Education / Counseling
Welcome to my education and counseling center...
The key to success is knowledge. As the old saying goes "knowledge is power", but I prefer to say "knowledge is empowering". This is why I dedicate a great deal of my efforts on education, whether it be one on one counseling, group counseling, workshops, or school programs. The more we learn about food and nutrition, the better our choices and a healthier, happier life is ours.

As a Holistic Health Counselor, I specialize in integrative nutrition - an east meets west philosophy, if you will. All my counseling services and educational programs are founded on this base premise. When diet changes, everything changes. What you eat literally becomes your cells, blood, tissue, organs...even your thoughts and subsequently your actions. You are what you eat, so I have designed many ways in assisting you to eat better.

Educational Services
It has long been a pet peeve of mine what children in this country eat. Being a mother myself I understand the challenges a parent has to face on a daily basis firsthand. Children are constantly bombarded by the media, the supermarkets shelves are filled with chemically processed junk food and parents then find themselves in a battleground with their children over food.

Children, especially, need to be educated early on re the importance of eating healthy and maintaining a sustainable way of life. Instilling healthy food choices early on not only assists them in becoming healthier adults, thus preventing many medical conditions brought on by poor food choices, but it also allows for a healthier planet. Education is the key. Schools need to take the lead on nutritional education and until it becomes a standard part of the curriculum, I believe that enrichment programs, Wellness committees and the like are best equipped to bring wellness education to the schools. As such, I offer my services to the schools, all levels, in the following ways:

• Teaching after-school enrichment programs • Conducting nutritional assemblies • In-school nutritional events • Nutritional distribution packets for classes • In-class presentations • Consultation for and assistance in healthier menu choices for school lunch programs • PTA workshops

Let's give our children better odds for a healthier and brighter future. I encourage parents to get involved and request these programs be offered to your children or contact me and I will assist you in setting them up.

Counseling Services
I will guide you to find the food and lifestyle choices that best support you. I will also help you to make gradual, lifelong changes that are free of denial and discipline and that enable you to reach your current and future health goals for a lifetime of balance.
The counseling programs include:

• Two sessions per month, in-person or via phone • Group seminars or classes covering a variety of health related topics • A health food store tour • Books, CD's, handouts and other material • Food samples and self-care products • A cooking class • E-mail support and my monthly newsletter

All group counseling and workshops are held upon request. Get a few friends together, decide which food/health topic you'd like to address and let's talk.