About John E. Groberg

Here's a bit of my story to give you a bit of background on me: 

I come from a large family of 11 children. I am #6 in that lineup.  As my dad liked to joke-all boys, except nine. I was born while my parents were living abroad in Tonga.  I nearly died as an infant, but by the grace of God and the faith and efforts of many, I survived and am still here experiencing Life as John.  For the curious, you can read more about that (and other great stuff) in this book (written by my father). As a result of knowing my tenious state of life as an infant, I've always had a sense that I'm here on borrowed time and I've always been fascinated by the big questions of Life and I've always been drawn to exploring greater levels of clarity about Life. 

I grew up in Idaho, Hawaii, and Utah.  I spent two years (1987-1989) living in southern Brazil as a missionary for my church.  In 1991, while studying Economics at Brigham Young University, I met and married my wonderful wife, Beverly Rosenbaum (from Denver, CO).  After college, we lived in the Los Angeles area of California where I worked in commercial real estate and got an MBA from UCLA (1997).  We've been blessed with six incredible children (which is redundant since all children are incredible- but these are OUR incredible ones). We currently live in Mesa, AZ.  I spent the first 10 years of my career working in the corporate world in Los Angeles, and then the next 10 years as a serial entrepreneur and a real estate developer.  (see Other Sites) While I have enjoyed much of what I did for work, all along, I've felt the "soul-tug" of a deeper calling and have made the personal internal commitment to follow that wherever it leads.  At this point it has led to me being an author, speaker, teacher and personal and business coach focused on assisting my clients to achieve greater clarity- which automatically transforms their lives as they naturally become more of who they really are and less of who they've come to think they are.

For most of my life I've been a philosopher (lover of life's wisdom).  I've tirelessly explored and enquired into the really big questions of life.  "Who Am I?" "How does Life really work?"  "What is thought and how does it create my experience of Life?"  "What exists beyond thought?"  With questions like this, I’ve been drawn to all sorts of books, products and services in the personal/spiritual growth and wellness fields. I love to learn how life works- not just through reading books- but through experimenting with the principles and practices taught by some of the world’s most enlightened teachers and writers- ancient and modern, eastern and western, spiritual and scientific.   I’ve studied many of the ancient religious texts from many different religions that have stood the test of time.  I’ve benefited tremendously from many of the teachers I’ve found in this process and have assimilated it all into my own unique understanding of life. 

Why I Do This Work

• What I do feels more like a calling- a vocation- a love, not just a job or a career. 
• I LOVE to witness and be part of the transformation that happens when two minds get together for the purpose of transformation (not just fixing things on the surface). There is nothing that FASCINATES me more than to witness how we transform as Human Beings and all the amazing ways that plays out in both our personal and professional life.  
• I love to work with people that inspire me and I get to do that every day. 

Things I Love

• Creating clients and then co-creating transformation in their lives and businesses with them. 
• Studying and learning from the worlds greatest teachers and coaches. 
• Being with and playing with my wife and children- anytime, anywhere. 
• Transcending thinking into the bewilderment of being. 
• Creating artwork - both the process of creating and the long term enjoyment of the finished creation. 
• Writing about things that are meaningful to me and hopefully to others. 
• Reading inspirational poetry- and trying to write some of my own. 
• Yoga, Swimming, Walking, Biking, Hiking, Tennis, Surfing 
• Developing Real Estate. 
• Travelling and Exploring new places (to me). 
• Root Beer Floats 
• My wife's cooking 

My Mentors, Teachers and Coaches

Some of my favorite mentors and coaches along my path I'll list below which might give you a flavor of the type of teaching and coaching I do.

• All the ancient writers of the world's most loved wisdom texts- including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism and others.  
• Some of my favorite Poets  and Philosophers include:  Rumi, Hafiz, Kahlil Gibran, Ralph Waldo Emmerson, Epictetus, Socrates, Em Claire, Piet Hein and many others. 
• Some of my favorite authors and teachers of the modern era:  Byron Katie,Dan Millman, Michael Singer, Serge Kahili King, Nathaniel Branden,Howard Falco, Neale Donald Walsh, Fred Gratzon, Wayne Dyer, David Hawkins, Ilchi Lee, Syd Banks, George Pransky,Tim Freke, Bill Harris, Masuro Emoto, Don Miguel Ruiz, Esther Hicks,Louise Hay, Eknath Easwaren, Paolo Coelho, Steve Chandler,Michael Neill, John H. Groberg (yes that's my father, and yes he's the one the movie The Other Side of Heaven was made about) and many others. 
• Some of the people I've had the privilege of learning directly from through trainings, seminars or coaching and whom I consider living mentors: Michael Neill, Robert Holden, George Pransky,Byron Katie, Bill Cummings, Mandy Evans, Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks, Nancy Kline,Steve Chandler,Steve Hardison , Darren Weissman Jen Louden, Peter Fenner, Sri Kumar Rao, Genpo Roshi , Serge Kahili King and Rich Litvin to name a few.  I've made significant investments in my own training and development and I've assimilated much from these incredible coaches and teachers as well as many others- and developed my own unique style and art.
• I've experienced coaching and training programs myself- being a client of Jack Canfield's "The Success Principles" coaching program, Steve Chandler's Mastermind program and most recently Michael Neill's Supercoach Academy. 
• Of course the truly relevant thing (to you) is what you personally experience by working with me. 

Here are a few pictures of me with some of my teachers.  I wish I had thought to take more pictures:

       

              John w/ Byron Katie                                 John w/ Michael Neill

  

      John w/ Darren Weissman                                 John w/ Robert Holden

 

            John w/ Steve Chandler                          

Other Creations

Here's a few things that might help you get a better feel for me.

Artwork

Poetry

Recordings

Other Websites

With Love, 

John Groberg