Stop "Feeding" Your Emotions

Hypnosis is the solution for many problems. Many overweight people have turned to hypnosis for help. Losing weight with hypnosis is easy. Hypnosis weight loss clients may quickly find themselves craving healthier foods and enjoying them more than they ever have enjoyed healthy food. They often report eating and enjoying foods they never even thought they would eat. The change can be amazing. Hypnosis weight loss clients generally feel less deprived and more in control of their eating than they did on other weight loss programs.

People with unresolved weight problems will often realize that they have been trying to "feed" their emotions. This is one of the reasons we have weight problems. We "eat" our emotions. When we do this we "feed" a whole range of other emotions. That only causes more problems. When we gain weight, our self- esteem suffers; our self-confidence and other feelings about ourselves are affected. Food does not satisfy emotional eating; it only causes more negative feelings such as guilt and stress from weight-gain. When we use food as a crutch for emotion we take in more calories than we need. The emotion does not change, but weight often does, with added pounds.

People are creatures of habit. We fall back on the patterns that we have learned throughout our lives, especially the habits we learned in childhood. Sometimes we keep childhood patterns for a lifetime. We may realize that we learned the wrong patterns and try to change them but we often fail. We can easily learn new things and develop new patterns of behavior using hypnosis. The key to this is changing our subconscious mind. If we do not change our subconscious mind we will quickly find ourselves falling right back into negative patterns of behavior in stressful times. Our subconscious mind controls everything we do. When we change our subconscious mind we change negative behaviors for good.

This is where hypnosis can help. Retraining the subconscious mind is a very simple process. Using relaxation and imagination, hypnosis clients are able to change their negative behaviors into positive behaviors. They can then benefit from these positive behaviors quickly. There are no pills to buy and take, there are no expensive diet foods to buy and no weight gain when you stop eating "their" food. The only cost of hypnosis is the cost of the program you choose and any reinforcing materials you buy. It really is a permanent lifestyle change anyone can live with.

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Revelations in Dreams, God's Anger and His Punishments

Since our dreams are produced by God, when I became a dream expert I also became a prophet able to decipher God's revelations in dreams. I had verified into practice that I could completely trust the dream messages without fear. God was not a liar. The dream messages were real.

Carl Jung was a cold psychiatrist and this is why he couldn't perceive the unconscious sanctity. He could only perceive the unconscious wisdom. This is why he had concluded that the unconscious mind is God's mind.

Of course, he understood that there was a religious side in the divine origin of the unconscious mind, but his occupation with this matter was superficial. He concentrated his attention mainly on the scientific value of the unconscious guidance in dreams.

I concentrated my attention also on the religious side of this matter.

Carl Jung was unable to perceive the unconscious sanctity because he followed the mindset of his historical time. He believed that we shouldn't have limitations and decide everything based on our moral principals and our pre-established definitions about what is good or bad.

This conclusion was absurd, but he couldn't understand this truth with the knowledge he had. If something is not good, it unavoidably is bad. When we disregard our moral principals we will surely become neurotic and surely suffer very much, besides surely causing suffering to everyone around us.

If we don't respect what is good and we are evil, we will unavoidably end up on terror and despair. Our moral principals protect our sanity.

Carl Jung disliked the idea to condemn the human behavior. He preferred to criticize religious truths based on scientific concepts.

When I managed to translate the meaning of dreams better than him and I verified the unconscious wisdom, I was indifferent to the religious side of this matter, exactly like him. I understood that I should respect the divine wisdom only later, when I perceived the sanctity contained in the dream messages. Only then could I understand that I had to be God's server instead of believing that the unconscious mind was my employee.

God thanked me because I understood my position. Then, He started telling me what to do.

He told me that I was a terrible demon, but He would give me the chance to save my sanity. I had to attain sanctity after passing though numerous crucifixions. I was very strong and this is why I could help Him eliminate evilness on Earth. A sensitive saint would never bear all the suffering I could bear because I was a violent demon.

