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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
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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?
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

 

       
   

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

 

 
           
 

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

 

   

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.

 

 
           
 

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.

 

 

 

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

 

 
           
 

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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