Student Stories

"The combination of classes and my sessions with Carl truly helped me to let go of holding onto suffering and fear and to realize and see that I am already free and safe just as I am. To rest in the peace and joy if not having to do or fix anything and to just allow myself to be just as I am, and to feel REALLY good about that! They helped me to allow myself to accept my own free will as a birthright that we all have and to rest in freedom of being able to choose again and again! The magic of constellations and holo combined with the basis change Work has helped me beyond words!"

"The community that arises during (and after) the course (Core Comp) is uplifting, fulfilling, supporting and accepting. The sense of belonging runs deep. Carl and Michelle foster a beautiful, humorous space of trust in which to work with our 'shortcomings.'"

"If this quality of NLP training was a required course for all of us, as part of the curriculum of life, we'd all know more about what it means to be human, how to change our lives for the better, and how to get along and understand each other...I'd like to live in that world and this course feels like an important step along the way."

"My NLP training at NLP Marin has deeply expanded my ability to understand and map the terrain of people's inner landscape while lovingly helping them to guide themselves to having the life they always wanted. This NLP training has helped me do this with a level of sophistication and grace that I am so thankful for and taught us to do this while keeping their sense of empowerment intact and strengthened."

"I think Carl is this era's Erik Erikson and an opportunity to study with him, priceless. He is the most 'authentic' person I've ever met. I'm sorry life circumstances didn't permit me to go back and start with Foundations and forward. Now, I want to leave California more than I want to do the course, facing the reality of finances and age."

"My mother gave me life. Carl gave me a life worth living."

"There is something about the way that Carl and Michelle speak. It is very soothing."

"One of the best choices I made for my personal growth."

"The tools I've learned have given me the opportunity to create my own business which I never thought I'd be able to do. But more importantly, the space that each of the trainers and TA's holds is so precious and going through the NLP Marin program was truly one of the first times in my life that I felt safe being vulnerable and seen. This has since allowed me to create a safe space for my clients and makes me feel confident in the change-work that I'm providing."

"If you're interested in NLP, you must try NLP Marin. It is a thorough, respectable program."

"Through this training, I personally have gained many insights of myself / family / professional life that has changed the directory of my life for the better."

"The instructors, staff, and volunteers give a gift that has improved my vocation, relationships, community, and world. Mostly NLP Marin has given me the tools, resources, and happiness that has improved myself beyond anything I could imagine."

"I have spent my adult life finding modalities for change and evolution of consciousness. Carl & Michelle's work is THE most powerful stuff I've experienced! Every aspect of my life is vastly improved (and I mean, radically transformed!) because of their work!"

"All the trainings I have taken have been engaging and full of interesting material to learn and reflect on. I love the interactive practices and the TAs are sweet and helpful. I especially love the humor that the teachers bring to each session. I look forward to continuing my education and practice with NLP Marin."

"I can't recommend NLP Marin, as a whole, highly enough. Carl, Carla & Michelle are exemplary teachers / trainers ..... I hold them in the highest esteem."

"It has been life changing for me."

"NLP Marin has taken my understanding of human awareness and possibilities to a whole new level. Not only have I changed my old patterns and stuckness, I have also become much more connected, and compassionate with myself. It feels good not to be hard on myself and to laugh easily every day! My creative process is flowing again which brings so much joy!"

"My clients have benefited from the work as well. It has created a much deeper connection and understanding that opens them up to explore their lives much more deeply and directly in a positive and safe way. It is wonderful to see the epiphanies light up and the excitement of experiencing new ways to overcome what has been holding them back."

"My relationships with the world has shifted to a much broader loving, wise, understanding, curious, confident, and encompassing connection with others as well."

"I have also become much more connected, and compassionate with myself. It feels good not to be hard on myself and to laugh easily every day! My creative process is flowing again which brings so much joy!"

"NLP was the first step that I took as an adult on my path of growing and learning about myself. It opened my mind to new possibilities for my life."

"Have worked with Carl Buchheit for a number of years and have found his trainings powerful and informative. His humor, kindness and intellect are unparalleled and the training is truly unlike anything else available."

