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Free Teleseminar: Women Entrepreneurs and the Money and Fitness Factor

February 22nd, 2010, No Comments »

Are you looking for some fitness mojo? I’m excited to share a teleseminar where we’ll be addressing a topic that lives in the back of many women’s minds but that very few people actually talk about: the link between your health and fitness and your professional success.

• Are you a business owner or professional who feels like your struggles to “get healthy” are holding you back?

• Do you worry that your health or your unfit appearance don’t represent your premium brand or business?

• Is your energy subpar for the audience that should be buying from you?

• Is lack of sleep keeping you away from your ‘A’ game?

• Do fits and starts with food stall your inner champion somewhere near the water cooler?

If so, this free call is for you.  I’m so excited to be interviewing Ashley Mahaffey.  

Ashley Mahaffey, certified personal trainer and Ironman triathlon finisher, is a fitness strategy expert specializing as the secret weapon for speakers and traveling professionals who want to be lean and energized for their big platform. Ashley has trained NCAA champions and business leaders alike. For more information, visit www.AshleyMahaffey.com.

In this free call Ashley will cover:

- What The Money & Physical Fitness Factor is and how it affects all entrepreneurs

- What two foods may be keeping you from your weight loss success

- How changing 1 simple variable in any cardio routine can boost metabolism to burn fat

- 4 effective full body exercises that you can do at home or in your hotel room

Won’t you join us?

The call is Thursday, February 25 at 11am Pacific, 2pm Eastern.

The call will be recorded so please register even if you can’t make it. All who register will have access to the recording. Just go here to register.

Take good care,

Emotional Eating and Overeating: What You Need To Know So That They Don’t Sabotage Your Weight Loss Plan

February 3rd, 2010, No Comments »

I’m pleased to announce the next call in the Smart Women’s Teleseminar Series and it might be just the ticket for you if you are finding yourself struggling or veering off track with your New Year’s plan for a healthier lifestyle.

The topic this month:

Emotional Eating and Overeating: What You Need To Know So That They Don’t Sabotage Your Weight Loss Plan

Did you know that emotional eating can be an issue for you and you might not even know it? Or that slowing down and paying attention to emotional eating can help you identify additional triggers that may be fueling your appetite, slowing down your metabolism and sabotaging your weight loss attempts? Join me for this free teleseminar on Tuesday, February 9 at 3pm Pacific/6pm Eastern and you’ll hear:

• What you need to know about overeating that no diet will address

• Why most dieters fail

• The most powerful tool you can use to create permanent weight loss and changes in your relationship with food

… and much more.  I’m also going to be providing information about the upcoming Emotional Eating Toolbox™ Take Action Series which begins this month.

You can register and get all the information for the free call here.

Take good care,

Is Me-time Essential to Professional Success?

January 5th, 2010, No Comments »

This week I’m honored to be a guest blogger at one of my favorite blogs. Solo Entrepreneur is a fantastic site for women (and men) business owners. You can read my post about why quality self care and “me-time” are critical ingredients in a successful business plan and how stress can limit our potential both personally and professionally (hint: you don’t need to own a business to benefit). While you are there, be sure to check out all the other great resources.

There’s still time to register for the free teleseminar I’m holding next week where I’ll go into much more depth on how and why busy women carve out that valuable time for self-care. I hope you’ll join me!

Take good care,

Me-time is NOT a McDrink (That’s Emotional Eating)

December 21st, 2009, No Comments »

Want tips on how to really get the me-time you need? Join me for a free teleseminar.

And the survey says . . .Where IS the Time For “Me-Time”?

December 15th, 2009, No Comments »

Will you join me for a free teleseminar?

As you may remember, last month, I conducted a survey asking you about what was important to you and what topics you’d like more help with in the coming year (if you missed it and still want to participate, you can do so here. I’d love to hear from you and I’m giving away an audio about taking control of emotional eating just for participating).

It probably won’t surprise you that one of the most troublesome issues I heard about (over and over!) was that you just can’t figure out how to make time for yourself so that you can do the things you need to do to thrive and to enjoy your life and your work the way you want to.

As a result, many of you told me you are struggling with stress and overwhelm and the “side effects” of that missing “me time” and self care:

• Overeating
• Compromised health and/or wellness
• Diminished energy
• Decreased productivity
• Reduced focus (including getting distracted from your own goals and priorities)
• Diminished passion for the things that are truly important to you
• Exhaustion and stress

Basically, life just isn’t nearly as great as it could be.

Thanks to all of you who responded. I’m so glad you brought this up. It’s a subject near and dear to my heart. And yes, of course I struggle with it too. And it would benefit us all to get even a teeny bit better with this “me-time” stuff. All the best intentions won’t get us anywhere (except worn out) if we can’t find the way to put them into effective action so that they work for us.

I’ve decided to start 2010 by tackling this issue head on. After all, when we are struggling with what I’ve described, it’s pretty difficult to move forward in the areas we want to make changes in.

