Podcast appearances and mentions of Rachel Coleman

Rachel Coleman, the Dean and Director of Park City Culinary Institute comes on the Utah Stories podcast to discuss what makes food and cooking so amazing and important. As well as all that Park City Culinary Institute has to offer. Visit UtahStories.com for more and to subscribe to our free digital newsletter. There you can also support our journalism by subscribing to our print magazine for $3 per month. Follow us on: Instagram @UtahStories Twitter @UtahStories

Today's episode of Firebrand Voices features Rachel Coleman reading her article "Choose Kingdom Life!" from Firebrand magazine.  Read the print version here! Subscribe to Firebrand magazine!

Larry Chapp, Rachel Coleman, Rodney Howsare, and Adrian Walker discuss the historical mediation of Being

If you're expecting or have a little one at home, and you don't yet have the series “Baby Signing Time,” you are missing out! Sign language for babies and toddlers has been proven to enhance your child's communication skills and even decrease frustration tantrums. In this episode, we put to death the supposed concern that teaching your infant sign language will delay their speech. As you'll hear, in fact, it does quite the opposite! Rachel Coleman, the creator of “Baby Signing Time” is on with me today sharing how and why she started this series. She also educates us on how helpful sign language is for babies on up, and particularly for those that struggle with handicaps, autism, and learning disabilities. We genuinely had the best time in this interview, while venturing off on some unexpected tangents that I know you'll love. Rachel is an incredible person with a powerful mission, so come learn more on that, and how your baby can thrive with this new language! "Signing Time" for your child https://www.mysigningtime.com Learn ASL for yourself with "Signing Time Made Easy" https://www.signitasl.com DONATE to the Signing Time Foundation https://www.signingtime.com/foundation/   SUBSCRIBE to the "Know Better | Do Better" Podcast newsletter for upcoming guest notifications and special info you can only get as a subsciber. FOLLOW Autumn on: Instagram: bit.ly/3TC5dgr Facebook: bit.ly/3O7NnAs TikTok: bit.ly/3O9xMR7

Wrapping up Season 4 with an amazing episode and guest who I have known for over a decade! Not only has she changed the lives of MILLIONS of families and deaf individuals, but she talks about her journey as a mom, TV Host, and Producer, and you will just love to be able to know more about Rachel Coleman, Creator, and Host of Signing Times. https://signingtime.comhttps://mydeafchild.orgTo be a guest, say hello, or follow my social media:https://linkfly.to/30124nzS2q5Support the show

How Therapists Can Manage a Sedentary Job: An interview with Celina Caovan, DPT Curt and Katie interview Celina Caovan about physical self-care for therapists. We talk about how to mitigate the impacts of a sedentary job as well as the benefits of physical therapy and consistent physical activity. We also look into what physical therapy is, how clients can advocate for it, and how therapists might collaborate to support the physical and mental health of their patients. Transcripts for this episode will be available at mtsgpodcast.com! An Interview with Celina Caovan, DPT Celina Caovan received both her undergraduate degree and Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Southern California. She has been practicing in an outpatient orthopedic setting in the South Bay in California for the last two years and is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. In this podcast episode, we talk about how therapists can take care of their bodies while working in a sedentary job Many therapist friends of ours have described low back pain and challenges in maintaining physical health when much of the work we do is while sitting. What should therapists know about physical activity and physical therapy? “Physical therapists are trained movement experts… we can diagnose, we can treat using hands on skills, patient education, and then we prescribe individual exercise for a bunch of different injuries, the ultimate goal being to improve the way someone moves and emphasize injury prevention. And the cool thing about physical therapy: it can be an alternative to pain medication, in a society where they prescribe a lot of a lot of pain medication, and then surgery as well.” – Celina Caovan, DPT There are a number of subspecialties in physical therapy to support all different elements of improving movement The importance of moving outside of a sedentary job US Department of Health guidelines on activity levels What can therapists do to take care of themselves during the work week? Getting out of the chair, some chair exercises Stretching and gentle movements during the breaks between sessions No drastic differences in activity from the work week to the weekend (i.e., avoid weekend warrior behavior, especially when extremely sedentary during the week_ Slowly increase activity and gradually increase cardio or resistance training Stretching (static and dynamic), warming up, and cooling down How can therapists think about physical therapy for their clients? “Someone's physical and mental health – that's interconnected… that mind body connection. And I think this would be a really great opportunity for us to create this interdisciplinary relationship where we can approach it from a physical and mental standpoint.” – Celina Caovan, DPT Referrals and direct access to physical therapy Psychoeducation and support for advocacy to obtain physical therapy Chiropractors versus physical therapists How physical and mental health therapists can collaborate to support patients   Our Generous Sponsor for this episode of the Modern Therapist's Survival Guide: Thrizer Thrizer is a new modern billing platform for therapists that was built on the belief that therapy should be accessible AND clinicians should earn what they are worth. Their platform automatically gets clients reimbursed by their insurance after every session. Just by billing your clients through Thrizer, you can potentially save them hundreds every month, with no extra work on your end. Every time you bill a client through Thrizer, an insurance claim is automatically generated and sent directly to the client's insurance. From there, Thrizer provides concierge support to ensure clients get their reimbursement quickly, directly into their bank account. By eliminating reimbursement by check, confusion around benefits, and obscurity with reimbursement status, they allow your clients to focus on what actually matters rather than worrying about their money. It is very quick to get set up and it works great in completement with EHR systems. Their team is super helpful and responsive, and the founder is actually a long-time therapy client who grew frustrated with his reimbursement times The best part is you don't need to give up your rate. They charge a standard 3% payment processing fee! Thrizer lets you become more accessible while remaining in complete control of your practice. A better experience for your clients during therapy means higher retention. Money won't be the reason they quit on therapy. Sign up using bit.ly/moderntherapists if you want to test Thrizer completely risk free! Sign up for Thrizer with code 'moderntherapists' for 1 month of no credit card fees or payment processing fees! That's right - you will get one month of no payment processing fees, meaning you earn 100% of your cash rate during that time.   Resources for Modern Therapists mentioned in this Podcast Episode: We've pulled together resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links. Please note that some of the links below may be affiliate links, so if you purchase after clicking below, we may get a little bit of cash in our pockets. We thank you in advance! Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans from the US Department of Health and Human Services Beach Cities Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Reach out to Celina Caovan, DPT: celinaDPT at gmail.com Relevant Episodes of MTSG Podcast: Managing Chronic Pain and Illness: An interview with Daniela Paolone, MFT How Therapists Promote Diet Culture: An interview with Rachel Coleman, LMFT, CEDS What You Should Know About Walk & Talk and Other Non-Traditional Therapy Settings Part 1, Part 2   Who we are: Curt Widhalm, LMFT Curt Widhalm is in private practice in the Los Angeles area. He is the cofounder of the Therapy Reimagined conference, an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University and CSUN, a former Subject Matter Expert for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, former CFO of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and a loving husband and father. He is 1/2 great person, 1/2 provocateur, and 1/2 geek, in that order. He dabbles in the dark art of making "dad jokes" and usually has a half-empty cup of coffee somewhere nearby. Learn more at: www.curtwidhalm.com Katie Vernoy, LMFT Katie Vernoy is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, coach, and consultant supporting leaders, visionaries, executives, and helping professionals to create sustainable careers. Katie, with Curt, has developed workshops and a conference, Therapy Reimagined, to support therapists navigating through the modern challenges of this profession. Katie is also a former President of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. In her spare time, Katie is secretly siphoning off Curt's youthful energy, so that she can take over the world. Learn more at: www.katievernoy.com A Quick Note: Our opinions are our own. We are only speaking for ourselves – except when we speak for each other, or over each other. We're working on it. Our guests are also only speaking for themselves and have their own opinions. We aren't trying to take their voice, and no one speaks for us either. Mostly because they don't want to, but hey. Stay in Touch with Curt, Katie, and the whole Therapy Reimagined #TherapyMovement: Patreon Buy Me A Coffee Podcast Homepage Therapy Reimagined Homepage Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube   Consultation services with Curt Widhalm or Katie Vernoy: The Fifty-Minute Hour Connect with the Modern Therapist Community: Our Facebook Group – The Modern Therapists Group Modern Therapist's Survival Guide Creative Credits: Voice Over by DW McCann https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/ Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano https://groomsymusic.com/

It's Rachel Coleman talking with us about sign language and her amazing "Signing Time" learning tools to help your child to communicate when they can't speak.  This was such an honor and an amazing interview! Listen to find out how you can help your child and where you can find the tools that Rachel has. 

