Small Business Straight Talk Podcast

Welcome, Small Business Straight Talk Podcast Listeners

Hi! Doug Noll here!

If you are visiting this site it is because you heard my interview with Amber De La Garza on the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast. I hope you enjoyed listening to us as much as I did talking to Amber. She is a wonderful host who is enthusiastic about introducing you to the people and ideas that can improve your life.

As a lawyer-turned-peacemaker, I've seen how the power of emotions can transform lives, just as it can transform your life. I have no doubt that something resonated with you that drove you here, so welcome!


• Did my story resonate with you in some way?
• Do you want to learn more about listening others into existence?
• Do you want to see why emotional competency is the critical 21st skill?
• Do you want to know how to calm any angry person or child in literally seconds?
• Did you just want to learn more about that voice you heard on the show?


Whatever the reason, I’m glad you are here.

Doug’s Books

Doug has authored several books on affect labeling and emotional competency, including De-Escalate: How to Calm an Angry Person in 90 Seconds or Less, which won multiple awards and has been adopted by organizations worldwide.

Douglas E. Noll, JD, MA

In 2000, I left a successful career as a trial lawyer to become a peacemaker. My calling is to serve humanity, and I execute it at many levels. I am an award-winning author, teacher, and trainer and a highly experienced mediator. My work carries me from international work to helping people resolve deep interpersonal and ideological conflicts.

With Laurel Kaufer, I founded Prison of Peace in 2009. The Prison of Peace project has been the most profound peace training I have conducted thus far in my career. The project motivated  me to expand the principles of Prison of Peace as much as possible so that every human wanting to learn the skills of peace may do so.

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