Consultation Process
Questions
What happens during our initial consultation?
What if I am eating on-the-go, at work or at restaurants a lot?
How does it relate to my lifestyle choices?
How do I evaluate the fees for this program?
Is there anyone that would NOT benefit from your programs?
Answers
What happens during our initial consultation?
We will discuss your diet, health concerns and goals. You will experience the kind of support you could receive in making lasting and meaningful changes in your life.
Whether we meet over the phone or in person, I will ask you to contemplate the following questions and write down your answers as much as you’d like:
- If you could make one change in your health what would it be?
- If you made that change, how would it impact your life?
- What are the challenges that prevent you from improving your diet and health?
- What are you most proud of?
- What are the foods you typically eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner and all snacks/treats?
This is just the basis of our discussion. I will try to get a sense of what it’s like to be you, in your life, and to connect the dots between what you are eating and doing with how you are feeling and functioning. My goal is to figure out how I would guide you to improving your health if we were to work together and how I could help you create your own recipe for a healthy life.
You are also there to imagine what it would be like to work together. You must decide if you feel confident that I have the ability and resources to support you in your path to becoming a better version of you.
Based on your needs, I will describe the programs that I offer and how I could support you in reaching your goals. Would you be excited to invest in yourself and look forward to having some fun in the process of self-improving? If that sounds good to you, take the first step forward and schedule an initial consultation: you have nothing to lose and an unimaginable about to gain!
What does your individual program consist of? How would it help me to improve my overall health and wellness goals?
My goal is to empower you with knowledge of food so that you understand appreciate food as fuel and the power it holds to heal and strengthen you.
We will figure out what food works for you and what you like. We all get stuck in eating the same old foods everyday; I'll introduce you to new foods and new combinations that will add more variety, pleasure and value to your life.
I will provide you with practical skills of how to cook really healthy food, really fast food that tastes and looks good. I will teach you how to prepare meals in advance and how to take short cut whenever you like. You don’t need to be a chef to eat well; you just need a simple repertoire of easy combinations that anyone can learn.
I will also teach you how to read food labels, pick out the healthiest food at the grocery store and give you the opportunity to sample new food products at our sessions.
What if I am eating on-the-go at work or at restaurants a lot?
We will devise a “stash” of food for you to maintain wherever you go: in the desk drawer and refrigerator at work; in the car or the bags you carry around. You’ll be armed with you own supply and the knowledge for what to choose at restaurants, vending machines or convenience stores. You will learn how to have and to choose the best food possible in any situation.
How does it relate to my lifestyle choices?
When you are eating well, everything changes. When you look and feel better you see the world differently — with more confidence and optimism. That creates a ripple effect from your internal satisfaction and renewed energy to every area of your life.
We’ll look at what else is going on in your life that sets you up for unhealthy eating habits. Any shifts you make in what you eat, how you eat, when you eat and where you eat can have an equally positive change in your health. Sometimes the issue is not really about food, but how to deal with stress, or lack of exercise or unhappiness in a career or relationship. In short, we also have to look at the food that feeds your soul, and understand how that impacts the food that feeds your body, and vice versa.
How do I evaluate the fees for this program?
Is your health not your greatest asset? I know of no other investment better than improving you from the inside-out. You may be someone who has spent a lot of her life taking care of other people or putting other peoples’ needs first. Or maybe you’ve invested your time in building your career or pursuing other goals and are ready to take care of that precious piece: your health.
I am providing you with the compassion and support of a certified health counselor, the training of a chef, the accountability from a coach and the guidance of a healer.
To help make my programs affordable for everyone, I accept credit cards as well as checks and can stretch out monthly payments beyond the program time.
Is there anyone that would NOT benefit from your programs?
Those who are looking for a quick fix, and are not open to change will not benefit from my programs. If you are unhappy with one or more aspects of your health and well-being, then something is not working for you. You have to be open to discussing what’s going on in your life and your habits, and you are willing to consider new ideas. If you are ready to do this, I can help you discover the ingredients for a better you, and break the process down into bite-size pieces.
We can incorporate changes at your pace, but you are the one doing the work. If you try something new and you’re not comfortable, then we’ll try something else, but your intention has to be to make improvements. We will not be counting calories or grams of fat, rather I will be holding you accountable to taking small action steps in-between our meetings as we create a diet that brings you to a new level of functioning, productivity and comfort. It’s a process, of which I cannot fully predict because your own growth and evolution is unique to you.
Are there any additional resources that will be made available to me while I am enrolled in your program?
My intention is to provide you with every opportunity to succeed. At each session I give my clients something to take home with them that will support and motivate them as they take each new action step. It could be food samples, kitchen tools, self-care products, journals, books, to name a few.
As a professionally trained chef, I have an in-depth understanding of how food can be a powerful tool in healing, as well as the ability to teach you how to prepare a lot of easy meals that look and taste good. If you have limited time or interest in cooking, we can create a “menu” of prepared foods to purchase to store in your office or at home, and learn how to choose wisely at restaurants.
In addition, I offer unlimited e-mail support in-between sessions that is useful when questions come up, when a little extra inspiration or motivation is needed, or to report small successes along the way.
See the list of all the great benefits that are offered in my programs by clicking here: Individual programs.
Take the first step: Sign up for your 30-minute complimentary consultation or email consult@RecipeForaHealthyLife.com.