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How Therapists Promote Diet Culture: An interview with Rachel Coleman Curt and Katie speak with Rachel Coleman, LMFT, CEDS about what therapists should consider in working with clients who have eating disorders, the impact of society on body image, and how clinicians can increase their competency in an area many feel they are lacking.  Why do so many clinicians feel under trained in treating eating disorders? How do societal views impact our client's body image and what is the impact of diet culture? Does a lack of graduate education in eating disorders ethically impact our ability to treat eat disorders in a non-specialized practice? What's missing from our understanding of eating disorders? All of this and more in the episode. Interview with Rachel Coleman, LMFT, CEDS Rachel Coleman, LMFT, CEDS is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist. Rachel received her Masters in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, and shortly after began working at an Eating Disorder treatment center in Long Beach, CA. After five years of working as a Recovery Coach, Primary Therapist, and Program Director in treatment, Rachel shifted her work into private practice where she aids her clients in embodying daily the principals of eating disorder recovery. Rachel is also a certified Dialectical Behavior Therapist and has completed extensive training in the Intuitive Eating dietetic approach. She is a former board member of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, through which she is certified as a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist. Currently, Rachel practices out of her private practice in Orange County, CA. In this podcast episode we talk about working with clients who have eating disorders. In honor of Eating Disorder Awareness week, we spoke with Rachel Coleman about the nuances in treating eating disorders and how clinicians can most effectively treat these clients within private practices. “We live in a society obsessed with diets and bodies. And so I think it's very easy for subconscious beliefs about food and bodies to infiltrate sessions, because it's subconsciously in us and so it can come out in our language.” – Rachel Coleman What do clinicians do when therapeutic interventions might trigger eating disorder behavior? Many interventions call for physical activity that might trigger eating disorder behavior or feelings in clients. If a client wants to participate in a physical activity intervention, consider their motivation. Ensure that a client has multiple tools in their anxiety toolbox. Be mindful if the modalities and treatment recommendations are based in fat phobia or weight stigma. How can clinicians assess their clients for an eating disorder? Eating disorders can present meeting full DSM-V criteria or, in many cases, seem at the “subclinical” or mildly clinical level. Evaluate how your client feels about societal messaging and the impact it might have on them. In assessing clients, look to determine the impact of behaviors and patterns on daily functioning. If client's are sacrificing other values to focus on weight or body, it should be discussed. How can clinicians increase their education in treating eating disorders? Clinicians need to do their own work surrounding their bodies and internalized messaging. Therapists should focus on learning about the complexities of eating disorders and the social justice movements that surround weight stigma and fat phobia. Familiarize yourself with the ideas of body trust, body neutrality, and health at every size. Many treatment centers offer free webinars to educate clinicians in eating disorder treatment. “Let's face it, all of our clients have a body. And all clients are therefore going to have to figure out a relationship with their body regardless of eating disorder diagnosis or not.” – Rachel Coleman What are the ethical and legal considerations in treating eating disorders in a non-specialized private practice? Always get consultation. Some clients might present with “subclinical” or mildly clinical levels of an eating disorder. There is a difference between asking questions and treating the answers. Clinicians should encourage clients to see a medical doctor when necessary. Working with dieticians and medical doctors to create a holistic team, best serves the client. Clinicians should be aware when to refer to a higher level of care. Therapists should limit self-disclosures How does Diet Culture impact our clients? Diet culture is a mindset and system of theories we all exist in, that credits a person's shape and size as the primary indicators of health and moral superiority. When bodies don't meet these “standards” of beauty as societally defined, they are often oppressed. Messaging about dieting and our bodies is inescapable in our society, so it's easy for subconscious beliefs about food and bodies to infiltrate sessions. Therapists' self-disclosures should be limited and focus on affirming client's experience. Our Generous Sponsor for this episode of the Modern Therapist's Survival Guide: SuperBill Interested in making it easier for your clients to use their out-of-network-benefits for therapy? SuperBill is a service that can help your clients get reimbursed without having to jump through hoops. Getting started is simple - clients complete a quick, HIPAA-compliant sign-up process, and you send their superbills directly to us so that we can file claims with their insurance companies. No more spending hours on the phone wrangling with insurance companies for reimbursement. Superbill eliminates that hassle, and clients just pay a low monthly fee for the service. If your practice doesn't accept insurance, SuperBill can help your clients get reimbursed. SuperBill is free for therapists, and your clients can use the code SUPERBILL22 to get a free month of SuperBill. Also, you can earn $100 for every therapist you refer to SuperBill. After your clients complete the one-time, HIPAA-compliant onboarding process, you can just send their superbills to claims@thesuperbill.com. SuperBill will then file claims for your clients and track them all the way to reimbursement. By helping your clients get reimbursed without the stress of dealing with insurance companies, SuperBill can increase your new client acquisition rate by over 25%. The next time a potential client asks if you accept insurance, let them know that you partner with SuperBill to help your clients effortlessly receive reimbursement. Visit thesuperbill.com to get started. Resources for Modern Therapists mentioned in this Podcast Episode: We've pulled together resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links. Please note that some of the links below may be affiliate links, so if you purchase after clicking below, we may get a little bit of cash in our pockets. We thank you in advance! Rachel Coleman Private Practice Rachel Coleman MFT Instagram Rachel Coleman's Podcast: Mom Genes the Podcast National Eating Disorder Association International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals   Relevant Episodes of MTSG Podcast: Navigating the Food and Eating Minefield An Incomplete List of Everything Wrong with Therapist Education How to Stay in Your Lane to Promote Diversity and Inclusion Health At Every Size Who's in the Room? Siri, Alexa, and Confidentiality Who we are: Curt Widhalm, LMFT Curt Widhalm is in private practice in the Los Angeles area. He is the cofounder of the Therapy Reimagined conference, an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University and CSUN, a former Subject Matter Expert for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, former CFO of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and a loving husband and father. He is 1/2 great person, 1/2 provocateur, and 1/2 geek, in that order. He dabbles in the dark art of making "dad jokes" and usually has a half-empty cup of coffee somewhere nearby. Learn more at: www.curtwidhalm.com Katie Vernoy, LMFT Katie Vernoy is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, coach, and consultant supporting leaders, visionaries, executives, and helping professionals to create sustainable careers. Katie, with Curt, has developed workshops and a conference, Therapy Reimagined, to support therapists navigating through the modern challenges of this profession. Katie is also a former President of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. In her spare time, Katie is secretly siphoning off Curt's youthful energy, so that she can take over the world. Learn more at: www.katievernoy.com A Quick Note: Our opinions are our own. We are only speaking for ourselves – except when we speak for each other, or over each other. We're working on it. Our guests are also only speaking for themselves and have their own opinions. We aren't trying to take their voice, and no one speaks for us either. Mostly because they don't want to, but hey. Stay in Touch with Curt, Katie, and the whole Therapy Reimagined #TherapyMovement: www.mtsgpodcast.com www.therapyreimagined.com https://www.facebook.com/therapyreimagined/ https://twitter.com/therapymovement https://www.instagram.com/therapyreimagined/ Consultation services with Curt Widhalm or Katie Vernoy: The Fifty-Minute Hour Connect with the Modern Therapist Community: Our Facebook Group – The Modern Therapists Group   Modern Therapist's Survival Guide Creative Credits: Voice Over by DW McCann https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/ Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/ Transcript for this episode of the Modern Therapist's Survival Guide podcast (Autogenerated):   Curt Widhalm  00:00 This episode of the Modern Therapist's Survival Guide is brought to you by SuperBill. Katie Vernoy  00:05 Interested in making it easier for your clients to use their out of network benefits for therapy. Super bill is a service that can help your clients get reimbursed without having to jump through hoops. Getting Started as simple. Clients complete a quick HIPAA compliant signup process and you send their super bills directly to us so that we can file claims with their insurance companies. No more spending hours on the phone wrangling with insurance companies for reimbursement. Super bill eliminates that hassle and clients just pay a low monthly fee for the service. Curt Widhalm  00:34 Stay tuned for details on SuperBill's therapist referral program and a special discount code for your clients to get a free month of service. Announcer  00:42 You're listening to the modern therapist survival guide where therapists live, breathe and practice as human beings to support you as a whole person and a therapist. Here are your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy. Curt Widhalm  00:57 Welcome back modern therapists. This is the Modern Therapist Survival Guide. I'm Curt Widhalm with Katie Vernoy. And this is the podcast for therapists about the things that we do in our office. Sometimes the work that we do with our clients and always exploring the ways that we can do better for our profession and helping with clients. And this week is Eating Disorder Awareness Week. And it's been a while since we have talked about eating disorders here on the podcast, and wanting to explore a little bit about some of the ways that we can potentially know where our limits are in working with these populations. We do have a couple of earlier episodes that we'll link to in our show notes. But today we are joined by Rachel Coleman LMFT, CEDS, I went to grad school with Rachel so somebody that I have known for quite a while but bring it on the experts to talk about things that we don't have expertise on ourselves. So thank you very much for joining us, Rachel. Rachel Coleman  02:03 Thank you for having me. This is a fun 1520 year reunion here. I don't know how long is it? Think it's getting up there? Katie Vernoy  02:12 Yeah. Oh, wow. So excited to have you here. And for this conversation. The first question that we ask everyone is who are you? And what are you putting out into the world? Sure. Rachel Coleman  02:23 Like Curt said, my name is Rachel Coleman. I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, and that CEDS is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist. I have a private practice down here in Orange County, California. I treat eating disorders and all the underlying issues that present along with eating disorders. What am I putting out there in the world? I mean, I suppose I've dabbled in social media. But really, my passion is just in one on one, individual therapy, I really believe in that secret therapy space where clients can identify and break their personal and family legacies around bodies and food and diets. I really believe that helping that what we would call in our line of work the identified patient heal really has a ripple effect. It helps the older generations do their own deconstruction and healing. And then it also I'm hoping changes the future of the next generation. So I really do believe in that that beautiful therapy relationship and the ripple effect that occurs when a client is able to do that awesome work. Curt Widhalm  03:32 And one of the first questions that we usually ask is for a learning place, this is not to necessarily shame anybody but the experience that you have. And I've maybe even in grad school, I think you were working in eating disorders. If I remember our practicum classes correctly, that you put around for a while, what do you see that therapists get wrong in working with eating disorders? Rachel Coleman  03:59 I mean, I think that therapists and everyone live in a very diety culture. We live in a society obsessed with diets and bodies. And so I think it's very easy for subconscious beliefs about food and bodies to infiltrate sessions, because it's subconsciously in us and so it can come out in our language. And diet culture is a term that's thrown around a lot. So I can give your listeners a little bit of a definition. My definition of it is, it's a mindset and it's also a system of theories that we live in, that really credits a person's shape and size as the primary indicators of health and also a moral superiority. So basically, with a diet culture, thiness is valued above other body types. Foods are usually described with moral terms like good or bad, healthy or unhealthy. And unfortunately, bodies that don't meet this projected ideal of beauty they have often been oppressed. So when we are just growing up and still living in a culture that holds this belief system, it can easily be something that we don't even realize that we're drinking the Kool Aid of, and it can come out in our conversations or in our perspectives. So often I hear unfortunately, clients share with me things that therapists have said that were really kind of harmful or hurtful, even if it feels like it's nothing big. So for example, I've heard people share that therapists have discussed working out or going to the gym and sessions, or like I said, therapists are on social media these days. So sometimes they will post their workouts or their runs. Even if a client is talking about exercise or going to the gym, even a little like typical quip in our society of like, Oh, I'm so terrible about going to the gym, brings in that moral superiority in a very subconscious way. Or even kind of walking across the room to like, open the door, get a book being like, well, at least I got my steps. And, and I think anything that kind of once again, perpetuates this belief system of working out is good or not working out is bad, or anything like that automatically becomes a place where maybe a client doesn't feel safe, because that's the exact work that they're trying to do. This also comes out with food, you know, if therapists are talking about their chronic dieting, or saying phrases like, oh, I struggle with my weight, I get it. Or feeling like foods, if they don't believe that foods are neutral, and they are coming out in sessions with conversations about oh, trying to eat healthier, or foods are good or bad. Basically, sharing personal experiences about fad diets, or even lifestyle changes. And using air quotes. Anything that kind of just continues to perpetuate these beliefs about food and bodies can really create a space where a client doesn't necessarily