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All About Alumni: Changing the World One Stomach at a Time with Georgette Schwartz, BCHN, MSHN

All About Alumni: Changing the World One Stomach at a Time with Georgette Schwartz, BCHN, MSHN

Hawthorn graduate Georgette Schwartz is changing the world one stomach at a time; starting with her own. Join Georgette as she tells us how she went from a 40 year old needing a hysterectomy to a Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist with a busy clinical practice, and a speaker at the 2018 annual NANP conference thanks to her education from Hawthorn.

Hawthorn University All About Alumni presents Changing the World One Stomach at a Time with Georgette Schwartz, Wednesday May 2, 2018 at 12 PM Pacific.

RSVP: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/995253027031796739

Georgette Schwartz has been a nutrition and fitness educator and specialist focusing on complete mental and physical well-being for over 20 years. What started as a passionate interest has turned into a dream career for Georgette, who serves as the Director of Nutrition at Integrative Acupuncture. Through her own experience of avoiding a hysterectomy with dietary & lifestyle changes, Georgette became inspired to help others, and is a devoted and thorough student and practitioner of the healing arts. Georgette holds her Masters of Science in Holistic Nutrition from Hawthorn University in northern California, and is Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition. Her thesis was on the Role of the Ketogenic Diet in the Fight against Cancer. She achieved her Bachelors of Business Administration from the prestigious American University in Washington D.C., and is a licensed fitness trainer through the Aerobic and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). Georgette is a Certified Metabolic Balance Coach, a Certified Healthcare Practitioner in Metagenics® First Line Therapy® - the high-quality supplement line. Georgette is a Certified GAPS Practitioner, a Wahl’s Warrior, and a Certified Gluten Practitioner.

Disclaimer: The webinars may present information that does not fully reflect Hawthorn University’s philosophy. Nonetheless, these presentations have been chosen because of their overall quality of information.

Georgette Schwartz, BCHN, MSHN

Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition Program Graduate 2013

How to Transition from an Hourly Fee Based Practice to Offering Start to Finish Programs with Karin Rozell

Do you wish you knew how to put your own one-of-a-kind program together? Do you feel ready to organize all that you do with clients into one, signature program that makes you and your clients happy? Are you ready to break free of charging by-the-hour sessions and create a start-to-finish program?

If so, then you’ll love this webinar training!

Karin Rozell, Author, Small Business Coach and Creator of the Happy Little Practice Method shows us how to create higher-end packages that give you ample time and space to create life-changing results (for you, your clients AND your family). Hawthorn University welcomes Karin and her presentation How to Transition from an Hourly Fee Based Practice to Offering Start to Finish Programs, live and online Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 4 PM Pacific / 7 PM Eastern.

For more information and to RSVP, please visit:

http://hawthornuniversity.org/WEBINARS/Webinar-Archives/

If you are brand new to creating programs, this class is guaranteed to stretch your brain into new places! If you are familiar with programs, you will find this training to be a powerful refresher on what’s working NOW for experts who help others for a living via consulting, coaching, and counseling.

Karin Rozell is the author of two small business books, a 17-year marketing consultant and creator of the Happy Little Practice Method. She specializes in working with family oriented practitioners, coaches and experts to simplify their message and marketing so that their tiny, but mighty business does what it needs to do: make a great income, make a difference, and make their family happy too. Learn more about Karin at http://www.KarinRozell.com, http://www.GreatLittleTalks.com and http://www.Bookin90Days.com.

Karin Rozell

Review The Rainbow Diet Webinar with Dr. Deanna Minich

How do phytonutrients play a role in impacting human health? Join Dr. Deanna Minich, author of The Rainbow Diet, as she tells us how. Hawthorn University welcomes back Dr. Minich for her presentation The Rainbow Diet: Unlocking Nature’s Color Code for the Full-Spectrum of Health. Dr. Minich's webinar is now available to review:

http://hawthornuniversity.org/WEBINARS/Webinar-Archives/

In this webinar, Dr. Minich will teach us:

• To understand how phytonutrients impact human health through chronic disease mechanisms;

• To learn how phytonutrients alter genetic expression and epigenetic modification;

• To apply the principles of phytonutrients in everyday eating through clinical nutrition practice.

Dr. Deanna Minich is a health educator and author with more than twenty years of experience in nutrition, mind-body health, and functional medicine. Dr. Minich holds Master’s and Doctorate degrees in nutrition and has lectured extensively throughout the world on health topics, teaching patients and health professionals. She is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, a Certified Nutrition Specialist, and a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner. Currently, Dr. Minich teaches for the Institute for Functional Medicine and for the graduate program in functional medicine at the University of Western States. Her passion is bringing forth a colorful whole-self approach to nourishment called Whole Detox and bridging the gaps between science, soul, and art in medicine. Her most recent book is called The Rainbow Diet: A Holistic Approach to Radiant Health Through Foods and Supplements (Conari Press, 2018). Visit her at: http://www.drdeannaminich.com.

