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Canadian life

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I’m still not running laurajsmart.health coaching as a business. Settling in Canada is taking a rather long time. Understandably, a major move is a big life upheaval and I continue dealing with administrative aspects of building my life back in my home town. I simply have no spoons to do anything other than informal consultations with friends when they ask for help with habit changes or geek out on nutrition and its influence on mental well being. I’ve said before this is an avocation for now rather than a vocation.

I write when I can. The goal here is to have fun and not stress. Baby steps.

Repatriated

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Hello from Canada

I have repatriated and settled back into my home town i.e. I have the bandwidth to resume writing for smarton.health and updating web sites accordingly. My coaching business remains on hiatus.  I have returned to my prior career as an academic librarian. Health coaching at laurajsmart.health is currently an avocation not a vocation. I will take on clients again once I have more cycles for a side hustle.

I’ve got quite a few posts that are pending for recipes, wellness tips, reviews of things I love, and updates on my own progress managing my health. I didn’t stop writing while I was moving internationally during a pandemic. I’ll post those as I edit them and figure out a regular schedule for blogging.

Meanwhile, I am resuming scholarly activities. In academia one is expected to be an academic. That means researching and writing and disseminating information. Health and wellness remain an avid interest. I am planning a research agenda which includes health and wellness topics. I’m a metadata specialist in the academic librarian realm so my research and publications are geared to that domain. If you’re interested, I direct you to my scholarly portfolio at ljsmart.net.

It’s good to be back.

Vaccinated!

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I’m now fully vaccinated! Yay for science! One more move forward on completing my move to Canada. I am still working on other loose ends before I can leave the Bay Area with the last of my stuff. I’m working on back of the house stuff for Smart On Health and developing some new workshops for when the pandemic restrictions ease where I’m headed.

Staying in San Francisco Bay area

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Smart On Health has been on hiatus since the first Better Choices program ended. Thank you participants! It was a great learning experience as a new coach and I appreciate your patience as I work out my various work flows.

The blog will continue on semi-break for the next few months. I sold my home in Los Angeles and I am moving to Canada to be with bio family. Their support will allow me to dive deep and hone my wellness offerings. COVID-19 has made everything topsy turvy. I know many people making big life changes as a result of our year long pandemic lock-down. That’s life eh?

I have a bit of breathing room to take on some business work as I make the transition. I have missed all of you! I’m staying in California in a lovely spot near San Francisco until I’m vaccinated and tie up some other loose ends.

Keep keeping on my friends. We’re going to have our new normal soon. Get vaccinated, mask up, and stay healthy.

Update: Laura J. Smart Health & Wellness

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Laura J. Smart Health & WellnessIt’s been awhile since I updated the world on the launch of my wellness coaching business. There hasn’t been much to tell. All of the work has been on background stuff like accounting, payment, scheduling, legal paperwork, insurance, and so on. The web site is up in functional but draft mode. Please check out laurajsmart.health and let me know what you think.

I am happy that I have most of that stuff completed. I am so very very close to launching a program especially for people who have let their good habits slide during the shut-down and would like to lose the pandemic pounds. It is limited to 5 people who are willing to beta test the new systems. In return you’ll get 60 days of coaching at a screaming discount from my regular 8 week package. Only $197!!!!

You get 8 one-on-one coaching sessions plus all of the personalized nutrition and culinary support – customized for your unique needs. In 60 days you can expect to lose up to 5lbs and improve 1-3 habits to the point you’ll stick to them for life.

Please shoot me an email at laura @ smarton.health if you’d like more details on getting all the support you need while saving $596 dollars.

Confessions from a health coach

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Progress not perfection by Mike RohdeI’m starting a series of true confessions to lead from the heart with my authentic self. I value transparency and honesty in coaching. Thus, I tend to be a sharer about my eating, and exercise, and stress management.

I consider myself to be a partner with my clients who helps you get where you want to go with body positivity. Just because I am a coach doesn’t mean that I never struggle with food or exercise. There are some health coaches and fitness trainers who go all out on being “perfect” to set a good example and provide a visual aspiration of a “healthy” body.

How does this help clients achieve reasonable and sustainable results? Sure, you may be a kick-ass coach with your clients and they are getting excellent results. Do you know if your clients are putting you on a pedestal and experiencing negative emotions by making comparisons?

Eating disorders are totally a thing in the wellness business. Orthorexia – the quest for and obsession with eating only foods deemed healthy – is something to be aware of when one is on a health promoting path towards consistent self-care anywhere.  I give advice and tips, when requested, based on my success losing weight and maintaining my healthy-for-me size, my long journey to being a regular exerciser, and managing chronic pain and bipolar disorder.

I also coach based on my knowledge and training. Success is individual. My mission is helping you reach your goals in your unique way.

I think understanding that it’s not always easy to practice healthy habits is critical to avoid self-blaming/shaming and love yourself for doing the best you can.

I share to show that I am in solidarity with everybody else. It isn’t always be easy to tell the world when I struggle. I believe I can help you better when you know I’m like you and I have made progress. Our struggles are why we call it practice not perfection.