Setting boundaries takes strength, resilience, and courage. It can often feel like a daunting task when you may have been a people pleaser in the past. You have made a commitment to yourself when you chose to have bariatric surgery and part of that is making health and wellness a priority, which means making YOURSELF a priority for possibly the first time in your life. We will discuss what is in and out of your control and how to identify when a boundary needs to be set. Join us to navigate real life scenarios that are applicable to your new lifestyle as we reveal helpful phrases to communicate limits with others and how to stay true to yourself in the event a boundary is crossed. Part of setting healthy boundaries may entail engaging a new support team as you embark on this new lifestyle. Maybe you’re experiencing less support from friends and family than you expected. What can be done in these situations to maintain those relationships but still ensure your health and wellbeing is your priority

BIO: Lauren Kosman, ReShapeCare® Program Specialist Lauren is an experienced professional in the health and wellness field having worked as a Health Coach and Health Educator. She has coached clients focused on improving chronic conditions, preventative lifestyle factors and overall lifestyle modifications to support holistic health and a balanced way of life. She has a bachelor’s degree in health & human physiology from the University of Iowa and is a Certified Personal Trainer with a specialized certificate in Nutrition. She joined ReShapeCare® in 2021 and has been instrumental in helping to grow our program to further support members in their desire to achieve health and wellbeing from a holistic point of view. Lauren enjoys working with our bariatric patients here at ReShape Lifesciences and find it to be especially rewarding and enjoys getting to know each member personally while helping them learn how to utilize our program and platform prior to being paired with their board certified health coach as ReShapeCare’s Program Specialist. The transformations she has seen are nothing short of amazing and life changing and often the nonscale victories are the greatest highlight – such as members being able to actively engage in their favorite activities with their family, feeling confident in their own skin, and practicing self-love and selfcare by making their well-being a priority for possibly the first time. Lauren finds this extremely motivating and a good reminder behind the ‘why’ of working in the wellness industry. It’s all about connection, growth, and extending support and guidance so members can live their best life and become their own best coach. Lauren resides in California and enjoys traveling and getting outdoors to hike.

BIO: Heather Mackie, MS, RDN, LD, ReShapeCare® Senior Director Heather is a bariatric registered dietitian nutritionist who has helped support patients in the weight loss, health and wellness industry for 17+ years. She currently enjoys her role as Senior Director at ReShape Lifesciences where she is the co-creater and currently oversees the virtual health and wellness program. ReShapeCare®, to support those looking to improve their health in a holistic approach that can be collaborative to the support that is received from the bariatric surgeon’s program. Her passion is helping individuals learn to be their own advocate and supporting them along their journey to health and wellness. She has done this through her previous positions in the bariatric supplement industry helping patients to prevent nutrition deficiencies, the pre-op cardiac clearance space allowing patients to get to surgery safer and faster, co-authoring and co-developing a medical weight loss program for non-surgical and surgical patients and lastly by developing the nutrition program for a bariatric surgeon. She is currently a journal article reviewer for the prestigious Obesity Surgery journal, the official journal of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) and has edited Chapter One of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Pocket Guide to Bariatric Surgery, Third Edition. She has been honored to speak at many professional and patient events including the Texas Association for Bariatric Surgery, Bariatric Summit, Weight Loss Surgery Foundation of America, Your Weight Matters Convention, and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. She was one of the first, if not the first, bariatric dietitians to work for industry as a sales representative and formulator for a bariatric supplement company within the United States and the first female executive and dietitian to oversee the launch of a bariatric supplement company within the United States. She currently resides in the Houston, TX area with her husband and 8-year-old daughter. When she isn’t out on the soccer field or beside the lap pool cheering on her daughter, you can find her out on the lake or in the kitchen cooking.

 

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