SYLVIA HASKVITZ, MA, RD, author of Eat by Choice, Not by Habit, is a registered dietitian since 1983 and certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication since 1989.
Sylvia combined her work as a dietitian and the Compassionate or Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process to provide much-needed skills for clients to create a healthy relationship with their bodies and food.
Using her unique approach, Sylvia developed the Fairview Hospital’s first in-patient eating disorder program, with support from staff physicians and therapists. She also developed the Weight to Go program at the Northwest Racquet and Swim Club, in Minneapolis, MN. She has served as a private nutrition consultant for corporate wellness programs and individuals on issues concerning cholesterol, weight loss, diabetes and nutrition education. And she has offered a wide range of healthy cooking and vegetarian cooking classes.
Sylvia has also presented Compassionate Communication seminars to businesses and organizations including Head Start and Bechtel Corporation. She has presented NVC skills at several conferences including Peacemaking: The Power of Nonviolence with the Dalai Lama.
Sylvia’s essay, “Enemy Images” was recently published in the book, Healing Our Planet, Healing Ourselves. Her monthly column “Finding the ‘Right’ Words” is published by Tucson West Publishing.
Become Friendly with Food, Self and Body: A four month NVC support group A Telephone Course (Telecourse) with CNVC Certified Trainer Sylvia Haskvitz from Tucson, Arizona, USA
A Four Month Telecourse Program for anyone who wants to experience freedom from food obsession and a desire to connect with wholeness and health
Meeting two times each month starting November 9, 2009
Mondays, November 9, 2009 – February 15, 2010 • 5:00 - 7:00 PM PST (1:00 AM GMT, next day)
Fee: $280 USD To maximize intimacy, connection and learning, enrollment limited to 17.
This course will support your learning goals if you:
Are new to the concepts of Eat by Choice or have taken a previous Eat by Choice class and want to move to the next level
Are ready to make inspired changes
Would like to transform your relationship with food and your body from a warring, violent relationship to a peaceful connection
Are ready to meet your emotional needs but no longer at the expense of your body's needs
Know in your heart that making different choices around food will support you in living in alignment with your values
Are tired of your autonomy tantrums with food and are ready to make choices to support your health
Every athlete who has achieved their desired goals, most business people who consider themselves successful and most of us who are wanting to make changes from our current life experience to something different call on a coach or support to work towards what is wanted.
This is no different in the world of food and eating.
Struggle and the next fad diet are obviously not the answers.
If you are committed to wanting to make the changes to enjoy your connection more with your body and your health, join this intimate course and dive into a world where anything is possible when you get the support and care you need.
In this small group course we will explore our stuck places, our edges, and grow and learn in new and precious ways.
Together, we will discover the needs that are keeping you from the health and well-being you long for. If you have been struggling with this issue of body weight and you are ready to begin looking at food and your body in a whole new way, please join us on this journey of transformation and renewal.
The structure of this class will include time for empathy, instruction, exercises and sharing new experiences and insights.
Course Outline:
Session #1: Current reality with your needs around food and desired outcome plus a deeper look at support. What it means for you and specific strategies you'd like to use to meet those needs.
Session #2: Getting to the heart of the struggle. What's really eating you? What's beneath the pain when food becomes a co-conspirator rather than a loving friend?
Session #3: Body and Food Awareness. With nutrition information constantly changing and new diet ideas overwhelming, what is the current understanding of what is healthful?
Session #4: A deeper look at current habits - stepping out of our comfort zones to a world of new possibilities. Conscious eating. Food as medicine.
Session #5: Transforming your internal beat-up by changing the conversations you have with yourself. Compassionate self-talk.
Session #6: Visualization: If all of my needs were met connected to food and body, how would it look and feel - what needs are especially standing out? Separating out needs from strategies.
Session #7: What is changing and what is still wanting attention? What questions are you wanting answered to have a sense of completion before the class is complete?
Session #8: Finale - wrap up - Where to go from here? Buddies, continued support, celebrating insights, new understandings and next action steps.
Mondays, November 9, 2009 – February 15, 2010 • 5:00 - 7:00 PM PST
November 9, 2009 • 5:00 - 7:00 PM PST (1:00 AM GMT, 11/10)—My Time Zone? November 23, 2009 • 5:00 - 7:00 PM PST (1:00 AM GMT, 11/24)—My Time Zone? December 7, 2009 • 5:00 - 7:00 PM PST (1:00 AM GMT, 12/8)—My Time Zone? December 21 , 2009 • 5:00 - 7:00 PM PST (1:00 AM GMT, 12/22)—My Time Zone? January 4, 2010 • 5:00 - 7:00 PM PST (1:00 AM GMT, 1/5)—My Time Zone? January 18, 2010 • 5:00 - 7:00 PM PST (1:00 AM GMT, 1/19)—My Time Zone? February 1, 2010 • 5:00 - 7:00 PM PST (1:00 AM GMT, 2/2)—My Time Zone? February 15, 2010 • 5:00 - 7:00 PM PST (1:00 AM GMT, 2/16)—My Time Zone?
Fee: $280 USD To maximize intimacy, connection and learning, enrollment limited to 17. Register early, this course is limited to 17 participants!
Every athlete who has achieved their desired goals, most business people who consider themselves successful and most of us who are wanting to make changes from our current life experience to something different call on a coach or support to work towards what is wanted. 
Course Outline: 