Category: Catching Up With Connie

Health Experts & Life Coaches: Do You Feel Like a Hypocrite, Too?

Fellow health counselors, life coaches, doctors and other health advocates, I just confessed to the world that sometimes I feel like a hypocrite. I also told a tale about how I’ve been working too hard lately, became sleep deprived, and now I’ve gotten sick. And frankly, it’s my own d*&% fault.
Check out my confession, and then share your thoughts.
Privately, many of you have shared how you, too, feel like you’re not always walking your talk. Let’s ‘fess up so people know that we’re human, too, and that we’re always seeking to be better.
So health experts, do you also feel sometimes that you’re not who you claim to be? This inquiring mind wants to know what you think.
Share here on this Sugar Shock Blog and on Facebook.

Connie’s Confession: I’m a Health Hypocrite! Help Each Other

Normally, I don’t reveal my vulnerabilities here, on this Sugar Shock Blog. Nor do I share a personal plight, but today, I feel a need to confess to you that I feel like the ultimate Health Hypocrite.
Sure, I eat healthy, wholesome, real foods. Yes, I religiously avoid sugary foods and carbs — and have since 1998 with only a handful of very minor infractions. I don’t even smoke anymore. (Inhaling two packs of cigarettes is a thing of the past.) What’s more, I’ve been shunning caffeine since a doctor suggested I do so more than a decade ago. And I don’t even chew sugar-less gum or eat candies with artificial sweeteners anymore. In addition, I’ve triumphed over my diet soda slugging. Plus, I’m huge exercise aficionado. But feeding my body well and moving just aren’t nearly enough.
Sleep My body craves — as does yours — ample sleep. We desperately need those zzzzzz’s.Otherwise, I’m headed for sniffles, sneezing, coughing and congestion.
Well, lately — especially in the last week — I haven’t walked my talk. Despite the fact that I know about the wonders of a good night’s sleep and I’m even mentioning it as a “Smart Diet Habit” in my next book, I skimped on sleep myself last week. Now that I’m a health coach, I’m not going to indulge in self-blame. Rather, I’m going to use this realization as an opportunity.
The irony is that lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about and striving to do excellent self-care, because of my training as a health counselor and life coach and because I’ve been completing Cheryl Richardson’s fabulous book, Take Time for Your Life, which was required reading for my life coaching program through iPEC.
I even just bought Cheryl Richardson’s latest book, The Art of Extreme Self-Care, this weekend at this remarkable Hay House ouse Movers & Shakers conference. Both books have motivated me to think a lot about how we all will benefit if we devote ourselves wholeheartedly to treating ourselves with respect and reverence, even it it means we have to let go of current projects and disappoint people.
Well, despite my commitment to treating myself right, last week, I neglected my needs when it came to snoozing. You see, I felt compelled to help you you a lot this month.

Free Relieve Holiday Stress Program on Wed., Dec. 2

For many, ’tis not the season to be jolly. Instead, it’s a time for stress, anxiety and worry.
To help you be calm and peaceful this time of year, join my free Relieve Holiday Stress teleseminar program tomorrow night (Wed., Dec. 2 at 8 pm EST) with master creative visualization expert and hypnotist Debra Berndt.
Here are details to join us for this free, life-changing program.
You can join us live either via phone or on the Internet from any part of the world.
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Since listening once on Dec. 2 may not be enough to help you relieve stress for the holidays — and beyond — click here to order an audio replay so you can listen again and again to be calm during the holidays and beyond.
FYI, research shows that repeatedly listening to creative visualization/hypnosis replays can help you make lasting changes.
To sign up for tomorrow night’s program, provide your email below, and directions will be mailed to you.
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Relieve Holiday Stress With Us & 3 Tips to Calm You Down

During the holidays, millions get stressed out and anxious. In fact, research shows that people overwhelmed and anxious more now than any other time of the year.
As we all know, being stressed out can lead to overeating or binging, short tempers, neglecting exercise, arguments with your loved ones and ignoring your needs.
To help you out, I’m presenting a life-changing teleseminar, Relieve Holiday Stress on Wed., Dec. 2 at 8 pm EST, with Debra Berndt, an acclaimed master of creative visualization and author of the upcoming book, Let Love In: Open Your Heart and Mind to Attract Your Ideal Partner.
Our Release Holiday Stress teleseminar on Dec. 2 at 8 pm — which is free to attend live and also available via audio replay — may help you to:
* Lose or maintain weight;
* Be happier throughout the holiday season and beyond;
* Relax around your family and friends;
* Curb your sugar cravings;
* Find love or get along better with your partner;
* Feel good about your body no matter what;
* Be calm when you’re short on funds;
* Attract money;
* Exude confidence; and
* Become the master of your life by dissolving your stresses
In addition to presenting this Release Holiday Stress teleseminar, we’re also offering 3 Tips to Calm You Down now:
1. Transform your thoughts. While you may not be able to alter your circumstances, you can change the way you think about them. For instance, when you start to get upset about about your annoying Aunt Jean, who is prying into your love life, or your cousin Cindy, who keeps urging you to try her apple pie and other sugary “goodies,” take a deep breath and interrupt your negative thoughts. Then, see these circumstances with rose-colored glasses. Your Aunt Jean and cousin Cindy are just showing that they love you. Tap into how they feel for you. Be thankful that they’re so concerned, even if the way that they show it is misguided. Now, see your situation calmly, with gratitude instead.

Facebook: Disabled & Waiting

A week ago tomorrow (or was it today?), my Connie Bennett Facebook account was disabled. Not only that, but my Smart Habits Fans public page has been disabled, too.
So if you’re wondering why I’ve been mum, that’s why.
You can learn about my awful “abuse” here. As best as I can guess, I was “Too Friendly Too Fast.”
Unfortunately, I’m still waiting repeated emails to disabled@facebook.com and other addresses.
Hope to be on soon to connect with you again.