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- Why Health Coaching Is Different For Women Than For Men - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2008 from Lynn SmithHealth coaching is about making real, positive, and lasting change in the quality of our health. But when it comes to health coaching for women, there are additional factors that need to be considered. First, is the caregiver factor. Women are just naturally the caregiver, it comes down to those ...
Views: 730(1 vote) - How Health Coaching Makes You A Winner - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Lynn SmithWith the coaching field expanding so widely, there are now a lot of specialty coaches out there. One field that is growing is the area of health coaching. How do you go about choosing a coach that can help you reach your goals? What should you be looking for? There are two key elements in ...
Views: 616 - Four Keys To Choosing A Health Coach - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Lynn SmithYou’ve had enough! Your weight keeps creeping up and you’re feeling progressively more out of shape. You joined a health club but you stopped going. You’ve been on Weight Watchers off and on. You know you need to get serious about taking care of yourself before you get any older. You’ve heard ...
Views: 905(1 vote) - Four Keys To Selecting A Weight Loss Coach - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Lynn SmithObesity has reached epidemic proportions throughout the world. According to the World Health Organization, more than 1 billion adults are overweight. This epidemic has far reaching consequences. Associated with this obesity epidemic is a significant rise in the number of people being ...
Views: 618 - Why Health Coaching Works When Jenny Craig Doesn’t - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2008 from Lynn SmithHow is it some people can join a reputable program, such as Jenny Craig, but still not achieve their goals? Jenny Craig, among others, has an extensive support system, plenty of tools a person needs to reach their goals, yet not everyone walks away a winner. Why is that? Is it because not ...
Views: 973 - Key To Creating Achievable Goals - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2008 from Lynn SmithHave you ever made a New Year's Resolution? Did you make a resolution this year? Would you like this year to be the year to keep those resolutions? For most people, a new year brings renewed hope of achieving goals you have always wanted. We start the New Year off with great intentions to ...
Views: 693 - If You Don't Take Care Of You, Who Will? - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2008 from Lynn SmithFace it, ladies, we have a natural predisposition to take care of others. Usually to the point that we put others before the care of ourselves. The problem with this is…if you don’t take care of you, who will? Then there are those elusive Somedays. “When the kids go off to college, I’ll have ...
Views: 737 - Life Would Be So Much Easier If Those Diet Pills Worked - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2008 from Lynn SmithWe have all seen the ads – New fat blasting pill melts away fat while you sleep. Or the person who lost 30 pounds in three weeks on a weight loss program. We’re tempted. We think about buying that $50 bottle or getting four weeks worth of food. But we’ve been this route before. We bought into ...
Views: 609 - How To Get Fit Living In A Fast Paced World - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2008 from Lynn SmithAre you a busy, professional woman or owner of your company? Do you run from morning until late in the night keeping up with all your obligations and responsibilities? When was the last time you made time for yourself? Most women keep putting off their health and wellness until sometime in ...
Views: 635 - Vibrant Health - Pain Or Pleasure? - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2008 from Lynn SmithWould you like to enjoy vibrant health? Most people when asked this question say yes. If everyone wants vibrant health, why do most people not have it? The answer lies in what motivates people into action. People are motivated by two thing either pain or pleasure. Of the two, pain is the ...
Views: 580 - Journaling - A Key To Weight Loss - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2008 from Lynn SmithA common trap people fall into is eating without being consciously aware of how much food they are eating. Have you ever been preparing dinner and tasted a little of everything you were preparing? Do you help your kids finish their meal so no food goes to waste? Have you ever grabbed a ...
Views: 664 - Is Alli Your Ally? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Lynn SmithAs a pharmaceutical research nurse one of my favorite clinical research trials was the Orlistat Study. Orlistat is the generic for Alli. This was a well designed clinical trial. The patients were closely monitored and I had the ability to do diet and nutritional counseling with my ...
Views: 625 - Stressed Out? Four Ways To Beat It - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Lynn SmithAfter rolling over to look at the clock, you realize you overslept. Now you're late. It's out the door and on the freeway. Traffic is crawling. In the midst of bumper to bumper traffic you spill coffee in your lap. What an awful start to your day. By the time you walk in the door at work your ...
Views: 664 - Do You Need A Chemistry Degree To Eat? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Lynn SmithI read something disturbing recently. It was this: the average fast food strawberry milkshake has 59 ingredients. It contains 40 chemicals but no strawberries or milk. What?! Are you kidding me? That got me thinking. We live in a society where our food is manufactured instead of cultivated. ...
Views: 701 - Should I Consider A Sleeping Pill? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Lynn SmithOnce again you wake up exhausted. It was another night of tossing and turning. Nights like this are happening more often. It's hard to have a productive day when you didn't get enough sleep. You've seen those ads on television. Maybe you should get a prescription, too. How can you tell if it's ...
Views: 713 - Feeling Guilty About Those Resolutions? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Lynn SmithIt’s been almost a month since we made our New Year’s resolutions. How’s it going for you? Not so good? You’re not alone. We start with good intentions but it doesn’t take much to derail our plan. We’re going to take a look at two reasons why our resolutions have failed and then we’ll come up ...
Views: 664 - Help! I'm Trapped In A Middle-Aged Body! - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from Lynn SmithIt happened the other night. My husband and I were watching TV. When I got up from the couch, I ended up hobbling along like an 80 year old woman after hip replacement. What's going on? This has happened before. But how long ago? When did it start? I'm not 80, I'm only middle-aged. This ...
Views: 759 - How To Get Fit Living In A Fast-paced World - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2007 from Lynn SmithAre you a busy, professional woman or owner of your company? Do you run from morning until late in the night keeping up with all your obligations and responsibilities? When was the last time you made time for yourself? Most women keep putting off their health and wellness until sometime in ...
Views: 603 - If You Don’t Take Care Of You, Who Will? - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2007 from Lynn SmithFace it, ladies, we have a natural predisposition to take care of others. Usually to the point that we put others before the care of ourselves. The problem with this is…if you don’t take care of you, who will? Then there are those elusive Somedays. “When the kids go off to college, I’ll have ...
Views: 950 - Why Change Doesn't Stick - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2007 from Lynn SmithDid you make a resolution last New Year's? Was it to lose ten pounds, workout regularly or eat better? Three months later were you still sticking to that resolution? Probably not. Even worse, was that resolution the same one you made the previous year? We set these goals with good intentions. ...
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