About Us

OUR MISSION
We are dedicated to the discovery, development and distribution of knowledge, tools and practices from around the globe that produce optimal health and optimal human functioning.  Our goal is to help people, organizations and communities live better, improve life and contribute to a healthy, thriving Earth.

OUR GROUP
We are a growing group of health professionals, talented individuals and organizations who join forces to provide resources for producing optimal health.

OUR FOUNDER
Robert Simon Siegel
Robert Simon Siegel is CEO and Founder of Global Optimal Health Group, a training company that helps businesses transform health from a cost into an investment that drives productivity.  His passions are optimal human functioning, innovation and Afro-Cuban percussion.

Internationally known author of Six Seconds To True Calm:  Thriving Skills For 21st Century Living, Robert is a psychophysiologist, corporate trainer, Yi Ren Qigong Instructor and stress specialist with over 20 years clinical experience.  Robert’s articles have been published internationally, nationally and in various local Seattle magazines.

Robert developed Optimal Health Trainings as a proactive health innovation to provide practical solutions to ever-rising healthcare costs.  This skill-based methodology produces optimal health, optimal functioning and simultaneously eliminates (not “manages”) stress damage with lifelong skills to better operate body, mind and energy.  Thousands of people have improved performance and achieved more vibrant health without medications.

His client list has included Chevron USA, NBC, Port of Seattle Police Dept., Providence Health System, Washington Athletic Club, Pritikin Longevity Center, King County Dept. of Natural Resources, LA County Dept. of Children’s Services, Pacific Enterprises and TRW.

As a psychology major, Robert earned a Master of Science from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut and a BA from the College of William and Mary in Virginia.

HONORS
2008 National Wellness Conference, selected Presenter, How to Eliminate not Manage Stress Damage to Health & Performance:  The Foundation for a Science of Optimal Health in Stephens Point, WI.
New England Hospital Assembly, Inc. Blue Ribbon Committee, for program development /implementation of the Stress Management Unit, Mt. Pleasant Hospital, Massachusetts.
Board of Directors, Biofeedback Society of Massachusetts (former) 

PUBLICATIONS
Six Seconds To True Calm:  Thriving Skills For 21st Century Living (book) Featured by:  Book of the Month Club, One Spirit & Quality Paperback Books.  Paperback edition published by Berkley Books (Penguin Putnam), 1999.
"Stress Claims in Industry - A Survey Of Who's Doing What,” Workers' Compensation Monthly, July 1990. Original research involving 83 companies, representing 100,000 employees.
True Calm:  Where Health, Productivity and Innovation Meet at the Speed of Business, CAPITAL:  Business & Finance Magazine (Middle East edition).
Teaching Energy Chinese Style: The Extraordinary Yi Ren Qigong of Dr. Guan-Cheng Sun, Qi: The Journal of Eastern Health & Fitness, Summer & Fall, 2006.
Articles in Washington Athletic Club Magazine, Marketplace, Evergreen Monthly

MEDIA APPEARANCES
FOX -TV Good Day New York
KTLA Noon News
Seattle Magazine
Chicago Tribune
Woman’s Day
Savvy
Mademoiselle
Spa
many radio talk shows
CBS-TV Up To The Minute

What People Say About Optimal Health Trainings with Robert Simon Siegel