feel safe to interrupt any patterns or behaviors that they have been suffering from. So overall therapists not having done the work themselves, to deconstruct their beliefs can come out in those conversations. Katie Vernoy  07:23 What you're saying is, makes a lot of sense. And I'm finding the bias that I have from society coming up. And so I want to if if it's okay with you, I want to play with this a little bit, because there's a question that I've had for a while. And it's hard to know how to manage it. I was in grad school longer ago than the two of you were. And a lot of the especially around depression, a lot of the treatments were activity, making sure that you're, you know, drinking enough water or eating appropriately, you know, kind of having enough food, but also having healthy foods. I mean, and I have my air quotes going to, I think it's, it's hard for me to know what is promoting health, being active is considered healthy. That was my understanding. I think eating foods that are nutritious and nourishing, I think is considered healthy. And so I can, I'm understanding that element of let's not make this about moral judgments if we do things that are in alignment with what society calls healthy or good, but I'm, I'm struggling to identify how we support folks without that playing in and what what is okay to talk about, like, that's, that's hard for me to find that line. Rachel Coleman  08:42 Mm hmm. I agree. And I, I do DBT. And in DBT, there's a lot of similar types of modalities that we recommend. So I understand that. Absolutely. There is a fine line and some of those things are very, very helpful for combating depression. So yeah, yes, I think the the, the fine line that I always am navigating in conversations with clients when we're trying to figure out self care, because that's kind of what you're talking about. Sure, is the motivation behind it. So I think often, if the motivation behind it is, well, I'm gonna go do those things because I am trying to change my body, or because I'm trying to pursue the weight loss, or because I, you know, one's gonna hear quotes feel fat, then what you're looking at is how do you deconstruct the motivating factor behind the behavior, rather than okay? There's nothing wrong with going for a walk or a jog or going to the gym, especially if the motivating factor is it's that endorphin release that helps ease the anxiety and there's nothing necessarily about the body that's coming into play. Or once again, if that is the only coping skill in the box for anxiety management, well, how do we brought in the skills within the box. Maybe here and there, there's an exercise element to anxiety management, then there's also 10 other things, so that it can be this just more well rounded whole person thing. And I think this is where if a therapist has done their own work, and then able to have some of these really deeper conversations with clients, they're able to realize whether or not what they're upholding in their modalities or in the recommendations, is based in any internalized fat phobia, in any weight stigma, and kind of is, what's the ethical fine line that we're helping people walk? Does that answer the question a little bit? Katie Vernoy  10:38 It does. I have some more questions. But let's dig deeper in, I see Curt ready to jump in here, Curt Widhalm  10:43 You mentioned a couple of times about therapists doing their own work. And in this regard, and for many of us, the education that we received on eating disorders in graduate school was minimal, if anything, what some suggestions as far as doing your own work on this, that our audience might be able to walk away with? Rachel Coleman  11:04 Sure, I mean, obviously, doing your own personal work on what are your beliefs about food bodies and weights, and doing that either in your own personal reading or journaling or therapy? And as far as you're right, there is very little education. I think we got a one hour lecture. That's all I remember personally. So it's it's definitely insufficient. And I think that absolutely doing more webinars, podcasts, taking any courses you can anything about the complexities of eating disorders, and also anything that focuses on the social justice movements surrounding weight stigma, that teaches cultural awareness and sensitivity towards viewing bodies and sizes, encourages this concept of Body Trust and body neutrality. Those are kind of modalities that we try to work from, how do you trust your body? And how do you honor your body, anything that's aligned with Health at Every Size, which I know you guys have spoken on in the past, most even sought treatment centers regularly offer free webinars, virtually, there's local IADEP, that chapters you can get certifications in intuitive eating. So you can do a lot of extra work on your own. I also recommend, obviously, if you're interested in this field to start working at and even sort of treatment center work at the highest level of care that you can try to get in with because when you are in the trenches, in these inpatient residential settings, you're going to get just an immersion of so much education. And that's kind of where I started my work. Katie Vernoy  12:41 It seems like there's a lot more knowledge that a therapist would need to really be able to effectively treat an eating disorder. And I also know that there are a lot of folks that have disordered eating are fully immersed in diet culture, and have some of the kind of subclinical or mildly clinical levels of this that I think all therapists need to know. And it to me, I've had some clients who came in for something completely else, and then we're on weird diets. And, and, and also hated their bodies and had really negative self talk really harsh, critical negative self talk. And so I've sought consultation and done other things to try to support that, and referred where appropriate, but I think the the pieces that were critical for me to know at first, were kind of this assessment of figuring out, is this someone that's maybe drinking too much of the diet culture Kool Aid? Or is this someone that has an eating disorder and needs that more specific eating disorder treatment, you have some suggestions for clinicians, who are maybe needing to assess their caseload because you know, when we're recording this, it's the new year, you know, there's a lot of people on diets and fats, and this and that. And so I think there's, there's a need to really understand and assess appropriately to as a start, Rachel Coleman  14:06 I think you bring up a great point, it sounds like you're doing awesome, work yourself, of just continuing to hold that space, because that's let's face it, all of our clients have a body. And all clients are therefore going to have to figure out a relationship with their body regardless of use for diagnosis or not. So I agree, and that's why I also think that grad schools should absolutely talk to you about this way more, because your every this is something that's going to come up with every single client regardless of their presenting problem. So yes, because all of our clients live in this world, and we live in this world, they're constantly sending the messages to change their body, the impact of that messaging will vary. And so you're right, you're going to have to kind of evaluate where the client is on the impact of this messaging, and then the how much they're applying this diet, culture messaging, when wherever we can just open up this therapeutic space to be a comfortable place for a client to process their connection with their body, their relationships. With the scale, the trust they have with their hunger and fullness cues, with their body size and shape, whatever past or present body insecurities that they have, and how it's impacting their ability to function. Now, ways that they've used food to cope with those feelings, any internalized beliefs they have about their body from past bullying from childhood from parents, you know, what, what was it like at the family dinner table for them growing up was their family dinner table, and just all of the different layers of what how a client feels about food and their body, every client has to eat five, six times a day, you know, they have to learn how to dress their body, how to take care of it, how to get good sleep. So I think having a safe space with that neutral, that neutral energy is a really great space. So anyway, that kind of is touching on that piece. As far as the assessments concerned, I think you're really looking at the impact of any behaviors or patterns on daily functioning. Anytime a client is choosing to focus on weight or body and sacrificing other things that are aligned with their value system, then it starts becoming something where, okay, obviously, this is becoming your priority. And I don't think your priorities are in alignment right now with everything else that is really important to you and makes up your identity. And so we have to kind of make sure that then at that point, whatever these behaviors and patterns are, become some of our primary goals and focuses to treat. And if again, if that feels like it's something that starts feeling it's out of your scope, because the client feels out of control, they're not able to pull back anything, they're not able to easily make those tweaks and go oh, yeah, you're right, wow. So curious, I'm going to try something different when it feels like it is fear base that they're doing these behaviors and patterns, they can't make those changes easily. It's impacting their ability to be in social relationships, go to work, choose other things that are important to them. And then you're probably looking at something that's a little bit more deeply embedded Curt Widhalm  17:03 In my experience, and I've gone to a lot of these workshops at various conferences and treatment centers over the years and have really noticed just kind of my sensitivity as a clinician to a lot of the things that you're talking about. But it seems like if there's three categories of people, the people who have the bare minimum of eating disorder, education, and then to the gold standard of eating disorder treatments, the CEDS, there's kind of this dangerous place in the middle of thinking that you're further ahead in the work, that I don't know if I'm in that dangerous spot or not. But at least being aware of where that edge is. Katie Vernoy  17:45 Yeah, you and me both buddy. Curt Widhalm  17:48 It seems like this is a time that that's really ripe to be making some of those mistakes that you're talking about. And a big part of what we talk about on the podcast here is about being a little bit more transparent with your life. And you brought up social media earlier and some of the ways that clients might have access to therapists life in some of these ways before, do you think that this contributes to maybe some of that fear of treating eating disorders and a lot of the population is that having to look at ourselves in the way that we're putting ourselves out there? It's just easier to pretend that it doesn't exist. Rachel Coleman  18:25 Maybe Yeah, you're right. There is a dangerous space. And yet, I'm absolutely not someone who's like don't even go there and leave it to the experts like, again, because all clients have a body, everyone is going to have to have some element of conversation about this. I think there are a couple of reasons why many therapists feel apprehensive about treating this and they're not sure what to do and part of it yet is I think that a lot of people secretly know that maybe they don't have peace with their own bodies, or they do have some of that secret fatphobia or they have their own struggle with free behaviors. And they're, they're concerned about their ability to stay neutral not have any transference or countertransference that are impacted their therapeutic relationship. So you're right. I think it's one of those things where it's like, in order to feel like you're navigating this, you do have to have a sense of peace and neutrality in your own personal life. That is really, really important. I also hear a lot therapists say, like, I could never do that, like I just like food too much or I just I just don't get it and it's like, Okay, again, no, I think whatever, whatever that fear is underneath that is probably something that needs to be healed yourself because you are human who also grew up in this space. I think the legal ethical pieces are the most probably concerning with treating eating disorders. I think that is where it's dangerous probably to use your word and then also where people can really shy away because there is that medical liability that can present along with an eating disorder. And there's, it's so embedded in us to be like, check for safety, check for safety. And like, the first course we have in grad school is that law and ethics course which like, I think most people are like, nevermind, we're not going to do this entire grad school program, this is almost like quit right that in there. You know, I think it becomes something where it's very, it's very scary to think, Okay, I am now treating someone who there potentially is a safety concern and medical liability on the line here. So while yes, that space, right there is I think we're client. I mean, I'm sorry, I think that space right there is where therapists tend to completely shy away. And trust me, I consult nonstop with licensing boards and treatment teams, and there's a lot more wiggle room than you think. We I also am almost always with a treatment team. There's almost always a dietician on board and a medical doctor on board. And then most often that we are also referring to those higher level of care. So the impatient and anything to get them the stabilization needed so that we can continue treating outpatient. And then I also think that people under think them, and that is where the dangerous space comes in. Again, people kind of just think, well, you know that behavior is normalized in our society. So I'm not concerned about it. And they forget to ask questions about, you know, heart rates, or sleep or how much water clients are or are not drinking, or the clients are saying that they are eating out. But therapists aren't asking, Well, how much are you eating? And what else are you taking? And they're not asking the little detailed questions that if you start kind of having an awareness of how even shorter is present, then you're able to realize, oh, this might actually be more severe, then my brain kind of caught on initially.   Katie Vernoy  21:42 I know for myself, when I've had clients that have started to have behaviors that were of concern, and I pulled out into a team I was, I was honestly surprised by some of the information that hadn't been shared. Part of it is I'm not a medical doctor. I'm not a dietitian. So I'm not necessarily asking really, really specific questions. And my this is leading to my question. But like some of the medical questions, I don't think to ask I'm not a medical doctor, but it sounds like you're saying maybe we should. And so I guess the question is, how do we ask some of these questions and stay in scope of practice? Rachel Coleman  22:21 I think asking questions is different than like treating the answer. Okay, you know, okay, so I think I often ask, how does your How does your heart feel when you sit or stand up? Oh, it's funky. Okay, let's go, let's make sure you definitely go to your doctor, I want you to go to the doctor and have that conversation, and then I'm going to have you sign the release, I'm going to consult with the doctor because I think we need to make sure that that's okay. Or if it's a female, ask, when's the last time you've gotten your menstrual cycle? Okay, it's been three, four months. All right, you know, I want you to go to your doctor, an OB GYN and get that checked out. Because that's, it can be a sign of malnutrition. And so I want you to make sure that that is ruled out or ruled in so we know how to proceed. And you know, how many laxes and diuretics are you taking again, this is just intake information for me, I'm not, I'm not just reading it, but I'm knowing what I'm what sitting on my couch. And I'm knowing what I need to recommend to do next. Katie Vernoy  23:14 And maybe that's the that's the part that's challenging, knowing what to do next. I mean, it's easy just to say like, anything that's wonky, goes to your doctor, and and so that that feels like, that feels very doable. Rachel Coleman  23:25 And then get that release, get that release, because again, we're I can't read labs, right. So if a client gets gets the labs and is like, I got my lab work here, it is like that. That's way out of my scope. So make sure that information is so because I need to ask the doctor what these numbers mean. And I need to know what the doctor so a huge piece of outpatient care with disorders is a lot of times on the phone consulting with other members of the team. Curt Widhalm  23:53 And I changed the conversation a little bit here to the client end of things and why you see that people with eating disorders don't necessarily seek out treatment.   