Today I got an email from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition telling its past graduates and anyone coming into the program in the future that they are going to be called Health Coaches rather than Health Counselors. I guess I saw this coming as I have been calling myself a Health Coach since I graduated. I have always wanted to be more of a coach to my clients, understanding a client's weaknesses and strengths and cheering them on to victory. I need to listen to my client, get to know him/her well enough to make healthy and realistic choices not only with their nutritional needs but also Fitness and Wellness needs. I want to support them in any way I can. I want to be the one on the sideline cheering them on when they need it, coaching them through losing weight, eating better and taking care of themselves. Once my clients begin a program with me my hopes are that they will experience a different more hopeful and healthy world around them. I want my clients to experience foods they haven't eaten before, exercises they never would have entertained to try and begin to experience a different more hopeful and healthy world around them. Most clients just need to be taught about all the different food options out there. We get stuck in the what we know and there is so much more to learn. Its about the support system most of us need to get us to the outcome we are hoping for and of course it's the belief in ourselves and the desire to get us to the finish line. The buzz out there from articles in the New York Times to stories on ABC and NBC about how the wave of the future is having a health coach in your life. It's an amazing feeling when I can be someone's coach. Let me help you Amaze Yourself!
Below are a few links to some recent stories about Health Coaches. Check some of them out.
Dr. Andrew Weil's Self Healing magazine reports: "When athletes want a competitive edge, they hire a private coach to monitor their progress. When it comes to your health, using this mindset could also be beneficial. Health coaches are increasingly being hired by corporations to help employees stay healthy and by individuals seeking to improve well-being. For some, these coaches offer assistance in managing dietary constraints (due to conditions such as celiac disease or diabetes), and for others, they might focus on teaching stress-reduction methods. In some ways, the health coach picks up where your physician left off, helping you implement wellness strategies suggested after a check-up or diagnosis." In the article, Integrative Nutrition graduate Christi Collins recommends finding a coach who has received training from a reputable program, and whose personality resonates with your own.
CBS reports (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/05/health/cbsdoc/main5535824.shtml): "Congress will miss the boat if it ends up perpetuating a system that reacts to illness rather than preventing it. Chronic diseases such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes wreck our quality of life and cost a fortune. In recent years, a new and intriguing concept has emerged in the prevention and treatment of chronic illness: the health coach.
ABC News reports on health coaching - what it is and how it can help you.
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9493792
New York Times article on health coaches:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/business/yourmoney/22food.html?_r=4&scp=1&sq=nutrition%20coach&st=cse
Monday, February 22, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
39 RULES FOR A GOOD LIFE!
39 Rules for a Good Life
I am not sure of the author of this Handbook but today I came upon it and thought I would share with my NEW DAY fans. Check them out and try to implement as many as you can. I think it will make for an amazing 2010 if we do!
HANDBOOK 2010
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did last year.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don’t over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree…
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything..
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. Time heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank your God for it.
39. Your Innermost is always happy. So, be happy.
I am not sure of the author of this Handbook but today I came upon it and thought I would share with my NEW DAY fans. Check them out and try to implement as many as you can. I think it will make for an amazing 2010 if we do!
HANDBOOK 2010
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did last year.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don’t over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree…
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything..
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. Time heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank your God for it.
39. Your Innermost is always happy. So, be happy.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
KEEP IT SIMPLE THIS NEW YEAR
I just recently read in article from one of my favorite websites, Naturalnews.com and thought it was a perfect time to blog and send it out there in the hopes that others will find it as well. As the New Year begins step back, stop and appreciate the things which are of true value and begin to embrace the simplicity of being satisfied with enough. Identify the sources of stress, anxiety and fatigue and start to truly find out what makes it all amazing.
Click on the link below and continue reading.
http://www.naturalnews.com/027860_food_foods_positive_change.html
Click on the link below and continue reading.
http://www.naturalnews.com/027860_food_foods_positive_change.html
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
MINDFUL EATING
All this talk about being mindful during yoga or now intensati have you ever stopped to think about being mindful while you eat? Sadly I must admit that I come from a family of inhalers with our food and I have to say I see with one of my children that I've passed this trait on. So often we are rushing through dinner to get to an activity or back to the television or to homework and we don't take the time to enjoy each others company or the food in front of us.
So often we eat mindlessly, stuffing food into our mouths while working on the computer, watching TV or driving in the car. Too often our food is gone before we knew we even ate to begin with. While you are in the midst of enjoying the holiday season and all the wonderful food in front of you try to remember that the pleasure of eating lies in slowing down and fully experiencing all of the elements of food. Take some time to explore a bit more with your food and start to take notice and you will be amazed on how much better it can taste, how much more enjoyable it can be and even how much less you might be eating because you've taken the time to enjoy each bite. This may seem like a silly exercise but try it with your family next time you are all at the dinner table. Just the discussion and exercise alone with certainly make for a different dinner experience and maybe atleast for one meal make you all a bit more mindful of the food on your plate.
Things to explore:
Sight, Smell, Touch, Tast, Texture, Swallow, Breath, Silence.
Look at your food and then maybe bring it to your nose and experience the scent of what you are about to eat. Touch what you are going to eat and then try to experience the moment it touches your lips, tongue, teeth, etc...Begin to chew the food slowly this time, more chews than you've ever have. Chewing leads to smoother digestion. Become aware of the taste, it is juicy or sour or sweet. As you continue to chew notice the consistency and texture of the food. Take a few extra chews before you swallow the food and then take a breath. Bring the same quality of breath that you gave to the rest of the process and then sit for minute and think about what you just ate.
