With masters degrees in both Health Promotion and Mental Health Counseling I help people find their true selves amid the challenges we face daily. The temptations to console with food, to mistake rest for relaxation, and to allow peer pressure to dictate our choices prevent us from making the changes required to improve our health. The healthy lifestyle revolution is often met with skepticism by those struggling to attain it. That attitude is self defeating and needs to be changed first and foremost. No change can be ingrained and made part of who you are if you are constantly looking for ways to debunk it. For many years healthy food was boring and tasteless. Nutritous food that is good for the body and the environment is also good for the soul. With the availability of fresh ingredients that abounds, there's no reason to suffer through eating cardboard. Exercise is often viewed as torture. Get back to movement as entertainment. Find what moves you...literally. There are too many opportunities to play to settle for anything less. The best gift you can give your family, be they blood relatives or the chosen ones, is a healthy you. Sometimes you have to break free from the traditions that keep you in unhealthy patterns, physically and emotionally. Start new family traditions that celebrate and promote health. No man is an island. We must surround ourselves with those who share our goals. Friends help sustain us, motivate us, and call us out when needed. These are the 5 domains of my work wtih you, helping you live the life of your own creation.