Rachel Coleman  24:04 Yeah, I think there's a huge shame cycle. That is, you know, in rotation here, a sense of going I am scared to talk about how out of control I feel about certain behaviors. And then I also feel a little protective of those behaviors, because they probably came into fruition to protect me from something protect me from weight stigma from trauma, they eased my anxiety. And so it feels like you're asking someone to give up their greatest resource and also their greatest source of misery. And there's, I think, a lot of shame that clients identify that they are in this cycle and they are kind of stuck in this space. And it's it's, it's makes them hesitant, I think, to to seek out that treatment because they're going to have to lay it all on the table and kind of figure out what they need to tweak. Curt Widhalm  24:56 How do we as a profession kind of contribute to some of the those fears? Rachel Coleman  25:03 That's a great question. I'm sure there's a sense of trying clients feel like we're, we're so hyper focused on the behavior, that we're maybe pushing them to give something up that they're not ready to give up. And so it feels like they have, they're held accountable, which again, is that fine line of like, of course, we want them to feel like there's some sort of safety and accountability in sessions. But we also don't want to give them ultimatums or feel more ashamed. If they did struggle, that behavior in between sessions, so that then they're going to be avoidant of coming in processing what's going on. So then holding that safe space to say, this is really hard. This is a really, really challenging, complicated cycle to break. And I'm going to keep my fears of liabilities and legal and ethical stuff at the door. So I can hold a safe, neutral space in the room for you to kind of process through where you're at and how we can continue to support you. Katie Vernoy  26:03 To me, it seems like the risk elements are the things that therapists probably could get tripped up on pretty quickly, you know, especially if they've got a long standing client who's showing up with some of these behaviors, they're getting out of control. And I know, probably a number of therapists that are listening, you know, that was a pandemic thing. Clients that had been fine had an eating disorder long, long ago, all of a sudden, it popped back up during the pandemic, and now they've got this long standing relationship, and referring out feels a little bit daunting, and not advised. Right. And so I think it's, for me, I think the thing that would be helpful is talking through some of that risk, like, When is it okay to kind of allow the client to be in their process? And when is it like no, no, this is a danger. Like, I need to take some big steps. Rachel Coleman  26:52 I mean, I'm not a legal ethical expert here. Call your licensing board. I... Katie Vernoy  27:00 But, but when would you call your licensing board, I guess is what I'm asking. Rachel Coleman  27:04 I think what it comes down to a sense of like, is this client medically able to take care of themselves and safe in between sessions, that is 100%, a call to licensing board, I've been calling you right, the licensing board more and more and more since the pandemic started to like more than ever, because aces are more cute than ever. And one of the biggest challenges to treating as far as right now is that the inpatient residential high levels cares have two, three, maybe more month waitlists. So you have someone who needs to be in a hospital and they can't get in for weeks. Well, you're not going to terminate care, obviously. But also, now you're treating a client who's potentially not appropriate for outpatient. We've been I've been having a lot of very candid conversations with clients treatment plan contracts, which is going based on how you're presenting, this is the course and plan of treatment that is recommended. These are the steps I want you to take. This is the timeline we're both agreeing on. And if the treatment plan isn't able to proceed as we're discussing, then it's not going to be a good fit for us to continue to work together. So I have lots of very candid conversations, I have contracts for safety. I have lots of case consultations, I have mandatory requests for clients to be seeing an dietitian how many times a week or a doctor how many times so that there is a sense that there are multiple eyes on the person. So we do a lot of conversations about that, just to kind of try to make sure that clients are getting the containment and the support and they need while also staying safe. And also working with the system that we're kind of living in right now in the pandemic, which is not unfortunately a rapid, imperfect one. Katie Vernoy  28:51 Well, on the other end of things, if someone's fasting, or someone is restricting or purging or those kinds of things, I mean, those things are not going to change overnight. And I think people get fearful because if someone throws up twice a day, is that a medical risk? If they throw up once a week? Is that a medical risk if they're fasting every other day? Or if they're restricting down to a certain amount? Or? It seems hard to know, like, at what point do I need to ring these bells? At what point do I need to either try to seek inpatient or whatever it feels like there's this nebulous area where some of it is like, intermittent fasting as a diet that's going on right now. Right, you know, restriction and deep restriction has you know, I saw in a, this was many, many years ago, but restricting calories down below a certain point for long periods of time was shown to have health benefits or something like it was like it was it's it's stuff that doesn't make sense. There's also the whole medical model that's giving us information that doesn't align with this anti diet culture. And so I think for me, it's It feels hard to sort out. When is this? I'm holding space and we're talking about it. And when is it hey, I need to get this person to a doctor or say like, No, you have to change this, or else I'm terminating you. Rachel Coleman  30:14 This is where the board would say, you've got a lot more wiggle room than you think. This is where the board would say like, Well, yeah, I mean, you're not necessarily doing anything illegal by seeing someone who's purging X amount of times. But as quickly, how can we do no harm? How can we support the client to getting better, and are they able to change and contain and shift this harmful behavior in our current therapeutic plan, I think the examples you just listed, absolutely warrant a higher level of care. That is something I would probably easily identify based on how you're presenting based on your frequency of symptoms, I, you definitely need a high level of care. Now let's talk about what the plan could be to get you there. And if it takes a few weeks, I'm here. And if it takes a little while to convince you, then let's talk about Stages of Change. Let's talk about pre contemplation. Let's talk about all the other things that we can talk about and spend time exploring, while still holding a boundary of listen, I think that you need more support than I can offer you in order to get this, these things changed. And these things are scary. And medically, it's not okay for your body. And so I can't just sit here and be like, we're gonna process how you feel about this. For weeks and weeks on end, we have to kind of hold that fine line. You know, it's funny, you say that about like, when should you refer to the doctor? I mean, for me, that's just kind of my standard, like, if you're going to be seeing me outpatient and you have a diagnosable disorder, you will be in a team, I am not going to be the only provider. Makes sense. Curt Widhalm  31:51 One of the big trends in our fields is the role of lived experience that a lot of clients are seeking out and kind of looking at the the ways that some of the therapist behaviors that you're talking about earlier, can trigger clients, do you have any recommendations for people with lived experience as far as how to walk this line and being able to talk about their own perspectives of having received ED treatments in working with clients who are presenting with ED related behaviors. Rachel Coleman  32:21 So what whether clients should share they're in recovery, Curt Widhalm  32:24 Whether a therapist, yeah should be talking about their own experiences in recovery. Rachel Coleman  32:31 I mean, I do think that a lot of clients do feel better if a therapist is able to identify and reveal that they are recovered themselves, and they've been there. I don't know if details are needed, I think it can be one of those things where it's, you're really what you're really trying to validate is the client's pain. You know, I can see your pain, I have some experience with my own pain, I will never feel yours, though yours is unique, yours is your own. But I know that this is a long process. And I know that things are hard. And I have empathy. And I validate your experience. I don't know if therapists need to go into details about their own stuff. Because the nature of an even shorter is to be highly competitive, and to be comparing a lot and comparing, when you're in an even shorter only makes you feel worse, it never makes you feel better. I think you definitely want to make sure you're not triggering clients eating disorder brains to start doing extra, you know, comparison and calculation. But maybe a general sense of I validate and see your pain. And I also know that recovery is possible. Because a lot of times when a client's struggling, they don't think that there's hope. It doesn't feel like there's a light at the end of the tunnel. And so if there's things that the therapist can say that will make clients feel hopeful and know that recovery is possible. And I think those things are really therapeutically benefit official, but probably best to keep personal disclosures out of the therapy room. Curt Widhalm  33:57 One last question is looking at the way that ED is taught. What would you add to curriculums to help people better be able to be prepared in working with this kind of a client population? Rachel Coleman  34:13 That's a great question. I think I think what's missing is the complexities of how eating disorders present. I think we get there like little box DSM criteria. But we don't really get the fact that every single eating disorder is as unique as the person. So no eating disorder is the same sitting in a room and being able to ask a lot of these questions that we're kind of talking about, I think it'd be really beneficial for therapists to be educated on the various non stereotypical ways that you disorders present and all the great questions that people can ask. I do talk at grad schools a lot and when I do I bring my intake forms, and I pass out my intake forms for students to look at because one of the things I want to teach them is what questions to ask and what things to look for. And just kind of it basically gives them a better understanding of what you sores even look like on your couch, the various ones, the examples, and all just all the very detailed variety of how these these diagnoses can present so that they're able to recognize it, because otherwise you just get the DSM criteria and the Hollywood movies, which are portraying anorexia in one way. And it's just it's not, it's not sufficient enough. Curt Widhalm  35:31 Where can people find out more about you and your practice? Rachel Coleman  35:35 Sure. So my website is www.rachelcolemanceds.com. And that's probably the best bet. Like I said, I suppose I dabbled social media. So you can kind of take some months off, and sometimes I'm like, Oh, I have some thoughts. But my Instagram is at Rachel Coleman MFT. And I have a Facebook page with my name as well. Curt Widhalm  36:00 And we will include links to that in our show notes. You can find those at MTSGpodcast.com. And you can follow us on our social media come and join our Facebook groups, the modern therapist group and share with us your experiences of eating disorder, education, or lack thereof, and things that you would do to help better our fields when it comes to serving our clients. And until next time, I'm Curt Widhalm with Katie Vernoy and Rachel Coleman. Katie Vernoy  36:31 Thanks again to our sponsor SuperBill. Curt Widhalm  36:33 If your practice doesn't accept insurance SuperBill can help your clients get reimbursed. SuperBill is free for therapists and your clients can use the code superbill22. That's SuperBill two-two to get a free month of SuperBill. Also, you can earn $100 For every therapist you refer to super bill. After your clients complete the one time HIPAA compliant onboarding process, you can just send their super bills to claims at the super bill comm SuperBill will then file claims for your clients and track them all the way to reimbursement to help your clients get reimbursed without the stress of dealing with insurance companies SuperBill can increase your new client acquisition rate by over 25%. Katie Vernoy  37:17 The next time a potential client asks if you accept insurance, let them know that you partner with SuperBill to help your clients effortlessly receive reimbursement. Visit thesuperbill.com to get started. 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Tina Laboy is the owner of her group practice called TLB Nutrition Therapy. She is a certified eating disorder registered dietitian and supervisor as well as a certified personal trainer. Tina works primarily with those struggling with eating disorders and wanting to heal their relationship with food, their body and movement. She focuses on bettering her client's physical and emotional health by employing a non-diet approach to food, using intuitive and conscious eating principles. She embraces everyone's individual qualities and hopes to make a difference in her clients lives by practicing weight inclusive care and supporting body diversity.  When she isn't working in private practice, she is active in her volunteer work with her local eating disorder professional community and is the cofounder of Texas Eating Disorder Dietitians, a professional supervision business. She also is the co-host of the podcast “Mom Genes: The Podcast” with Rachel Coleman. We discuss topics including: Who is blind weighing and open weighing appropriate for? The importance of assessing the mental health of each client Being aware of our clients value systems to evaluate if they should see the number on the scale The pros and cons of exposure and not wanting recovery affected by the exposure Devaluing the number The best treatment is client centered _________________________________ This episode is sponsored by my ClearStep. ClearStep is on a mission to revolutionize care for clients suffering from eating disorders. They do this by finding a simple, anxiety-free virtual experience for clients and families. Their numberless scales are the first HIPPA compliant solution to provide a blind weigh-in for clients and seamless access to the data for clinicians.    If you go onto their website www.myclearstep.com and type in the promo code “theeatingdisordertrap” to receive a 10% discount on your purchase of a ClearStep numberless scale. ________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”. For more information on Robyn's book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website. “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.  