If what I’m talking about strikes a chord for you, you’ll want to be at my upcoming free teleseminar: 2010 Smart Women’s Jumpstart: How To Ditch the Overwhelm and Bad Habits That Drain Your Energy and Hold You Back in Life and Business on January 13th at 5:00 PM EST/ 2:00 PM PST.

You’ll want to be on the call live if at all possible. However, I will be recording the call so that if you can’t make it, you’ll have access to a recording to listen to when you are able.

On this info-packed powerful call you’ll learn:

• Why your personal goals and dreams are crucial to your success in business and the rest of your life.
• The number one mistake that keeps many savvy women stressed and overwhelmed and how to avoid it.
• A trick for leveraging your strengths and increasing your personal effectiveness
• How to get out of overwhelm and move into action.

… and much more

Reserve your spot now and as the date comes closer, I’ll remind you .

Take good care,

How to Stay on Track With Healthy Eating and Weight Over the Holidays

November 30th, 2009, No Comments »

‘Tis the season for overindulging and weight gain. In fact, Americans gain more weight during November and December than during any other time of year.  Want to stay on track with healthy eating and weight loss (or avoid weight gain) over the holidays?  Here are six quick tips:

1.    Don’t skip meals. When we let ourselves get too hungry, we predispose ourselves to binge eating and to grabbing the first thing we see—not a good weight control strategy. Plan your meals and make sure you provide yourself with a healthy breakfast and lunch. You’ll be better equipped to follow through with the healthy choices you want to make later in the day.

2.    Don’t skimp on sleep. Inadequate sleep leads to increased appetite and weight gain. Research shows that sleep deprivation leads to an increase in hunger, disruption in our metabolism, and an increase in our cravings for sweet, starchy and salty foods.  Have I convinced you yet? If not, listen up. In one study, women who regularly slept five or fewer hours a night were 32% more likely to have gained at least 33 pounds over the 16 years the study spanned than those who slept 7-8 hours.

3.    Plan ahead. Don’t expect yourself to live on a food plan based on deprivation. Take the time to identify the treats you want to indulge in and choose the trade-offs that you are willing to make. What are the temptations you can have anytime that you can pass by over the holiday months? What portion size will you serve yourself? I shared many of my best tips on creating a healthy lifestyle blueprint for the holidays in a recent free teleseminar. You can access a copy of the recording here.

4.    Savor. Take the time to really taste and appreciate the food you eat.  That’s what indulging is really about. Don’t multitask while eating. Put the food on a plate. Take smaller bites. A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that people who take tablespoon-sized bites ate twenty-five percent more at a meal than people who took teaspoon-sized bites.

5.    Stay on top of your stress. What stress management strategies will you rely on this season? Identify the activities that soothe or calm you and designate time for them now–before things really crank into high gear. Proactively managing your stress, tension, anxiety and frustration will help you stay in control of stress eating and other types of emotional eating that can sabotage weight loss.

6.    Give yourself permission to be imperfect. Some days will go better than others but even the worst day of overeating doesn’t mean you’ve “blown it for good.” It’s never too late to make your next choice a healthier one.

Take good care,

What Would You Choose? The D-word or the Blueprint?

October 30th, 2009, 2 Comments »

Why choose a healthy lifestyle blueprint over a diet?

That’s part of what I talked about during my Busy Woman’s Holiday Healthy Lifestyle Blueprint teleseminar last week.

Diets (the D-word):
• Don’t work and don’t create permanent changes.
• Are about deprivation.
• Don’t work (did I say that already?) and anyway, they are almost impossible to undertake during the busy event-and-treat-filled holiday season.

A Healthy Lifestyle Blueprint:
• Doesn’t tell you what NOT to do. It’s a plan that is do-able and that is designed to create change that lasts.
• Takes into consideration all the important variables including your life, your schedule, and your unique needs and challenges.
• Gets you where you want to go in a way that feels satisfying (not hungry or deprived).
• Is something you can continue to follow and refer to when things don’t go perfectly (they never do), or when you get stuck. In fact, an effective blueprint is a powerful plan that doesn’t require you to be perfect for it to create success.

Last week I showed you how to ditch the d-word and craft a blueprint for a healthy lifestyle that you can take with you through the holidays and into your new year. If you want to listen to the recording, you can do so here.

One of the key components your blueprint must have to move you into effective action with weight and overeating is a plan for taking control of the REASONS and the triggers for overeating and unhealthy choices (this is a key component that’s usually overlooked).

Would you like some help doing just that during the time of year that presents incredible eating and lifestyle challenges? The Emotional Eating Toolbox™ 6 Week Take Action Series begins November 10. I’ll be walking you through my Emotional Eating Toolbox™ Program with action plans, templates, and activities that move my clients out of overwhelm with food and weight and into action towards their goals (and there’s no d-word). Join me live on the calls or follow along on the mp3 downloads of each class.

You can learn all the details and register here.

