Jason R Schneider

Global NLP Coach & Project Coordinator

After being plagued with pain for years, I was diagnosed with myofacial pain syndrome at the age of 22 and five years later when I first attended Global NLP Training I was in extremely bad shape. A year earlier I had begun the worst battle with pain in my life, having spent nearly 5 months confined to my bed. In order to get through the days, I could not see beyond the next 4 hours.  I would wake up at 9 am, struggle to make it to 1 for lunch, and then to 5pm where I would count down the hours until 9pm when I could try to go to sleep and get away from the pain until the next day.

I had formed a strong bond with an occupational therapist I was working with during that time, and after our weeks of working together came to an end, he continued to coach me by telephone though the most difficult period of my life. With the help of coaching, I made a decision to work through the pain, and over the next 6 months I went from being able to walk only 10 steps a day to being able to walk nearly a quarter of a mile.

I had discovered NLP three years earlier, and because my physical capabilities were limited at the time, I devoted a high percentage of my time reading NLP books, using NLP patterns on myself and using the tools with others wheneverI had a chance.  My passion for NLP was ignited, and upon noticing my skill, my coach gave me the task to look for a local NLP certification program.  Although I did not feel that I was in good enough health to attend, when I read the Global NLP website I knew that the training was for me.

At the time when I first attended the training I spent a large amount of time laying on the floor, there were days when I was unable to attend, and I was unable to even walk with the other students to get lunch across the street due to my extreme pain.  I questioned leaving the training halfway through Practitioner, however Nikkie and Scott were highly supportive of my state, and my well formed outcome for the training was “to finish the course, no matter how terrible I feel”.

I did finish, and when I left the training, I took all of the tools I had learned and began applying them to my life. Everything that I learned I applied to myself, and then opportunities arose for me to coach others.  One year after I first attended the training, I jogged over 5 and a half miles,  a task that I had deemed impossible, I had already gained significant experience in my coaching practice, in addition to the significant advances I had made in the other areas of my life. Besides Nikkie and Scott, I have attended Global’s training more than anyone else, and in addition to my personal coaching practice, I continue to assist Global NLP Training behind the scenes on various projects as well as assisting the trainers in the US based trainings.

A large portion of my attention and energy with Global is directed toward the students, especially when they need someone knowledgeable to work with on something technical within the field of NLP, or working through deep personal issues they want to work on with an experienced coach.   I also offer support to Global NLP students after the training, offering them one-on-one training and coaching services, whether coaching them through getting their business started, one-on-one training to further develop their skills, or any other issue they prefer to work on with an experienced coach.