John Gillen

John Gillen is an accomplished jockey and successful trainer, self-made businessman, but ‘lost the lot’ through stress and alcohol addiction. Gillen began his new journey in an NHS Hospital. After the usual ‘detox’ and short say, many questions remained. Years of research for answers led him across the globe, finding knowledge and insight from various fields such as psychology, sociology, biology, and spirituality. Learning from numerous disciplines, John formulated a programme for understanding through education and long-term recovery through change from within.

A licensed HeartMath® coach, John has worked with several large ‘Rehabs’ and numerous Treatment Facilities, in both the Private and Public Health Care Sectors.  He has taken part in TV interviews and Documentaries on the Psychobiology of Addiction.  He frequently lectures at other facilities, external to Affinity Lodge.

A personal development mentor, Gillen effectively creates change within a ‘personality’. Going beyond examining ‘what’s gone wrong’ from a neuroscience perspective, he effectively applies his spiritual development training to awaken ‘what’s right’ within. Without the focus on ‘dismantling’ the ‘defects’, Gillen goes under the barriers of human nature to speak it as it is. Down to earth, compassionate, with immense wisdom in recovery, his ability to teach the ‘personality’ how to ‘look within’ enables others to find their true Self.  Gillen aims to reboot the brain’s rewiring to experience sustained change from the inside – out, to achieve the quality of life desired.