It took me months to finally make that phone call to set up a FREE consultation. I remember that morning I was almost going to email Catherine and cancel because I really did not want to talk to her. But something in me that made me make the appointment made me keep it.

I got on the call and within two minutes of hearing her voice I broke down and cried and my resistance to receiving some help washed away. I was finally “Ready, Willing and Open” a requirement Catherine has for all her clients.

I worked with Catherine for 14 weeks and had such growth.  It wasn’t that she had some new great discovery for me, but merely was a great facilitator, listener, and guide on my journey to self-love. I came to her to discuss my obsession with food. I use to think about it every second of every minute of everyday. It tortured me.

The funny thing is we hardly ever talked about food. Because lets face it the issue with our food is NEVER about the food. My issue was about self-love and being kinder and gentler with myself and I had no clue how to do that or what that looked like until I started working with Catherine. She gave me assignments each week to work on and practiced staying present in each moment to find JOY.

Catherine was a great mirror for me and a great coach keeping me accountable and on track to not fall back into my old patterns of putting myself last.

She has a gentle kindness and yet gives it to you straight and doesn’t let you bullshit yourself. I truly could not have made the progress that I made alone. We all need a confident, a guide, and coach to cheer us on, a teacher. She was all of these things to me and is.

I can’t praise her enough and would encourage anyone who is suffering to call her for a FREE consultation. After all what’s the worst thing that could happen if you call her? (It’s FREE) Now what’s the BEST thing that could happen? What’s more important to you?

Best wishes-

Joyce Emily

Why Weight Loss and Emotional Eating Coaching Works

One on one weight loss and emotional eating coaching can make a big difference in getting and keeping you on track to meet your weight loss, fitness, health and life goals. Many people need the personal support to keep accountable and on track. Sometimes just a few sessions can make a big difference in your level of motivation and focus.

A study led by researchers at Duke University Medical Center and published in The Journal Of The American Medical Association in March 2008 showed that the people who lost the most weight and successfully kept it off have had regular contact with a weight loss counselor.

If you have repeatedly lost weight and regained it or have failed to lose it in the first place, it may be time to admit defeat and get some help and learn some new ways of coping with life. Coaching can make the difference between success and failure. The reason it works is it provides support, encouragement, structure, and accountability while teaching you some new life skills and coping tools. Many of us when left to our own devices soon lapse back into old unhealthy behaviors.

Coaching helps you to navigate the change process and stay the course so that you can integrate new behaviors that will support you for a lifetime. Clients say this is the best money they have ever spent on themselves, especially after considering the costs of failed weight loss diets, foods, programs, gyms, and therapists.

Kaiser Permanente recently released the results of a health research study, in the April edition of Journal Of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, which offers new hope for binge and emotional eaters. This study showed that 63% of the people who were offered a 12 week "guided self-help" program that included eight sessions with a weight loss coach/health educator, (not a therapist), were able to quit bingeing within 6 months, as compared to 27% who were offered the usual care.

This study validates and supports the way I work with my clients with binge and emotional eating issues. I also offer 12 week sessions and my program is "guided self-help" as well. Clients are taught how to identify and deal with their eating triggers, given weekly self-care assignments and exercises to complete, and then meet with me to discuss the results and get support. I also offer additional email support between visits. Note: I am not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente in any way.

This study is great news for people who cannot afford expensive eating disorder programs or sessions with a therapist. It shows that with the right support and tools, emotional and binge eating can be cured. As a former binge eater, I am living proof of this! 

Catherine L. Taylor

http://www.secretsofaweightlossmaster.com