Hello out there!!  Thanks for tuning in again this week. It really is an honor to know you value me as a professional and share my philosophy enough to take time from your busy lives to explore with me this crazy ride that is life.

Gratitude. An interesting theme. It is Thanksgiving Day in Canada; A time to connect with family and friends and give thanks for the many blessings in our lives. Why only one day a year? Things that make you go hmmmm…?

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• The work of personal change is not an overnight fix, but 3 simple keys can immediately start freeing you. #
• Ready to find out what drives you to use food to cope? I’ll explain at the Van Health Show Oct 17-18. http://bit.ly/tq3rd #
• Being released from using food to cope isn’t about digging up the past but understanding the triggers that come from it. #
• I’ll be a key presenter at the Van Health Show Oct 17-18. http://bit.ly/tq3rd #
• You can learn to eat when you’re hungry and stop when you’re full. And it’s not about willpower. #
• Find freedom from focusing on food. Hear my presentation at Van Health Show Oct 17-18. http://bit.ly/tq3rd #
• Your all-or-nothing thinking stands in the way of you letting go of the need to binge, purge, or restrict food. #
• I’ll be giving live presentations at the Van Health Show Oct 17-18. Please stop by my booth, too! http://bit.ly/tq3rd #
• Experiences of the past often trigger your need to overeat or restrict food. #
• Travelling to Van in Oct? I’ll be at the Van Health Show Oct 17-18. http://bit.ly/tq3rd #

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Hey out there! I was just getting ready for my day and my mind was reflecting on a few recent events in my life and noticing a commonality between them. So naturally I thought I’d share these reflections with you.

It seems that the overall lesson is that when life presents us with an opportunity to change a harmful pattern, we have two choices (assuming we’re conscious enough of the pattern to see it in the first place):

1. We can see the opportunity to do things differently and choose to do things the same old way anyway. Usually we make this choice out of fear of change or fear of angering or disappointing someone if we were to behave differently than they “expect.”

Or…..

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• Imagine if you could release your need to use food to cope. It’s easier than you think. #
• Join Michelle at the Van Health Show Oct 17-18.http://tinyurl.com/ybw37aw #
• Much of your unfinished business can be what drives you to use food to cope. #

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This is the final installment in our 6-part series on self-care. If you haven’t read the others, here are the links:
The First Step to Self-Care
Self-Care Part 2
Self-Care Part 3: Sustainable Change Begins
Self-Care Part 4: Getting from Here to There
Self-Care Part 5: Letting Go of Your Stories

Did you experiment with one goal, plotting it on a continuum and coming up with three small steps? If not, what stopped you? No time? No faith? No energy?

This article deals with the first one which provides you with the last two!  You see the more effectively you manage your time and the more realistic your expectations are, given that you have 24 hours in the day, the more energy you’ll have, the more successful you’ll be at everything you try and therefore, the more faith you’ll have in yourself to succeed and the more faith you’ll have in the process (which means you’ll do it more so you’ll experience even more change and even more success which means you’ll feel even more energized and more hopeful and trusting of yourself and of the process of change). It’s a wonderful reciprocal relationship, and the first step is setting clear and realistic goals.  Did you hear that last part? Realistic goals?  I’ll bet you if you’re not taking action already to reach your desired goals for health, wellness, peace, love, passion and fulfillment, you do not have realistic goals. Let me prove that to you and then let us set about the work of clearing the decks so you can move forward!
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