Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD
PhD, MS, PT
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Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD Quick Facts
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- Happiness, stress management, wellness
- Best Sellers
- A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness
- Career Focus
- Coach, speaker & media go-to person
- Affiliation
- Interviewed byincluding The Today Show, CNN, Wall Street journal, Forbes, Newsweek, MSNBC, NPR, Glamour, Self, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Health, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Reader’s Digest, and Woman’s Day.
As the person who Shaquille O’Neal calls his “head coach for happiness,” Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo is a clinical psychologist, physical therapist and author of the bestselling book “A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness.” She helps people around the world create the life that they want to live, regardless of what is going on in their lives. A highly sought-after speaker and coach, she had been interviewed and featured by some of today’s top media outlets including The Today Show, CNN, Wall Street journal, Forbes, Newsweek, MSNBC, NPR, Glamour, Self, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Health, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Reader’s Digest, and Woman’s Day.
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Be Happy- Really!
November 9th marks the beginning of “Pursuit of Happiness” week. But really, pursuing happiness is something that we all do. In fact, I would say that people today have a lot of practice in the pursuit of happiness. It’s just that they look for that happiness in all the wrong places. Any of these sound familiar? • Over eating • “Shopping” therapy • Using drugs or alcohol • Affairs • Staying in unhealthy relationships • Procrastination These are ways we try to find happiness but are sadly and extremely unsuccessful.
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Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
Is holiday weight gain synonymous with your holiday season? You probably aren’t alone. This holiday season, mirror Santa’s mirth, not his girth With holiday parties, Christmas cookies, bottles of bubbly… it is not surprising that we tend to get more than wrapped presents over the holiday season. Weight gain is a common complaint I hear from my clients. And, what’s worse, they think they have no choice. “I have to eat- it would be rude not to!”
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Reducing Holiday Stress: 5 tips for holiday stress relief
Let’s face it, the holidays can be stressful- the shopping, family, hosting, eating, parties, being alone… But you don’t need to be overwhelmed. Here are the top 5 tips to busting holiday stress: 1. Focus on gratitude instead of perfection: It is easy to get caught up in all the craziness of the holidays, such a decorating every inch of the house or buying all those gifts. Try to keep things simple and focus on quality time with my family and friends. The goal is to experience more gratitude and appreciation for what we have, rather than on what you “should” be doing.
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Holiday Stress Tips: Being alone over the holidays
Holiday stress relief for those alone over the holidays: If you are single, divorced, widowed, or recently separated, it's not uncommon to feel unhappy or even depressed during the holiday season. With all the images of couples and families smiling at each other, it is easy to feel like you are missing out on all the fun. Even worse, many of my single clients think there is something wrong with them because they are alone. To make matters worse people in their lives, and society as a whole, do not always help with this sense of being an outcast.
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Holiday Stress Tips: Dealing with “Challenging” Family Members
Reducing holiday stress: The holidays are often a time of getting together with family members. And for some this means spending time with people with whom you may share blood but not much else. Whether it is Uncle Ted making inappropriate comments or cousi Silvia who will not stop talking about how horrible her life is- you CAN not only survive but even thrive this holiday season. No, you are not going to change them. So don’t even make that your goal. People don’t change unless they want to (despite of how much you may want them to).
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