Chrissie Webber works as a writer, business coach and motivation/ leadership trainer and is Managing Director of Life-Shapers Ltd, an online weight-loss motivation company. With over 20 years experience in the field of business and people development she has an expertise in the area of motivation for permanent weight loss.
Following a lifetime of weight issues - at her heaviest, over 21 stone and a massive size 30 – she has personal experience of diets and their devastating effect on size and psyche. With a background in nursing, psychology and business coaching, coupled with a lifetime of dieting, she developed and successfully used a series of models and tools that enhance weight loss motivation. Now over 5 dress sizes smaller and having sustained her weight loss for several years, Chrissie continues her passionate drive to change the mindsets of people away from a ‘Scarcity’ dieting mindset – where food is demonised as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ – to an ‘Abundance’ mindset where mind, body and spirit work hand in hand with food and nature.
A few weeks ago I joined a choir. After some 30 years of not singing I am somewhat ‘rusty’ and had forgotten just how uplifting and motivating singing is. It is as if every cell of your body resonates with joy as you sing.
As one of those special things that ‘Feeds the Soul’ you don’t even have to sing in tune for it to make you feel joyful. Of course, choosing the right music to sing or sing along with is so important. Music is an emotional trigger that can lift you up or pull you down.
So I was delighted, this morning, when a CD arrived by post from the USA. I had been approached, by an American company, to review an album with the unusual title of ‘Skinny Songs’. From the moment the music began I not only found myself singing along but also inspired to get active!
At first when they contacted me I thought it a strange idea to write songs about losing weight. On reflection, why ever not with so many people struggling to lose weight?
The fact is the music motivates, the lyrics make you think and the whole thing makes you smile. It is definitely a new tool for my toolkit for when things get tough and I need to find that special lift.
If you want to hear samples of the tracks then take a look at their web site www.skinnysongs.com. It is worth a look and a listen.