"I firmly believe that NLP Marin is the best NLP training in the world. The 'outcome frame' alone is one of the most powerful therapeutic tools ever developed and that's only scratching the surface of what's possible. Carl is basically an NLP savant and it is an honor and a privilege to get to learn directly from him. The curriculum he has amassed is nothing short of a national treasure."

"NLP Marin has fostered an amazing community to grow and become more of yourself in an amazing way! I deeply value my experience!!"

"NLP Marin is the most integrative and transformative practice on my spiritual path. I recommend the courses and activities without reservation to anyone seeking greater happiness, balance and joy in their life."

"So much respect for all the love around the classes."

"My participation in the NLP Marin coursework has made me a happier, more authentic and more aware human being. The changes within me were subtle, yet incredibly profound and life-changing."

"It's not that don't want to, I wish I could, but it's very difficult for me to explain my experience with the training which for me was a mix of terror, and curiosity, combined with this the instructors profound respect for human experience, sweetened with a generous dose of laughter, and applied liberally, is continuing to produce a whole lot of rapport with Self, other selves and the world at large."

"I love it all."

"NLP Marin offered me the opportunity to test and push the edges of all my assumptions, interpretations, beliefs, and rules I've had about the world, others, and myself. And in that journey, I've had the opportunity, in my own way and in my own time, to discover, explore, try on, develop, resolve, renew, and emerge in ways of thinking, feeling, and being that I never would have imagined absent the opportunity I found in NLP Marin classes."

"The training demystified the nature of human relating. It answers the question "why did they do that", making it easier to work with and understand the crazy stuff people do and how to interact with them powerfully. As an additional benefit, I found understanding the technology allows me to get unstuck as I encounter new situations where I would normally freeze."

"Guaranteed ka-ching moments, often known as ah-ha experiences; always thrilling, surprising and gratefully received."

"I use my NLP learning every day in our business, working with our employees and also with myself and out in the world. One time I helped someone decide whether to move to Seattle or stay here while I was in the checkout line at Trader Joe's by having him do an NLP exercise (future pacing)."

"Learning NLP at NLP Marin is one of the best things that I have done. It was a fun learning experience in an extremely supportive and compassionate environment. I love Carl, Michelle, Carla and the support staff at NLP Marin."

"Carl and Michelle are exceptional at what they do. After learning NLP Marin this took my coaching to another level. Very grateful to have learned this."

"The learning and awareness that I have gained from NLP Marin has had a deeply profound impact in my life. The training is invaluable and exceptional. I would love to attend everything offered. I will eventually. NLP Marin creates an environment which allowed me to feel safe and allowed my critter to calm down."

"I love NLP Marin! Communication is my passion and NLP Marin has shown me multiple tools that I utilize on a daily basis to be a better communicator by listening."

"NLP Marin is the best NLP Program out there! The trainers are incredibly skilled and you will experience profound positive shifts in your life as a result of this work. This is one of the best investments you can make in yourself, your happiness and getting more of what you want in your life!"

"Since taking classes at NLP Marin I have experienced deep, long-lasting changes that can only be described as amazing."

"NLP Marin has transformed my relationship with myself and life itself and I have had many wonderful changes since taking the trainings."

"Again, words fail me, but my life is better at home; everything I continue to learn has more resonance, more connections, more ways to fit it all together."

"These studies in this school are the biggest act of love I can give myself, and the main reason for me to be based in USA."

"Core Competencies was, and continues to be, a life changing experience for me in the best possible way. "

"This NLP is sourced through the creative mind of Carl Bucheit. Carl has a unique funnel of brilliant, original, truly expansive and FUN intelligence that will bring you to tears of joy and tears of laughter, all in service to the liberation of your very own 'Self.'"

"Carl is a genius, and hilarious to boot. His commitment that choice is possible everywhere and in all ways has fundamentally rewired my relationship to self, other selves and life itself. Doing so much practice in the weekends is also extremely helpful--not only to preparing students to do the work with others, but also in getting us more of what we ourselves want. And I love Michelle and Carla too!"

