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Public Speaker | Guest Lecturer | Commencement Speaker | Keynote
The Best Way Out, Is Through...
Every discussion is built around real life experiences and the thoughts that helped shape what could come next. Bill speaks on subjects that affect nearly everyone at some point in life: communication, grief, recovery and resilience, and the choices we make when circumstances seem beyond our control. In those moments, the best 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 Strategies
Bill's personal stories and 30 years of social work in hospitals, schools, and private practice gave birth to what he calls, Single Thought Strategies, which are unique perspectives and insights that lead to profound change.
Speaking Engagements
Keynote Speaker
Throughout his career and personal life, Bill has witnessed people face some of life's most difficult moments. Keynote presentations are drawn from those experiences and are designed to encourage thoughtful reflection, to inspire courageous action and to leave the audience with single thought strategies, simple statements that radically alter their way of thinking.
Commencement Speaker
Graduation marks one of the most important transitions in a young person's life. It is a time filled with plans, goals, excitement, and the belief that tomorrow will unfold as expected. Drawing from personal experience and decades of helping others through challenges, these presentations encourage graduates to appreciate today and recognize that even when life doesn't unfold as planned, hope and purpose can still emerge to form a beautiful life.
Churches & Corporations
During these presentations Bill provides the audience with the tools to manage and overcome grief, manage crises, sharpen communication, become a confident leader, and more. Whether addressing a congregation, or a corporate team he leaves audiences inspired to take ownership of their next steps and ready to move forward with resilience and a renewed sense of purpose.
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.
Recovery
Using the single through strategy, distance has an impact, Bill will help the audience explore how to become resilient in the face of emotional pain and trauma. Immediately after a challenging event it's difficult to see beyond the emotions of the moment, but as time passes, perspective begins to replace reaction.
Parenting
After becoming a single father of a child with a lifelong disability, Bill understands the responsibilities that many parents quietly carry every day. Audiences appreciate his approach that leaves parents feeling encouraged, and better equipped for the road ahead.
Grief
Resilience is often admired, but it is almost always born from grief. Recovery begins by finding a single thought strategy that helps people think differently, and then uses that new insight to begin to move forward.