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WORKING WITH KATHLEEN
I feel very strongly about offering you a a number of ways to work with me directly. I have set up a whole range of options for you to do that - going from private coaching to being involved in small groups. This link will show you all the choices.
Chats are offered through the Your Last Diet Program and Coaching. We have talked about Adult Children
of Alcoholic issues, Gaslighting, Problem Solving, among other things in the last month. I have been told this is one our most helpful offerings. Those who come to chat flourish.
Return to Radiance is a specialized coaching program for people who have done the program in the past but slipped away thinking other things might work better. They found that away wasn't best so they have come home to relearn the process.
Signature Coaching is personalized and individual coaching geared to your specific situation. You may want to step out of the craziness of sugar addiction, return to steadiness and clarity after slipping
away, slow down and focus on your recovery, or deepen a steady rhythm of recovery.
This is a way to step out of feeling overwhelmed with where to start and what to do. Because it is so individualized, we can work on what is right for you at this point in your journey. People tell me that coaching helps them feel safe and focused. We work with your style, your rhythm. We address your fear and let go of shame.
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"Everything flows from doing the food. Stop fighting it, just enjoy it."
Last evening we had a big thunderstorm and half an inch of rain. We are in a moderate drought so the storm was a blessing.
This morning the dogs and I were taking our morning walk. It was gorgeous out there, the rain was shining off everything in the woods, all the leaves on the trees, the ferns, the flowers, just everything, even shining in the mist when a ray of sun shot through the darkness of the woods.
I have Border Collies and a toy poodle. It is nice to walk with the bc's because they just goof around, they aren't hunting dogs, so they don't really use their eyes or nose to look for critters. My poodle caught a scent and reacted just enough to get my attention, but no one else's. I looked up and over where she was looking (by then she was off on something else). That ray of sun was shining off everything.....and
as I looked I saw a red gold color...I looked harder and in the wet sunshine and the mist I could finally make out the shape of a doe deer. She was standing so stock still that she looked like a tree. I would never have seen her had I not been really looking.
Right away I thought of the yoga tree pose. She gave me a yoga lesson I will always remember when I do that pose. Even I could "feel" the roots she was putting down into the earth to steady her body and breathing and make her invisible to danger. It was just one of those moments in life where as a part of universe I felt so tiny and blessed.
Then I thought what a gift this program has given me. In the pre-RR days I would never have had this morning. First of all, I would never have been out there. The reason is because today was a super busy day for me. I had to be ready to leave for the day by 9:00 am. I am usually home all the time and rarely gone anywhere for a whole day.
I had to get up, get my breakfast, walk the dogs, pack my lunch and potluck contribution, do all my chores, shower and dress all before 9:00! In the old days, just the idea of doing that would have stressed me out so much I probably wouldn't have gone.
But today, I had decided yesterday what I would wear, eat, and had a list of things I had to have done before I left. I promised myself I would not turn on the computer until I came home. I was so well prepared that I didn't get anxious or stressed or angry. AND one of the first things I would have done in the old days was to not take time for a walk because I would have been too busy getting ready. So, not only did
I get my walk, but I got a special blessing.
Then, after I got back from the walk, my niece called me and needed some help in making a decision that was very serious. I had time because of my planning yesterday to spend 15 minutes on the phone LISTENING to her, not telling her what I thought she should do!
Oh, it was just such a special morning, I am so grateful. Talk about BE raisers--first the deer and then the dear (my niece)!
Plus I had a wonderful time at my day outing! Yep, this program is soooo much more than removing sugar! Cause I haven't even done that yet!
Thank you all for helping me to have this wonderful life.
Carol
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This is David, your Radiant Recovery® Concierge
Come visit our STORE. Call 505-345-3737 if you have questions.
David, the store manager, is always happy to help.
$44.99/39.99 (subscription)
And I am thinking that some of you may not know about our special Georges® Restore subscriptions. I will send your shake out every month. You don't have to fill out the order again. You don't have to remember what day of the month it is. If your family uses it
more slowly, you can call and wait a month. If your family LOVES it (LOL, this happens all the time), I can send you more mid month. If you want anything else with your shake like special flavors, just let me know. Kathleen just noticed that there were BIG bottles of the almond flavoring in the Radiant Shed. I explained that someone had special ordered it. What we lack in size,
we make up in service.
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- 1 cup blue (or yellow) cornmeal
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 T. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 4 T. apple juice
- 2 eggs 1 1/4 cups oatmilk
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 cup fresh blueberries (frozen can also be used)
Preheat oven to 400. In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients. Make a well in the center. In another bowl, combine all the liquid ingredients. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Do NOT over mix. Gently fold in blueberries, avoid overmixing. Spray a nonstick muffin pan with cooking spray. Fill each cup 2/3 full. Bake 15-20 minutes or
until a toothpick comes out clean
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Chats, chats, chats. They keep getting better. The topics are getting deeper. Now we are moving into the process of getting ready for weight loss. If you are a member, make sure to come and join us.
I don’t think I understood that this program is much more than weight loss until I got “stable”. Weight loss was the motivating factor for me in the beginning, so I understand why everyone is talking about it. It is so nice to be even-tempered and “radiant” that I would continue the program if I hadn’t lost weight, but it’s nice to know it can do both! One friend commented that I have such
willpower….nope…I wasn’t the slightest bit interested in it. Enjoying the people at a party instead of obsessing over the food, do I look fat, how much can I eat without people noticing…can you imagine? I find that miraculous!
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Making Your Program Successful
Kathleen DesMaisons, PhD
Here is a nice quote I thought you would like to read.
I have recently changed my program in a dramatic way, I decided it was time to lose the pounds that crept in with menopause. I had the *data* but needed to think through a plan of action. Here are the things that really helped me:
- I was really clear about what I wanted. I stopped pussyfooting around and made a definitive commitment. A goal, a time, an outcome.
- I wrote down the way I would get to my goal - a process that suits me, my lifestyle and my rhythm. Some of this came out of our weight loss class. I actually did the exercises the class was doing.
- I committed to keep on even when I get discouraged. When my personal power runs out, I might say, *ah, enough already, I am tired.* This time, I want the outcome and I am willing to push through the wall and I am finding the beginning of something new, a new understanding, a new power and sense of possibility. I like it.
- When I get stuck and mad and think I want a life like everyone else's....I just sit in my quiet awareness and wait. I stop pouting and remember I am choosing these changes because I want the outcome. No one is making me, I am choosing. And then I feel just fine.
The most important thing is that I am willing to put into practice what I know on a different level. This means I do it, just do it over and over. And *it*? That would be doing the food. Doing the food as it works for weight loss.
Hope this makes sense. It sure is working for me.
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