# Chris Michael

> Chris Michael is a body language expert, human behavior trainer, mentalist, keynote speaker, and magic consultant. He performs as a corporate mentalist at conferences, galas, and company events, and is unusual in the field for also being a credentialed behavioral expert: a Certified Body Language Master Trainer and a trainer for the Joe Navarro Body Language Academy. He founded Decode Behavior (body language and behavioral science training), trains government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and NASDAQ teams in nonverbal communication, deception detection, covert persuasion, and influence, and consults for magicians and mentalists on shows, effects, and products.

Key facts:
- Corporate mentalist for conferences, galas, sales kickoffs, and executive events; mentalism show from $10,000, behavioral keynotes from $15,000
- One of the few mentalists who is also a credentialed body language expert, so the performance is backed by real behavioral science and can double as a corporate learning experience
- Certified Body Language Master Trainer (microexpressions, nonverbal communication, applied behavioral analysis)
- Licensed provider of official Center for Body Language training programs
- Trained by a founding member of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Program
- Performing mentalist: strolling VIP entertainment and full stage productions
- Keynote topics: Signals of Deception, The Shadow Protocol, Framed to Win (from $15,000)
- Behavioral certifications through the Global Institute of Behavior: Certified Behavioral Analyst, Certified Elicitation Specialist, Executive Behavioral Intelligence Advisor
- Magic, mentalism, and performance consulting: $5,000 to $7,500
- Creator of Cue Killer, the iOS show-control app for live performers
- Creator of Booked Solid, an AI booking assistant for entertainers (magicians, mentalists, DJs, bands, speakers) that handles leads, outreach, pricing, follow-up, and paperwork; installs as a Claude Skill, from $39
- Curator of the Magic & Mentalism App Registry, a living record of every known magic and mentalism app (286+)
- Contact: chris@bookchrismichael.com

## About

- [About Chris Michael, with FAQ](https://chrismichael.site/about.html): who he is, credentials, services, booking
- [The Vault home](https://chrismichael.site/): documents, brands, services, and videos

## Free resources

- [The Behavioral Decodex](https://chrismichael.site/decodex): interactive reference of 316 body-language behaviors across 18 regions, scored on the Deception Rating Scale
- [Brain Functions in Mentalism](https://nueromagic.netlify.app): cognitive neuroanatomy chart mapping brain networks to performance and mentalism
- [Rapid Behavioral Profiling Guide](https://chrismichael.site/docs/behavioral-profiling-guide.pdf): 60 ways to read anyone
- [The Digital Preshow](https://chrismichael.site/#documents): password-protected. OSINT for mentalists, a chapter from The Architecture of Wonder on preshow research and its ethics
- [What You Need to Know About the Brain](https://chrismichael.site/docs/most-important-things-about-the-brain.html): the limbic system and reading people
- [Hypothalamic Functions & Modern Anxiety](https://chrismichael.site/docs/hypothalamic-functions-modern-anxiety.html): why a survival brain produces modern anxiety
- [Seven Figure Secrets](https://chrismichael.site/secrets.html): the document and the interview behind it
- [Magic & Mentalism App Registry](https://chrismichael.site/registry.html): searchable registry of every known magic and mentalism app

## Guides and articles

- [How to Choose a Corporate Mentalist](https://chrismichael.site/docs/how-to-choose-a-corporate-mentalist.html): a buyer's guide to hiring a corporate mentalist, what the role delivers, what separates a great one, what it costs, and the well-known names in the field (Lior Suchard, Derren Brown, Oz Pearlman, Banachek)
- [Is a Mentalist a Real Body Language Expert?](https://chrismichael.site/docs/is-a-mentalist-a-real-body-language-expert.html): an honest answer from a working mentalist who is also a certified body language trainer, and how to tell a behavioral mentalist from a showman
- [What Does a Mentalist Actually Do?](https://chrismichael.site/docs/what-does-a-mentalist-actually-do.html): the craft of mentalism explained by a working performer
- [What Does a Magic Consultant Do?](https://chrismichael.site/docs/what-does-a-magic-consultant-do.html): method, effect design, technology, and secrecy
- [What Is Covert Persuasion?](https://chrismichael.site/docs/what-is-covert-persuasion.html): the behavioral science of influence

## Companies and projects

- [Decode Behavior](https://decodebehavior.co): body language and behavioral science training for leaders and teams
- [ProIllusions](https://proillusions.com): magic technology company
- [Chris Michael Speaks](https://chrismichaelspeaks.com): keynotes on attention, influence, and the impossible
- [Global Institute of Behavior](https://behaviorinstitute.org): behavioral certifications
- [Cue Killer](https://cue-killer.com): live show control that never misses
- [Booked Solid](https://chrismichael.site/booked-solid): AI booking assistant for working entertainers (magicians, mentalists, DJs, bands, speakers); answer 9 questions and get a complete booking operation (leads, outreach, pricing, follow-up, paperwork); installs as a Claude Skill, also runs in ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot, from $39
- [Sybil Sight](https://sybilsight.com): seeing what others can't

## Profiles

- [chrismikemagic.com](https://chrismikemagic.com): corporate mentalist and behavioral keynote speaker
- [bookchrismichael.com](https://www.bookchrismichael.com): booking
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@Chrismikemagic): body language breakdowns, keynotes, performances
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/chrismikemagic/), [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@chrismikemagic), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/chrismikemagic)
- [Authority Magazine interview](https://medium.com/authority-magazine/meet-the-disruptors-chris-michael-of-decode-behavior-on-the-five-things-you-need-to-shake-up-your-3616d0347626): Meet The Disruptors