In this episode, Doug Noll, lawyer turned peacemaker, talks about his story going from being a lawyer to a peacemaker. He also discusses the Prison of Peace Project and the concept of "listening others into existence".  Additionally, he goes into detail on the teachings of his book De-Escalate: How to Calm an Angry Person in 90 Seconds or Less.  Douglas E. Noll, JD, MA is an award-winning author, speaker, and trainer. After 22 years as a trial lawyer, he became a peacemaker and mediator. Today, he helps people solve deep and intractable conflicts and teaches others to do what he does. Mr. Noll is an adjunct professor of law at the Pepperdine School of Law Straus Institute where he teaches Decision Making Under Uncertainty Conflict and is also the co-founder of the award-winning Prison of Peace Project, in which he teaches murderers in maximum security prisons to be peacemakers and mediators. He has trained mediators and leaders in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia in his innovative peacemaking and mediation processes. He has personally mediated over 1,500 disputes, including sexual abuse cases in the Catholic Church and criminal victim-offender cases. On a personal note, he is a jazz violinist, aircraft and helicopter pilot, ski instructor, 2nd degree black belt, tai chi master, and whitewater rafter. He lives with his wife Aleya Dao in the foothills of the central Sierra Nevada south of Yosemite National Park. Find Doug: Website: dougnoll.com  LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/dougnoll/  Facebook: facebook.com/DouglasNoll  Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCtAHXdBT1Y0Pl7SGrM_HcFw