[CHANGES] Late Night Eating and Wow!

[Sandra Ahten]

Are you a "late night eater?" Just can't seem to "close the kitchen?" --
When you get to the bottom of the page, click on the website link for an
article about this topic.

WOW!

What fun I've been having lately.

I've been directing a lot of my energy into "phase two" of the diet coaching
business and as I've been doing so I have been getting quite a bit more
exposure and QUESTIONS.

Questions like: "Really? You are? You're a diet coach? I thought you were… an
artist <http://www.spiritofsandra.com>…an art teacher… a journalist… a
prisoner advocate <http://www.books2prisoners.org>….?"

And questions like – "Why?"

So, let me introduce myself to those who haven't met me and explain myself
to those who know me through other venues.

MY CALLING

First let me say… that I never grew up wanting to be a diet coach… and I
never got into the "diet industry" because it was lucrative. It may be for
the big players -- but the cards are still out on me : ).


The short version is this: After overcoming many other addictions in my
life, I put on weight. It turns out that the same method of overcoming other
addictions could be used to take off weight (in theory); but in reality
required adjustment.


As I graduated with a degree in painting – I needed some income to start
paying off those student loans and went to work for Weight Watchers. I had
fun taking all my self-help knowledge a step further and applying it to the
dieting life. Some laughter; some tears: Being a healthy weight in our
society is not easy.


I wanted to have my own business so that I would have time to work with
individuals and small groups.


I had found out that my real gift was in combining my intuitive ability with
my practical side. I have a gift of being able to help others identify their
true issues. (It's usually not this vague thing called willpower.) Then I
use my practical side to come up with solid down-to-earth solutions to daily
dilemmas.


In many ways I'm a conduit. My clients get the cumulative benefit of all the
people I have worked with.  I hear the issue, then I go to this vast file of
knowledge I've accumulated over 16 years of addiction recovery and 7 years
of diet coaching -- and offer solutions.


OTHER CALLINGS

While I have other callings, I know that this is one of my missions in life.
Why else would I enjoy it so much, have such success, and get such positive
feedback?

So yes, I have a well rounded life -- but I do not consider this a lesser
calling for me.

 Well, if you've made it this far. You know me a lot better than I know you…
and that is really not fair.


JOIN ME

Join in the discussion on the "community message forum" from my website and
share your own struggles, successes, and strategies. (FREE SERVICE)


Consider joining one of my groups if you would like to like to have peace of
mind while reaching your dieting/ weight/ body goals. If you would like to
know what a group is like before joining you can see the pics, bios, and
stats of group members and listen to a coaching session by listening to an
"Resoanble Diet AIM Group" podcast from my website.


Here is an email I received just yesterday:

I have just subscribed to your podcasts through iTunes and wanted to let you
know that I totally appreciate the work that you're doing.  Your plain
spoken approach is just what I need right now.

Thanks!
Sarah W****
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

  <http://www.reasonablediet.com/>http://www.reasonablediet.com/

Hoping for peace in the world and wishing you peace of mind,

Sandra

ps -- I'll be switching to a new email and newletter service in the next
week. Be looking for that info. thanks.




--
Please note my new email address (sandra.ahten at gmail.com) and add it to your
address book.
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