This episode is all about food! Tina Laboy and Rachel Coleman are the co-hosts of Mom Genes the Podcast. Tina is a Registered Dietician and certified personal trainer who lives in Austin Texas, and Rachel is a Marriage and Family Therapist and a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist who lives in Southern California. Together on their podcast, they take listeners on a journey of unpacking their old beliefs about food and weight to increase their confidence and raise body confident kids. I was curious to find out what advice Tina and Rachel could share about what language that can use - and what language we should avoid - when talking to children about food and about their bodies. I think this is a topic that a lot of parents and teachers struggle to approach in any language, and I knew they would have some great advice. Plus, Tina and Rachel are both moms (Rachel is a mom of three and Tina is a mom of one, with another due at the end of January) and Tina's son goes to a Spanish-immersion preschool, so we also chatted about what that experience has been like for her family. Follow Mom Genes: Website Instagram Follow Multilingual Montessori: Website Instagram Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/multilingual-montessori/message

Tina Laboy is the owner of her group practice called TLB Nutrition Therapy. She is a certified eating disorder registered dietitian and supervisor as well as a certified personal trainer. Tina works primarily with those struggling with eating disorders and wanting to heal their relationship with food, their body and movement. She focuses on bettering her client's physical and emotional health by employing a non-diet approach to food, using intuitive and conscious eating principles. She embraces everyone's individual qualities and hopes to make a difference in her clients lives by practicing weight inclusive care and supporting body diversity. When she isn't working in private practice, she is active in her volunteer work with her local eating disorder professional community and is the cofounder of Texas Eating Disorder Dietitians, a professional supervision business. She also is the co-host of the podcast “Mom Genes: The Podcast” with Rachel Coleman.  Rachel Coleman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 12 years of experience treating Eating Disorders at both an inpatient treatment center and in private practice where she focuses on guiding adolescents and women to break free from diet culture and stop evaluating their worth by the number on the scale We discuss topics including: The importance of parents doing their own work Parents working on untangling the messages of diet culture Understanding what is appropriate to say to a child Having a discussion about “what is health?” Honoring every family members  value system ________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”. For more information on Robyn's book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website. “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Rachel Coleman – College Financial Aid and Career Navigation with Tom & Maria Geffers and Seth Greene Episode 015 Rachel Coleman Rachel Coleman is an IEC (independent education consultant) and Co-Founder of College Essay Editor who has worked for 6+ years as an independent business owner in the college admissions counseling field, helping high school students across all disciplines navigate their academics, financial aid, and college applications. Rachel received her B.A. in Comparative Literature from Stanford University and her College Counseling Certificate from UCLA. She is now an active member of HECA (Higher Education Consultants Association). Listen to this informational College Financial Aid and Career Navigation episode with Rachel Coleman where we discuss everything you need to know about your college admissions essay. Here is what to expect on this week's show: -The college admissions essay's elevated significance with many colleges going test-optional -How a college essay helps a student “punch above” their GPA by showcasing other strengths -The many different ways a college essay editor can help students of all abilities and in all aspects of the admission process -The best time for a student to begin thinking about and developing their college essay -How to choose the right topic for a college essay to make a student stand out Connect with Rachel Coleman: Guest Contact Info: Websites mentioned collegeessayeditor.com Email rachel.c1@alumin.stanford.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the podcast we talk with Rachel & Tina from Mom Genes. Rachel and Tina  are colleagues and podcast co-hosts of “Mom Genes the podcast” who both whole-heartedly believe and practice, personally and professionally in their private practices, intuitive eating, weight inclusivity, and promote having a positive relationship with yourself in order to live fully free. Their  duo consists of Rachel Coleman (a Certified Eating Disorder Therapist in CA and body positive advocate) and Tina LaBoy (a Registered Dietitian and Eating Disorder Specialist in TX and health at every size advocate). They have both been treating Eating Disorders and negative body image in their clients for over 15 years and, now that they are both Moms, they also love breaking stigmas of the “mom bod.”   We hope you enjoy this incredibly valuable conversation!

