James Ballou

James Ballou has written extensively throughout his professional life covering subjects as varied as the psychology of motivation to the physiological functions of herbs. He served for nearly five years in the US Coast Guard and was honorably discharged as an E-5 with a specialty in shipboard weapons electronics. Following his military service James went on to complete both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts from the University of Phoenix. He then completed a doctorate from Century University. Dr. Ballou wrote his doctoral dissertation on the effects of normative reeducation as part of a system for changing employee behavior. He has since applied his normative reeducation theories and approaches to human behavior in educational, nutritional consulting and organizational training and development settings. While completing his PhD, Dr. Ballou became the head of systems development for a medical device manufacturer in Utah that also carried a line of nutritional supplements. The field of health and nutrition was of such interest to him that he later went on to earn a doctor of naturopathy degree from Clayton College of Natural Health.

Dr. Ballou describes his most important role as husband to April, his wife of nearly twenty years and of father to his four sons. Dr. Ballou lives in West Haven, UT and travels extensively in the United States conducting seminars on health and physiology. He believes that each person has the ability to change his or her life for the better by taking responsibility for their choices and not settling for the outcomes dictated by circumstance. Whether those choices involve the path in life one travels or the nutritional choices one makes, Dr. Ballou encourages everyone that attends his seminars to arm themselves with information in order to make the best choice possible. His involvement in helping people make more informed choices is the fulfillment of a lifelong ambition and a testament to the positive outcomes that are yielded from making good choices.

"I have learnt that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."

-Booker T. Washington