I can't recommend Betz's 30 day virtual retreat enough!  Every piece in the program worked with everything else to create a wonderfully fulfilling, transforming experience.  The nutritional advice laid a foundation of energy that became a starting point for learning self-care and the ability to look beyond my perceived limitations.  Betz was kind, professional, focused and a driving force towards change.  Her coaching sessions helped me create a personal vision and her energy healing helped me stay centered while I learned to explore all the wonder that is our Universe.  I feel I have just taken a baby step towards my destiny.  I have incorporated the nutritional advice into my everyday life & will never go back to my previous eating habits.  And when I find my path getting a bit cluttered & confused, I will definitely be back for more coaching!

Iowa

I decided to see Betz for coaching because I felt my nutrition habits were negatively impacting me physically and mentally. I needed structure and new ideas that would bring new life to a boring and often non-existent eating schedule and menu.

Betz was able to help me work toward my goals by introducing new menu items and easy ways to incorporate healthy snacking. She also helped me to relax and focus through meditation. I had not realized how uptight and therefore unfocused on my body I had become. Just finding time to focus on me for a few minutes makes a difference in my day.

My biggest breakthrough from our sessions together has been. I know what foods to avoid, I can see what happens to my body when I re-introduce certain foods, and I can really tell a difference in my outlook and ability to problem solve on those days I take time to do a 20 minute meditation.

The most significant overall change I have noticed has been my sense of taste – what I find enjoyable – has dramatically changed. For the first time ever in my life, I drank a glass of whole milk (a one-time favorite of mine) and did not really enjoy the taste of it. I also experienced negative effects of gas and bloating afterwards. I had no idea dairy could do this to me. Also, by reducing my glutens, I’ve noticed a difference in my skin, with some moderate improvement to my psoriasis.

I would describe Betz as super caring and attentive. She was an excellent listener, quite the therapist really. And she had some really helpful suggestions based on what she heard from me, and I feel my overall diet is continuing to become a healthier one thanks to her expertise.

I’m also better off for going through the sessions with you, so I am very grateful to you. Although I have a long ways to go (don’t we all though) I feel better about myself and my body today than I did 6 months ago. Very cool…

North Carolina

I decided to see Betz for coaching because I wanted a customized, personal experience focused on attaining my own personal objectives, to develop sustainable change in my personal habits, be they dietary or behavioral.

Betz was able to help me work toward my goals by supporting me in the development of a new mindset regarding food, recognizing my specific mood-food triggers, and examining how I might do things differently to achieve a better level of daily living. She embraces a definition of “health” as not simply the absence of disease, but a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.”  For an American, this can be quite a challenge, requiring the consideration of nearly every aspect of one’s life to create synergy and achieve one’s best possible form.  On the other hand, I, the client, determined what area(s) of my life would be addressed in order to facilitate change. That’s the beauty of working with Betz.  My goals encompassed a number of areas in my life; however, if one only wanted to lose weight by eating “right,” for instance, Betz’s advice and direction would concentrate on that.  

My biggest breakthrough from our sessions together has been mindfulness about what I consume, which has positively affected my dietary habits. I haven’t become a vegetarian, but I’m eating many more vegetables on a daily basis. This has probably been the single most important change I’ve made. I regularly try new main course and side dish recipes - some from Betz, others I’ve found on my own - that emphasize delicious, meatless options (a lot of legumes, some seeds such as quinoa, and alternative grains, such as bulgur, without a huge emphasis on adding cheese.) Eating this way, I make (and break) my own rules. I allow myself pasta one night a week.

The most significant overall change I have noticed has been weight loss and almost total elimination of acid reflux. I enjoy cooking and have been surprised at how my research into meatless recipes has resulted in outrageously good meals.

I would describe Betz as highly knowledgeable, proactively encouraging and positively focused. She is nonjudgmental and flexible (it’s my agenda, not hers, and I’m allowed to change my mind!). In addition to being an excellent listener, she is highly intuitive and has wonderful communication skills. Betz’s best quality might be that she is a creative thinker, always looking for the best, most appropriate solutions to fit my individual concerns and problems. She is gentle mannered, yet energetic, and definitely VERY radiant! Every coaching session ended with my feeling that my goals weren’t merely aspirational, but achievable.

Betz does not use ‘out of the box’ solutions nor suggest boilerplate protocols. Every step of the way, I received guidance and feedback that was designed for me alone. The development of a completely personal, customized “plan of action” meant that I made changes more quickly and probably more easily…because they addressed only my own challenges, goals and lifestyle. I’m convinced that is a main reason that more than six months later, these solutions have taken root permanently in my daily life. Even when I backslide (and I do), I have experienced enough positive changes in my physical health and overall well being that it requires no effort to get back to how I want to eat and live. Although our formal coaching contract is over, I am assured that Betz is available for a “tune-up” or even a “reboot”, whenever I need one.

North Carolina