about
John Frank Stagl
John Frank Stagl, born in Gary, Indiana was raised with his two older brothers Frank and Eric by his mother Alice. He recalls a wonderful childhood filled with opportunity and diversity without the support or guidance of a father figure. Having learned to play the drums at an early age, Stagl began playing professionally at the age of 12. As a child, his artistic skills were further developed in oil painting and charcoal drawing. With an interest in the sciences and the human body, a decision was made early on to become a physician. Therefore, immediately after graduation from high school, needing to pay his way through pre-med, he was hired as a ballroom dance instructor at Fred Astaire Dance Studios in Hammond, Indiana.
Along with two other daytime jobs, he was able to save enough to attend St. Joseph’s Calumet College then ultimately, Purdue Calumet Campus to complete his studies. Coming from a family of modest means, his talents served him well and ultimately allowed him to play his drums in the local rock band to pay his way to a doctorate degree by the age of 24.
Around that time, he recalls one of only a few memories of his father where he went to visit him in a hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania. While attending him at his bedside during his final moments, Stagl wanted to sincerely thank his father for passing down his intelligence and healthy genes; which he saw as the greatest gifts he received from his estranged father.
Subsequently, Dr. Stagl owned and operated the Clinic for Pain and Stress Relief in Merrillville, Indiana from 1977 to 1994 and designed one of the first electronic medical record systems in 1989. During this time, as a headache sufferer himself, he was compelled to learn everything possible about the causes of headache pain. As his research progressed, he ultimately discovered a very common major contributing factor to most recurring headache patterns.
In the entertainment world, Stagl hosted a weekly one hour radio show, It’s Your Choice for three and a half years in the 1980s and cable TV talk show, Lighten-up Chicago until 1990 where he shared his secrets on how to reduce stress and live an abundant life. Unfortunately, after a serious injury to his cervical spine, he was forced to sell his practice in 1994 and moved to Florida to seek an alternate profession.
After several years in the medical video production business, Dr. Stagl decided to re-enter the medical field and became a Registered Vascular Technologist in 1997. In the meantime, he directed and produced the inspiring 1997 video, Treat Yourself to a Headache Free Life, detailing his unique self treatment technique he developed for chronic headaches sufferers while he was in active practice.
Later, with the advent of Microsoft Windows, he developed the SonoSoft Electronic Medical Record system in 2002 which allowed physicians to eliminate the need for wasting their time dictating and reviewing patient encounter notes and has since grown to international distribution. During this time, he served as President of Empower Technologies, Inc.; the distributor of SonoSoft electronic medical record systems. With a passion for cooking healthy and delicious food, Dr. Stagl later designed and built four stunning gourmet kitchens for himself and his close friends. As a gifted inventor, today Dr. Stagl continues his contribution to medicine with several medical patent applications to his credit.
Enjoying a lifetime filled with such diverse accomplishments and interests, it is no wonder Dr. John Stagl is often referred to as a Renaissance Man of the highest order!
As a child, Stagl was visiting his cousins in Pennsylvania for a summer vacation. They were farmers and had numerous milking cows. They would get up early to milk the cows and then bale hay and harvest oats and corn in the afternoon. He recalls walking out in the pasture one day and stumbling upon a huge ant hill swarming with ants. He stood there in amazement as to how the ants just crawled all over each other. Then he saw a striking parallel with all the people in the world.
Then and there Stagl declared that he was NOT going to be like another ‘ant’ on the planet, proclaiming, “Before I die, I want to make a difference”. He asked himself, “How could I contribute to mankind such that it would be better simply because I was here?” This driving idea has remained with him all of his life and has ultimately led to his latest book, Stop the Rain Dance.
In short, this book is devoted to assuring that you can take charge of your life and enjoy all the beneficial things life can offer. It is easy to become so involved in life’s drama and to lose sight of what’s really important to us. This is your chance to take a step back and renegotiate your position as we all have this choice. It’s like a vacation in a book. Hopefully, by taking a fresh look at life, you may realign your thinking to achieve more rewarding experiences and a more fulfilling life.
When it comes to finances, Dr. Stagl emphasizes that over 99% of the population see money as a means to buy goods and services, yet the remaining 1% control the majority of the money in the world. He has struggled with money most of his life and shares with his readers what he discovered as a huge paradigm shift in how the rich perceive money compared to the rest of us. With Stop the Rain Dance, Dr. Stagl unveils the answer to this age-old riddle so that you can see for yourself what you may need to do or think differently to achieve prosperity.
Having been in the healthcare sector all of his adult life, Dr. Stagl shares some core fundamental secrets in achieving and maintaining vibrant health from the inside out. His book opens new doors to understanding stress and shares effective methods to keep it under control. You may reduce your dependency on drugs by following his basic principles for a healthy mind and body, and get back in control of your health.
Relationships can be one of our most challenging areas in life. Understanding one simple rule can change how people perceive you. Dr. Stagl explains how you choose to be a passenger or the captain in any relationship which ultimately determines its direction. Rather than choosing to be a victim, learn how to be in control of the outcome of your relationships without being controlling. Learn how to experience bliss with your partner when and where you choose without compromising you or your partner’s values.
When faced with any seemingly intolerable situation, Dr. Stagl explains a simple three step process which will free you from the stress of indecision and confusion. This method is so liberating that you will know immediately the right thing to do in every challenging situation.
Stop the Rain Dance offers practical proven methods to assist people in three major areas of life – Health, Relationships and Finances. As a writer, physician, inventor, talk show host and entrepreneur, Dr. Stagl empowers others through his book Stop the Rain Dance by offering practical tools to achieve a balanced and rewarding life. With his diverse background and never-ending search of life’s universal principles, he will share with you how to create a better life for yourself and the world around you.