I had to put his plan for the elimination of craziness and terror into practice and pass through an unbearable hell.

I thanked God because He gave me the chance to save my sanity. Without His guidance I would unavoidably become schizophrenic like my father.

However, I disagreed with his plan. I didn't want to be a hero.

God told me that He was afraid to trust a demon like me, but I had to pay Him back. He had suffered very much in order to make me pay attention to His words.

My literary talent was His gift. It was a bridge that was always uniting me with His wisdom.

I couldn't immediately understand what I had written when I was guided by my magical inspiration. I had to read my words many times until I could really understand their meaning. These words always had a wise meaning, even though I was young and ignorant.

Everything started making sense when I became a dream expert and I could clearly understand the symbolic meaning of dream images in dreams and in literary works. Jung had analyzed the writings of many authors who were inspired by the unconscious mind like me.

God showed me that He was revolted with the Catholic and the Orthodox Church. He would punish the members of both churches a thousand times more than the worst sinners of world.

I was baptized in both churches because my parents are Greek and therefore, Orthodox. They had decided to live in Brazil, where I was born, and this is why I studied in a Catholic school.

God showed me in dream messages that He was disgusted with the members of the Catholic and the Orthodox church because of their indifference to the horrors of the world. He told me that all members of both churches were terrible demons. Satan rules God's churches in our world.

Satan is our wild conscience. When our anti-conscience manages to destroy a big portion of our human conscience, we become visibly mentally ill. However, we are constantly influenced by our satanic anti-conscience even when our human conscience is strong.

I had to meticulously study the meaning of hypocrisy in order to understand God's anger.

I also had to face many humiliations. The members of both churches didn't believe in God's existence, and they didn't believe in miracles.

I was immediately attacked by many Catholic priests when I told them that I had discovered that we are demons and God suffers very much because of our existence.

Nobody believed that this was a divine revelation.

They told me that God had already revealed everything He had to show to the world a long time ago.

God was forbidden to make new revelations. The members of the church decided on His behalf that all revelations had happened in the past and now all revelations had ended.

When I told them that God was revolted with the members of the church because all human beings are demons and the church is not doing anything to save humanity from hell, all priests humiliated me, showing me how insignificant I was.

Nobody wanted to learn more details about my discoveries.

Whenever I tried to show to a certain priest what I had discovered after continuing Carl Jung's research into the unknown region of the human psyche, I was interrupted before being able to explain anything. Every priest would give me lessons, and tell me what a certain saint or a certain philosopher had said about this matter in the past.

I didn't need to give them explanations. They knew everything better than me. They seemed to know everything even better than God.

I hated all the conversations I had to have with the priests and nuns. However, I had to obey God's guidance like a soldier, no matter how much I hated my mission. My personal opinion had no value. The way I was feeling was unimportant too. Nothing could be more important than God's plan for the elimination of craziness and terror.

This was the only way I could help God stop suffering. His heart was always bleeding because we are not really human.

God told me that He was more than desperate. He was trying to put an end to craziness and terror during billions of years without success. He didn't know how He could still believe in this possibility and still keep trying to save the human race. He begged me to obey his guidance without complaining.

I agreed to obey His guidance, but I was always complaining because I disagreed with my suffering.

I had various discussions about God's pain with many priests and nuns. I asked them if they believed that God was always suffering because of our craziness, but they told me that God didn't suffer like us, poor human beings.

They believed that God shows apathy before the terror that rules our world; a world characterized by poverty, immorality, greed, wars, numerous crimes, and infinite lies.

In the beginning of 1991 God told me that I had to meet the bishop because this was an important part of his plan. The bishop of the Catholic church of Athens (father Nikolaos Foskolos) was very rude with me in the phone when I called him up with the intention to talk with him about my discoveries. He told me that he knew who I was. He had already learned about my existence and my discussions with many priests.

I told him that I had to tell him important revelations found in dreams translated based on Carl Jung's method of dream interpretation. He accepted to see me in the end of the week when he attended the public, but only for a few minutes, and only because I insisted.

