Monday, November 17, 2008

Gift-giving Expert Kicks Off 5-Step Holiday 'Thrive' Guide

'Gift Guru' Robyn Freedman Spizman Tells You How to Choose Gifts No Matter What Your Budget for Premiere of 'Thrive (Don't Just Survive) This Holiday Season'

The holiday season is among the most stressful times of the year.

Traps and obstacles galore lie in wait that could pack on the pounds, disrupt your sanity and turn you into a stressed-out mess. But are there ways to lose weight, tone up, find great gifts and manage stress during the holidays?

?Every holiday season, my clients complain that they gain weight, are annoyed when pressured and put on the spot by sugar-pushing hosts, are stressed out and overwhelmed, find it hard to track down good but reasonably priced gifts, and have a tough time keeping calm when faced by meddling relatives, late planes and other holiday aggravations,? says formerly frazzled, stressed-out sugar addict Connie Bennett, author of ?SUGAR SHOCK!?.

?Because people face so many challenges this time of year, it's evident that they need a guide and tool kit so that they can survive the holidays -- or better yet, thrive through it,? said Bennett, a certified health counselor, life coach, Happy-Habits-to-Go Coach? and host of the Internet-based ?Gab With The Gurus? Radio Show. ?That's why I'm presenting a five-part program, entitled 'Thrive (Don't Just Survive) This Holiday Season' (www.ThriveDontSurvive.com). This program is designed to help you gracefully breeze through the holidays with your health and moods intact.?

The five-part ?Thrive (Don't Just Survive) This Holiday Season? program - which you can attend via teleseminar or webinar -- begins Nov. 19 with one of America's foremost gift experts, Robyn Freedman Spizman, telling you where and how to find great, reasonably priced gifts. You can sign up at www.ThriveDontSurvive.com.

Other events - which feature acclaimed health and wellness experts such as J.J. Virgin, Jonny Bowden, Kevin Gianni, Dr. Jill Baron and Carol Look -- will help you to lose weight rather than gain it over the holidays, begin to tone up before Christmas or Chanukah parties, keep calm rather than lose your cool at relatives and loved ones, and have the energy and stamina to make it to 2009.

The first show on Nov. 19 features Robyn Freedman Spizman, co-author of the new book, ?Do Your Giving While You Are Living? with Edie Fraser, helping you get a head start on your holiday shopping.

Gift-giving expert Spizman, the author of many other books, including ?When Words Matter Most,? and ?Make It Memorable: An A-Z Guide to Making Any Event, Gift or Occasion . . . Dazzling!,? will tell you:

-- How to be a gifted giver no matter your budget.

-- How to determine the best way to give gifts that others will value.

-- What you can do to impact the world in a meaningful way during the holidays.

You can listen to Robyn Freedman Spizman's gift-giving tips, free of charge. Just tune in live, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. EST, or afterwards at http://snipurl.com/thrive1_nov19_2008.

Here's the full lineup for Bennett's ?Thrive (Don't Just Survive) This Holiday Season? teleseminar and webinar series:

-- Session 1: Wed., Nov. 19 - 5:30 p.m., EST

?How to Pick Clever, Well-Priced Gifts That Show You Care?

With ?The Gift Guru,? ?Super Shopper? and consumer advocate Robyn Freedman Spizman

Listen either live or later here: http://snipurl.com/thrive1_nov19_2008

-- Session 2: Mon., Dec. 1 - 5:30 p.m., EST

?Fitness Secrets to Tone Up and Trim Down in Time for Those Scary Holiday Parties?

With J.J. Virgin, Ph.D., C.N.S., C.H.F.I., and Kevin Gianni, C.P.T., two of America's top fitness experts

-- Session 3: Wed., Dec. 3 - 5:30 p.m., EST

?How to Lose -- Not Gain -- Weight Over the Holidays?

With Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., one of America's top nutritionists and weight-loss experts

-- Session 4: Wed. Dec. 10 - 5:30 p.m., EST

?How to Tame Your Stressed-Out Tiger Nature?

With stress-management expert and integrative physician Jill R. Baron, M.D.

-- Session 5: Wed., Dec. 17 - 5:30 p.m., EST

?How to Tap Away Holiday Havoc With EFT?

With Carol Look, LCSW, DCH, EFT master

It's easy to attend Bennett's ?Thrive (Don't Just Survive) This Holiday Season? program. If you're in the United States, you can listen via teleseminar. (This means you call a special phone number and punch in a pre-assigned code.) If you're outside the U.S. or don't have a reasonably priced, long-distance phone service, you can listen via the Web. In addition, if you cannot make the programs live, you can listen afterwards to an audio replay.

Visit www.ThriveDontSurvive.com to:

-- Discover how to lose weight rather than gain it this holiday season.

-- Get easy tools to tame your stress gracefully over the holidays.

-- Master exercises and physical activity that tones you up in time for frustrating, stress-filled parties.

-- Find out where and when to get cool, inexpensive gifts that will bring a smile to your loved ones' faces and warm their hearts.

-- Learn a simple acupressure technique to tap away your annoyances.

For more information, call 1-866-KICK-SUGAR or click the ?Contact Connie? feature at www.SugarShock.com.

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ABOUT CONNIE BENNETT:

== Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C., is author of the book ?SUGAR SHOCK!,? with cardiologist/anti-aging expert Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. ?SUGAR SHOCK!? has a foreword by Dr. Nicholas Perricone and endorsements from numerous experts, including Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Christiane Northrup, former presidential candidate/former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and film producer Harvey Weinstein.

Bennett -- who is a certified health counselor, sugar-liberation expert and life coach -- is a former sugar addict, who was once besieged by 44 baffling ailments, including ferocious headaches, crippling fatigue, troubling "brain fog" and severe PMS. She reluctantly kicked sugar ten years ago (on April 15,1998), on doctor's orders. Doing so gave her more energy, better focus, improved moods -- and much more. Bennett has helped thousands of people around the world break free from their sugar and carb addiction. Her Web site is www.SugarShock.com, and her blog is www.SugarShockBlog.com.