The baseline Family in Focus program was 2 months long. I have consistently found that after completion of the 8 week program, parents had grown in their confidence and calm approach to helping their children. They used the tools in other areas of their lives and over 50% sought ongoing application help, often with their own stress, weight concerns, and work-life balance. The lifetime membership was born of the acknowledgement that lifelong healthy habits are not once-and-done. The community support continues to keep the momentum rolling, and to support you and your family through all of the seasons.

Family in Focus is not a weight-focused program (um, that's the point! There is so much more to living life beyond our weight.) And with that, you will find that the foundational program 

Family in Focus emphasizes the role of the parent to create lifelong healthy habits for the whole family.

Adult-only time is needed for frank conversation without younger ears. There is no filter on language or topics, so let's keep the kids engaged with something else during this time.

Frankly, my pediatrician mouth is on for the office and webinars... I can't promise so much for the group calls.

Also, for their privacy, children are not invited to the recorded group calls.

You, the parent, YES!

You're in a special place: you care, you see that there is a different way to address our worries about weight. Not all family members will be on the same path. Here's the thing: they don't have to be. You can still become the change agent for your family, whether other family members participate in coaching or not. 

Great question! You found Family in Focus because of your concern for your child's weight. We are going to help you navigate creating healthy habits, lifestyle and healthy weight -- without focusing on the weight as the outcome.

How we do that is by working with the parent to create healthy habits for the whole family, without using dieting-techniques-masked-as-health. That means that there are some awesome side-effects: healthy habits that help the body find strength and health at every weight.

Weight loss per se is NOT the goal of Family in Focus. When we focus on weight - we lose sight of the long term effects of diet mentality while setting up more food rules and restriction. Focusing on healthy habits shared within the family relaxes the focus on the scale, on the food, and creates lifelong health.

Some parents have lost weight as they have participated with Family in Focus. All have lost the heavy burden of worry about their children's weight. Ultimately, we have found that shedding the burdens of worry and focus on weight is the greatest way to parent with calm, confidence and creating healthy lifelong relationships.

Please note: any program with the explicit goal of creating weight loss for your child needs to be questioned: Is this a diet? What is my child being taught? If over 90% of diets fail their people (think about that) and create resultant increases in weight gain in the long-run, is this what I want to introduce to my child? Why is the focus on weight instead of creating healthy habits, PERIOD?

Friend, I get it!

Here's the thing: 

You get out of this program what you put into it. That does NOT require live participation in the workshops and group calls. They are recorded and you can review in the portal whenever you like.

Access to the recorded content will be available for as long as you are an active member of the program.

Please consider how you want to commit to the goals and health you want for yourself and your family. The flexibility and portal for Family in Focus has been created to help parents just like you commit to themselves, with any schedule.

I am grateful to my colleague, Simone Seol, for championing the concept of equity pricing tiers. Mindset and healthy lifestyle work should not be reserved for just those with the class and financial privilege to afford it. That being said, there is some cost involved with delivery of the program.

Please choose the pricing tier that best supports you and your family.

The expense of suffering alone and the mental burden of worrying about weight and the "right" thing to do for our family's health weighs heavily, and I encourage the consideration that perhaps you can't afford to NOT participate in the program:

Overeating costs more money with food bills, medical expenses/copays, and the expense upon the body, let alone the challenges faced with self-esteem and body-image.

That being said, Family in Focus is deliberately priced to be accessible to many. For parents who will experience a hardship with this equity pricing model, please email [email protected] to discuss your family's unique needs.

Ultimately, you will determine what is right for you and your family.

In the meanwhile, please remember that you are not alone! Family in Focus has a growing wealth of support materials for families, for free.

Join the email list, subscribe to the Family in Focus Podcast!

The Family in Focus Mini-Course, Weight-Loss 101 for Your Whole Family, offers free foundational information about my approach.

Family in Focus is created for parents of all weights.

I know this is news to a lotta folks, but consider: healthy relationships aren't created based on how much you weigh.

Weight is a number on the scale. I've had concerns with my own family's health even though I wasn't overweight.

The concepts taught and practiced in Family in Focus helped me tremendously in becoming the parent my kids needed (not the one that was trying to control what they ate and how they moved to prove that we were healthy). Clients have found that they now understand so much more about their relationships with food, exercise and themselves at every weight.

What is possible for you and your family when you understand your own relationship with food, yourself, your family... at every weight?

Family in Focus is not covered by insurance or Medicaid.

There have been community programs who funded their members to participate in the program.

Also, parents have submitted their receipts for reimbursement from their HSA (Health Savings Account). Check with your HSA administrator about this option.

No.

Family in Focus is a coaching program, it is not medical treatment or recommendations.

It is also not psychological therapy.

However, everyone, including those who have diagnosed medical problems can benefit from healthier relationships.

Please continue working with your family's physicians and therapists. We can complement each other, but do not replace individual treatment.

For the official word (from my lawyer): 

While Wendy Schofer, MD, discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Conversations with Wendy, the Family in Focus programs and products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, it is for education purposes only. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor about your medical questions. And tell them about Family in Focus.

LOL! Let's talk straight:

This is a coaching program.

Coaching is not medical treatment. If you are looking for medical management, seek care with your physician.

Coaching is an invitation to examine what is working for you, and what you want to create. It is only for adults who choose to participate.

Coaching is for folks who WANT to be coached. This program is NOT for convincing children, partners or other family members to see your way of thinking. This is not an intervention. It is an opportunity to explore why we think the way we do - and the only way to do that is if we come to coaching with a willing, open mind. #nosuchthingasforcedcoaching