Michael Domeyko Rowland is Australia’s leading Self Development author and presenter. His book, ‘Absolute Happiness’ is a national best seller (85,000 copies in Australia). He lectures in the U.K. the U.S. New Zealand and Australia.

His seminars and courses have been attended by over 220,000 people. His third visit to Perth attracted 14,000 people over four nights to the Perth Entertainment Centre, for his free introductory evening, and over 3000 to his one day course. In Australia, 85,000 people have attended his main ‘Life’ courses. Michael is also well known for his work with teenagers. Due to a desire to fulfil their potentials in some teens, he invites them to attend his courses for free and over 8,600 have attended so far.

In May 1996 he was invited to consult with the Duchess of York (‘Fergie’), for three weeks in the U.K. and she credited him with giving her the means to turn her life around. She has since publicly endorsed his work. Michael, his wife Paulina, and the Duchess of York, were joined for a day by Princess Diana, who revealed a great interest in self development.

He also occasionally joins overseas best selling authors on seminar tours around Australia. He has toured the capital cities of the mainland with Deepak Chopra, Louise Hay, Marianne Williamson, Wayne Dyer and James Redfield, (author of ‘Celestine Prophecy’), who are the leaders in personal growth in America. These sell out tours were attended by over 40,000 people.

Prior to commencing his seminar work twenty years ago, Michael was highly successful in the Australian film and television industry. He worked on a number of films and TV documentaries, dramas and feature films, starting as an assistant director on Skippy the Kangaroo, Spyforce with Jack Thompson, ‘Age of Consent’, filmed on Dunk Island, with James Mason and Helen Mirren, and ‘Wake in Fright’. He directed several episodes of the worldwide smash hit series ‘Return to Eden’. He left the industry to begin his career researching mind and consciousness. In addition to presenting courses, he returns to feature film writing and directing in 2009, dealing with the subjects he covers in his seminars, converting them into a fictional setting.

He has toured England, the Amazon jungle, and the U.S.A. interviewing twenty of the top transpersonal psychiatrists, psychologists, physicists and biologists for a documentary video series on the mind and consciousness, which he is presenting and directing. The first episode has already been released, featuring Ram Dass (Dr. Richard Alpert). He has also directed and presents a 12 part video series on personality and relationships, called the ‘Psychology of Selves’, again interviewing the leading authorities from the U.S.A. in the field, Dr Hal Stone and Dr. Sidra L. Stone, which is used by Universities, professional psychologists, as well as members of the public.

Michael lives with his wife, Paulina Domeyko, and their son and daughter, in Australia. Michael has taken his wife’s name into his own.