Employees of my former drycleaning business would want to sit down and discuss problems they had in their marriages, with their children or with their finances.

The same thing happened with musicians and artists I worked with in my career as a songwriter and music producer.

Even the mother of a local NHL "star" had my ear (and my advice) for many months during the immense struggles her son had with drugs.

Of course, family and friends could always count on receiving the very best guidance I had to offer, and they still do. Sometimes, all someone would need was just someone who was willing to listen.

I'm not a doctor nor am I a trained counselor, although I have many such people as close friends and personal advisors. I do not hold a degree in psychology or psychiatry, nor do I hold any certificates that espouse me as a self-help expert. However, what I have done is lived a very full, varied and rich life as an entrepreneur, a parent, a son, a brother and a friend to many, many amazing people.

I have been blessed to have been given many obstacles to overcome in my personal life (yes, blessed!). There has been the death of many family members (my sister, my brother, my father, many aunts and uncles, my brother-in-law at only 16). Special creations of mine have been ripped off and they have made millions of dollars for the thieves. I have been totally blessed to have given a special needs child where countless hospitalizations and treatments were the norm. I went through a very prolonged and nasty divorce in which I "lost" not only a home and business, but a career. Amongst the business successes I have enjoyed, there have been significant failures.

This is the school I have been trained in - the school of life and living. This is what led me to create such projects as The Internet Toy Drive and People Building People and to write such books as Success: A Spiritual Matter and A Large Slice of Life to Go, Please! I encourage you to click on these links as they will certainly go a long way to showing you who I am, what I stand for and how I can help you.

It has also led me to Spirit Coaching. Please allow me to explain.

Each of us has something special to offer other people. Each of us also has need of learning special things from other people. The cycle of life:-)

In my five decades of living on this planet (yes, I am a 50 year-old grandpa:-), I have benefited immensely from consultation and coaching by many amazing people. Some of them I now call my mentors. As I've mentioned, I have done the same and helped many others.

This site is totally about you, but please allow me to explain one more thing about me. If you don't already know, I've been a successful Internet marketer for a number of years having written many top-selling marketing products. I am also endorsed by a virtual "who's who" of the elite Internet marketing community. September 11, 2001 had a profound impact on me personally and I decided not to create any more marketing products. Instead of helping people to build online businesses, I decided I would simply help to build people. However, I still do selective Internet marketing consultations, and charge $495.00 per hour, with a two hour minimum. And that's not even close to what some of the current top marketers get!

The reason I mention this is that when I decided, in what I call my 2004 New Year's Revolution, to open up some time to help people with their personal issues (ie: Matters of the Spirit), I also decided to make that time as truly affordable as possible, and a whole lot less than my business consultations. Whenever the Spirit is challenged, I am at my very best, so why not make what I have to offer within financial reach to those who could truly benefit?
 

If you find yourself struggling emotionally with any issue, even something that I have not mentioned, please email me (and know that this communication will remain totally private) with the details (basic details at least) and I will reply with whether I feel I can honestly help you with my Spirit Coaching. If I feel I can't, I will try to send you in a direction where you can receive what is required.

OK, I set my fees for one-on-one phone Spirit Coaching VERY low:

• Only $97.00 for a full half hour! Again, compare this to the $495.00 per hour (2 hour minimum) I get for Internet business consulting.

• If you want to reserve 4 half-hour sessions during one month, you'll invest only $297.00.

• If you want to reserve 24 half-hour sessions over 6 months (we'll certainly discuss this option by email and even by phone before you make a commitment), I decided on the very low fee of $1,997.00. With this last option you will receive a year's subscription to People Building People, and I'll toss in some other beneficial things along the way:-)
   

God Bless you for your insights! Your successes are well deserved!   Jerry Johnsted