It was obvious to me that the attempt to convince an ignorant and arrogant creature like the bishop that my discoveries were real was predestined to fail. This meeting was a waste of time. I knew beforehand that he wouldn't believe my words.

However, God not only insisted, as well as He sent me a flue. I was always punished whenever I disagreed with His guidance. God forced me to be obedient.

I would do the same if I was in His place. His suffering was more than unbearable and He depended on someone's obedience.

I met the bishop a certain Friday morning in his very well equipped office, which was far from being modest. I told him that humanity would condemn the church when I would prove to the world that we are demons and everyone goes to hell after death. I told him that I was writing a scientific book to prove these truths to the world.

He told me that I was free to write whatever I had the intention to. He had no objections.

Then, I told him that God was revolted with the members of the Catholic church, reminding Him Jesus' words: "The servers who know what the Lord expects from them but don't do what the Lord expects from them will be punished in double". In other words, God punishes more those who know what He wants from them but refuse to do their obligation, than those who ignore His will.

The bishop was not afraid. He didn't believe that he was disobeying God only because he was not paying attention to my revelations.

I told him that God was revolted also because the Catholic church stopped believing in the existence of demons, while Jesus gave us many lessons about Satan.

The bishop gave me a piece of paper, where he had written something. The word 'demon' was there, in a sentence. He was trying to show me with this document that he believed in the demon, and He didn't need to be reminded by me.

Then, he opened the big wooden door of his office, showing me the way out. I thanked him for his time and left, glad because he didn't hit me. At least he seemed to be civilized.

After this experience I understood why the meeting with the bishop was so important. God didn't expect to see me convincing him of anything. God wanted to show me how alone He was. I was the only one who was precisely obeying His guidance on Earth.

All human beings are demons who merely pretend to be human. God is always angry with all sinners.

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Be Smart, Set Your SMART Fitness Goals

If you're serious about taking some steps to put your body and spirit in better shape, you'll have too make some plans and goals. On the other hand, you have to keep up to what you write out, be honest to yourself. It really makes no purpose to waste time and energy into thinking about what you want to achieve, and then actually working it all out, and then not making it happen.

Some of you may have heard of them, but a lot of you haven't. It's SMART goals. Now, what do you mean - smart?

Well, it's smart, but actually it's S.M.A.R.T.

S - Specific

M - Measurable

A - Attainable

R - Realistic

T - Timel-bound

Specific - it's about defining what you want to achieve by answering the five "W" questions:

Who - who is involved? Will you do it alone, or with accompaniment, will you have a friend going with you to work out, and support you if your will goes down at some moments? Will you have a personal trainer?
What - what is it that you want to achieve? Saying something too simple, as, get in the shape, won't let you have something to hold on as you'll be working. For example, weight yourself and define how many pounds you want to loose.
Where - your gym location? Are there any other important places for your body development?
When - time bound for your results to happen, also define time when you'll be available for devoting yourself towards achieving results.
Why - define your reasons. The stronger your reasons, the more motivation you'll have to work. Whenever you don't feel like doing it, just remind yourself of all the reasons you've started doing it. That will keep you going at rough times.

Measurable - find a way to measure progress towards the achievement of goals you define. If you want to build up your leg muscles, for example, and you define that you'll be achieving that by doing 60 leg presses a week, and if you go to gym 3 times a week, you'll need to do 20 on each training.

Attainable - far away goals might turn to simple attainable ones if you prethink the sacrifice and development of your abilities, skills, attitude and financially means to reach them. You'll surprise yourself finding things you might have already done to get closer to what you want to achieve.

Realistic - you must be willing and able to work in order to make your goals realistic. It isn't realistic to say that you'll loose 10 pounds without lifting a finger, let alone a weight. Think about what prevents you from dedication towards the goals you have in mind.

