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A gathering place for enduring ideas in youth work that just won’t go away. After decades on the front lines of youth work and therapy, Michael recognized a significant gap in the sector—a lack of a dedicated, practical framework. This realization led him to develop ’The Solutions Toolkit,’ a program designed specifically for youth workers. Built around an ’Absorb & Practice’ model, the toolkit enables skill-building on the job, with modules broken down into practical, bite-sized units. Thes ...
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#148 - The Mystery of Self-Destruction in Youth.
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Ever witnessed a young person repeat a self-destructive behavior that seems to defy all logic? I know I have. And today, I'm diving into a story I’ve never shared before — not just about the young people I’ve worked with, but about my own inexplicable, self-destructive behavior as a kid. If you're wondering why young people sometimes act against th…
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Welcome to The Action Factory Podcast, and it’s great to be back! After a long hiatus due to moving house, I want to talk about how we might save our council a few million pounds. My name is Michael Dawson, and I developed a universal, principle-based framework for youth work teams. During the design of the Solutions Toolkit, I’m often asked about …
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#129 Elevating Residential Youth Work with the Solutions Toolkit
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#146 90 Seconds- The horror of entering a children's home as a resident (For me at least)
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Welcome to the Action Factory Podcast, I'm Michael Dawson, the creator of the Solutions Toolkit, the first framework designed for those working with young people in care environments. In today's episode, we delve into the real, raw experience of the admission process into care — not the procedures and rules, but what it actually feels like for a yo…
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#145 Residential Youth Work - The Greatest Job in the World.
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#144 A Day With Milton H Erickson - Lessons from the Master.
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#143 Milton H Erickson - The Rockstar of Change
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#142 Youth Work Wellness: Self-Care Strategies for Professionals
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#140 P10 Free NLP Course -The Power and Potential of NLP in Youth Care.
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#139 P9 Free NLP Course. Substance abuse the NLP Connection.
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#138 - P8 Free NLP Course. From Negative to Positive Peer Pressure in Youth Work.
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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# 141 Bonus Episode - The Curious Inquisitor in Change Therapy.
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#137 P7 Free NLP Audio Course - Anchoring and its uses in residential youth work.
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#136 P6 Free NLP Course - The limits of limiting beliefs in young people.
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#135 P5 Free NLP course - Goals amongst Chaos in youth work
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#134 P4 Free NLP Audio Course - Mastering Communication in Residential Youth Work
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#133 P3 Free NLP Audio Course - Revolutionize Youth Work with Body Language using the SMILE Toolkit!.
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#132 P2 Free NLP Audio Course - How the 70s Revolutionized Therapy
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#131 P1 Free 10-part audio course, ”NLP in Residential Youth Work.”
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#130 Walking on fire - All things residential youth work.
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#124 Ray Edwards - Quad amputee, climb Kilimanjaro? Hold my beer.
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#120 Why did the solution focused therapist cross the road?
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#118 The universal LAWS of the solution focused approach
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#117 The three circles of solution focused working.
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The three overlapping circles that define a solution focused worker. In other sessions we have spoken about how much power and influence a solution focused worker might have over a therapist. A solution focused worker is not a therapist, they are youth work professionals, residential workers or teachers. So what makes a solution focused worker. We …
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#116 That solution focused approach, I don’t get it mate!
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#114 Your the reason you got stuck in solution focused work
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#113 Questions, question, questions in sfbt
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#112 Miracle answers in the solution focused approach
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#110 Questions in solution focused working
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#109 Assumptions in solution focused working
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#108 The solution focused light bulb moment
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#107 Who really invented the solution focused approach?
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#104 Everything wrong with solution focused therapy
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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#103 Solution focused? 10 things we need to talk about.
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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Welcome to another Action Factory Podcast with me, Michael Dawson. Before we begin this episode, here's a quick reminder: Don't miss my 30-minute webinar 'The BIG 4 in Youth Work.' You'll also get two powerful tools and my popular 'Brief Therapy Toolkit' eBook—already a hit with nearly 40,000 youth workers. Click below to subscribe and watch!" WATC…
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