Better Life and NLP

Hannu Pirilä

Hannu Pirilä has a background as an executive in the hotel and restaurant industry, from where he moved to consulting business in 2004. He has an eMBA diploma and a BSc degree, and in 2009 he had the honor of becoming an Accredited Associate of IIB (Institute for Independent Business). In addition to Finland, his native country, Hannu has also worked in Switzerland, Luxembourg, Russia, China and North America.

In 2009 Hannu founded his Business Advisory, Consulting, Coaching and Training practice HPA Consulting, based in Finland. Since then, he has consulted, advised, coached and trained companies, entrepreneurs and individuals in different countries.

Hannu first came in touch with personal development in the mid 1990's. Since then, his passion for personal growth has gradually grown during the years. Some of Hannu's studies include several certified courses with Dr Richard Bandler (the co-creator of NLP) and John LaValle, more than a year (2010-2011) under Bob Proctor (probably best known from the movie The Secret) in his coaching program and several courses with Bill Harris (also known from The Secret, as well as the creator of Holosync meditation technology).

Hannu Pirilä is a Licensed Master Trainer of NLP(TM), a Licensed Business Master Practitioner of NLP(TM), a Licensed NLP Coaching Trainer(TM), a Licensed Sports Performance Coach(TM), a Specialist Practitioner of Neuro-Hypnotic Repatterning(TM), a Licensed LAB Profile(TM) Practitioner, and a Clinical Hypnotherapist.

Hannu works now as a business consultant and business coach, as well as an NLP Trainer and NLP Coach, as a speaker in seminars and other events and as a mental sports coach. On the business side, Hannu has consulted publicly listed companies as well as private entrepreneurs. On the sports coaching side, he has been a mental coach for junior basketball teams as well as for a professional soccer team, for amateur tennis players as well as for a World Champion in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). In addition, Hannu has helped numerous people to get rid of their fear of flying, quit smoking, lose weight and do a number of other significant changes in order to improve their lives.

In his free time, Hannu plays basketball, practices martial arts (hapkido and taekwondo) and other sports. Occasionally he can also be seen, and heard, as a singer in a rock band.