"There are not enough words to express the amount of appreciation that I feel for the creators of this organization and the dedication and care that goes into every single class, every single time. And, because of Carl's and the entire Training Team's ability to hold the most difficult of life circumstances in a place of safety and respect, while finding the humor in the humanity of it all, I've been motivated to return for nearly a decade as a student and a TA."

"I have been able to bring Transformational NLP to my work with individuals with very entrenched eating and weight-related behaviors that have plagued them for most of their life, and they can't wait to come back for more, because it works elegantly, and it feels great! I just had a client, a VP of Marketing in a multi-national corporation, say to me: 'You are a genius...You should get a Nobel Peace Prize for all Womankind'—I'll take credit for the delivery, but that was all NLP Marin!"

"Across all measures, the world-class Transformational NLP Marin Training Center has to be THE BEST on the planet—most experienced, most knowledgable of the history and the attention to the lasting, and often quantum transformation of behaviors and the belief and identity structures that hold them in place. There is an unwavering attention to rapport-building and safety, allowing students to go with respect, to places of unknown territory, and be able to make significant shifts in their unwanted present experience and have a felt sense of what it is like to step into their desired state in life, and experience the next level of change that takes them to new and even better experiences."

"I came to NLP Marin for my own healing and to get a step closer to reinventing my career. The Teaching Assistants are incredibly supportive and welcoming, and the other students are the types of people I want to spend my time with. I feel incredibly lucky to have found this community."

"NLP Marin training has helped me understand myself better so that I can better help my clients. It also gives me a practical and adaptable toolkit and process I can use to create the change I want, anytime I want. So cool!"

"NLP Marin offers highly impactful and unique trainings to help you have the type of experience you desire in your life; without needing to remember to be any different. It's subtle, it's powerful and it's permanent."

"NLP Marin is a place where you learn powerful and deep tools of healing in a way that feels natural, supportive and fun."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you Carl and NLP Marin."

"While the tools and skills I have learned through NLP Marin have been invaluable, it is the complete change in life stance, and releasing and healing my conscious and unconscious pain and patterning, and finding a deep appreciation for all the different aspects of me and my whole life journey that has been truly invaluable."

"Life now flows so much more easily and everything feels like a beautiful co-creation with life- business, relationships, health, finances..."

"I can only describe it as an incredibly deep "coming home" to self; which has enabled a deep rapport with others and most importantly, life."

"My life has completely changed in every area, because I have completely changed."

"Words cannot convey the depth of my gratitude and appreciation for Carl, Michelle and the NLP Marin community."

"I have a lot of previous training as a therapist and coach. I have an M.A. in clinical psychology, graduate of the Gestalt Institute plus additional physiological training in Reichian Therapy, neuroscience and other modalities. It wasn't until I came to Marin NLP that I had a framework to put it all together with a clear map that I could make my own. My clients would not be experiencing the progress they are making without my NLP Master's experience."

"NLP Marin makes a big promise to help people better understand ourselves as human beings and improve our relationship with ourselves and the world at large... and they deliver."

"I was inspired by the people, and felt they provided a safe space for each of us to get to know the others on the course well and explore ourselves and others at a thoughtful and thought provoking level - My objective was to come away with a new level of understanding of other people and how to read them better, get them to open up more."

"Carl and the staff at NLP Marin are consummate instructors of NLP and related subjects, delivering the material with grace, warmth, and good humor. They draw not only upon traditional NLP practice, but also upon cutting edge techniques from complementary practices, such as the work of Bert Hellinger. They provide an experience that will change forever how you view the world, others, and especially yourself, and will give you a foundation for personal change that can improve every aspect of your life."

"I met and was trained in NLP by Carl and Michelle at a critical point in my life when I knew I needed to fundamentally change the foundation of how I learned to exist in the world so I could live the life I wanted. They made making that change easy and supported providing tremendous amounts of love. I cannot say enough great things about my experience working with them. And, I can't appreciate them enough for what they provided for me."

"Simply put, NLP Marin offers the best NLP training on the planet. Its depth and breadth of training cannot be matched. It will transform your life and, if you are a coach or therapist, it will enable you to create transformations with clients with much greater depth and ease."

