overwhelm – Simply: Health Coaching

Life without roads

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by Elizabeth Baker

I recently had a conversation with some much younger friends who were talking about what they see as one of the problems their generation faces: too many choices. Yes, this might be what someone else sees as a #firstworldproblem, and yet it really can be an issue: when you want to buy a chair and 27 pages of options pop up in response to your online search, are you possibly missing out on the p...
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SOLE food | SOUL food

Posted on December 24, 2017January 12, 2018 by Elizabeth Baker

At the end of 2016, I shifted my health coaching practice from focusing almost entirely on secondary foods—what we put in our mouths—to primary foods—everything else in our lives that nourishes us (or doesn't). I also set a goal of blogging once a week rather than once a month (or so) and sending my post out by email to my list. It's been a year since then, and I'm happy to report I am one week...
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Guest Post | From Ow to Wow, Overwhelm to Wonder

Posted on August 8, 2017September 9, 2017 by Elizabeth Baker

Look, look—another guest post! This one comes from Linda Joy Stone, OMD, L.Ac., with whom I connected on Daocloud, which I describe as social media for practitioners and answer-seekers in the realm of alternative medicine. Linda Joy agreed to take on the topic of overwhelm from her perspective as a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Akashic Acupuncture. (And I think I will adopt her ...
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Put your schedule on a diet | Delegation

Posted on May 7, 2017May 7, 2017 by Elizabeth Baker

If you've ever tried to lose weight, you've probably heard that healthy, sustainable weight loss is not something that happens quickly; after all, you didn't put on all those pounds overnight, right? Fasting, severe calorie restriction, cleanses, crazy workouts, and myriad other "quick fixes" can have a stunningly rapid effect ... and once you go back to "eating normally," you usually regain th...
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To my sisters: I hear you.

Posted on March 26, 2017March 21, 2019 by Elizabeth Baker

[Edit: Since this post was written, the S.A.N.I.T.Y. program morphed partly into Declutter Your Daytimer and partly into my membership site for women 40+. I've left this post up because the content is still relevant!] Over the past 2 months as I was creating my new program offering—S.A.N.I.T.Y.—I was riding the pendulum that so often grips us when we are about to put ourselves out there in a wa...
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