Time-bound - as already said, set up a time frame for everything you want to have under your control. Write out that date on a piece of paper you'll see every day, and that'll remind you to work and do whatever it takes to achieve desired goal by that date.

So, that's it. Your pens should be on paper right now, writing out everything you want to happen to you. It can get hard to verbalize and write out your goals to such details, but, the more you're clear with yourself about why you're doing something, the more possibility there is for that to actually be done.

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3 Tips For Staying True To You This Holiday Season

Love-Hate Holidays

Who doesn't love the holidays? Who doesn't hate them at the same time? While everything feels festive, there can also be a lot of commercially-driven falseness to that festiveness too.

There are also the beliefs that giving gifts is how to best show you love someone, pigging out is the best way to share your happiness, and drinking up is the best way to ride the high of the season (or deal with avoiding the lows).

Self-Love or Selfishness?

What's important is staying true to you and continuing to love and care for yourself, even during the holiday season. If you're in the midst of embracing wellness, you may be challenged and pressured by those around you to go off the wellness wagon, "because it's THE HOLIDAYS! Don't be a downer!"

It can be so easy to do what you don't want to do over the holidays because of this kind of pressure. How do you avoid confusing self-love with selfishness?

First of all, if someone tries to pressure you into eating or drinking something you don't want, or spending money you don't really have on gifts, or participating in any activity that you don't enjoy, then THEY are being selfish by accusing you of selfishiness. It's okay to stay true to you. Those who love you unconditionally will respect your choices. If you are trying to become well, they will want you to be healthy and happy.

3 Tips for Staying True to You

1. Identify what you really WANT to do this season - What foods do you want to eat and not eat? Do you want to drink, and if so, how much and what? What events do you want to go to, anf not go to? Who do you really want to buy gifts for? What is your spending limit overall, and for each person? Who do you want to spend time with? Who do you not want to spend time with? Identifying what you want is the first step to keeping yourself stress-free and well.

2. Focus on what you LOVE about the holidays and find healthy ways to still experience those things - Holidays, like life, shouldn't be about either overindulgence or deprivation. The holidays are a time to celebrate what you love most. Is it the lights? How about taking evening walks around the neighborhood to experience them? Is it the food? Find healthy recipes for your favorite dishes, create them, and share them with your friends and family (without preaching or forcing, just sharing!) Is it the parties? Create a plan for how you can attend a party without sabotaging your goals - maybe it means bringing your own food and drink; maybe it means leaving at a set time so you can get a good night's sleep.

3. Deal with any guilt you feel about putting yourself and your wellness first - Why do you feel that you can't put yourself first? What would happen if you did? Why is your wellness less important than pleasing others? Are you sure others would be upset if you offered new ways of doing things over the holidays, or if you asked that they respect your health goals and personal wishes?

When it comes down to it, you are all you've got. Your first and primary relationship is with yourself. And that is true of every person you know. Each person is responsible for themselves, their feelings, their beliefs, their choices and their reactions. Sometimes being true to you can upset others at first, but what should come after their initial reaction to change is respect for your choices and love for you, no matter what.

Joy - What the Holidays are All About, Right?

Isn't joy and goodwill the whole PURPOSE of the holiday season? If you're traipsing around in Shouldville, how is that joyful? If you give out of "shoulds" and expectations, then it's not authentic. It's sacrificial. Don't sacrifice your wellness just because it's the holidays! Give the best gift you can give to others, and to yourself: a healthy, joyful, authentic you.

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Why We Can't Fall Asleep

We all know that we require sleep, but it's still a mystery to science, why we can't sleep. One thing is clear, science does not have all the answers.

Our bodies run on a twenty four hour cycle known as our biological clock or circadian rhythm. The circadian rhythm controls our wake/sleep cycle. If we honor this rhythm and live in harmony with our biological clock, sleep will come naturally.

There is a lot of speculation on this subject we call, insomnia. I listed some reasons that may surprise you.