As vaccinations increase and the world begins to slowly open up, the idea of becoming a digital nomad—working remotely while traveling every few months to a new destinations—sounds more and more appealing. But what if you want to stick around a little longer? This week, we're speaking to Rachel Coleman, a social media strategist now based in Berlin, and Katalina Mayorga, the founder of El Camino Travel who lives in Bogotá, about what pushed them to move abroad more permanently, how they make it work, and what they wish they had known beforehand. Along the way, we talk through making friends as an adult, how moving away from the U.S. has impacted their travel habits, and how the pandemic has played out in their new homes.  Read a full transcription of the episode: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/what-we-wish-we-knew-before-moving-abroad-women-who-travel-podcast Follow Katalina: @theyoufinder Follow Rachel: @rachelecoleman Follow Lale: @lalehannah Follow Meredith: @ohheytheremere Follow Women Who Travel: @womenwhotravel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kieryn and Eve are joined by Historian and Executive Director of the Coalition for Responsible Home Education, Dr. Rachel Coleman to dive into the 1776 Commission Report and what it meant. This episode was recorded in January right after it was published and then subsequently removed with the new Biden admin. :)

The “Myth Busters” Series This week we are busting the myth that “our bodies are supposed to stay the same weight, post puberty, throughout our whole life.” While this myth may seem easy to bust, it is extremely common to have the subconscious belief that our ideal body was in a previous tier of our lives. This belief leads us to treat our bodies as enemies that have betrayed us and keep us from true body acceptance. In this episode, we offer education on what happens to our height, weight and shape during puberty as well as in the life tiers that follow. We share from a dietetic and a therapeutic perspective on how we help our clients navigate busting this myth for themselves by sharing our philosophies on the changing body throughout the lifespan. Embracing change, challenging cultural messages and socially constructed body hierarchies, and celebrating the cycle of life by embracing our bodily changes is where true freedom, and appreciation for the human form, lie. Connect with Rachel Coleman @rachelcolemanmft and Tina Laboy @tlbnutritiontherapy!   For full episode information and links discussed in the episode, please go to www.momgenesthepodcast.com. To connect with the Mom Genes community, check out our Instagram @momgenesthepodcast or Facebook group: Mom Genes The Podcast. Please email us your questions or thoughts for future episodes at momgenesthepodcast@gmail.com If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to take a screenshot and share it out on Instagram and tag @momgenesthepodcast. We will be sure to share your comments and re-posts in our Instagram stories! In order to not miss a single episode, SUBSCRIBE and please give us a RATING and REVIEW on iTunes! The information presented in this podcast does not replace individual therapy or nutrition recommendations.

In this week’s episode Hannah and Ali call in the co-hosts of the Mom Gene’s Podcast to talk all things postpartum bodies. Family Therapist Rachel Coleman and Registered Dietitian Tina LaBoy use evidence-based science and their own unique experiences to normalize all things motherhood and changing bodies postpartum so they were the perfect guests to help answer all your listener questions. Are there certain foods that contribute to belly fat and can you get rid of a mummy tummy without dieting? How do you shift your perspective on your new shape and body? How long does it take to get back to your pre-pregnancy body? Does breastfeeding help with weight loss? How do you eat healthy and exercise when you’re exhausted, stressed and always busy? New parents have enough going on to cause them fatigue without the judgemental voice of diet culture adding more “shoulds” to the to-do list. As a wise woman once said, don’t “should all over yourself”. Your body has just grown an entire human being and Hannah, Ali, Tina and Rachel are here to give you permission to trust it while celebrating all the amazing things your body continues to do in this incredible journey into parenthood.    Make sure to head over to the @eatcakepod Instagram account Monday-Friday at 3pm PST for a live support "Snack Time & Chill"- a chance for a supported snack at a physical distance, to ask your nutrition questions and have some laughs along the way. How to find Rachel Coleman & Tina LaBoy: Co-hosts @momgenesthepodcast Instagram @rachelcolemanmft  & @tlbnutritiontherapy https://www.momgenesthepodcast.com/ If you enjoyed the episode, be sure to take a screenshot and share it out on Instagram and tag @eatcakepod. We will be sure to share your comments and big takeaways on Instagram Stories as well. Also, once you've subscribed make sure to give us a review on iTunes (or Google Play, Stitcher, Android, TuneIn, Spotify).  You can find Hannah & Ali on Instagram @eatcakepod, on Facebook @Let Us Eat Cake Podcast, listen to episodes on https://eatcakepod.home.blog and email your questions to eatcakepod@gmail.com The information presented in this podcast does not replace the individual nutrition recommendations from your health care providers. Visit https://www.dietitians.ca/Your-Health/Find-A-Dietitian/ to find a specialized dietitian in your area.

