Episode 7

Maitén Panella | How to deal with people who have very different beliefs to you & why people still fall for 'magical' solutions

My guest this week is psychologist Maitén Panella (maitenpanella.com) and I invited her on the show because she's a fascinating lady and she has some really powerful insights and experience which we got to talking about after my first podcast on the dark side of influence.

Here's a taster of what we discussed:

  • What's the problem with rapid interventions to big psychological issues at large personal development events?
  • Are some successful people using their authority to con free work out of people?
  • Is hypnosis really a thing?
  • How to deal with people who believe in very different things to you?

We discuss the dangers of these seemingly magical solutions and how you can protect yourself against unethical people and how to spot when there might be a problem.

We talk about quite a few other things, some of them potentially controversial. I thought about bleeping some names and even cutting some parts completely but... I decided, in the end, to throw it all out to the world and let the dice land where they may. 


I wanted to do this in 2 parts but just couldn't find a good point to stop where it would make sense. 

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John Ball

From former flight attendant to international coach and trainer, on to podcaster and persuasion expert, it's been quite the journey for John.
John has been a lead coach and trainer with the Harv Eker organisation for over 10 years and is currently focused on helping his clients develop their personal presentation skills for media and speaking stages through his coaching business brand Present Influence.
He's the author of the upcoming book Podfluence: How To Build Professional Authority With Podcasts, and host of the Podfluence podcast with over 150 episodes and over 15,000 downloads John is now focused on helping business coaches and speakers to build a following and grow your lead flow and charisma.
You can now also listen to John on The Coaching Clinic podcast with his good friend and colleague Angie Besignano where they are helping coaches create sustainable and successful businesses, and the Try To Stand Up podcast where John is on a personal and professional mission to become funnier on the stage and in his communication.