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The following seminars are on-going
throughout the year. A schedule can be obtained by calling Discovering
Wellness. Each seminar is approximately three hours
in length and includes take home materials. Seating is kept
limited creating an intimate environment whereby all questions
can be given attention. Each class leaves participants feeling
empowered and ready to apply what they have learned.
Single Seminar: $75
Package of Three: $150
Sign up with a friend receive 20% off
Create your own private
group seminar at home or work: call for details!
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Beyond Food: Keys to Weight loss No more talking about food and quick fixes when dealing with
weight loss. How can each of us support health and maintain
ideal weight naturally. Find out how to look at other things
in your life that are not on your plate that are prohibiting
weight loss. Come to this class and shift your thinking about
health and weight loss.
Topics we will cover include:
- What is primary and secondary food?
- What is self-nourishment?
- Understanding the roles that food plays in your life
- Top 20 Keys to Weight loss
- Re-programming the way you think about food
- The Food and Emotion Connection
- How can whole foods help us lose weight?
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Women’s Health Issues
Women are great at looking after others, but
find it difficult to nurture themselves. Learn how food affects
mood, energy, thoughts, weight, everything. We will talk about
relationships, career stress, confidence, cravings, and specific
health concerns.
Topics we will cover include:
- What is nourishment?
- What is primary and secondary food?
- What is healthy eating?
- Image, Self Esteem, Mood Swings
- Fatigue and Energy levels
- Exercise
- Mind, body, and spirit
- Deconstructing cravings
- Yo-yo dieting
- Balance without willpower
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Sugar Blues
Do you find that you need a coffee or a sweet snack at 3pm
to get you through the day? Do you suffer from mood swings?
Are you tired much of the time or bingeing on a regular basis?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, this class
is for you.
Sugar is addictive. Sugar is empty calories. Sugar robs your
body of its vital nutrients. We all know our blood sugar goes
up then down after a sugar high. But most do not realize the
emotional roller coaster and “brain fog” that accompanies
the sweet seductive flavor. If you would like to learn more
about kicking the Sugar Blues and the Food-Mood connection,
join us.
Topics we will cover include:
- What is sugar?
- Refined sugar vs. Natural sugar
- Uncontrollable cravings for sugar
- Mood swings
- Fatigue and energy levels
- Deconstructing cravings
- Health risks: hypoglycemia, diabetes, heart disease, PMS,
etc.
- Learn great sugar alternatives
- Balance without willpower
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Health and Wellness: a holistic
approach
Do you want to feel good all the time and bring your health
back into balance? Do you remember a time when you felt better
but can’t quite get there again? At this lecture we will
look at health from all areas of a person’s life including:
nutrition, career, relationships, creativity, physical activity,
spirit, etc.
Topics we will cover include:
- Primary and Secondary Food
- Health for Body, Mind, and Spirit
- Holistic Nutrition
- Lifestyle Tips for healthy living
- Energy giving relationships vs. Energy draining relationships
- Maintaining Boundaries
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Boosting Your Immune System
Learn how to boost your immune system anytime of year. Put
your health back into you own hands. Food is medicine when
eaten in its whole form. Topics we will
cover include:
- What are “whole foods”?
- How can eating whole foods give a boost to your health?
- What is primary and secondary food?
- Learn about easy cooking and gain health tips.
- Learn about immune boosting foods and habits.
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Integrative Nutrition
Integrative Nutrition is taking the best parts of dietary
theories and incorporating them into your own “way of
eating”.
Topics we will cover include:
- Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the most
popular diets
- Discussing the Blood-type diet
- Looking at metabolism type
- What does ancestry have to do with it?
- Incorporating different concepts into a personalized way
of eating.
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Feeding our Children
It is becoming more and more confusing to know what is “good” and
what is “bad” food. How do we know what to feed
our children when there are so many choices out there all claiming
to be healthy? This class will focus on what our children need
to maintain balance and health, and how we can best provide
this.
Topics to be covered include:
- Whole foods vs. refined foods
- Fast food vs. home-cooked
- How to integrate better choices
- How to be a role model
- Eating disorders among young people
- And much more
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Discover the Truth about Carbohydrates
Why are we all craving carbs., but trying not to eat them?
Are all carbs. created equally? This class will focus on understanding
the high carb., low carb., no carb. phenomenon and what it
is really all about?
Topics to be discussed include:
- Whole vs. refined carbohydrates
- Why are today’s carbs. so addictive?
- What are quinoa, amaranth, and millet, and how can they
help us lose weight?
- Why does eating carbohydrates often lead to bingeing?
- And much much more!
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