Do You Need to Hire a Coach?

Is Bulimia keeping you from living
the life you want to live?....
The life you were meant to live?

You may be in the midst of enjoying a successful career, good kids, and a satisfying marriage. It seems as if you can do everything right -- except eat. You've tried therapy. It has helped you deal with other issues -- but not with your eating disorder. You're frustrated, scared, and about to give up hope. But your husband needs you and so do your kids.

Or maybe you're having a great time in college, but are suffering from a nagging eating problem that won't go away. To whom do you turn?

To Judith Asner, founder of TeachBulimia, author of the newsletter "BeatBulimia," renowned expert on eating disorders, and bulimia coach. Judith has spent her entire career as a clinical social worker studying bulimia. More than that -- she has traveled the road you are on. She's lived with the frustration and pain you are experiencing everyday. She never gave up on herself -- and she won't give up on you.

If you need someone to get you back on the right track, someone who can rebuild your hope and faith in yourself, someone who believes you can get well and can show you how, then consider coaching.

As a coach, Judith combines the warmth and empathy of a friend with the expertise of a professional. She knows the twists and turns in the road ahead. She can help you put put things in perspective, move ahead, and achieve peak performance.

A coach is not a 45-minute-a-week person. She's there for you when you need her. She can help you because she’s mastered the very skills you need. But she’s also a good listener, and can address the whole you, not just your questions.

Think about it:

• Do you wish you had someone to call at dinner time when a few words would get you through the evening without a binge? Someone to talk to in the morning so you could plan out what you'll be doing with food that entire day? Someone who could help you figure out ways to get through a restaurant meal or a party without bingeing?
• Do you wish you could talk to someone at nights and on weekends, when your time is less structured and you're more likely to binge and purge?
• Do you want someone to take you under her wing so you can benefit from all of her knowledge of and experience with bulimia?
• Have you approached other mental health professionals only to find their help too limited, both in terms of how much time they could spend with you and how much support they could provide?

If you’ve answered YES to any of these questions, then Judith Asner can help you.

After speaking with you, Judith will know when you're vulnerable -- which people and places set you off. She can help you strategize so that you can meet these situations and people head-on. She can comfort you when all you need is someone who really understands. And if the pain is too much and you can't help yourself from overeating, she can help you put the incident behind you and meet the next day.

Coaches, like therapists, ask stimulating, open-ended questions that open doors, and encourage you to think of your life in new ways. But in therapy, a power differential always exists between therapist and client. In coaching, coach and client work together, as colleagues, to find creative solutions. There are other important differences as well:

• Therapists don’t give direct advice; coaches do.
• Therapists need to maintain “distance”; coaches become fully engaged in the process of change.
• Therapy takes place in the context of time-limited appointments; coaching takes place any time, anywhere, at your convenience.
• Therapy uncovers the past and unconscious thought; coaching concentrates on the present and future, and on conscious decisions.
• Therapy's goal is to uncover patterns; coaching's goal is to find solutions - as quickly as possible.

Best of all, coaching can be done right from your home. If you have a telephone and a computer, you can have your own personal coach.

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Judith offers several types of coaching options to accomodate your needs and budget.

Sometimes you can reach your goals alone, but often you need encouragement and support. Living with bulimia is a moment-by-moment struggle -- but one that can be overcome.

See if coaching can help you reach your goals. For more information, write to Judith Asner at:

judith@healthyplace.com. or get more information here.

Coaching is NOW!

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