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The Empower Coaching Consultants are a dynamic and vastly knowledgeable group of experts covering an array of areas beneficial to you. We have personally worked with some of them as our therapists or coaches for life or cycling, so they are close to our hearts. Others have been consulted to help improve our athletes and their processes, which has produced a major impact on the performances of the athletes. All of the consultants are respected colleagues and people we trust 110%. They share our mission of approaching performance as a total mind & body package that is equally balanced in both the qualitative and quantitative spheres. Like us, they advocate sports psychology and sports meditation. They are at the top of their respective fields and we share them with you with the highest regard for what they do and who they are as people. Please feel free to contact them to inquire about their services and tell them Empower Coaching sent you!
Mary L. Hershey, M.Ed, CPC
Author, Speaker & Certified Personal Coach
Web: maryhersheycoaching.com, maryhershey.com
Email: mlhrshy@aol.com
Phone: (805) 682-2105
Mary Hershey is a Certified Personal & Executive Coach who holds a Master's degree in Counseling & Guidance. While working part-time for the Department of Veterans Affairs as an administrative officer, Hershey is the author of three books for children and teens and has a fourth under contract with Random House. She coaches clients on creating and deploying change in their lives and enjoys teaching and speaking at conferences about creativity, humor and mining the muse. Hershey lives in Santa Barbara where she is busy following her bliss.
Dr. Eric Sternlicht, PhD., Professor, and Dotsie's Road Cycling Coach and Mentor
Web: simplyfit.com
Email: president@simplyfit.com
Dr. Eric Sternlicht is the founder and President of Simply Fit. He received a doctoral degree from the UCLA Department of Kinesiology, with a specialty in exercise physiology. Currently he holds an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Kinesiology at Occidental College. He is a regular contributor to magazines such as Cooking Light, Oxygen, Men's Fitness, Prime Fitness & Health, Ironman, and Muscle and Fitness.
Most Recent Published Study:
The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
Dr. Sternlicht is the author of Fuel Up: Using the Principles of Sports Nutrition to Perform Like a Pro. Perigee Publishers, New York, N.Y., 2001.
Email: aherbstmd@gmail.com
Phone: 520-406-4296
Anne Herbst, M.D. is a general and trauma surgeon, board certified by the American Board of Surgery. As a surgeon, she deeply understands physical limitations, adequate time for recovery as well as dealing with injury. Anne Herbst currently works in private practice in a medically undeserved area in southern Arizona. She is a five time Ironman, a cat-3 cyclist and an active member of Team Colleen, an Arizona based cycling team riding for breast cancer patients. Anne puts her heart and soul into everything she does and is an excellent source for anything related to understanding the body and how it best functions. Her medical knowledge is obviously vast as a doctor, but her gift is in her communication skills and how she eloquently explains difficult to comprehend medical dilemmas. She has an enormous amount of empathy and feels deeply for her patients and her friends and that's what makes her such an effective doctor.
KRS Edstrom, M.S.
Advice Columnist, Radio Host, Speaker, Author and Dotsie's personal therapist who guided Dotsie to healing from anorexia and bulimia 10 years ago.
Web: askkrs.com
Email: krs@askkrs.com
KRS Edstrom, M.S., is a nationally syndicated advice columnist, author, lecturer and radio host who has been featured in such publications as USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Glamour, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, Fitness, First for Women and Entrepreneur. United Airlines and American Airlines have featured Edstrom's programs as special in-flight relaxation channels. Her syndicated advice column "Ask KRS" appears in numerous newspapers and magazines.
Edstrom’s books include Healthy, Wealthy & Wise and Conquering Stress, which offer effective programs and advice on stress, diet, motivation, self-improvement, exercise and living. Included is her groundbreaking study that demonstrates a remarkable relationship between health and success. Edstrom is also the author of Inner Mastery Series, an audio series featuring six guided meditation titles on stress, insomnia, relaxation and pain.
Monique Ryan, MS, RD, LDN
Nutritionist
Web: moniqueryan.com
Email: monique@moniqueryan.com
Personal Nutrition Designs provides personalized and comprehensive nutrition plans for cyclists competing at all levels. Monique Ryan, MS, RD, LDN has over 24 years of experience working with endurance athletes who train and compete at all levels. She is the author of Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, 2nd Edition (VeloPress 2007).
Johnathan Edwards, MD
Phone: 702-808-8555 Fax: 702-740-8555
Email: jjedwards50@yahoo.com
Johnathan Edwards M.D. is a sports doctor and anesthesiologist in Las Vegas, Nevada. A regular contributor to Road Bike Action magazine, he has his own column called “Ask the Coach.” Edwards is as a sports practitioner for cyclists in the U.S. and in Europe having served as the doctor for the Four Days of Dunkirk in France, the Cactus Cup and USA Criterium Finals in Las Vegas. He also worked with athletes during the Paris Dakar Rally and is author of the book Chasing Dakar. As a former professional motocross racer and current Cat. 2 road racer, Edwards understands the health and training needs of cyclists of all levels.
Dr. G, Doctor of Chiropractic
Web: naturalhealthpt.com/dr.g.html
Phone: (949) 645-4086 Fax:(949) 645-2014
Dr. H. Rey Gubernick, known as Dr. G, has been treating patients for 19 years and has specialized in the extreme sports world where he has successfully treated athletes like professional surfer Kelly Slater, extreme fighters Tito Ortiz and B.J. Penn, and pro skater Bob Burnquist.
Dr. G went to Brigham Young University where he played football before transferring to UCLA. He completed his studies at Los Angeles Chiropractic College in 1989. Possessing a passion for healing work, Dr. G utilizes manual therapy and diversified techniques that includes a state-of-the-art Lower Level Laser.
Practicing out of the thriving Natural Health Sports Therapy center, Dr. G was raised in Orange County and is married with four children. He stays in shape by competing in triathlons, surfing and coaching kids.
Charles Shand, BA in Exercise Science, NASM certified
Web: ignitefit.com
Email: chazshand@hotmail.com
Health & fitness truly saved his life. The shy insecure kid liked sports since he was 5 years-old, but hated competing because he hated feeling the pain and humiliation of losing. As a 6th grader, he started to train and ended up discovering a passion and an empowering hobby.
Through his commitment to exercise, he learned to lose, win, fall down, and get back up again. In this way, sports and fitness have been one of his greatest teachers. While Shand found his way through trial and error, he believes the more efficient way to achieving goals is by having a plan, taking action, and persevering day after day.
Finding a good coach or teacher can be invaluable. As a coach, one of the biggest struggles he sees with athletes is their lack of patience and the diligence to practice the fundamentals. His goal is to nurture that deep-rooted passion within each of his clients to strive for the highest level, which in the end will make them into better human beings, more tolerant of themselves and others, along with all the other benefits of health and fitness.
Currently Shand teaches spinning at Revolutions Fitness in Santa Monica, California, in addition to teaching athletic training for cyclists, martial artists and those seeking general fitness. The Arizona State University graduate is certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He has been training clients and athletes since 1988.
