John is a Canadian and was born and raised in Thunder Bay, in Northern Ontario, Canada. He has been living in Switzerland for 16 years and has his Swiss passport. He is married to a Swiss(28 years) and has two children ages 23 and 25. John graduated from the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada with a Bachelor of Arts Immediately following graduation John joined a major life insurance company in Canada as a salesperson. In a short time he was invited into their 2 year management training program in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Just after finishing the management program, John was asked to manage the family marine firm back in Thunder Bay. John took the offer and at the same time was married to his present wife. After five years, John decided he wanted to move on, so he and his family moved back toToronto where he worked in energy efficienthousing industry. After one year, he competed for a position as the Director of Trade and Development and Harbor Master for Port Authority in Windsor, Ontario,Canada. After five years John and his wife decided to move to Switzerland. For the next five years John worked independently in import and export. In 1998, John flew to New Orleans to take his first intensiveneurofeedback course. John returned to Switzerland to practice as a neurofeedback trainer and coach. As a result of the success of this training,John enthusiastically took many course throughout the America and Europe to increase his knowledge of this new exciting and developing field. John was so impressed with the success of this training he created the first neurofeedback association of Switzerland with the idea of making neurofeedback accessible to more people so that they would be able to experience the benefits of the training. John worked in two medical offices, a fitness center and in two psychology practices before moving into his own office in Thalwil.
Recently, John, move into an office with another coach, Thomas Mahler, and established the HeartSmart Center. They will continue the work on the HeartSmartŪ program that they have been working on for the past three years.
They are offering workshops, retreats, coach training in addition to individual coaching.