This weeks lineup:Warm-Up SegmentListener Question: Will we be able to see games in person this year? (@8:34)Paige's Power Play (@11:45)Part 2 of Rachel Coleman Interview on recruiting (@21:03)Hank Aaron's attitude about hitting. Keep Swinging (@52:15)Your players are working hard for you. Are you working hard for them (@55:04)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/everythingfastpitch)

This weeks lineup:Warm-up SegmentPaige's Power Play (@11:43)First part of an interview with Rachel Coleman a former D1 Coach breaking down the softball recruiting process. (@18:31)Managing traveling by airplane to a tournament. (@53:49)Early season practices. (@58:13)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/everythingfastpitch)

*Trigger Warning*This is a heavier episode as we speak of eating disorders, habits of binging and restricting, triggers, diet culture, and recovery. If you are suffering or recovering from an eating disorder or body dysmorphia, please listen with caution or skip this episode entirely. The last thing I would want is for hearing these things to set you back in your healing journey or trigger negative thoughts or emotions. //Rachel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 12 years of experience treating Eating Disorders at both an inpatient treatment center and in private practice where she focuses on guiding adolescents and women to break free from diet culture and stop evaluating their worth by the number on the scale. Rachel is also the co-host of Mom Genes The Podcast, where she and colleague Tina LaBoy, RD, teach parents to understand their genes so they can love the jeans they are in.In this episode, as an Eating Disorder Specialist, Rachel unpacks what struggling with an eating disorder entails and what healing one's relationship with food and their body may look like. She helps me dissect diet culture and the many harms and issues it creates for everyone in society but especially those struggling with an eating disorder, disordered eating behaviors, or body dysmorphia. She goes over the following:Defining and explaining the differences between eating disorders -- anorexia, bulimia, and binge eatingStigmas or misconceptions around eating disordersWarning signs or symptoms to look out forAssessing your relationship with food & your bodyHow to approach & support someone with an eating disorderWhat recovery might look likeExplaining what diet culture is and how to challenge itHow diet culture can be triggering & harmfulIntuitive & mindful eatingTune in to hear from Rachel Coleman!!//Song: Try by Colbie Caillat//Resources:Book: Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary PipherWebsite: intuitiveeating.orgBook: Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch//Connect with Rachel & her work:Websites:rachelcolemanceds.commomgenesthepodcast.comInstagram:@rachelcolemanmft@momgenesthepodcast//Follow along with the rest of my journey. Instagram:@whytli@inthewakewithwhytliFacebook: Whytli RogersTwitter: @whytliTikTok: @whytliPinterest: WhytliLinkedIn: Whytli RogersWebsite: whytli.comContact me here. Support the show (https://paypal.me/whytli?locale.x=en_US)

For this episode, I'm chatting with Rachel Coleman, co-Host of Mom Genes the Podcast about body acceptance work.

Anna & Elizabeth sit down with Rachel Coleman & Tina LaBoy to take a dive into family diet legacies and what we can do to break the cycle. Rachel is a licensed marriage and family therapist, Tina is a certified eating disorder registered dietitian as well as a personal trainer, and together they co-host the Mom Genes Podcast. In this episode we discuss: What a family diet legacy is and why it’s important to have this conversation Steps parents or family members can take to break their family diet legacy The effects diet and negative body talk can have on children The language we use around food and eating — diet talk, terminology like “junk” food and “healthy” or “clean” eating — what tends to be harmful versus helpful Positive ways to talk about exercise / movement Advice for parents who feel like they "mess up" by talking about dieting or weight in front of their children Links: Mom Genes Podcast  Tina Laboy Nutrition Therapy Rachel Coleman Sunny Side Up Nutrition Pinney Davenport Nutrition Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy

"Whoah,” is all I have to say about today’s guest. Just…”whoah.”    Y’all know I am passionate about women and body positivity, so when this guest reached out, I knew I had to have her on the show.   Rachel Coleman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 12 years of experience treating Eating Disorders at both an inpatient treatment center and in private practice where she focuses on guiding adolescents and women to break free from diet culture and stop evaluating their worth by the number on the scale. Rachel is a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, has a certification of completion in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Maternal Mental Health, and is a Certified Intuitive Eating PRO.    I wish we could have talked all day. Rachel has so much knowledge about our self-talk and the narrative about body image that’s being influenced by generations and generations of women, AND our society. We had an impactful discussion about diet culture and what it is, how we can actually VOTE for body positivity, the first step to accepting our own body, and how we can teach our daughters in the process.   You guys, I don’t think I’ve ever said this about any episode of the podcast before, but you actually owe it to yourself AND your children to listen to this episode and get plugged into the resources Rachel gives about body image and REAL health. I don’t know a single woman, size 0 to size 20, who hasn’t found something wrong with her body. We’ve got to change this.   Please listen, share with a friend, and connect with body positivity resources.   FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: www.facebook.com/groups/wannabenation   INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/thesupermomwannabe   SHOW NOTES: http://supermompodcast.com/bodyimage 

This week Kelley and Julia interview Rachel Coleman, the founder of the Coalition for Responsible Home Education. They discuss the early history of homeschooling in the United States, children's rights, HSLDA's impact on children's wellbeing, the evangelical move to homeschool, and what polarized the evangelical movement to distrust public schools and the advent of modern-day homeschooling. Rachel shares her insight, research, and findings on homeschooling and what the Coalition was created to accomplish.Support the show (https://www.thefamilytiespodcast.com/subscribe/)

Rachel Coleman is on a mission to help women break free from the social constructs surrounding body image and diet culture. Even as a teenager she found herself fascinated with how people, especially women, internalized the messages of diet culture and the ways they took it out on their bodies; she witnessed her mother and grandmother constantly body shame themselves and disparage the way they looked and knew she didn’t ever want to fall into the same patterns.  Rachel took her passion to help women become free from this negative messaging and now holds over 15 years of experience in treating Eating Disorders. She is also the co-host of the podcast Mom Genes, where she aims to bring awareness to diet culture and help people stop blaming their bodies so they can make the most of the unique genes they naturally possess. Rachel’s mission is to educate as many people as possible to take the important first steps to self-love by embracing the body they have and find peace with who they are. Connect with Rachel:WebsitePodcastInstagramFacebookPodcast Instagram Resources:Associated for Size Diversity and Health Connect With Ronit:For more about this episode click here!InstagramFacebook

Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday announced his nuanced guidelines for how districts should start school in the fall — by reopening classrooms, continuing distance learning or implementing a combination of the two — all based on COVID-19 case data. The plan emphasized student and school staff health and safety, but also emphasized the importance of classroom learning. Many districts have yet to make a decision about the coming semester. MPR News host Angela Davis continues a three-hour special unpacking the state’s guidelines. The previous 90 minutes can be heard on the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast. Guests: Jessica Davis is the Minnesota Teacher of the Year and a racial equity coach with St. Louis Park Public Schools. Rachel Coleman is the mother of two students at Edgerton Elementary School in Maplewood and the president of Edgerton’s PTA. Daniel Bittman is the superintendent of Independent School District 728, which includes Elk River, Otsego, Rogers and Zimmerman. Elizabeth Shockman is an education reporter for MPR News.

In May 2020, Elizabeth Bartholet, a Harvard Law Professor, called for significant new regulations on homeschooling in the United States. In this extra-long episode, I interview Professor Bartholet about her ideas, research, and proposals. We are joined by Rachel Coleman, executive director of the Coalition for Responsible Home Education — and a grown homeschooler herself — who contributes a wealth of experience and impassioned arguments for increasing oversight of homeschooling. While all three of us have different visions of what “appropriate regulation” might be, we also find areas of agreement. Discussion topics include: Who homeschools in the U.S.? How prevalent is abuse and neglect? What is good and important about homeschooling? What’s the justification for increased regulation? Do bad schools inflict just as much (or more) harm on children than homeschooling? And what are the most essential legal changes that Bartholet and Coleman would each like to see enacted? Read more about Professor Bartholet’s perspectives in the original Arizona Law Review article (https://arizonalawreview.org/homeschooling-parent-rights-absolutism-vs-child-rights-to-education-protection/), the Harvard Magazine interview with her (https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2020/05/right-now-risks-homeschooling), and her interview with the Harvard Gazette (https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/05/law-school-professor-says-there-may-be-a-dark-side-of-homeschooling/). Learn more about Rachel Coleman and the Coalition for Responsible Home Education at responsiblehomeschooling.org.

In this GYP Softball podcast Dan and Tyler are joined again by Rachel Coleman.Rachel is the owner of Rachel Coleman Sports LLC. They talk about the following topics and much more... Rachel gives a brief update on her background, listen to Episode 37 for full bio Rachel talks about how the shut down to softball is effecting athletes now We ask her what athletes should be doing with college coaches now She gives advice to parents on how to help their child during this period We talk about how data is being used in the recruiting process Download all of our podcast and Follow Us on All Things Social Media!  Shop our store for the best baseball and softball equipment!

Rachel Coleman, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, talks about mindfulness, food, feelings, and coping skills to respond to those feelings.  We also talk about: How mindfulness is connected to body image work Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) & DBT skills The nuances of "emotional eating" Exploring what to do when "emotional eating" feels distressing to you Separating feelings and food (or disordered eating behaviors) Showing yourself grace Rachel's website // Instagram // Podcast   To learn more about The Body Image Podcast host, Corinne Dobbas, click here.

Today, Kathy welcomes Rachel Coleman, LMFT, CEDS, and they have a conversation on the impact of mother’s body acceptance on her children.

Rachel Coleman is loved by children and families across the world. She’s an Emmy-nominated performer who has affected countless lives through her Baby Signing Series, Signing Time on PBS, her music videos on Nick Jr., and hundreds of hours of content she has created to get American Sign Language into every household.  On her 45th birthday, we talk with Rachel about what she thought her perfect life was going to look like - including the white picket fence - and how getting pregnant as a teen and having children with special needs in her twenties would bring her a greater life than she ever could have imagined.