Ten Reasons Why People Don't Fall Asleep

1. First ask yourself; are you ready to sleep? Certain personality types may feel like there is so much to do, but not enough hours in the day. When you deny yourself enough sleep you may develop a sleep disorder.

2. You should dedicate an area such as the bedroom that invites you to sleep, not the couch where the big screen television is located. You know the feeling when you are on vacation and you can't wait to get home to your own bed.

3. We don't give enough thought to the purchase of a proper mattress, a primary sleep aid. Specific support unique to your needs can help you fall asleep and stay asleep. People seldom consider the condition of their mattress after so many years of use.

4. Watching TV in bed at bedtime, is known to stimulate your senses which can cause a hormone, adrenalin, to be released through your veins causing a fight or flight reaction that can keep you awake.

5. If you share a bed with a partner their sleeping patterns (his or her snoring) may be keeping you awake.

6. Stress, is blocked negative energy and is a major contributor to sleeplessness at night. Read about the ways you relieve stress quickly and easily?

7. Dieting will keep you awake as your body undergoes a natural response. The brain is notified that the body is hungry and will release hormones into the blood stream that will keep you awake. Read on to see a list of the foods you should eat to help you sleep.

8. Research reveals, there is a receptor in the human eye that reacts to light. This receptor triggers the brain to suppress the production of melatonin which is our body's natural sleep aid. Should you take a melatonin supplement?

9. Computers give off electromagnetic energy in the form of vibrations. If you work in your bedroom the computer screen should be completely turned off. The exciting images and flashing lights can trigger this receptor.

10. The temperature in the room must suit your sleep needs. Too hot or too cold will make it hard to sleep. What's the right temperature that will help you sleep?

Science has done extensive research on sleep, and has determined that we need at least eight hours of sleep each night for our bodies to rejuvenate. The reason that some of us can't fall asleep and stay asleep for eight hours might not be so scientific after all, but it may be something else...

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Stress at Your Workplace: Tips for Dealing With It

Stress in the workplace is a fact and something we all have to deal with from time to time. It's important to manage and deal with stress so it doesn't affect your health and cause you to lose time at work. Stress and anxiety contribute to long-term work loss. The following are tips for dealing with stress in the workplace:

Distractions Contribute to Stress

At work, reduce distractions that affect your concentration and your ability to complete tasks on time. Distractions include the radio playing too loud; having your cell phone at hand constantly beeping, buzzing, vibrating, or whatever; noisy co-workers next to your workspace; always checking your emails, among many other distractions.

You must take control of your work environment as best you can or it will take control of you. Eliminate distractions as best you can - close your office door, put that cell phone away, check your emails less often, and turn the radio down or off.

Use Stress Relief Tactics

A stress reliever to you may be a short walk around the building at break time; it may be getting out of the office for your half-hour or hour lunch break. Reading some inspirational verse or book passage at break time may be a way to get your thoughts collected so you can focus better. If you don't have a stress relief tactic, research some that people use and try them yourself.

Stre... etch

Stand up and stretch every so often to get your muscles moving; breathe deeply as well. Moving and stretching your arms and legs is a nice short break from your sitting position - or a stationary standing position. It helps keep you loose and less tense.

Don't Do More Than You Are Able

You can only do so much on the job each day. Work diligently, smartly, and do your very best - but don't try to be superhuman. If you were, you'd be in superman or superwoman's shoes and wouldn't be worrying about holding down a 40 + hour a week job anyway. Expect much from your self... but not so much that you're excessively hard on yourself. You can accomplish much at work, but there certainly is a limit to what you can do each day.

Smile

Sometimes we all take life way to seriously. Yes, we have responsibilities and are accountable for much in our jobs. However, we can smile and enjoy the journey as they say, while we handle our responsibilities and such. In fact, smile and laugh both! There's much to be appreciative about in life if we stop the treadmill we're on and ponder all the good things we have in our life. Smile, laugh, giggle, joke, and enjoy the people and the world around you. Laughter is certainly great medicine and gives you a fresh, new, more positive outlook on life... and work!

