Bio & Pictures

John got his start in the field of relationships by writing music about relationships as a college student at BYU.  During his college years, John also realized that he possessed a gift for relationships coaching. Even his ex-girlfriends would come to him for advice.  Dr. Elmer Knowles, seeing John’s gifts even in his sophomore year, invited him to be a guest lecturer in many of his classes.

Meanwhile, John’s relationships music was gathering momentum. From the time he recorded his original song, What if I Loved You? to his recording of Michael McLean's, You're Not Alone, John was becoming a familiar voice to many. What If I Loved You (one of John’s songs) became the #1 song throughout the Utah & Idaho area in the early 80’s. You’re Not Alone, another recording of John’s (written by Michael McLean) became an international success and was sent out to millions by the LDS church. During John’s early music days he also played warm-up for Kenny Loggins, the Pointer Sisters and did many TV & radio interviews.

Realizing, however, that his real love continued to be teaching relationships principles, John eventually focused on workshops and coaching over singing and recording. John’s experience as a Life Coach started with Dr. Denis Waitley’s “Winning For Life” team in Salt Lake City. He has also presented with Dr. John Gray (“Men Are From Mars & Women From Venus”) and Dr. John Lund (“How to Hug a Porcupine”). John taught his “9 Agreements” relationships training for over 30 years.

John is married to Narelle Canaan, who was born and raised in Australia. Interestingly, after serving his church for 2 years in Australia as a missionary, John often mused on how fun it might be to marry an Australian girl. (Wow! Mission accomplished.) John describes his marriage to Narelle as God’s 2nd chance for him to get it right and considers Narelle to be a “bouquet of flowers” (as a friend of his put it), right from heaven. John and Narelle often tell people that “every day is like Christmas” for them, despite the typical challenges of this life (as if any of our challenges are “typical”!).

John and Narelle live in Daybreak, Utah. They are the parents of a blended family of 10 children and 12 grandchildren.

For more information, contact: narellecanaan@gmail.com