About Me...

One’s life does not always move in a direct line from intention --> action. Our career start may be miles and years away from where we end. I started as a teacher specializing in New Math of the 70s. It led me to co-author an elementary math series and two years teaching methodology at the Faculty of Education, U of Toronto. I was a coach then: in print, workshops and in the classroom.

My free summers were filled with house renovation and real estate flips. In 1979, I traded my teaching license for one in real estate. For 25 years, I coached real estate clients on the art of buying and selling houses. I also coached divorcing couples and their lawyers how to achieve an amicable deal.

After the death of my partner in 1995, I turned to Body Electric to be coached in the art of embodiment. I trained as a sacred intimate and co-ordinated for the School for five years. I coached men to embrace possibilities thru tantra, touch and breath. In 2003 I enrolled in the first Sexological Bodywork course in San Francisco. I coach clients and their therapists on the art of sacred touch as a way of making connection with self and self’s issue/s and moving forward to a greater/happier self.

Before I retired from real estate in 2005, I started my life coaching courses with the premiere school: The Coaches Training Institute. My coaching practice moved from buyers and sellers to clients who wanted more out of their life than a better home.

In 2008, my partner Rick and I moved from Toronto to Vancouver BC to live by the sea, among the tall trees and under the snow-capped Rocky Mountains. It is here that I completed my coaching certification program: Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC). My current practice is predominately LGBT community and I love working with "Q" and bodyworkers building their business. I’m currently being coached thru Inspired on Demand on the art of building a business.

Personal Stuff: In a long-term relationship with Rick. Celebrated my 70th birthday in March/10 and have no plans of retiring.

I blog about STUFF under the name STUFFguru www.paulbarber.com/stuffguru and will have a men's sex blog by the end of November 2010 at www.canadianbodyworker.com