John Michael Schmidt Email & Phone Number

1970 I became conscious of healthy foods by visiting a natural food cooperative. Consequently, I transformed my lifestyle to consuming only natural and organic products.In the 70s, I sought natural/health food stores to learn more strengthening my commitment. to my new lifestyle.1982 I joined the natural/organic food industry in sales as a rep for Akin Distributing, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Here I gained a ground-level understanding of the industry.1985 I joined Great Eastern Sun selling macrobiotic products from Japan living in Asheville, NC., and traveling throughout the USA.1987, I moved to Austin, Texas, and created Sunbelt Organics Inc. a natural and primarily organic products brokerage that flourished for 12.5 years with an increase in sales of a minimum 20% per year.1987-2000 I was fully active in growing my company having 16 co-workers and clients including and not limited to Arrowhead Mills, Alta-Dena Dairy, Spectrum Naturals, Dr. Atkins, Earths Best, Cascadian Farms, Barbara's Bakery, Herb Pharm, Natures Gate and Jason cosmetics.2000 I sold my company to Presence Marketing in Chicago, Illinois, and retired from the USA natural/organics product industry.2001 I joined The Living Tarot, a performance group doing live Tarot readings in costume and dance in the Rainbow Gatherings and Burning Man, and yoga studios across the USA.2002 I moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand, bought land, and built a house here in 2008 and I have been living here ever since living a cosmic, conscious life in our special city with an amazing international conscious community.2011-2021 In Thailand I became a consultant for natural and organic-focused companies in South East Asia. 2022 I have been teaching and sharing Conscious Language, a system for upgrading one's language by listening to their internal dialogue to hear their limited thought, word, and emotional expressions which limit their reality and do not serve their highest good, and choosing upgrades in their language. In addition have been hosting gatherings for the international conscious community of Chiang Mai at my spacious house to offer opportunities for folks to meet and greet more like-minded conscious beings in our beloved city of Chiang Mai.

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  Universtiy Of Wisconsin, Augustana College Graduate School Psychology

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