What comes from this is a better understanding of yourself I think and your relationship to food. Not only that but the realization of just how good (or even bad) the food really is and what it meant to you to be able to eat it. Don't forget just how much time you put into getting this food on the table either. Enjoy it all and let it be amazing!
So often we eat mindlessly, stuffing food into our mouths while working on the computer, watching TV or driving in the car. Too often our food is gone before we knew we even ate to begin with. While you are in the midst of enjoying the holiday season and all the wonderful food in front of you try to remember that the pleasure of eating lies in slowing down and fully experiencing all of the elements of food. Take some time to explore a bit more with your food and start to take notice and you will be amazed on how much better it can taste, how much more enjoyable it can be and even how much less you might be eating because you've taken the time to enjoy each bite. This may seem like a silly exercise but try it with your family next time you are all at the dinner table. Just the discussion and exercise alone with certainly make for a different dinner experience and maybe atleast for one meal make you all a bit more mindful of the food on your plate.
Things to explore:
Sight, Smell, Touch, Tast, Texture, Swallow, Breath, Silence.
Look at your food and then maybe bring it to your nose and experience the scent of what you are about to eat. Touch what you are going to eat and then try to experience the moment it touches your lips, tongue, teeth, etc...Begin to chew the food slowly this time, more chews than you've ever have. Chewing leads to smoother digestion. Become aware of the taste, it is juicy or sour or sweet. As you continue to chew notice the consistency and texture of the food. Take a few extra chews before you swallow the food and then take a breath. Bring the same quality of breath that you gave to the rest of the process and then sit for minute and think about what you just ate.
What comes from this is a better understanding of yourself I think and your relationship to food. Not only that but the realization of just how good (or even bad) the food really is and what it meant to you to be able to eat it. Don't forget just how much time you put into getting this food on the table either. Enjoy it all and let it be amazing!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
I joined a rowing association in my town two summers ago. They are an amazing group of people who I am sad to report that I didn't get to spend much time this past summer with as I didn't row as much as I would have liked. They are passing around emails lately asking each other for advice, tips, ways of motivating each other to keep in shape over the winter. I love that they look to each other for help. Its not always easy motivating yourself. Ask for help. Don't let yourself go, in fact, don't wait til the New Year to make those resolutions. Get in atleast 20 minutes a day of exercise, find a friend to join you, start eating better in between all those holiday parties and don't let the winter blues get you down.
Every day is a NEW DAY, go be amazing!
(Read my response if you like, in fact please read their responses as well)
http://rocknrow-marbleheadrowingclub.blogspot.com/
Every day is a NEW DAY, go be amazing!
(Read my response if you like, in fact please read their responses as well)
http://rocknrow-marbleheadrowingclub.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
If you shield the mountain from the windstorms, you'll never see the beauty of the carvings. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
If you shield the mountain from the windstorms, you'll never get to see the beauty of the carvings...
We all go through obstacles, have challenges that we face every day. We have a choice on how these obstacles will affect us, Look back on the last few years and ask yourself if you have grown as a result of all that has happened. Maybe while in the middle of it all you didn't quite realize it but know now that who you are and what you might be doing might never have happened had you not gone through what you did. Hold onto this and remember as you move forward. All that has happened can make you stronger and all that comes your way may just bring you closer to the end result that you see for yourself. All that is ahead can be amazing.
We all go through obstacles, have challenges that we face every day. We have a choice on how these obstacles will affect us, Look back on the last few years and ask yourself if you have grown as a result of all that has happened. Maybe while in the middle of it all you didn't quite realize it but know now that who you are and what you might be doing might never have happened had you not gone through what you did. Hold onto this and remember as you move forward. All that has happened can make you stronger and all that comes your way may just bring you closer to the end result that you see for yourself. All that is ahead can be amazing.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
The power of the positive affirmation can be amazing.
An affirmation is any statement we make whether positive or negative that if said over and over again can become belief and even produce results if said enough. I just finished reading this amazing article from Louise Hay, author, lecturer and teacher who has helped people throughout the world discover and implement the full potential of their own creative powers for personal growth and self-healing. She talks about the power of the positive affirmation. She writes "We can think happy thoughts. We can think positive thoughts. We can say, “Yes, I can do it!” We can think thoughts that make us feel joyous. We can learn to think only about all the good in the world. We can lift our thoughts up. We can greet the day with a smile. We can let the world know that we’re happy to be alive. We can express gratitude at every turn. We can love our bodies. We can be our best friend. By our actions, we’ll be an example for our children. Just by watching us, they’ll learn how to create a happy and fulfilling life."
Coincidentally, I am headed to NYC tomorrow for a one week training to teach Intensati with Patricia Moreno. Intensati is a intense workout combining yoga and cardio with the power of the positive affirmations. It not only keeps you moving but also works to harness the power of the mind. Most of us need reminders to stay mindful and positive and this week I get to train to bring this to others through movement and exercise.
Check out both links. First one, the complete Louise Hay article and second a video about Intensati. Both are amazing!
http://www.healyourlife.com/author-articles/wisdom/inspiration/your-thoughts-create-your-tomorrows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6hr_rg6YbE
Coincidentally, I am headed to NYC tomorrow for a one week training to teach Intensati with Patricia Moreno. Intensati is a intense workout combining yoga and cardio with the power of the positive affirmations. It not only keeps you moving but also works to harness the power of the mind. Most of us need reminders to stay mindful and positive and this week I get to train to bring this to others through movement and exercise.
Check out both links. First one, the complete Louise Hay article and second a video about Intensati. Both are amazing!
http://www.healyourlife.com/author-articles/wisdom/inspiration/your-thoughts-create-your-tomorrows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6hr_rg6YbE
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