Nutritious You Programs

Tailored programs are offered to meet specific needs of an individual:

• One Hour Initial Consultation $75. Offered in order to assess an individual's health goals/concerns and develop a plan to reach those goals. An individual program might be recommended after this meeting. One, two, or three recommendations would be given at this time. This consultation can be done in person, via phone, or skype/facetime.

• One Week Cleanse & Renew $250. Includes: 
• One hour initial consultation.
• Three days worth of food supply (breakfast and dinner) made out of organic ingredients. 
• Seven days mentoring and plan adjustment if needed over the phone, text.
• A personal folder with detailed instructions, grocery list, recipes, and supplements suggestions. Next time you decide to detox, you won’t even need me!
• Notebook for food journaling.
• Note: For the best possible results, please give this experience 3 weeks following these steps:
• 1. Schedule your initial consult
• 2. Have one week of preparation
• 3. One Week Cleanse & Renew program (3 days of cleanse and 4 days of smooth transition)
• 4. At least one week of continuing transition back to your regular diet.

• Three Months Health Makeover Program. This program can be done in person and over the phone or skype/facetime. It can be extended to another three months if you choose to. It includes:
• One Hour Initial Consultation ($75) where we assess your health and wellness goals and determine if this program is right for you and if you would benefit working with me. One, two, or three recommendations would be given at this time. 
• Six 50 minute sessions $450 where we meet bi-weekly to discuss your health goals/concerns, your progress and recommendations.
• Mentoring of your progress and working together step-by-step on improving the areas of your greatest concern. Examples that will vary depending on your goals: preventative solutions, nutritional knowledge and healthy tips, energy levels improvement, digestive health, decreasing mild ailments, smart grocery shopping, nutritious cooking, healthier eating habits, de-junking your pantry, achieving the lifestyle you always imagined for yourself, healthy lunch box ideas, learning to read labels, learning new healthy foods, upgrading your medical cabinet with natural solutions, and more.
• Mentor/accountability partner, available by email in between the sessions. 
• Notes, handouts, CDs, books, food samples, and other materials. 
• Highly customized approach where we adjust the direction of the program depending on your immediate needs. 
• Bringing new healthier habits to your lifestyle, creating new daily routine. 
• Discounted price for the groups of up to 5 people.

• One Month Health Makeover Program is offered on limited bases. $75 for initial consult and $150 for the program.

• Raw Food Workshops: 
• Option 1. Half a day workshop (or workshop series) is available for groups of 3-10 people. It includes meditation, meal preparation, a nutrient packed branch with Q&A, a take-home binder with all the recipes included, and handouts. Available Monday through Friday. Please use contact form to request a specific day.
• Option 2. Host raw food workshop at your home. Free for you. Five guests minimum (including one host).

Important:
All sessions start on time and end on time. The hour cannot be extended because a client is late. You will only get a full benefit from the sessions if you allow for a full 50 minutes scheduled time. You can reschedule your session at least 24 hours in advance so not to loose your session time.

The prices are subject to change without notice. To confirm your program/session, a payment and a signed agreement should be submitted a day before the meeting.

From Becoming Raw to Nutritious You

From “Becoming Raw”* 

to “Becoming a Health Coach”

to "Nutritious You"

As many of my friends know, I have been experimenting with raw and vegan diets in the last several years. This is why I originally started writing this blog and called it Becoming Raw.  Over the past several years, I have followed different health gurus. This period of exploration culminated in my first cleanse which left me feeling lighter, more energetic and focused.  These experiences prompted more research on nutrition. Over the last four years, I helped people in my community with healthy supplements and adjusting their lifestyles. This experience inspired me to bring my knowledge to a more professional level. I am excited to share that I found a school that is the perfect match- The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, located in New York City.

The school preaches a holistic approach to one’s health and wellness based on bio-individuality. In addition to nutrition, it also addresses areas of relationships, spirituality, career, and physical activity together to help a person to achieve his/her goals holistically. You can learn about this approach here.

I am so looking forward to applying the knowledge I gain to help people achieve their goals in areas of health and wellness without restrictive yo-yo dieting. I will start seeing clients as a Health Coach in September of 2012 and will offer student rates until my graduation in 2013.

To learn more about the program I'll offer, please read on:
The process would start with a free consultation during which we will identify the areas of most concern and then proceed with creating a customized program to achieve your goals in a step-by-step fashion over six months. It is believed if you engage in activity for 6 months, it becomes your second nature. It may include tweaking your daily habits, easy-to-make nutritious meals cooking classes, sugar cravings deconstruction, helping out with comfort foods, a grocery tour, cleaning up pantry, introducing workouts for your mind and body, addressing your stress level, improving your sleep and many more options, depending on the need.

If there is anyone disappointed that Becoming Raw blog's name is gone, I would like to reassure you that I’ll keep posting easy and nutritious recipes and other informative articles on minimally processed food. So, please stick around!

Geographic Tongue Dilemma, Part Two

Well Well Well.. It’s been four months since the change of our diet and lifestyle. I have done a lot of researching, thinking, writing, and going to different practitioners in the past trying to figure out what to do with my daughter’s conditions of two years – Geographic Tongue (GT) and almost chronic stuffy nose. You can read about it in GT Dilemma, Part One. This is the end of the story! Or better, a beautiful and happy beginning of a new and healthy one!

We found the simplest and most powerful solution!!! I switched the whole family to a different lifestyle that includes but not limited to wholefood based diet, clean and active, nutritious lifestyle that incorporates more alkaline foods. Her tongue looks fantastic except for a tiny spot here and there and her stuffy nose is gone. Four and a half years old now, she has been eating foods that irritated her the most in the past - avocados, oranges, tomatoes, and others without complaining; she is plainly enjoying them. Now, four months later, only walnuts, tangy salad dressings, and on a rare occasion fresh tomato seem to bother her a little bit. That’s all! My dear husband also gets plenty of influence since I am the cook in the family :). I am happy to be in a clean healthy environment myself. I am back to my pre-pregnancy weight but most importantly I am modeling behavior for my daughter so she doesn’t feel like she is the only one drinking green smoothies and eating plenty of veggies. She actually loves green color in a drink!

So it’s been a positive change that brought me to believe that I can help people with similar problems and to help those that just want to change their lifestyle to a healthier sustainable one. But this is going to be my next post!

I know that posting my daughter's tongue's pictures is kind of weird but it has to be done so you can see the difference! Here we go: