In this section you will find valuable information that Jim created to help improve your quality of life.

In March 1954, when at the pinnacle of his entertainment fame, Jim was struck down with polio. He was placed into an iron lung life support which pressured his body to breathe. His chances of ever getting out were slim, and his life expectancy was short. In many respects, his story parallels that of America's Superman Christopher Reeve - although Jim escaped the lung and went on to lead an incredibly long life.

In surviving polio and escaping the iron lung, Jim Vickers-Willis had had a profound personal experience - one that caused him to ask each one of us whether we are living in our own 'iron lungs' because we held 'life suffocating' attitudes. An evangelist was born.

Jim was particularly concerned about the increasing distress in marriages; obvious in sky rocketing divorce rates since the 1960's in most western societies. Today, in Australia, about 40% of marriages end in divorce - the increasing Australian divorce rate over the last century is shown in the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2005) graph below:

So Jim put to work the skills he learned as a cadet journalist to investigate this social problem, and like Sheree Hite and The Kinseys before him, to report on what he discovered. He then used the promotion skills he learned during the square dancing boom to bring this new age information on relationships and our sexuality to public attention. The result has been a treasure of information resources that are continuing today to help people find new and richer meaning in their relationships, and new quality in their lives.

These information resources include the following, all of which are available from this web site.

- The Magic of Life
- Are You (Really) Fun To Live With? (FREE)
- Talk on Sex - for Parents & Couples (FREE)
- Let's Get It All Off - For Goodness Sake!

Follow these links to purchase your copy of Jim's autobiography "The Magic of Life" and his DVD about nudism in Australian, "Let's Get It All Off - For Goodness Sake!", or visit Jim's OnLine Shop. Your purchases help us support Rotary International's efforts to immunise kids in third world countries from the polio virus.

In the 1970's, Jim also produced three informative relationship and sexual information recordings with psychologist Dr. Bob Montgomery - 'Sexuality & Your Quality of Life', 'Female Sexual Expression' and 'Male Sexuality'. Unfortunately, these recording are no longer available for distribution. As with Jim's other resources, these tapes promoted open and constructive attitudes to sexuality and adult relationships. Through these tapes, Jim and Bob reminded us that "the most important sexual organ in our bodies is between our ears".

Listen here to a sample of Jim & Bobs audio recordings.

Many other interesting resources are available on this site. So please stay a while, and have a look around. One example is Jim's interesting account of how he first got involved in issues about relationships and sexuality:

"How I Got Interested in Relationships & Sexuality"

In 1966 I walked into a Wimbledon bookshop and bought my first book on sex. It was a good one entitled "Mainly for Women". I was so embarrassed as I paid my money that I turned it over the wrong way..........read more here.

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Vindicated - 30 Years Late!

A wry smile came across Jim's 87 year old face (not dissimilar to the photo above right) as he read 'The Age' article (April 26, 2006) headed "The Secret of Being in Rude Health is Intercourse, Of Course". Jim suffered tremendous criticism (perhaps even persecution) for suggesting over thirty years earlier that sex was physically good for you - in fact, Jim's first book "Are You Fun To Live With?" was originally titled "Orgasms Are Good For You" until family pressures led to change. Now the medical and scientific professions are waking up to this fact - sex protects us against disease. Research shows "sex can offer protection from depression, colds, heart disease, and even cancer", says the article.

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Quality of Life Association (QLA)

Jim founded QLA to raise awareness on many important social policy issues from prison reform to sex education, Click HERE for more historical information on QLA.

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Financial Planning

For 47 years Jim Vickers-Willis was employed in the Finance Industry, working with just one organisation - although he saw its ownership and name change a few times - from 'T&G' to 'National Mutual' to 'AXA'. Following new industry accreditation regulations and aged 82, Jim passed the Diploma of Financial Planning at Deakin University and became one of Australia's first Certified Financial Planners. He continued his practice in association with Accountant son Peter (DFP, CPA). Now semi-retired and no longer giving advice, Jim passes on some information which he considers vital information to anyone arranging their financial affairs. Click HERE to read Jim's views on financial planning, gained from a life-time of working in this Industry.

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