Smart Coaching for Smart Women
- Do you want take care of yourself REALLY WELL for the rest of your life?
- Are you tired of following fads and advice that don’t produce lasting results?
- Want to get onto The Smart Path to Lasting Change?
The Smart Path to Lasting Change
When my clients cultivate the SMART principles below they unleash authentic motivation, well-being, and vitality — and lasting results.
I invite you to think strategically and get SMART about creating change by becoming more.….
Self-caring: Self-caring individuals initiate change out of respect for themselves. They desire to nurture their sense of well-being and fuel positive daily living experiences.
Mindful: Being mindful is about taking your mind off autopilot and living purposefully—and being in the here and now.
Autonomous: Being autonomous means taking responsibility for our daily energy. It means being willing to buck the trend, whether it’s a fad diet, an exercise plan, or the advice and well-meaning intentions of those who love us most.
Respectful: Smart women respect their bodies. They respect their own limitations and know what they can and can’t do. They also respect their own needs and say “no,” when necessary.
Tolerant: Being tolerant means being flexible and adjusting to life on life’s terms instead of beating yourself up because you’re not “in synch” with what’s happening around you.
A spiral is an appropriate symbol for this path because it represents continual growth, connection, and progress. With SMART as our compass, positive energy continuously broadens and builds our inner and outer resources.
Smart Coaching for Smart Women Programs
Click the links below to discover which program is right for you.
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Smart Women Don’t Diet™
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Smart Women Say No™
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Smart Women Make Smart Changes™ |
Smart Women Don’t Diet
Do You Relate to Any of the Following?
“I dread exercising. It feels like a chore or punishment. Over the years I’ve tried every type of gym and workout, but I always lose my motivation and drop out.”
“Every year my doctor tells me to lose weight – and now I’m 30 pounds heavier than I used to be. I don’t know how it happened or how I can stop the weight from continuing to creep up on me.”
“I’ve spent most of my adult life hating my body and struggling to lose weight that just won’t stay off. I don’t want to spend the next half of my life wasting so much energy and money. There has to be a better way.”
Einstein said: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Ever wonder why a smart woman like you has continued to diet and exercise again and again (for 25+ years), without ever getting lasting results?
It’s not your fault! We’ve been taught a system in our society to exercise, diet, and lose weight that SETS US UP TO KEEP FAILING again and again.
The Vicious Cycle of Failure
The Vicious Cycle of Failure starts the behavior change process out of negativity and a lack of friendliness toward our bodies and selves. It leads to shame, self-loathing, and deprivation- all of which undermine lasting motivation and sustainable weight loss.
It starts with The Wrong Why, an external reason for change that isn’t compelling and puts pressure on us.
Moving Toward Peace with Your Body and Self
Escaping the Vicious Cycle of Failure is actually quite simple. To maintain lasting motivation and behavior — the essentials for long-term weight control — we need to initiate behavior change out of a more positive place with our bodies and selves.
An inconvenient truth: Unless you learn how to integrate behaviors like regular physical activity and healthy eating into your life in ways that you will maintain for life you can’t maintain any weight you lose.
Maintaining behavior is the foundation for long-term weight control and maintenance. Would you invest in a house that wasn’t built on a sturdy foundation? I didn’t think so.
Smart Women Don’t Diet will help you build your core foundations to lasting change. It’s based on a program for midlife women that I developed and evaluated, with funding from the National Institutes of Health. Read the published results here.
Want to get really SMART and create the lasting change you desire and deserve?
Because Smart Women Don’t Diet is systematic, you will learn everything you need to know IN ONLY six weekly coaching sessions (one hour each) plus a workbook. I coach women just like you by phone and Skype all over the world using my program and workbook.
For FREE – I’ll tell you all about the six-session “Smart Women Don’t Diet” program so we can see if it’s a good fit for you. Contact me to set up a no-cost 25 minute consultation.
Please visit and “like” our growing Smart Women Don’t Diet community on Facebook.
