Meet Susan
My career in the health and wellness field has now spanned almost 30 years, during which time I’ve created a successful platform which encompasses a health practice, trainings for medical and psychology professionals, and books on healthy eating.
I am a speaker, author, instructor and consultant. I love what I do, and my specialties include diabetes and endocrinology, gut issues (IBS, SIBO, GERD), weight management, PCOS, pregnancy, menopause, cancer and exercise nutrition.
My journey in helping clients with their health has led me to seek a collaborative way to listen and evoke someone’s own internal motivation for change since ambivalence with behavior change is more the norm. I discovered the language of Motivational Interviewing which is a person-centered, guiding method of communication and counseling to elicit and strengthen motivation for change..
Meet Susan
My career in the health and wellness field has now spanned almost 30 years, during which time I’ve created a successful platform which encompasses a health practice, trainings for medical and psychology professionals, and books on healthy eating.
I am a speaker, author, instructor and consultant. I love what I do, and my specialties include diabetes and endocrinology, gut issues (IBS, SIBO, GERD), weight management, PCOS, pregnancy, menopause, cancer and exercise nutrition.
My journey in helping clients with their health has led me to seek a collaborative way to listen and evoke someone’s own internal motivation for change since ambivalence with behavior change is more the norm. I discovered the language of Motivational Interviewing which is a person-centered, guiding method of communication and counseling to elicit and strengthen motivation for change.
Finding your Health Compass through COVID-19
The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has affected virtually every aspect of society on a global scale. We have been left without a roadmap for how life is and what it will be like for the future. In times of uncertainty you may be are wondering – WHAT can I control? Although you can’t control the spread […]
7 Steps to Increase Metabolic Flexibility – Your Key to Health in 2020
We all know what it means to be flexible or inflexible in life but are you aware of what it means to have “metabolic flexibility?” “Metabolic flexibility”(MF) is the ability of the body to switch back and forth from metabolizing glucose (from carbohydrates) to fat. And WHY is this important? Being “metabolically inflexible”(MI) has many […]
It’s ALL about Insulin…
You can’t lose weight, you’ve tried every diet and nothing works. You’re beyond frustrated and are wondering if you need to trade your rusty metabolism in for a new model. Will there ever be a solution to your metabolic challenges? YES, and there’s now solid research that shows the answer is controlling your hyperinsulinemia – […]
Metabolism Meltdown
I can’t eat less, exercise any more than I already am so HOW do I lose weight? Enter Time Restricted Eating or TRE. What exactly is TRE and how can it help turn your frustrations around? Before we get into that a tiny physiology lesson is warranted. Every time you eat your pancreas produces a […]
Finding your Food Compass: Eating Clean While Traveling
You’ve started on a healthy lifestyle and have figured out a way to stay on track at home. All of a sudden you find yourself on the road for business or pleasure. The question now becomes: “how am I going to be successful while traveling ?” I am currently away teaching Motivational Interviewing to the […]
Fashionable or Not? A Visual Guide to Inflammation
Jeffrey likes to call it the “LA Uniform,” a sea of puffy coats everywhere you look. It seems now a days everyone is on board with this fashion trend. Although “the puffy” is fashionable on the outside, it can actually be a health hazard on the inside. Another way of looking at it – we […]
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