Grab a seat now and you can also get special pricing, free coaching (!) and a personalized Q&A call.

Take good care,

PS:  I really AM offering a free personal coaching session to the first five women who grab a seat in this program and bonus personalized Q&A opportunities for a select group. You can sign up here.

Free Teleseminar: The Busy Woman’s Holiday Healthy Lifestyle Blueprint

October 24th, 2009, 1 Comment »

Did you know that people gain the most weight during the winter holidays—the period from mid-November through the end of the year?

Research shows that many of us gain weight during the winter holiday season.  That’s probably no surprise to you.  What may surprise you is that research also shows that we are less likely to lose the weight we gain over the holidays. That weight tends to stick around and accumulate over the years.

Research also shows that if you’re already overweight, the holiday season may present an additional risk. Those who are overweight are actually likely to gain MORE than the average person during the holidays.

How would it feel if you woke up on January 1, proud that you maintained your priorities without being sucked into holiday overeating, emotional eating, overwhelm, and overload?

I’m offering a free teleseminar:

The Busy Woman’s Holiday Healthy Lifestyle Blueprint: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

During this free teleseminar I will cover:

–3 important tips for creating healthy lifestyle success during this busy time
–4 paths to self-sabotage you want to avoid
–What you MUST feed yourself to be successful
–2 things you can do RIGHT NOW to maximize your success

You’ll also hear information about our all new Emotional Eating Toolbox™ Take Action Series

The call will take place Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 4pm Pacific, 7pm Eastern.  If you can’t make the live call, don’t worry.  The call will be recorded and all who register will be emailed access to the recording.

Won’t you join me? Just go here to register.

Take good care,

Too Much On Her Plate Week Free Teleseminar: Honoring Our Time With Boundaries

October 12th, 2009, No Comments »

You are invited to a free teleseminar with Paula Eder in honor of Too Much On Her Plate Week!

Our Topic: Honoring Our Time With Boundaries

Is your time continuously eaten up by everyone else’s demands?  Do you find it difficult to set boundaries and maintain them?  One of the biggest obstacles for busy women working to create a healthy lifestyle is making the time to fit in the good stuff.  Good intentions and even the best laid plans fall apart if we can’t ever seem to “get to them.”

This month I’m interviewing life coach and time finder expert Paula Eder, PhD, on Honoring Your Time With Boundaries. We’re making this teleseminar available to you–free of charge–in honor of Too Much On Her Plate Week.

In this call Paula will cover:

• How to REALLY value your time and your boundaries
• How to find time
• The different types of boundaries on our time and why they are important
• Do-able tips for protecting your time and setting boundaries that work
• How to protect your time from the requests and demands of others

Paula Eder, The Time Finder Expert, is the founder of Finding Time LLC and the creator of the Heart-Based Time Management System.  For more than thirty years, she has taught solopreneurs and small business owners how to successfully align their time choices with their life goals and core values. Through her Heart-Based Time Management System, Paula mentors her clients to address their time management challenges by integrating their compassion, values, and problem-solving abilities. She helps busy people to make authentic time choices that lead to business and academic success, personal growth, vibrant health, and positive life changes.

The teleseminar will take place: October 21 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern
The call will run about an hour. Don’t worry if you can’t attend. This call will be recorded, and all who register will be sent access to the recording as soon as it is available.
Go here to reserve a spot and access to the recording.

Take good care,

Free Teleseminar: Get Organized- Save Time- Reduce Stress!

September 25th, 2009, 6 Comments »

When I talk to women about stress eating, comfort eating, heck—most kinds of overeating, what I usually hear is that we overeat when we  feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and like there’s just too much to do.

I also know that many of us can get so busy that we don’t even feel like we have the time (or energy) to figure out how to get things better organized, streamlined, and working better.  Sound familiar?

If so, this free teleseminar is for you.  I’m so excited to be interviewing Lorie Marrero.

Certified Professional Organizer® Lorie Marrero is the author of The Clutter Diet: The Skinny on Organizing Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life. She is also the creator of ClutterDiet.com.  Her organizing books and products are sold online and in stores nationwide.  Lorie has been a spokesperson for Brother label makers and FedEx Office, and she is a sought-after expert for national media such as CNBC, Good Housekeeping, WGN News and Woman’s Day.

Now she’s going to share some of her best tips with us.  In this free call Lorie will cover:

•    The biggest mistake people make in trying to get organized—and how to avoid it.
•    How getting organized is like losing weight—and how to get started on a path to success.
•    How to make a big impact with only ten minutes a day.
•    Where people get into trouble with disorganization and Lorie’s winning tips to avoid this.

Won’t you join us?

This call will take place: Wednesday, October 7 at noon Pacific, 2pm Central, 3pm Eastern. The call will run about an hour. If you can’t make the call live, register anyway. This call will be recorded, and all who register will be sent access to the recording as soon as it is available. To register, just go here.

I hope you can make it!