Read my free report “The 6 Secrets to Lasting Change” by clicking on the orange gift above (right side). You’ll also receive my free monthly eNewsletter.
Smart Women Say No
It endangers our health and well-being. It’s also contagious.
Common symptoms include:
- Having difficulty saying ‘no’ to others.
- Responding to requests on auto pilot without reflecting on your own time, energy, and goals.
- Feeling deep down that your worth is tied to how well you take care of others and get things done.
- Consistently prioritizing your “to do” list and your loved one’s needs over your needs, sense of well-being, and self-care.
- Not delegating things to others because no one does it as perfectly as you.
- Feeling constantly exhausted as you try to keep up, and feeling like you can’t stop.
- Feeling like you have no control to change these things.
If you checked more than four of the symptoms above you have what I call…
“Caretakeritis.”
Caretakeritis is an inflammation of the caretaker muscle from overuse.
All muscles become inflamed when they are used too much without proper rest.
Caretakeritis is often symptomatic of someone living their life by fulfilling their roles and responsibilities on autopilot, without paying attention to their own happiness, well-being or health. (Note: moms with young kids and/or someone working two jobs to make rent have little control over this.)
Caretakeritis has harsh side effects:
- Stressful Lives
- Depression and Anxiety
- Chronic Illness
- Insomnia
- Lack of Happiness or Vitality
- Irritability with Loved Ones
When we spend all of our time focused on other people and responsibilities without replenishing our energy and tending to our own needs, we simply are less effective everywhere. Self-care isn’t selfish – it’s smart!
Is this how you want to live your life?
For better and for worse, we’ve inherited caretakeritis from watching our mothers and grandmothers and internalizing norms from society. But, it doesn’t have to be this way.
I have helped smart women just like you finally learn how to say “No” to caretakeritis, so they can say “Yes” to their own self-care, health, and daily well-being.
It is really possible to become comfortable saying “I deserve to feel good.” This isn’t just about finding time to do things like move more; it’s also about allowing yourself to curl up on the couch with a great book, or fit in a long phone call with an old friend.
My clients learn the necessary skills for maintaining self-care, like what you need to do before saying “No” to a request. (Do you know what this essential step is?)
I want to help you internalize the concept of “smart self-care,” so you can take yourself off the back burner and stop compromising your long-term happiness and health.
It’s time for you. Want to claim it?
I work with different types of clients. Some are high-level professionals or business owners who work 24/7. Others are primary caregivers of their families who never stop to care for themselves.
Because Smart Women Say No is systematic, you will learn everything you need to know IN ONLY six weekly coaching sessions (one hour each) plus a workbook. I coach women just like you by phone and Skype all over the world.
For FREE – I’ll tell you all about the six-session “Smart Women Don’t Diet” program so we can see if it’s a good fit for you. Contact me to set up a no-cost 25 minute consultation.
Please visit and “like” our growing Smart Women Don’t Diet community on Facebook.
Read my free report “The 6 Secrets to Lasting Change” by clicking on the orange gift above (right side). You’ll also receive my free monthly eNewsletter.
Smart Women Make Smart Changes
The Smart Women Make Smart Changes program is flexible and can be tailored to any behavioral goal you have. Working with me and using the Smart Women Make Smart Changes workbook, you learn how to apply the SMART principles to any new behavior you’d like to integrate into your life so that it lasts.
I’ve used these principles to help women develop sustainable practices for time management, getting more sleep every night, etc.
Because my SMART program is systematic, you will learn everything you need to know IN ONLY six weekly coaching sessions (one hour each), plus a workbook. I coach women just like you by phone and Skype all over the world.
Want a joyful mind and happy body? Let me help you achieve that.
For FREE – I’ll tell you all about the six-session “Smart Women Don’t Diet” program so we can see if it’s a good fit for you. Contact me to set up a no-cost 25 minute consultation.
Please visit and “like” our growing Smart Women Don’t Diet community on Facebook.
Read my free report “The 6 Secrets to Lasting Change” by clicking on the orange gift above (right side). You’ll also receive my free monthly eNewsletter.