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Our CommitmentAll of the individuals and organizations listed on this website have committed to the following standard of service
The individuals and organizations listed on this website are certainly not the only ones who meet these standards of care. However, After the Diet™ Online encourages anyone seeking help to find a program that fits his/her own personality and needs, and to consider the above standards as indications that the program is committed to quality care and long-term positive outcome. About the FounderMonika M. Woolsey, President and Founder of After the Diet Network, is a nutritionist and exercise physiologist with 25 years of experience in nutrition and exercise counseling. She received her bachelor's degree in Nutrition from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and her master's degree in Kinesiology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Monika has provided project development and counseling services to a variety of organizations, including:
Volunteer Activities Have Included: American Diabetes Association Summer Camp Program Arizona Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program Arizona Animal Welfare League Arizona League of Conservation Voters Earth Day Event Committee Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network Eating Disorders Anonymous Advisory Board First Press Arizona (Wine Auction Fundraiser for National Public Radio) Flying Samaritans International Villa Green Homeowners Association In addition, Monika has worked in 4 different eating disorder treatment centers, providing counseling and developing nutrition protocols. She wrote/edited the American Dietetic Association's first book on eating disorders, entitled, "Eating Disorders: A Clinical Guide to Counseling and Treatment". Her business base is the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area. Special Honors ***Based on her 7 summers of volunteer work at the American Diabetes Association Camp, Monika was invited in 1989 to join a delegation of medical professionals who traveled to Lithuania to conduct a conference on diabetes management. This was the first delegation of American professionals who had traveled to Lithuania from the United States since World War II. ***Monika was the 2004 invited speaker for the Cornell University Dorothy Proud Lecture series, an endowed lecture series that annually invites a Cornell alumnus back to Ithaca to share their career history with students and faculty. ***Monika was presented the Five Star Meow Award by the Arizona Animal Welfare League in 2008.
Philosophy After the Diet™ grew out of numerous conversations Monika had with colleagues who desired to raise the standard of nutrition counseling and to discourage nutrition quackery, which can often instigate an eating disorder. After the Diet™ Network wanted to provide an alternative for those who recognized that diets do not raise self-esteem--but who could not find any other options for getting help. After the Diet™ believes that while professionalism and accuracy are crucial when promoting health through nutrition, even more important is being human. An endless supply of facts with no practical application may make someone's website look impressive...but if all those facts do is overwhelm, they do not provide help to those who need it. Saying "all it takes is willpower", insults the intelligence of the person who knows better and who needs an answer. Testimonials are about the TALKER, not about the person needing help.
About the Network After the Diet intentionally strives to be a network of professionals, not merely the promotional point for its founder. Not every professional in the business will fit under this umbrella. That's not wrong at all, we just know from experience that we are most effective when we prioritize relationships with others whose focus is on the person needing help. It is better to do an awesome job helping one person than it is to be useless to a room full of people at their expense.
The first phase of developing this network of professionals launched in 2004. These professionals either attended onsite or participated at home in a 20 hour training course designed to instill an integrative approach to the management of PCOS. Currently, trained PCOS practitioners are using this program in 11 states (click here for more information).
The second phase of developing After the Diet Network will be to offer this training as a for-credit program to registered nurses. (Click here to be notified when this becomes official!) This expansion will allow After the Diet's philosophy to be integrated, into the practices of family nurse practitioners, lactation specialists, and diabetes educators. Our desire is to make our educational resources available in as many health care settings as possible, and we are elated that soon we will finally achieve our goal of working side by side with our colleagues in nursing.
In the almost three years this program has been in existence, several qualities have stood out about network members:
After the Diet is pleased to promote, support, and encourage the members of this network in their commitment to inspiring healthy choices and personal well-being in the people they inspire every single day.
How We Define Success Monika believes that success will come on the day she has put herself out of business--when people are too busy and happy to even want to diet. That is the day when all that money and energy will be focused on education, health improvement, and tolerance for all regardless of size, age, gender, religion, or culture. When that happens, she will be found at an isolated Central American beach, sipping a banana milkshake and writing children's stories. That day, unfortunately, is not today--so that is why you are reading this story! Hopefully someday you will click on this link and find nothing because there is no need to find anything anymore... ENOUGH ABOUT AFTER THE DIET! This website is about YOU. Be sure to sign up for our mailing list on our home page, and/or let us know how we're doing..
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