Dr. Deanna Minich

Review THE CRAVING CURE with Julia Ross

We are so pleased to have had Julia Ross present our webinar yesterday on The Craving Cure. We all have some sort of cravings from time to time, but when they become unmanageable health suffers. Julia has produced such an important book to address this issue based on years of her work with cravings and addictions. The scientific research in this book is deep! Julia's presentation is now available for review in our Webinar Archives.

Julia Ross, author of The Craving Cure

All About Alumni: Experiments in Building a Business and Life that I Love With Julia Visser

Graduate Julia Visser (MSHN program graduate 2016) is on a mission to help individuals fuel their whole body for abundant energy, thriving health, and the fulfilling life that they deserve! Join busy mom and Hall of Fame athlete Julia Visser as she shares her experiments in growing a nutrition business organically, surrounding her passions in business, athletics, and motherhood, while balancing life as a parent and wife. All About Alumni welcomes Julia for Experiments in Building a Business and Life that I Love, live and online Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018 at 12 PM Pacific.

To RSVP please visit:

http://hawthornuniversity.org/WEBINARS/All-About-Alumni-Archives/

As a wife and mom, Julia Visser, the founder of Jules' Fuel® is also a collegiate Hall of Fame athlete with a Master's of Science in Holistic Nutrition. Combined with a background in Corporate America, her unique knowledge and experiences serve a variety of individuals and groups, including business executives and corporations, elite athletes and sports teams, and busy parents and families.

Her functional medicine approach involves maximizing each person’s unique biochemistry, and together, discovering the right real foods, supplements, and lifestyle choices to achieve a higher state of health. What Julia is not about is fad diets, counting calories, setting up strict food rules, or perfection. She seeks to empower clients with simple, sustainable wellness practices for life that serve their health, performance, and purpose!

Julia Visser
(MSHN Program Graduate 2016)

THE CRAVING CURE: Identify and Activate Your Natural Appetite Control with Julia Ross

How do we cure our cravings? According to bestselling author, nutrition and overeating expert Julia Ross, we need to “identify and activate your natural appetite control”, and Julia can teach us how to do it!

Join us as we welcome Julia Ross for her presentation The Craving Cure: Identify and Activate Your Natural Appetite Control, live and online Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 at 4 PM Pacific.

For more information and to RSVP, please visit:

http://hawthornuniversity.org/WEBINARS/Webinar-Archives/

In this webinar, Julia will discuss

• How we contracted our epidemics of unnatural weight gain, diabetes, and other diet-related conditions;

• The real reason so many people can’t stick to a healthy diet;

• A five-part questionnaire that helps identify unique craving profiles;

• Treating food addiction where it starts—in the brain;

• Anti-craving eating guidelines;

• How to use amino acid therapy to neutralize the cravings instigated by brain-targeted commercial foods.

Julia Ross is a pioneer in the use of nutritional therapy for the treatment of eating disorders, addictions and mood problems. The director of several integrative treatment clinics in the San Francisco Bay area since 1980, Ross also trains and certifies health professionals and lectures widely. She is the author of the best-selling books, The Mood Cure and The Diet Cure, and the new release, The Craving Cure. Her work has been featured in publications from Vogue to the Journal of the American Psychological Association as well as online and on radio and television. Learn more at http://www.JuliaRossCures.com.

Julia Ross
bestselling author, nutrition and overeating expert

Review Finding My Way in the Functional Medicine Community with Kira Witham, MA, MS

Are you wondering how to start a career in holistic nutrition but aren‘t too savvy with marketing? Listen as Kira Whitham, a graduate of Hawthorn University, shares how she was able to form a mutually beneficial partnership with a functional medicine MD. Kira's presentation is now available for review here:

http://hawthornuniversity.org/WEBINARS/All-About-Alumni-Archives/

In this alumni presentation, Kira will discuss the steps she took to build her practice and share some of the pitfalls and learning experiences she encountered along the way.

Kira Whitham MA, MS, graduated Summa Cum Laude from Hawthorn University’s Master of Science degree in Health and Nutrition Education program. After graduation, she launched her career working independently as a functional nutrition coach, counseling clients on nutrition and lifestyle choices. This past year, Kira has contracted with a local Functional Medicine MD and has expanded her clientele. She is passionate about helping people find wellness and getting to the root cause of their health issues.

Kira Witham, MA, MS
MHNE program graduate