Coaching for Health

From Your Eyes to Your Thighs

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Several years ago my friend and colleague Dr. Christopher Vogelmann – a chiropractor from the DC area – and I were jokingly (as we often do) discussingHoliday indulging. We were specifically speaking about Eggnog and agreed that this beverage’s key result is that the more you drink the more it will go “from your eyes to your thighs”. Yes, no getting around…

Healthy Tips for a Wonderful Thanksgiving Meal

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Thanksgiving is all about abundance—or, often, overabundance. Everyone wants to bring their favorite dish, or feel they must have both pumpkin and apple pie (with whipped cream on top, please). With all the rich, heavy choices, there’s a distinct chance that Thanksgiving will turn out to be about overindulgence rather than balance. You’ll be staggering away from the table, barely…

5 Tips on Managing this Year’s Holiday Season

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You know the holidays are coming up on us just like snowstorm. We look out the window and there it is snow. We can’t see our way out of the garage. We are unable to maneuver on the streets. You may wonder, how Monika would know about this, she lives in Southern California. Believe me, I know. I grew up…

Taming the Home Based Business Stress Eating Monster

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A colleague of mine suggested a Skinny Jeans Program for home based business owners. This sounded like an excellent idea. When you work at home, the fridge can be WAY too close for comfort. Here are some ways to dampen the ghoulish “Fridge and Cupboard Raider” within. It escapes so easily, especially when no one is watching—no one except you…

Skin Care—Skin Deep?

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Beauty from within is a very ancient concept. The cosmetic, health, and beauty industries have been focusing on this for decades. Scientifically tested ingredients and nutrients are taking the beauty field by storm. With our reluctantly aging population, the market for anti-aging products is seeing a growth spurt—from functional foods and beverages to therapeutic supplements and body care. The variety…

7 Lessons I Learned from Dancers

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In my 20s, I danced for a dance group called Imram in Vancouver Canada. At the same time, I was pursuing a career in television. I almost had a TV series I had created picked up by a National Canadian Television Network, which was exciting. It focused on people in various fields who showed promise and were becoming noticed for…

Need to Transform Yourself?

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I like to consider myself an alchemist and an artist in the work I do. I help you transform your body and usually your mind. I’m sure you have heard when Michelangelo gazed at a piece of marble, he saw the beauty and essence of the piece of art he was about to sculpt. Sometimes I too feel like Michelangelo…

Genetic Eating Part Two

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Many of you were so intrigued by the concept of “Genetic Eating” in last week’s e-zine, you wanted to know a little bit more about the topic. Genetic Eating is a new way of seeing how we can affect our body’s ability to use the food we feed it on a daily basis. If we are giving it junk, we…

Are Your Genes Influencing How Your Jeans Fit?

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Is your weight genetic? Obesity genes account for only 5% of all weight problems. So 95% of any weight problems have nothing to do with your genes. This fact has not affected the high incidence of obesity we see in our culture. We can’t blame the obesity problem on high fat diets either. Even though fat contains 9 calories per…

Dreaming of Carbs?

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Have you ever dreamed about things you can’t have? One of my clients had an experience when she first started her weight loss program with me. Here is our conversation. She wrote: Last night I dreamt of rice pilaf, buttermilk biscuits, and pancakes. Is that normal? I know I miss eating carbohydrates, but I’d hope to have a reprieve from…

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