Marion Franklin, MS, MCC

This month’s Professional of the Month is professional life coach Marion Franklin, MS, MCC. Marion has been a Master Certified Coach (MCC) since 2006 and a Professional Certified Life Coach (PCC) since 1998 and is the owner of The Coaching Group. She is a former faculty adjunct teacher at Coachville/The School of Coaching, and currently teaches her own unique "Laser Coach Your Way to Sustainable Success - Intensive" program, currently offering ICF (International Coach Federation) CCEU's. She is also a co-author of "7 Simple Secrets to Successful Workshops".

Marion is a member of ICF-New York City and Westchester Chapters and attends the School of Practical Philosophy. She has a Master's Degree in Business in Education, co-founded a healthcare publishing company, and has taught high school business education. She conducts workshops on various topics of interest, consults on workshop design and delivery, and has been a featured guest speaker and presenter at meetings, retreats and an ongoing Women's Series. Marion has been cited in "The Journal News" and "The Wall Street Journal" and has appeared on Cable TV.

Marion’s biggest message is to really evaluate your personality and realize what type of personality it takes to become an entrepreneur and business owner. You must have passion, tenacity and tolerance to risk. With all of that, and determination, however, your business can be as successful as you can envision!

To learn more about Marion, visit her website at http://www.lifecoachinggroup.com.
To learn more about her Laser Intensive program, click http://www.lifecoachinggroup.com/lasercoach.php and to learn about her Workshops e-book, click http://www.successfulworkshops.com/.

To hear Marion's interview, click here.

Christine Gerbstadt, MD, RD, CSSD, CDE

Welcome to this month’s Professional of the Month interview. This month’s professional is Christine Gerbstadt. Christine is a registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator (CDE), a certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD), a national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, as well as a medical doctor. She is the President of Nutronics, Inc, a nutrition consulting corporation. Her first DVD will be released the end of winter, 2008 which is entitled Nutrionics Health.

Christine also does personal nutrition and lifestyle counseling and consulting for First Watch, the third largest daytime-only restaurant chain, as well as consulting and writing for Prevention Magazine, SELF Magazine, Shape Magazine, and OH Magazine (Obesity Help/Bariatrics Today). She also conducts weight control research for Drexel Univserity in Philidelphia, PA.

Christine is an excellent example of a leader with a vision, which to expand her DVD into a series that will offer people choices in how to learn about improving their health. A big message that Christine shares in the interview is to ‘JUST DO IT!’ Sure, you have to plan, but RD’s have a way of planning, planning, planning, and often will hesitate just getting out there. Be sure to listen to her other pearls of wisdom by listening to the interview.

Christine’s website, http://nutritonicshealth.com, will be live soon, so be sure to visit it to learn more about what Christine has to offer.

To hear Christine’s interview, click here.