power of a story.
The stories we tell about ourselves have the cosmic power to shape who we are...
Dr. Shelley Stockwell is a hypnotist and a great storyteller. She believes we can hypnotise ourselves by the stories we tell about us.

Shelley will be at the Woodstock storytelling festival from October 24th and she invites you to be hypnotised by her storytelling...

- Dr. Shelley Stockwell-Nicholas: hypnosisfederation.com

- Essential Coaching Skills Podcast: essentialcoachingskills.com

- Woodstock Storytelling Festival: October 24–26, 2025 – woodstockstoryfestival.com

09/27/2025

We are made up of many versions of ourselves
Dr. Shelley Stockwell-Nicholas, president of the International Hypnosis Federation, pioneer in therapeutic storytelling, and author of Storytelling 101.
Will be at the Woodstock Storytelling Festival,

So grab your ticket here;
Woodstock Storytelling Festival: October 24–26, 2025 – woodstockstoryfestival.com

09/24/2025

Your story means different to someone else
Jim Brule teaches people from all over the world how to tell Transformational Stories. And the one thing common to all stories is that different people interpret the same stories differently.

Get your Ticket and come to the Woodstock Storytelling Festival to hear him and many other storytellers ...
* Woodstock Storytelling Festival: [woodstockstoryfestival.com](https://woodstockstoryfestival.com)

More about Jim Brule
* Jim Brulé: [TransformationalStorytelling.org](https://transformationalstorytelling.org) | [jimbrule@gmail.com](mailto:jimbrule@gmail.com)
* His book *Stories of the Heart* (with colleague in Spain)

This Podcast
* Essential Coaching Skills Podcast: [essentialcoachingskills.com](http://essentialcoachingskills.com)

09/22/2025

Do we heal monsters or do they heal us?
Jim Brule will be at the Woodstock Storytelling Festival.
Here, he asks whether we heal monsters or they heal us as he describes the transformation of the Legend of The White Snake over several Chinese dynasties.

09/17/2025

The Monetary Value of a Story

The value we place on items that are often of no use is always because of the story about the items. We attach emotional and monetary value to artifacts for the story.
Laura Simms will be performing at the Woodstock Story Telling Festival from October 10th alongside Doug and many other storytelling celebrities....

- Laura Sims: [laurasimms.com](http://laurasimms.com/)
- Essential Coaching Skills Podcast: [essentialcoachingskills.com](http://essentialcoachingskills.com/)
- Woodstock Storytelling Festival: October 24-26, 2025, Woodstock, NY

09/15/2025

A common story can become mythic
Don't just hear the words in the story, join in and use your imagination to get the intention of the story beyond the words and the performance.

Laura Simms is a great story teller and she, alongside Doug and many other celebrated storytellers will be performing at the Woodstock Storytelling Festival from 10th October.

- Laura Sims: [laurasimms.com](http://laurasimms.com/)

- Essential Coaching Skills Podcast: [essentialcoachingskills.com](http://essentialcoachingskills.com/)

- Woodstock Storytelling Festival: October 24-26, 2025, Woodstock, NY
https://woodstockstoryfestival.com/

09/12/2025

Today Doug sits down with internationally acclaimed storyteller Laura Simms, hailed by The New York Times as a major force in the revival of storytelling in ...

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