“I believe that therapy is a place for you to come when you feel the way you are living your life is no longer working for you. In terms of healing from an Eating Disorder, I believe this means to take a brave step off of the scale that you use to measure your body and worth. Therapy is your place to reflect on the beliefs and behaviors that keep you from being the best version of yourself. This is your time to surrender the fears, the pain and begin to heal.” - Rachel ColemanTo learn more about Rachel and the great work she does, please click here.

On this episode, Jillian Mulderig interviews Rachel Coleman to gain her perspective on navigating the recruiting process. As a former DI coach, Rachel shares with our listens some key things she's learned in her experience to help our student athletes chase their dreams of playing college softball. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pfp/support

In this GYP Softball episode Dan and Tyler talk to Rachel Coleman, the owner of Rachel Coleman Sports LLC. They talk about the following topics and more... - Her playing time and recruiting process to play at Rider - The injury she had that lead her into coaching - Her time coaching Division 1 and starting a travel softball program - Developing leaders on the field and future coaches - How she helps coaches, parents, and players with the recruiting process For more information visit her website here! Save 10% when you use Promo Code: GYP10 with the following companies... Diamond Kinetics, B-Ram Sports, Backspin Tee, Libke Pro, and Baseball Lifestyle 101

Societal messages around health, beauty, and body image can contribute to problems that lead individuals to seek out therapy. But what happens when the therapist herself is unaware of how these cultural influences impact how treatment is provided? Our guest Holly shares her story about working with a therapist who reinforced unhealthy disordered eating behaviors under the guise of helpful therapy. Show Notes: Performing a Project Premortem Health at Every Size Intuitive Eating: The Diet That Tells You to Quit Dieting Psychotherapy for eating disorders: A metaanalysis of direct comparisons Rachel Coleman's website Very Bad Website / Facebook / Instagram

Episode Notes Our guest today is Rachel Coleman, creator & host of Signing Time and executive director of the American Society for Deaf Children. Learn how she pivoted her life's mission to help Deaf and hearing children bridge the communication gap. Follow Rachel on Instagram - @st_rachel If you've ever wanted to know the habits and attitudes that drive successful people, then this podcast is for you. Each week we invite accomplished people onto the podcast to share how they achieved excellence in what they do. Hosted by serial entrepreneur Danny Villarreal. Find out more on the Shake the Earth website.

Welcome friends, On tonight's episode of Advocate like a Mother Podcast, Michelle and I got together to chat with the Rachel Coleman. Rachel is an American producer and actress who is known for creating with her sister Emilie de Azevedo Brown, they created together the Signing Time! It's a video series to teach children basic American Sign Language (ASL), which was broadcasted on public television and Nick Junior. She produces, directs, and stars in the series. On top of handling much of its operations as co-founder of Two Little Hands Productions, she is also executive director of the American Society for Deaf Children. We sat around Michelle's kitchen table with Rachel. We had the best conversation discussing American Sign Language, and Singing Time! We talked about the diagnoses process of her sweet girls Leah and Lucy, which she learned always trust your mom gut. What an inspiration she is in the ASL & special needs community. She changed her entire focus from her musical background to something that was not only life changing for her daughters, but for so many other families. She has made such an impact helping teach others how to communicate. We love that this is a family production, it shows what such a product of love she created. Sometimes after you have kids that's when you truly find your place in this world. Diagnoses are so hard, from the phone call, the stress, and the pressure but when you look over at that shinning light, and see their little souls telling you, “I'm fine guys, nothing is wrong here. Don't be sad.” Us parents maybe need to learn some new things, and that's not bad! To any parent struggling with a child that is deaf, you are not alone. We are here to help encourage you, and to help find your community. Michelle & Ashley Read the Show Transcript here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bad5607d7819e296d684673/t/5befa1361ae6cf7a6947c89a/1542431031748/S01+Episode+1+-+American+Sign+Language+...+Coleman+of+Signing+Time+-+Google+Docs.pdf CONNECT WITH OUR SHOW INSTAGRAM | www.instagram.com/advocatelikeamother TWITTER | www.twitter.com/advocatelikeamom EMAIL | Hello@advocatelikeamother.org WEBSITE | www.advocatelikeamother.org CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST RACHEL COLEMAN WEBSITE | https://www.signingtime.com INSTAGRAM | www.instagram.com/signing_time OTHER LINKS CHIME INSTITUTE | http://www.chimeinstitute.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/advocatelikeamother/message

It's here! Chow down with your ears on the first half of Leviticus. Featuring the voices of: Michael Twitty, Rachel Coleman, Kevin Bernstein, Mark Oppenheimer. Also, SEASON 4! PREMIERES! IN! A! MONTH!

In Special Chronicles Podcast Episode 201, Daniel Smrokowski is podcasting live from Tennessee at the Signing Time Concert.  Tune-in as Daniel talks backstage with Rachel Coleman and her daughter Leah Coleman minutes before they go on stage!  Rachel and Leah talk about in the past 15 years how the perception of people with disabilities has changed; Where … Continue reading SCP201: Signing Time! Live In Concert From Tennessee The post SCP201: Signing Time! Live In Concert From Tennessee first appeared on Special Chronicles.

In today’s episode, we meet a young woman from Texas, born and raised, who can’t prove that she exists. Alecia Faith Pennington was born at home, homeschooled, and never visited a dentist or a hospital. By both chance and design she is completely invisible in the eyes of the state. We follow Faith as she struggles to free herself from one restrictive world only to find that she is trapped in another. In her journey to prove her American citizenship she attempts to answer the age-old question: who am I? Reported and produced by Alexandra Leigh Young. Produced by Andy Mills and Brenna Farrell. Special thanks to Savannah Escobar, Nick Reed, Chris Van Deusen, David Glenn, Zen Allegra, Russell Whelan, Rachel Coleman and Lake Travis Zipline Adventures. Correction: An earlier version of this episode's web copy incorrectly stated that Faith Pennington was born on a farm. Pennington was born at home in Houston, TX, then she and her family moved to a farm in Kerrville, TX, where she was raised.  Faith’s original Youtube video is posted here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPtpKNyaO0U For updates on Faith’s journey, visit her Facebook page Help Me Prove It: https://www.facebook.com/Help-Me-Prove-It-882732628415890/ Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at Radiolab.org/donate.    

Welcome to Tinder Tales! This is my new podcast about the best and worst of Tinder. I am joined by New York Comedian Rachel Coleman. Rachel recently went through her biggest break up and has dived into the online dating scene. We talk about going to France with your ex and how single dudes over 30 who really want their nipples grabbed Follow Rachel at @RachelSColeman and Go to her shows! No Cool Kids at Three Diamond Door May 4th (FB LINK HERE) and We’re All Getting Laid at the Creek and the Cave June 3rd Follow me at @Piccolomeany and See my Show “Million Dollar Basement Show” at Mr. Dennehys Bar in the West Village May 18th 8:30 Doors 9:00 Show I also run a show called Guestroom Comedy (FACEBOOK LINK HERE) every Tuesday at Two Boots Williamsburg 8-8:30 Everyone gets a free beer 8:30 pm we start a kick ass comedy show Also Follow us on FB at Tinder Tales Podcast (FACEBOOK LINK HERE)

Yeah, so, Leviticus doesn't get any better. The real fun here is listening to David Tuchman and special guest Rachel Coleman try (and succeed) finding things to make fun of in this gross, organ, blood, and oil-filled episode of his new translation of the Hebrew Bible.   Get more at www.omgwtfbible.com, www.twitter.com/omgwtfbible, and www.facebook.com/omgbible

How do you become a Biz woman who ROCKS? Listen to our Interview with Rachel Coleman of Two Little Hands Productions (Signing Time) to find out! After watching her deaf daughter, Leah and her sister's son Alex sign with one another at incredibly sophisticated levels at a young age, Rachel Coleman and her sister decided they would create an entertaining, educational video on how to sign! After a year of high quality production, they came up with Signing Time! videos, which grew organically through "word of mom" marketing. Thirteen years later, their company has expanded to include 26 shows, which have been or are currently featured on Netflix, Nick Jr. and American Public Television! In this inspirational interview, Rachel reveals some of the toughest moments she's had in growing her business and what it takes to produce a company that's always in touch with it's WHY! http://BizWomenRock.com/123 Rachel's Kick-A$$ Quotes: Don't partner with anyone unless you absolutely require that person’s skills. We’re always connected to the WHY! Like any business, you’ve got to stay ahead of the curve. Rachel's Favorite 5: 1. Biz Book: The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss 2. Business Tool: iPhone 3. Attraction in Salt Lake City: Snow Bird Ski Resort 4. Way to spoil herself: facial! 5. Family vacation: Europe! http://BizWomenRock.com/123

Rachel takes us back in time, telling us the story of her first child Leah and handling her deafness from diagnosis to the development of Signing Time.  Like our children with Down Syndrome, Rachel found that Leah was considered ‘different' … Continue reading →

Rachel Coleman shares her story of being unhappy in life to using her unhappiness as fuel to pursue her passion and life purpose. As co-founder of the non-profit, High Hopes In High Heels, Coleman has created an organization for others to join in the cause. High Hopes In High Heels partners with local charities and… Read More »