Craving Change Inc.

We are starting up another Craving Change Inc. session next month - call us for more information or to sign up! 780-874-0490

Learn how to tune into your thoughts and emotions that steer you off track with our 4- week Craving Change Inc. program.
Register for a free workshop today: https://www.wwselfmanagement.ca/Individual-Craving-Change.htm

We couldn't be more grateful to for featuring Wendy Shah RD on their podcast and highlighting the program on their site. Check out the lively and thought-provoking conversation between Wendy and Sandra and Rob Gentleman on YouTube at YouTube.com/watch?v=NOICc7eqsj0 Sandra is a longtime Craving Change facilitator and her insights and enthusiasm are invaluable.

Thank you, Sandra and Rob!

To see more of Sandra's podcast, blog, and courses for RDs and professionals including Nutrition and Dementia and Oncology Nutrition, please go to
www.sandragentleman.com

That was fun! We had over 70 colleagues attend our first LinkedIn Live Event last Wednesday! It felt so much more interactive than a written post and we'd love to offer more. Any suggestions for topics? We're looking forward to more applied content now that we've properly introduced ourselves and the core principles of our work.

You can find a recording of the event on our YouTube page here https://youtu.be/sAcMjxaovmo

There is a link to a resource package in the recording. Download it if you'd like to try out this approach!

For health care professionals who are interested, there are also instructions for accessing our best-ever sale until May 31.

Thank you for the warm welcome, thoughtful questions, and collegial synergy.

Colleen & Wendy

Report writing vibe!

A huge welcome to all of our new followers, many of whom are based in the USA. For the past 9 months we have been working hard to promote and share our specialized experience, training, and resources in the United States after many years of success in Canada. (And thanks as always to our supporters in Australia and new Zealand!)

Highlights of this past year include:
* Being invited into a very fun conversation on the (along with the best gym playlist!)
* A January webinar with over 900 registrants and 500+ live attendees
* Presenting at the Virtual Symposium on eating psychology including self- regulation and self- efficacy
* A follow up conversation for those who missed the Symposium with fellow psych PhD and dietitian
* Embarking on our own LinkedIn Live webinar (details SOON)
* FINALLY convincing Google Business Profile that we are a legitimate business haha please note though that we are not based out of Kazakhstan as indicated on the map 😂😂😆😆

The response to our message has been thrilling and affirming, and we can't wait to build on the connections we've made. Here's to like- minded working hard to promote sustainable, evidence based health behavior change and decrease shame and guilt. It's such a pleasure to meet you and work with you.

Don't forget to follow Craving Change Inc on LinkedIn for updates, thought pieces, articles, etc We will be boosting that content this spring.

Last but not least, none of this would have been possible without at Chilco Strategies and
Thank you both so much for your impressive broad thorough expertise, kind feedback, Herculean patience, and never- ending determination and positive energy.




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Pop up sale! 10 days only!

In honour of Nutrition Month we are offering 20% off everything (except Organization Licenses) for orders within North America!

Please spread the word to clinicians who have been on the fence about investing in our program, current certified clinicians hoping to load up on client workbooks (or other swag), and anyone interested in Wendy Shah RD's children's book.

https://www.cravingchange.ca/nutrition-month-promo-2023/

Thank you for all of the support and enthusiasm for over so many years.

Colleen & Wendy

Happy to our colleagues in the USA! 🎈 What a profession! Combining scientific excellence with clinical acumen to help people learn and thrive. Few things are more personal than what we eat, when we eat, and how much we eat, all within the complex context of social determinants of health. tackle all of that, head on.

Huge cheers!!!!!!

This is an excellent article written by one of the highly skilled dietitians at Health Stand Nutrition Consulting Inc. Our thoughts are invisible, but they are tremendously powerful in influencing our behaviour. Exploring these influences is called the "cognitive-behavioural" approach, and it is the gold standard for making and sustaining health-related behaviours.

Check it out!

Part 2: 10 Thinking Errors - Which Ones Are Putting Me at Risk for Disordered Eating? To help you shift away from these disordered eating patterns, we address thinking errors and recommendations from a Registered Dietitian.

We had the immense pleasure of being hosted by the WMDPG last week, a professional dietitian practice group in the USA. The interest in the event was incredible, and the organizers were thorough, skillful, and efficient. Thank you, the enthusiasm and thoughtful questions were a wonderful way to start the year.

Feel free to follow us on LinkedIn to stay abreast of upcoming collegial webinars and speaking events. https://www.linkedin.com/company/10831692/admin/

Hey colleagues! Until Dec 31st save big on a Complete Facilitator's Kit! Help your clients develop a healthier relationship with food using cognitive- behavioral strategies and principles of the psychology of eating.

The Kit includes a 3-year license, online training, a certification exam, a facilitators manual, dozens of client worksheets, and 10 75-page client workbooks.

Individuals and groups, online and in-person. Help more clients in less time without sacrificing quality of care.

Want to learn more about Wendy and Colleen and the Craving Change program?

‎PATH Positive Approaches To Health: Road Trip... Destination CANADA - "Change your thinking habits to change your eating habits." on Apple Podcasts ‎Show PATH Positive Approaches To Health, Ep Road Trip... Destination CANADA - "Change your thinking habits to change your eating habits." - Dec 8, 2022

Register for a May or June Craving Change® workshop and get 125 000 PC Optimum™ Points! (That's worth $125!)

