Before I tell you more about our programs, let me tell you about myself.

My name is Paul Sterling and I am the creator of the Magic Relationship Method -- Compassionate Communication For Couples.

I have been studying communication for over twenty years. Yeah, I know, I'm a slow learner. And I've been teaching communication for over fifteen years.

It has been an interesting, bumpy and heart opening journey on the way to becoming a relationship communication coach. 

I dropped out of high school at the age of 17 and then left home for the adventure of being an Alaska commercial fisherman... and to get away from a broken family, a critical dad who drank too much and an angry older brother. 

My wake up call and turning point toward self-knowledge came when my older brother, Kevin, who seemed to have it all ? he was a race car driver, had lots of women, lots of friends and admiration ? killed himself.

Suddenly, my world was turned up-side-down and I began my search for answers. 

I studied with Anthony Robbins, with Bob Proctor (from The Secret), and was a business partner with Marshall Thurber (one of Robert Kiyosaki?s mentors).  I also studied The Work of Byron Katie extensively. 

I tried everything from walking on fire to meditation to counseling. I read books, listened to tapes, took personal growth classes and I studied neuro-linguistic programming and neuro-associative conditioning.

I got really good at communicating in the business world.

I have taught for the City of Albuquerque (a leadership program) and other businesses.  I've taught in schools, churches and prisons. I also used my skills as a U.S. delegate to the Soviet American Citizen?s Summit Peace Dialogue in Moscow.

I have taught from Hawaii to Hong Kong and from Alabama to Alaska.  I have been interviewed by numerous newspapers and radio talk shows around the US.  In addition, I made appearances on Russian news programs and have written my own column on communications.

And after all that?

I ended up with a divorce and two broken engagements. I still didn?t know how to have a healthy relationship with open, honest communication. I was almost ready to give up...

Then, totally by accident, I heard about the work of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, the creator of Nonviolent Communication (www.cnvc.org). 

I traveled to Sweden to study with him?  I was floored by the simplicity and effectiveness of this communication model to help me in my relationships ? intimate, business and social.