All workshops are available as in person, tele-seminar or webinar formats.

Mastering Emotional Eating

This workshop is divided into three segments. All three can be delivered in one intensive course or over successive sessions.

Emotional Eating 101 - Cultivating awareness and understanding our emotional eating habits and patterns. This is an absolutely essential step in overcoming emotional eating. You must be willing really look at yourself and your habits in order to overcome them.

Emotional Eating 102 - Does pleasure equal happiness? Food is and should be pleasurable; there is nothing wrong with that. Taking pleasure in our food is a natural and desirable thing. It is when the desperate need for the pleasure takes over that it can actually end up destroying happiness in the long run.

Emotional Eating 103 - What are you holding onto that is weighing you down and feeding your emotional eating habit? A lot of emotional eating is about unresolved feelings we are carrying around with us and not dealing with. What do you need to let go of in your life in order to let go of your extra weight?

Using your Thoughts for Weight loss Success not Sabotage.

What we focus on expands which means:

• The "Battle of the Bulge" mentality is the WRONG approach

This is a very common expression and it really underlines the veritable war we are waging against ourselves and bodies. Thinking of this as a battle of something we have to fight really hard for is self- defeating. Expect a hard up-hill battle and that is exactly what you will get! It doesn’t have to be this way and I can tell you that from personal experience. Learn to let go of this “its soooo hard” mentality and allow yourself to release the weight more easily.

• Your self-definition and self- talk are affecting your weight and holding you back.

Most people who have dealt with weight issues are very much defined by them. Even when they are no longer at an unhealthy weight they still think of themselves in the same negative way. I know I did this myself. The very way we think about and define ourselves can hold us back from reaching the goals we set for ourselves. They become self-fulfilling prophecies. What do you believe about yourself and how is this contributing to your weight loss success?

Check out the Mind over Matter - Mastering your Weight program

Stop the war against your body

Renew your self-image and appreciate your body.

• Create a better body image and relationship to yourself. Hating your thighs is not going to make them any different. This approach only makes you more miserable and keeps you stuck in the same self-hating place. Imagine how much more enjoyable life could be if you weren't wasting time condemning your body. Imagine the freedom! Changing your relationship to yourself allows you to shine with new confidence and realize greater success. In this workshop you will learn how your negative self-talk keeps you down and undermines your success, how to break this cycle and begin truly appreciating your body and allowing yourself to enjoy life.

Body Acceptance is also available in one on one coaching.

Fostering healthy body images for our daughters.

Lead by example, raise your daughter to honor and cherish her body and herself.

Surrender to your own Greatness!

Just imagine what could be possible if we spent more time focusing on our strengths and goodness rather than our weakness and faults. The truth is most women have a hard time naming their own greatness. We are actually taught not to because we don't want to sound conceited or arrogant and its high time we get over it! There is nothing arrogant about being secure and grounded in your own worth.

• What an amazing gift to give ourselves and those around us.
• What an amazing opportunity to put out to the universe that you deserve success and happiness.

During this presentation you will uncover all your hidden greatness and learn how to make it part of your success programming.

Transforming Stress

You are what you think. How thoughts create stress and what you can do about it.

Stress, it seems we can't get away from it and the consequences it has on our productivity, health, relationships and general quality of life. We all experience it, but some are better able to manage it than others. Believe it or not you contribute to, and often create stress for yourself simply by way of your thinking.

In this workshop you will learn HOW your thoughts affect your experience of stress and to identify your counteractive thinking patterns. Once you understand the process you can actually do something about it! This is the good stuff. You will learn simple cognitive techniques to rein in your thoughts and transform counteractive into effective, productive thinking.

You will be amazed at the dramatic difference this can make on your stress level. With practice this shift of focus can TURN STRESS INTO SUCCESS.

Transforming Stress is also available as one on one coaching.

Relaxation and Meditation

Discover the technique that works BEST for YOU.

This workshop is designed with the beginner in mind, taking the mystery out of meditation and making it approachable for anyone. Introducing 4 different methods we give participants a taste of the variety available and allow them to explore what is most effective for their individual needs.
A great way to get in touch with my inner self, a wonderful basis to move forward. I didn't realize there were so many ways to meditate. I liked the small group, it felt very personal. I will definately recommend this.
- Sandy Oviatt

About Deborah

Deborah is a vibrant go-getter who truly lives life by her own rules. Using the principles and ideas she teaches Deborah has created a life she can call her own, a life she lives by her own definition and embraces with joy everyday. She has been educating, inspiring and empowering all her life. From childhood Deborah has had a passion for blazing new paths and promoting change. From starting up the first every cheerleading squad in her high school to moving to Mexico and teaching Belly Dance and self-esteem Deborah lives it all with spirit and purpose. Now Deborah directs her energy and enthusiasm into her Life Coaching and Counselling business, helping people live healthier, more connected, balanced and successful lives.
It is Deborah’s own life experience that gives power and meaning to her work. Having faced struggles with her own self-identity, body image and how to live an authentic fulfilling life for herself Deborah knows how it feels to be in her clients shoes. Because of her own experience and success she also knows what is possible and fully believes in everyone’s potential, no matter what past experience has held them back. Sharing her learning and success with the world has become her mission!
As a speaker Deborah’s confident and dynamic enthusiasm is contagious. She is passionate about her message, connecting with participants and involving them in their own experience is the cornerstone of her presentations. She offers listeners an interesting, though provoking and even life changing experience. Participants in Deborah’s programs have learned to face their fears head on and move past them successfully. Overcoming creative fears to sell products in shops, conquering self-doubt and fear to launch a much dreamed of business and learning to respect and honour the body to finally realize success at releasing weight are just a few examples of the powerful changes people have made in their lives.
To learn more about Deborah visit the About Inspiritu Life page.