DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS
Of Persuasion & Manipulation
A FREE Live Training with Dr. David Snyder, D.A.C.M., L.Ac.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · 12:00 PM Pacific / 3:00 PM Eastern · Live on Zoom
SAVE MY SEAT — IT’S FREE
Tuesday, September 15 · 12:00 PM Pacific · Live only
You Were Targeted. You Were Not Weak.
Have you ever walked out of a conversation emotionally exhausted — certain something had been done to you, but unable to say what?
Ever agreed to something that felt wrong, and could not explain afterward why you did not simply say no?
Ever dated someone, or worked for someone, who made you feel like the problem, when they were the one crossing every line?
Then you were not unlucky, and you were not oversensitive. You were selected.
Narcissists, sociopaths and dark-triad operators are not simply difficult people. They are tactical practitioners who have weaponized human psychology, and they rely on one thing: that you cannot see what they are doing.
Predators do not hunt weak people. They hunt people whose anchors have come loose — and they select for decency. Conscientiousness. Empathy. Benefit of the doubt. A dislike of conflict. Those are virtues. That is precisely the problem.
Which means the answer is not to become colder and harder. It is to keep the virtue and train out the vulnerability.
What You Will Learn, Live
- The dark aberrant psychology of narcissists, sociopaths and dark triads — how they actually operate
- The 20 characteristics that put you on the victim menu — and how to take yourself off it permanently
- A simple Red Flag profiling method for identifying the dangerous ones before it is too late
- How to control your own emotional state so nobody can push your buttons again
- Counter-manipulation techniques for shutting an attack down fast
- The sixty-second test that makes the mask slip on demand
Bring a pen and paper. There are two written exercises, and one of them you will run on somebody from your own life.
SAVE MY SEAT — IT’S FREE
Tuesday, September 15 · 12:00 PM Pacific · Live only
This Training Is For You If…
- You have walked away from conversations feeling drained, spun or confused
- You have agreed to things you did not want and could not work out why
- You have defended someone else’s toxic behavior to other people
- You have met someone “too charming” and found out later what that was
- You work in sales, law, medicine, therapy, HR or leadership and read people for a living
- You are a parent who wants their kids to see it coming
- You are dating again and have no intention of finding out in month six
About Dr. David Snyder
Dr. David Snyder, D.A.C.M., L.Ac., has spent roughly thirty years as an NLP trainer, hypnosis practitioner and behavioral profiler. He holds a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, is a licensed acupuncturist and a Doctor of Medical Qigong, and is the founder of NLPPower International. He has taught influence, covert hypnosis and behavioral profiling to more than 290,000 people worldwide.
Everything he teaches sits on two skills: state control and pattern recognition. Once you have them, influence stops being a collection of tricks and becomes something you simply do — and manipulation stops working on you.
Live Only. Come With Your Questions.
This training is live, with live-only bonuses for people who are actually in the room. Stay to the end.
SAVE MY SEAT — IT’S FREE
Tuesday, September 15 · 12:00 PM Pacific · Live only