"NLP Marin, Carl, Michelle, Carla and all the TA's that guided me along the way have changed my life so profoundly both personally and professionally. Now I have the capabilities to assist those that desire a different experience, to have just that. I loved my time as a student and participant and now as a practitioner. Thank you."

"Words of praise could be a whole volume. I love the way the NLP culture allows you to feel ok about yourself and does a great job of boosting individuals confidence while allowing them to struggle to figure things out in their own unique way and time frame. The amount of wisdom and personal insight that all the trainers and TA's share is valuable and much appreciated."

"NLP Marin has had a profound impact on how I understand myself and the world around me. At its core, the NLP Marin training offers a deep acceptance of exactly who you are right now and respect for how you were formed, while still holding limitless, supported space for you to grow and change. This understanding of "more, and also enough" underpins every interaction that I have now. The tools and tactics learned have allowed me to build strong relationships in both my personal and professional life, and also how to push for more in the most respectful way possible."

"I was okay before, but since NLP Marin I have been far more respectful, easy going, and loving to myself and others."

"Continually asking 'what we would have to presume as being true in order for this person's experience to make sense,' he has created a lineage of healing and transformation that is incredibly impactful, and unlike anything else of which I am aware."

"NLP Marin really lives up to the promise. It's truly an exceptional path of personal change for anyone wanting to shift the trajectory of their life away from pain and suffering and toward much more of what they want."

"I'm so much happier with myself and my life after going through NLP Marin. The classes start simple, but by the time you get to Masters, the world occurs differently. Much recommended!"

"NLP Marin gives you the manual on being human that we all need to make great sense of life and our relationship to it. This is the most complete and most necessary program for anyone in a coaching, change-work or therapeutic profession. Or, really, for anyone that lives and works with other humans. We require all of our coaches to complete Foundations through Masters, at the very least, and strongly encourage them to take the whole NLP Marin curriculum."

"We will never know the full extent of our actions and existence. However the actual change and ripple effects of NLP Marin can be seen, heard, felt, smelled and tasted. Individuals, partnerships, Families and communities have benefited because NLP Marin has survived and continues to breathe life and love on earth. Thank you, I love you."

"Marin NLP is so much more than a personal growth or training seminar. It is a community that embraces your true self often before you can figure that out for yourself. It will change your worldview and provide the opportunity for you to have more of what you want in your life without the typical efforting that makes change so hard."

"NLP Marin's trainings were hands down the best investment I've ever made - in myself, my well-being, my business, and my life. I whole-heartedly recommend the trainings to anyone who is wanting to change their life for the better."

"The technology that has been developed by Carl Buchheit and his marvelous colleagues at NLP Marin is of such high quality and reach that it sometimes appears magical to me, even though I've been trained in all of it and have experienced its effects in my own personal life. It is a gift to humanity as well as to those who experience it directly. I recommend it to anyone who has an understanding that "...the Truth shall set you free"... for you will encounter truths about yourself, others, and life itself that is unparalleled, in my experience. And this journey has, indeed, freed me in so many ways. Thank you, Carl Buchheit and NLP Marin!"

"I use NLP daily as a teacher. Many of my students consider me the best teacher they have ever had. Some thank me for changing their lives. Most face life with greater optimism and treat others with greater caring and respect. I am pretty sure I am one of the very few the professors that gets a standing ovation at the end of the course. My ratings from students are considered 'off the charts.'"

"NLP Marin is the best at what they offer. There’s nothing that can compare, anywhere. You’ll get more out of every other training or retreat you attend after having studied at NLP Marin."

"The introduction is fabulous, fun and demonstrates the power of NLP."

"Thank you for offering a new psychology, which inspires me, just reading about it and viewing a few of your videos."

"Fascinating application of neuroscience in the context of great compassion. Some of the other NLP approaches I have seen appear to be less sophisticated and manipulative in comparison. Even in the Core class, I learned valuable skills to apply in interactions with others in my everyday work and personal life. By the end of Masters, I felt much more effective in client interactions and have used the techniques and concepts in work presentations. I apply the techniques and concepts in personal life on a daily basis."