John's Biography

John Selby has led a varied life, regularly shifting toward new exploration rather than remaining overlong in 'known' realms of his resesarch and teaching.

Originally from a cattle ranch in California, John has lived and worked in the Untied States, Mexico, Guatemala, South Africa, Germany, Switzerland and Hawaii. His expertize ranges from cognitive science to corporate business to therapy practice and a deep exploration of the world's meditation traditions.

• John now considers himself primarily a life coach, having completed 3 decades of research into the psychological dynamics of meditation, and his various methods for consciousness management and expansion.

He divides his time between family life/writing/web building in Hawaii, and teaching/coaching work throughout the world.

BUSINESS BACKGROUND: The former CEO of The BrightMind Network and Experiential Audio Guidance Inc., John has worked in a numver of companies advancing his presentations of his new methods. Currently he heads Consciousness Management Systems – delivering his newly-engineered methods for bringing full-brain power, brilliance and leadership to the workplace, along with all his his at-home programs.

NEW AT-WORK THRUST: John is now deeply engaged with the corporate world, developing and delivering a unique At-Work program called TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR MIND which offers short mind-management techniques for shifting from low negative states of mind at work, into more productive, creative, empathetic and charismatic leadership. Sections from this book, plus the online course, will be available shortly.

ACADEMIC WORK: John studied formally at Princeton University, The Graduate Theological Union, The University of California at Berkeley, The San Francisco Theological Seminary, and The Radix Institute. He advanced the psychological study of meditation as well as completing inportant cognitive studies that led to the development of his new approach to meditation and 'quieting your mind' methods.

PUBLISHING HISTORY: John is the author of over 30 books published in 12 languages with Bantam, Warner, Dutton, Dell, HarperCollins and Doubleday. His book sales total well over half a million. Click on WHAT'S NEW to read excerpts.

MIND RESEARCH: John has completed mind research at The Bureau of Research in Neurology & Psychiatry, the National Institute of Health, and the New Jersey Neuro-psychiatric Institute. He served as perceptual-alertness consultant with United Airlines and the American Airline Pilots Association, and has worked both in manufacturing, marketing, branding and sales.

EUROPEAN YEARS: John spent five years in Europe doing mind research, writing and consulting in Berlin, Zurich and Vienna. He continues to return to Europe often, and is opening his German-language online training system very soon - stay tuned!

THERAPIST WORK: John was originally licensed in the tradition of Wilhelm Reich as a Radix therapist in California. He then advanced through his Jungian therapy phase, and into Cognitive Therapy. He has contributed innovative therapy techniques, in books such as QUIET YOUR MIND. His therapy sork integrates Western psychology with his unique approach to meditation. Private clients have included notables in politics, economics, business, entertainment and education.

TEACHING: John has lectured world-wide, led a great many seminars, and presented his various books and programs on television and radio talk-shows. A pioneer in the research and employment of ‘experiential audio guidance’ online-training methods, John is currently working with a major publisher producing and designing a major new online-training system focused on experiential audio-visual learning modalities.

• Happily married with three children and based in Kauai and Los Angeles, John travels extensively for business, promotion, consulting, and training. And through it all, he insists on enjoying every minute!
  

Feel free to contact John at john.selby@selbysolution.com- he'll respond as time allows.