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During Tough Moments
The Way Out, Is Through...
Every discussion is built around real life experiences and the thoughts that help shape what could come next. Bill speaks on subjects that affect nearly everyone at some point in life: communication, loss, recovery and resilience, and the choices you make when circumstances seem beyond our control. In those moments, the way out, is through. You want to face your circumstance head on.
The Moments that Shaped the Man, and the Message
Early Life
Bill Holley, the son, brother, college baseball player and father.
September 1980
The accident, how life can change in an instant.
The Birth of Single Thought Strategy
Bill's personal stories and over 30 years of social work in hospitals, schools, and private practice gave birth to what he calls a, Single Thought Strategy, which is a unique perspective or insight that leads to profound change.
Most Requested Presentations
Communication
Effective communication breaks down when irrational thinking enters the conversation. Bill is passionate about educating the audience on how thoughts shape emotion and emotions shape behavior in a, "think - feel - do" cycle. Often this cycle starts with what is called, crooked thinking. Bill aspires to help his audiences begin to straighten out this type of thinking.
Facing Pain
Resilience is often admired, but it is almost always born from having first faced pain. Recovery begins by finding a single thought strategy that helps people think differently, and then uses that new insight to begin to move forward.
Recovery
Bill will help the audience explore how to alter and use the perception of time and distance to benefit them, as well as other concepts to increase resilience in the face of emotional pain and trauma. Immediately after a challenging event, it's difficult to see beyond the emotions of the moment. By re-designing one's belief about what happened in those moments our hearts will be lifted, and our lives will too.
Parenting
Bill understands the responsibilities that many parents quietly carry every day as a result of becoming a single father of a child with life long disabilities. Audiences appreciate his simple approach to parenting that is easy to understand and leaves parents feeling encouraged, and better equipped for the road ahead.