May and June 2022 virtual workshops with Loblaw in-store dietitians are starting soon in Ontario, BC, and AB! Because registered dietitians are teaching the course, you must be located in the province where the course is offered.

Please go to https://dietitianwebinars.ca/?tag=craving%20change -list for all of the details on registration, days, times, and price. They can answer all of your questions.

Do you wonder why your reach for the carrot cake but never the carrot? Join a Craving Change workshop and find out why you eat the way you do, why it's hard to change your eating habits and what you can do about it. Includes a virtual store tour.

Another clinician spotlight!

Do you live in Michigan? Licensed Counselor Preeti Vij Gulati, MA, LLPC is a certified Craving Change provider. She offers the program in her individual counseling and is also offering a group workshop in March 2022!
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Learn about the psychology of eating, without the 1200 calorie restrictions 😱
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Preeti's practice can be reached at [email protected]








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Clinician Spotlight:
Do you live in Tennessee or Virginia? Registered Dietitian MariAnn Butler, MS, RS, LDN (with a degree in psychology!) is a Certified Craving Change provider who is happy to help!

Learn about the psychology of eating, without the 1200 calorie restrictions 😱

MariAnn's practice can be reached at [email protected]









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Licensed clinicians and organizations: 25% off Workbook Sale ends this Wednesday Sept 15th!

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Personal post. I couldn't be more proud of my friend and business partner Wendy Shah, RD. Wendy lives in one of dozens of BC communities that have been ordered evacuated due to forest fires. Wendy and her husband built their dream home and moved in in early 2020.

Despite the uncertainty and stress, power outages heat and smoke... guess who is the new volunteer Food Coordinator for the Anarchist Mtn Fire Department?!

She writes that "the food safety issue is the most difficult as there are no set meal times with shifts 24/7, of course it's hot and there is only one fridge in the firehall"

I can't think of a person better- suited to organizing the logistics of food donations and safety, greeting "exhausted and starving" fire crews, and meeting all of this with pragmatism, calmness, compassion, flexibility, and limitless energy.

Thank you to and crews, the resilient and steel strong community, and the countless businesses, fruit growers, and volunteers doing what they can to keep people safe.

(And yes, the firefighters are describing "stomach hunger", while I am using "heart hunger" to cope :) )

~Colleen

Stories of trauma abuse & death in Canada's treatment of indigenous people have been told for decades. This week's discovery of is unimaginably crushing and cruel. Systemic racism & genocide against the indigenous people of Canada continue today. We stand in shame.

I was staring at this menu trying to decide what to order, and eventually realized there was a column on the right too. Haha

Are you a left column person, or a right-column person? Do you associate a beach treat with fries and a hotdog, or ice cream? What do you crave after some fresh air and fun?

Isn't that cool? We all have learned associations between situations/settings/circumstances/mood and certain foods. Craving Change® teaches people to become aware of their personal learned associations. The thoughts that run through our minds in these situations make a big difference in the choices we make. Understanding WHY we behave the way that we do is central to understanding the psychology of eating.

Virtual Craving Change ® program is now available nation-wide with Loblaw In-Store Dietitians!

Get 75,000 PC Optimum™ points when you sign up before May 28th!

Do you wonder why you reach for the carrot cake but never the carrot? Join a Craving Change® workshop and find out why you eat the way you do, why it’s hard to change your eating habits and what you can do about it. Includes a virtual store tour.

Learn more: https://dietitianwebinars.ca

Dietitian Webinars Search and browse webinars provided by Loblaw dietitians and register for webinars of your choice.

'Find a Clinician' is the 2nd most popular page on our website after landing at CravingChange.ca
If you're a certified clinician you can list your practice here (for free). If you're trying to access Craving Change services for yourself, check it out! Services can include group and 1:1 services, in- person and online.

Are you a dietitian aiming to grow your business or brand? Looking for help to get your message OUT?

Check out Cultivate, the Nutrition Entrepreneurs Virtual Spring Summit. It runs from May 6-8 and tickets are still available for members and non-members of the Nutrition Entrepreneurs DPG. Check out the digital brochure just released - it includes colouring pages!

If you attend, swing by our virtual booth to say hi and check out our giveaway worth $595!
https://www.nedpg.org/springsummit/

Spring Summit – Nutrition Entrepreneurs DPG Spring Summit Nutrition Entrepreneurs 2021 Virtual Spring Summit NE is hosting its inaugural Spring Summit: Cultivate and Grow Your Brand and Business. Whether you’re thinking about making the leap into entrepreneurship, just starting out or perhaps pivoting into new territory in your existing bus...

We have several updates rolling out over the next few weeks that we're excited to share!

Here's the first one! If you are a certified Craving Change clinician, you can now update your promotional materials with a certification badge! A picture says 1000 words! You will be receiving an email this week with this news (check your spam/junk/promotion folder!)

Are you a member of the public trying to access a Craving Change workshop or one on one clinician? Check out this link https://www.cravingchange.ca/find-a-clinician/ and remember - many clinicians now offer online services, so you're not limited by which city you're in!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMdBgCxlchC/?igshid=1wlxvk404d8ti

Whoa- what a year! It's Nutrition Month again (how did that happen?!) Everything in the store is up to 20% off for Clinician License holders. Find all the details on the landing page at www.cravingchange.ca #cravingchange #psychologyofeating #nutritionmonth