Ask for Assistance

You're doing the best you can, to the utmost of your abilities at work, but still you feel overwhelmed. This is a time you may have to ask for help. Maybe the workload is so heavy that it's impossible for one person to accomplish it all and meet deadlines. Approach your superior and intelligently discuss the situation with him or her. Offer suggestions to get over this difficulty, and listen intently to his or her suggestions as well. Hopefully, you will both arrive at a workable solution because of your brainstorming together.

Take That Vacation

Are you the type that forgoes vacations and earned days off because you feel the work just has to be done? You are a major contributor to your own stress. Everyone needs time off; a break; a vacation; a trip; a 'get away' day, or whatever you want to call it. Take those days off and vacations you've earned - and take them on a regular basis. Your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health will be better for it - and so will your work performance when you get back.

Consider the above tips for managing stress in the workplace. Don't let stress take hold and relentlessly damage your overall health and work performance. Understand that stress is a fact of life; also understand that you can do something about it and help yourself, as well as get help for yourself.

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A Typical Day in My Life As a Health Coach

Health Coaching and Behavioral Health are terms that are finding their way into corporations, insurance companies, neighborhoods and schools. With all the advances in the medical world, and thousands of healthy habits websites and apps to choose from, what does a 'coach' do that makes a difference in the confusing world of how-to?

This article will disclose parts of my average working day. In addition, it will expose a behind-the-scenes view of 6 real-life client cases. These, I hope, will inspire you, the reader, to join the ever growing community of those taking the driver's seat in personal health, and being very creative in the process.

Morning Cup of Coffee time: Google is a wonderful (and potentially distracting) place. The morning cup of coffee, a 30 minute slot before interacting with anything else, is time to open up the Google reader to catch up on industry news. 30 minutes is the limit! Twitter and Facebook are skimmed and the day begins. (For those of you unfamiliar with Google reader, this can be set up on your computer or laptop to ensure that news feeds of your choice are gathered for you in one place every day). Longer articles are bookmarked for reading at another time. I might 'like' or re-tweet, but the process is brisk and, quite frankly, something I enjoy as a warm up to the day.

Why the 'Cup of Coffee' time? A good health coach, in my view, is one who is informed of the latest trends, who reads news feeds from reliable sources, who is open minded and flexible. I read inspirational quotations, discussions on the politics of Obamacare, statistics of the implications of the rise of obesity in the US, book reviews, news feeds on women's health issues, an article about a new technique in natural healing, tips and tricks, humor, and also the not-so-good side of our sedentary and consumerism ways. Information is key.

Client time*: Dr. Roberts, the head of Cardiology of our local hospital, was first this morning. Long hours, a nurturing yet draining feeling towards all his many clients, a very religious man with 3 young children - he was suffering from fatigue, lack of quality family time, weight gain, and low concentration in the afternoons. Goal review included re-forming the Wednesday evening Bible study group he had dropped due to work; remembering to drink enough water during the day to improve concentration - bringing a big bottle of water to work every day; booking every Saturday at the community pool to take his kids and get exercise at the same time (doubling up); getting an iPod to listen to beloved jazz tunes while taking an evening walk near a pretty golf course near his home (doubling up again); and tackling the late cafeteria gigantic lunches by remembering to bring a snack for late morning and not let lunch slip to something like 4pm.

Christian, a late teenager, was next. His Mom, so very preoccupied with his seeming lack of interest in anything at all, had sent him over to me. Christian, being in a life transition of his own, had poor energy, poor motivation and a habit to stay up very late at night. We did not have too much to work with, yet it became clear early on that Christian was a highly intelligent young man of (very) few words. In the end of one of our sessions, he borrowed some very advanced books on nutrition and exercise from me. I later discovered he had read these in record time and started to stock the pantry in a new way, borrowed a neighbor's bike, and applied for a summer internship - all with little discussion, yet operating from a new place of knowing.

