Feel good, French style

We couldn’t have asked for a more gorgeous day in Bridgehampton when we gathered a few days ago for Soul Cycle’s first Wellness & Nutrition event.

Manhattan’s top wellness and lifestyle experts shared their advice, including yours truly.

Here is each panelist’s favorite healthy tip.

Keri Glassman, Nutritionist and Author of The O₂ Diet

“Feel empowered putting good food in your body. It’s not about what you can’t have, it’s about what you can have.”

Katie Lee, culinary maven and Author of The Comfort Table and The Comfort Table: Everyday Occasions

“Visit your farm stand or local farmers’ market and load up on all the fresh fruits and veggies that appeal to you…and try something new.”

Stacey Griffith, Soul Cycle Senior Master

“No soda! That includes diet soda. It has too much sugar and too many chemicals and does not improve athletic performance.”

Tanya Zuckerbrot, Nutritionist, Author of The F-Factor Diet, and founder of SkinnyintheCity.com

“Get at least 35 grams of fiber a day. Fiber keeps you feeling full for a long period of time, which means you are less likely to need to snack or overeat at the next meal. You can find fiber naturally occurring in high fiber cereals, whole grains, or berries.”

And my favorite healthy tip:

You don’t have to give up carbs to stay thin. Just switch out the refined varieties for foods such as sprouted grain bread and true whole grains like oatmeal, brown rice and quinoa.

At the end of the event, I stopped by Candy Kitchen for a cool, creamy scoop of vanilla chocolate chip ice cream, a last perfect lick of Summer before the start of Fall.  Because you can read all the diet books in the world, but if you don’t know when to enjoy yourself, what’s the point?

Live épanoui*

Elisa

* in full bloom

Happiness Now

How to identify the building blocks to your personal happiness, prioritize your time, and live in the present.

Please join us for this June 15, 2010 workshop led by two management consultants, Elisa Niemtzow, founder of living épanoui® and Rebecca Rodskog, founder of Rodskog Change Consulting.

During this workshop, we will show you how to:

-Identify the building blocks to your personal happiness,

-Leverage the French concept of épanoui,

-Identify limiting thoughts, break through barriers, and prioritize what’s important to you (including time management solutions),

-Implement strategies in your day to day and live in the present.

You will walk away with a deeper understanding of what makes you happy.  You’ll learn how to create alignment, joy, and energy in your daily life.

When: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Where: 28 W. 38^th St., New York (you will receive additional details when you register)

Cost: $55 per person, including a full set of materials

Registration Deadline: We will be in a private home so space is limited. Reserve early and no later than Wednesday, June 9th to guarantee your spot.

REGISTER NOW

Questions? Please e-mail us:

elisa@livingepanoui.com or rebecca@rodskogchangeconsulting.com

About Us:

Rebecca Rodskog, Founder, Rodskog Change Consulting

Rebecca is a seasoned change management consultant and coach who helps individuals and organizations navigate and manage change so that they can be stronger, more efficient and happier.  Rebecca’s strength lies in her ability to cater to a client’s unique needs and customize a program that is grounded in practical project management principles. Her 16 years of experience includes organizational development, process design, change management and performance management.  Rebecca’s work spans large corporate entities and small independent, one-on-one relationships.

As a manager in Accenture’s Change Management Practice, she became an advocate for people impacted by organizational change through training, communication and project planning. Armed with this strong foundation, Rebecca further helped clients grow as the VP of People for a financial services internet company, and then by collaborating with niche change management consulting companies and consulting independently. Her corporate clients have included Chevron, PMI Mortgage Group, Gateway Computers, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and She Writes.  In addition to being a consultant and coach, Rebecca is a featured writer on numerous websites, an actress and a mother of two.

Please visit her site for more information about her services and how she can best help you grow.

Elisa Niemtzow, Founder, living épanoui®

Elisa Niemtzow is the Franco-American founder of living épanoui®, a wellness and lifestyle firm which provides easy, pragmatic solutions to feel good, French style.

Named one of New York City’s Power Players by Gotham Magazine, Elisa Niemtzow advises everyone from business leaders to Manhattan power moms. Living épanoui® guides you to eat well, create habits that energize, and focus your life on the essentials.

Elisa is a Board Certified Health Counselor who has studied with some of the world’s leading practitioners in natural health, such as Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Deepak Chopra and Oprah’s Dr. Oz. She speaks frequently on the topics of wellness and lifestyle to companies such as Barclay’s Capital, Barneys, Dior and GE. Elisa is also a Principal at Sequoia Lab.

Before founding living épanoui®, Elisa managed multi-million dollar accounts as a Ready-To-Wear executive at Chanel and worked with Ernst & Young and Accenture as an auditor and management consultant in Paris. She holds an MBA in Luxury Goods Marketing & Management from Sup de Luxe in Paris; a Masters in International Relations from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris; and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania.