• “I have fitness and nutrition goals that I want to attain but never quite seem to achieve.”
• “I’m pretty knowledgeable about eating right, stress management, and exercise, but I can’t seem to figure out how to incorporate what I know into my lifestyle.”
• “I eat as an emotional support. I know I do this, but I don’t know how to change it.”
• “A work-life balance? That’s a myth!”

What do Olympic athletes, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, Oscar-award winning actors, Grammy-award winning singers, and the Severna Park Flacons Lacrosse teams all have in common? They all work with coaches. They are great at what they do but continue to strive for a higher performance level. So, they rely on a coach’s perspective and communication to make that difference. As legendary NFL coach Tom Landry once said, “A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, who has you see what you don't want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be.”

Life coaching offers the same opportunities athletes, actors, and singers have but concentrates on your personal and professional development and satisfaction. Coaching provides an objective point of view, keeps you motivated, focuses and re-focuses your attention, distinguishes productive versus unproductive patterns of behavior, and helps you reach goals faster.

Life coaching is a powerful process of discovery, learning, action and accountability. Through coaching, you define how you want your life to be and then take the steps to make it happen. It helps you stay focused on what’s important to you, make better choices and follow through on commitments.

Common areas of focus include:

• Health/Wellness/Self-care
• Work-Life Balance
• Life Transitions (marriage/divorce/midlife)
• Time Management & Organization
• Stress Management
• Relationships/Social Life

Coaching Packages:

Partnering with a Life Coach examines how your beliefs, attitudes, and habits influence the choices you make. Gaining this perspective empowers you to adapt to the demands of your life rather than simply react to them. Suzette Langley, Life Coach.

Below are some current offerings:

“Achieve Your Goals” Package

Three 30-40 minute sessions to help you define priorities, set SMART goals, and develop a compelling vision that inspires and motivates you to succeed. $150

“Balance Your Life” Package

Four 30-40 minute sessions. We’ll use the Wheel of Life to assess your life balance. Then, using this information, we will target 2 areas you’d like to improve and create a plan to bring more balance and satisfaction to your life. $200

“Overcome Barriers to Weight Loss” Package

Four 30-40 minute sessions to identify emotional eating habits, learn effective stress management techniques, focus on small, attainable behavior changes, and use positive self-talk instead of guilt as a motivator. $200

Buddy Coaching Packages - Have a workout buddy? How about a coaching buddy?: 2-3 people can purchase the above packages and be coached together.

• 2 people for the 3-session package: $120 per person
• 2 people for the 4-session package: $160 per person
• 3 people for the 3-session package: $90 per person
• 3 people for the 4-session package: $120 per person

Addressing your Emotional Fitness through coaching helps you break out of the diet mentality. The Emotional Fitness Coaching focuses on assisting you to make lifestyle changes you can attain and maintain. Coaching uncovers attitudes, habits and behaviors that prevent you from succeeding in weight loss. You learn to manage your emotions, stress and time effectively so these are no longer barriers to success. You build self-confidence and self-esteem as you learn to trust yourself to make the best choices for you and your body. Emotional Fitness Coaching helps you put yourself first, set attainable goals, and holds you accountable to action.

Imagine making healthy changes that become part of who you are. Imagine never needing to diet again. Coaching offers the way to improve your Emotional Fitness - change your body by changing the way you think.

Here are some specific issues Emotional Fitness Coaching addresses:

• Stress eating – Eating to cope with stress. Or, not eating when you are stressed.
• Food as a celebration – Food is connected to celebrations, birthdays, weddings, graduations. What other ways can you celebrate?
• Food as self-medication – You had a horrible day and make yourself feel better with a pint of ice cream.
• Categorical thinking – Believing that some foods are “good” and others are “bad”. If you are on a diet, and eat a “bad” food, you believe you have ruined everything so you eat whatever you want.
• Extreme self-criticism – Continuously running a negative narrative of why you are not good enough. Extreme self-criticism creates hopelessness. Taking action when you feel hopeless can be very difficult.
• Living in the past or future – Focusing on what you weighed 10 years ago or how great life will be when you lose 30 pounds does not address the action you need to take today.
• Fear – Of change. What if I can’t reach my goals? What if I can’t keep the weight off? What if my relationships change? What if I am more powerful than I thought?

• Do you use food to cope with emotions such as stress, anxiety, or sadness?
• Do you use food to reward yourself for your accomplishments?
• Do you approach your diet in extreme terms (You are either “on” or “off” a diet.)?
• Do you make extreme changes in diet or exercise that are difficult to sustain for a long period of time?
• Are you more critical of yourself than you would be of anyone else?
• Are you afraid of what changing your habits may mean about how you will eat and who you will be?
• Do you worry about being able to maintain your weight loss?
• Are you looking to the future “when I lose 25 pounds” but not taking action today to make it happen? Are you ready for Emotional Fitness Coaching?

This workshop will help you sort out your mental and physical clutter so you can have a fresh start for spring. Learn tips and tricks to minimize physical clutter, simplify your schedule, and eliminate energy drainers.
Date & Time:Thursday, March 13, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Fee: $30 per person
REGISTER ONLINE NOW!

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About Suzette Langley

Suzette Langley holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was the Chief Social Worker of the Eating Disorders Clinic at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for 3 years. She is a graduate of the Institute for Life Coach Training and a member of Coachville.

Suzette is a member of the Severna Park Chamber of Commerce, Severna Park Jaycees, and On Purpose Networking. She regularly writes a column on coaching-related topics in the Severna Park Voice. She has written several articles for On Purpose Magazine which is published in the Greater Baltimore area. See some of Suzette’s writing in “The Best Ways to Erase Stress in 15 Minutes or Less” by Joanna Brandt and girlfriends, available at www.lulu.com.

Originally from the Midwest, Suzette now resides in Annapolis, MD with her husband and 2 American Eskimos. She enjoys outdoor activities, gardening, reading, fitness classes, cooking, and baking. She loves to travel when the opportunity presents itself. Two of her core beliefs are finding strength in adversity and creating a “family” made up of life-long friends.

If you have questions about coaching, please call Suzette Langley at 410-757-7326 or email suzette@suzettelangley.com. More details about Suzette and coaching can be found on her website, www.suzettelangley.com.