Coaching for Health

How your brain reacts to food can predict your weight…

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I often focus my articles on lifestyle and your psychology; however, today I’m wanting to take perhaps a more technical approach regarding our brain and weight. Did you know that it’s not just your eyes and nose that react to “Yummy” foods—it’s also your brain? For example, drinking a milkshake causes the pleasure center in your brain to get happy—unless…

8 Healthy Keys to Staying on Track

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Key #1: Drink half your body weight in ounces of water daily. Drink at least one glass before every meal. That should help you stave of overeating. As well, have it before eating because you don’t want to dilute those precious enzymes that help digest your food so well. Key #2: Stop your emotional eating. Instead of reaching for that…

What Does Your Ideal Day or Life Look Like—Now?

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Life is always a balancing act—isn’t it? Our time gets more and more valuable and minimal as the days pass by. Having worked with thousands of women over my 16 years in practice and most recently NOW—women are asking, “what’s next?” Now that I’m 40 or 50, how can I make my life richer and more meaningful? “OK,” they say,…

Diets Don’t Work!

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Many of you have heard me and many others say Diets DON’T WORK. Well it’s true. Of course the normal reasons people go on a diet in the first place are: Feeling unattractive Feeling unwell and sluggish Your clothes don’t fit Feeling very self-conscious Health scare Some of the inherent fears or resistances about choosing to lose weight are: You…

Shedding Your Winter Coat and Putting on Your Skinny Jeans

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What happens when you constantly feel like you have clothes in your closet that you just can’t fit into or that you feel uncomfortable in because they are way too tight! You know the winter often gets you hibernating and hiding out in oversized clothes and, dare I say, adding a few extra pounds. Even here in Southern California, we…

Skinny Jeans Program and Downward Dog to the Rescue!

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An old acquaintance of mine came into the office today and was upset summer was on it’s way. She couldn’t bear the thought of bearing her arms in coming weeks as the weather got warmer and warmer. She was so surprised that in just a few short years, since she turned 48 actually, her arms seemed like they didn’t belong…

Go For the Gold, Be the Best You Can Be

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The Olympics are now over but I can’t help thinking how amazing those athletes were. Such dedication to a dream and pride at all the effort they put into it. Not everyone there was a Michael Phelps and they were all masters. They gave so much to their dream as well as to their country and to us the viewers,…

How to Live Life to the Fullest

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When my brother passed away unexpectedly—my life stopped. I was really only trying to make sense of such a tragedy. How could this happen? I wanted to be with my family as much as possible—to share in our memories and in our grief. However, after time, I started back. I started thinking I need to get back to all the…

Skinny Jeans Contest – Tell us your Best Story

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I was just telling my sister about the new group program I am getting started in May. She asked me how in the world I can get all this done—do you sleep? I, know she should know this, since she’s known me all my life. However, frankly, I can’t completely remember her sleep habits; although, I remember her being somewhat…

Stay Young—Longer

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Do you want to know the secret to Youth? Let me tell you the things to avoid, if you want to stay looking younger longer. Poor Diet What you eat affects your health more than anything else you do. When you eat a poor diet of fatty, processed, or fried foods and simple sugars—the aging process speeds up. Stay away…

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