You Have Permission To Be Happy with Coach Amme-Marie Lax

Anne-Marie Lax, Certified Empowerment and Wellness Coach, Award Winning Singer and Song Writer and vocal powerhouse from New Mexico. - Health & Wellness series. In this episode, Anne-Marie Lax (https://www.facebook.com/annemarie.lax ) is here to share her story of life after #bariatric surgery, support for bariatric patients, her self-care tools for maintaining mental and physical health, and breaking the sugar addiction. We discussed: 7:10 - She underwent Bariatric Surgery in 2018, and briefly explains the surgery she had (vertical gastric sleeve) 8:38 - Support and education she received after the surgery. 11:17 - How having bariatric surgery affected her quality of life. 14:26 - How bariatric surgery impacted your health (both positive and negative). 15:43 - How has bariatric surgery impacted her emotional health. 17:10 - Self-care tools she uses to maintain her mental and physical health. 22:00 - What is one thing you really want people to know? Can you please provide some tips for our listeners that will help them achieve their health and wellness goals. Tips: 27:00 – Movement – getting some movement everyday 27:34 – Eat real food 28:18 – Love yourself and your body Episode Resources: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annemarie.lax Email: [email protected] To check out her beautiful music: https://www.facebook.com/spiritdancermusic and https://www.spiritdancermusic.com/?fbclid=IwAR10Wt5-o7j_t2jjphklJcQG9-ldSFv8xi38309nGWpTaczg9gc8QIoQTY8 FB support page: Bariatric Living Support Group. More about Anne-Marie: Anne-Marie is an almost native of New Mexico, moving here at the age of one, after her father retired from the Air Force. After graduating from UNM she married her husband of 35 years. Anne-Marie has had a wide range of jobs and interests over the years: • She worked at the Bernalillo County Detention Center in the late 80’s and 90’s. • Business owner and teacher • Training Instructor for the TSA (current). Her personal life has taken several directions as well: • As a young adult she studied to become a minister and later presented Sunday lessons at her church when the minister left. • She released an album of original songs called “Dancing in the Light”, available on all the streaming platforms (available on YouTube). • In 2014 she founded the Second Saturday Community CoffeeHouse. If you enjoyed this interview, make sure you subscribe to my YouTube Channel – Finding Resilience with Leann https://www.youtube.com/@findingresiliencewithleann For more information from me, please check out my website and subscribe to our email tribe: https://linktr.ee/findingresiliencewithleann