Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello! I am Coach Allison. I’m a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and cancer survivor. I became a health coach after my victory over cancer in which I learned the importance of truly making my health the top priority. Having lived a crazy busy corporate life myself for two decades, I help busy professionals find energy so they can manage stress and get more done in less time. Health and balance is imperative in finding happiness! With the focus of my health coaching practice on life-work balance and burnout prevention, I conduct corporate wellbeing programs for employers and organizations to help transform the workplace culture and improve productivity and reduce healthcare costs.
I have decided to write and publish so I can reach more people. I have lots of battle-tested knowledge to share with busy people who need to take better care of themselves. I am releasing my first book in May 2015. I am planning on writing a book series called Superhuman’s Guide (TM) on various health topics. More to come!
I love to laugh, celebrate life, and praise accomplishments of those around me.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Superhuman’s Guide (TM) to Life-Work Balance and Burnout Prevention: When The Lifestyle Demands More Than What’s Humanly Possible
It is now available for pre-orders on Amazon Kindle. It will release on May 8, 2015.
This book is a quick read (it has to be!) for very busy people who have too much on their plate. It is for those who want to improve the results of their superhuman efforts – skipping sleep, rest, nutrition, and social support – without burning out.
I lived a life that exceeded human expectations in many ways, and I thought that was how smart and ambitious people lived their lives to the fullest. I had no idea how unhealthy that lifestyle was until my life was threatened by an aggressive cancer. So many determined professionals try to do so much, and they hurt their own health in the process. I can help them with self-care, which leads to happiness and productivity.
And remember, it’s life-work, not work-life.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I can only write for about an hour at a time. Then I turn to some walk-at-home videos on Youtube. Even if it is walking in place for ten minutes, I feel so much smarter afterwards and I can write for another hour.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
C.S. Lewis had deep understanding of the universe and the human nature. I appreciate his work a lot.
Mark Twain has some of the best one-liners.
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Self Reliance inspired me in my youth and continues to do so.
What are you working on now?
Volume 2 of my Superhuman’s Guide (TM) book series. Decoding Your Relationship With Sugar.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Awesomegang, of course! I am finding a lot of excellent resources here, free and very low cost. Thank you!
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Do not think that you have to write a perfect book. Just write.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Be of good cheer!
What are you reading now?
Cancer Free by Bill Henderson
What’s next for you as a writer?
Continue with the marketing of my book which will be released shortly. I am pursuing corporate clients, so any exposure as an expert and a best selling author is my goal. I am constantly looking for public speaking opportunities to promote my book and my health coaching practice. My goal is to write a volume or two every year for my book series Superhuman’s Guide (TM).
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Focused by Noelle Pikus Pace
Excitotoxins by Russell Blaylock
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott
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