Sally, who I knew well, was next. A night nurse at the emergency ward who worked every other night and had 2 small children - it does not get much more tricky than that! She had the goal of losing 25 pounds, yet all of her fellow nurse colleagues brought food into their common room at work every night - pastries, sweets, sausages. She felt she'd have to roam the hospital halls just to keep away from the temptation. Her eating and sleeping schedule was irregular, to say the least, and the workload could not be predicted. Goals were around keeping the aerobics class she loved, eating as regularly as possible, learning how to set healthy boundaries to say 'no' at work, getting support from her husband and Mom so she could get enough sleep on the in between days.

Lunch time: For me, lunch is a time for my outreach and learning. Midday is the time I can best take advantage to phone colleagues, potential clients, or schedule an online course series. It is a great break to change gear and gather good concentration for the rest of the afternoon.

Client time: Nicole is a successful personal trainer, yet plagued by stress and irritable bowel syndrome. Her image and branding had everything to do with projecting vibrant health, so the extra strain of her situation added to her concerns about not feeling and looking her very best. Goals for her included dietary changes such as not eating re-heated food every day for lunch, admitting that there were parts of her life that indeed were not 'perfect,' working on a new social circle and a much wanted move back home if her husband's career allowed it. I was at the point of recommending the 10 day natural bowel cleanse, but it was not necessary! This was an amazing indication of the mind/body connection - just admitting the real problem and making small changes - the body responded positively right away.

Michael was next. A party going, fun loving, famous British writer of lyrics, had received a warning notice from his doctor - too much partying was taking its toll on his liver. Having ever so much financial freedom due to his success, finding creativity a breeze, 3 active sons and a loving wife, indeed, 'health' was not at the forefront of his lifestyle. We kept a journal, including alcohol intake, to create a mirror image of the crazy party nights, and found videos that showed what a liver actually looks like when fat has accumulated there. Goals included substitutes for the extra drinks, sports that matched his lifestyle such as boating and golf, and continuing the journal (where he demonstrated incredible discipline). A new appreciation for his wife's incredible organic cooking came into the forefront and excess weight began to drop off.

Megan visited towards the end of the day. Her obesity lead her doctor to recommend bariatric surgery, but she wanted to try once more to get her weight under control. She was expecting her first Grandchild and ran a successful business renting holiday homes. This job required physical movement of sorts, yet she felt unable to move around anymore to fulfill her duties. Selected goals were much smaller. We bought a pedometer to count the steps taken each day and increase these with time. She stayed up late at night to watch TV and found it comforting to eat during that time. Dropping extra sweets came next, and eating more healthy food late at night such as melon squares instead of cookies. She prided herself in the steps she had taken.

Last came Julie. A successful psychologist, pregnant in her third month, was suffering terrible morning sickness that had her turning away clients and causing her worry about her poor weight gain. In this case, I was able to admit that this case was best referred to my esteemed colleague and natural health specialist, Barbara. 3 sessions later with diet changes and a special homeopathic cleansing program, Julie was feeling better and appropriate weight gain had set in. Julie had a healthy baby and one just after that. Even though I did not 'help' her myself, we found what was needed and helped to form a happy and healthy family.

End of the Day: Emails, reading the information I had saved from the morning, preparing the next day, taking notes on everyone's challenges and progress.

Inspiration: Everyone is different. Everyone has unique challenges. Everyone who wants to look and feel closer to 'best self' will be creative to find a way. The coaching accountability and support is a catalyst, not a dead end. The variety found in this arena is endless, and each client truly owns his success.

Please feel free to leave your comments about what innovative ideas you have discovered!

* All names have been changed, yet are based on real life stories.

Tatiana is the creator of 'The 3 Step Mind, Body, and Self Care Transformational System' for professionals who want to feel confident, look great, and live custom-designed healthy lifestyles. She brings 8 years of health coaching experience to her programs designed for today's busy adult. Her dynamic approach brings out individual strengths to looking, feeling, and living one's best life. Visit bodyvisionhealthcoaching.com to find out more.

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