GET REAL WITH HEALTH ` Lisa Schilling

Lisa Schilling, the Fitness Director at Ketcham Community Center on the campus of North Central Missouri College, has written a book entitled, “The Get REAL Guide to Health & Fitness – Five Steps To Create Your Own Personal Wellness Plan.” The book is designed to help people create a personal wellness plan based on their own unique needs, using sound health and wellness principles. Readers are given a basic outline, and by following the concepts in the book, they are guided through the planning process. Throughout the process, readers are also prepared for the numerous mental struggles that accompany lifestyle changes. Lisa is a registered nurse, certified personal trainer, wellness consultant, fitness director, author, writer and speaker. (If you are looking for titles) But what sets her apart is the passionate message she shares with people. Lisa empowers regular people to love the skin they are in, while they are learning to take even better care of themselves. Wellness Matters, but she helps people see how much it should matter to them. This personalization provides perpetual motivation for a lifestyle of wellness. She facilitates people to achieve a lifestyle of wellness that will work for them, in the REAL life they have. As a former pageant queen, she suffered with being hypercritical about her looks, weight and size. She shares how important it is to love yourself as-is, not always needing something more to feel happy and content. How you feel about yourselves is projected in how you carry yourself. This affects how people treat you. You need to be able to enjoy your lifestyle most every day.