Elaine Wilkes
Ph.D., N.C., M.A., LEED
CA, USElaine Wilkes, Ph.D., N.C., M.A., a self-proclaimed “learning addict” who ultimately discovered that the answers to most of life’s questions are found in nature’s magic. (Just like Dorothy’s ruby slippers, the solutions she sought were there the whole time—in plain sight right outside her door!) Her book, written for Hay House publishers titled Nature’s Secret Messages: Hidden in Plain Sight, will be in book stores on February 15, 2010 and is currently available for a pre-order discount online at Amazon.com. She weaves together herbalism and Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine, with Christian, Taoist, Native American, and shamanic wisdom, and combines them all with science and intuition to ingeniously unravel nature’s secret messages.
Elaine has a Ph.D. in naturopathy (alternative medicine)-graduated with honors, a master’s degree in psychology and degrees in nutrition and communications. These all synergistically work together to help the body-mind-soul connection.
Elaine is an accredited LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) professional. She is the founder of ComedyLeedSchool.com. There she has efffective, time-saving, and fun ways to study for the LEED Exam. She also teaches classes on studying for LEED green assoicate exam. Check her services page on this web site for the dates of her in person and tele-classes. She helps companies and individuals green both the planet and their wallets.
Elaine’s acting background (she has appeared in numerous television shows and movies and in more than 75 TV commercials) is uniquely merged with her vast research and imaginative insights into nature to create memorable, thought-provoking presentations. She shares innovative ways of looking at life and the environment by revealing nature’s secrets. You'll view everything in a whole, new way with her groundbreaking information on nature's secrets and food. She also has simple, quick, healthy recipes to help people get out of their eating ruts. Her health presentation for school children received only tremendously positive feedback.
Elaine is an advisory board member for iZOcleanze. She is also a K.R.I. certified instructor of meditation and Kundalini yoga. This was a one-year program taught by Gurumuk, who was voted by Vanity Fair magazine as one of the top 8 teachers in the world.
Elaine has been a holistic health expert on E Entertainment TV, Kid’s Talk TV, along with being interviewed for documentaries, and was quoted in publications such as The Chicago Tribune, Alternative Medicine, and Women’s World magazines.
SPEAKING TOPICS:
1. Nature's Secret Messages: Hidden in Plain Sight
“You wander from room to room
Hunting for the diamond necklace
That is already around your neck!”
—Rumi
Uncover nature to discover yourself. Albert Einstein said, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
This is entirely different from all other nature talks because Elaine presents nature as your nurturer, health coach, and mentor, in an easy-to-follow, informative, yet entertaining manner.
Mother Nature is always speaking to us . . . but in what language? When we learn how to discern her secrets, a world of information appears that can help us live healthier, happier, and more balanced lives. Nature has four billion years experience to share with you, and is right outside your door and free!
This intriguing speech will arouse your curiosity by combining ancient wisdom with modern research, and imagination with science, to help you see Nature in a whole new light.
You’ll discover how to . . .
• Recognize divine designs, hidden in plain sight,for a more profound connection with nature
• Look at food in new (actually, ancient) ways and choose self life over shelf life
• Cope with change, challenges, and time pressures by asking, What would Nature do?
• Understand the importance of connecting with Nature
• use easy green solutions to save money and help the planet
Elaine presents great ideas with a rare combination of fact, humor, insights and practical concepts that audiences can apply immediately to get better results. Find out the amazing benefits from getting connected with nature. You'll start to marvel at your blackberries—the ones you eat!
Receive wise guidance from your mom—Mother Nature!
“Come forth into the light of things,
Let nature be your teacher.”
— William Wordsworth
2. What the Heck Do I Eat That's Tasty, Healthy, and FAST to Make?
"Man digs his grave with his spoon and fork." —Anonymous
Food for thought . . . and Health, Weight Loss, Energy, Anti-Aging, Vitality, and Better Moods! Just like your car may need quality fuel, your body needs food to keep you running, thinking, and feeling optimal.
Small changes work miracles! This talk is about the simple, yet dramatic decisions you can make grocery shopping, which can positively change all aspects of your life!
Are you eating the same food over and over again? That's like playing chopsticks on the piano every day, when there are symphonies to be played! You may be missing out on valuable nutrients. Get out of that "same-old, same-old" food rut and discover tasty, new foods that you'll love!
It has been said, “You are what you eat.” Elaine says, “You are what you BUY to eat.”
Elaine has surveyed hundreds of health experts on what to eat, drink, and avoid. Along with her research, she's attended many trade show and conferences to find the healthiest and tastiest products. This seminar uses the latest medical research, along with nature's wisdom, but it's made simple and easy to understand.
You’ll discover how to . . .
• Enjoy new foods that can increase your energy, promote wellness, and feel great!
• Look at food in new (actually, ancient) ways
• How to know what foods are right for you
• Learn recipes that take minutes to make
A life changing seminar on how food creates all the cells in your body, which causes it to make your body function at its best! You will come away excited and well informed.
3. For College and High School Students - Better Grades, Skin, and Moods!
“Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.”
— Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Guess what? Acne, weight gain, bad breath, and depressed moods may be related to what you're eating. When Elaine was in college she only ate junk food. She even studied while eating a can of frosting, a whole box of Godiva chocolates, or drinking another liter of Diet Coke. Her favorite meal was fried pork tenderloins. What's wrong with that?
It's charge card eating, where you may have to pay in interest down the line. Find out what junk food does to your body and easy solutions on what you can do for your acne, weight gain, and depressed moods.
Food fuels your brain to make you think clearer and get better grades.
Learn super simple things you can do to get out of the crazy junk food habit that creates a junk body. This interactive presentation has videos, slides, demonstrations, and more
4. Discovering and Literally Living Out Your Dreams
“Never give up on your dreams—follow the signs.”
— Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
You'll discover what’s missing from The Secret movie. In this in interactive presentation, you’ll first do exercises to get clear on your heart’s desires and what you wish to manifest.
From there, you’ll literally act them out with the group. We go forward a year in time and act as if what you intend to happen has already manifested.
You’ll come away inspired and with profound insights on what’s really your heart’s desires. You’ll have clarity and sense memory to go and make your dreams come true
5. The "Dirt" on Going Green: Saving the Planet, Your Health, and Your Wealth!
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens
can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
— Margaret Mead
Learn how going green positively affects your health and wallet, along with the planet at the same time.”
As an accredited LEED Green Associate, Elaine gives an
easy-to-follow, entertaining, yet informative talk, which you’ll:
• Truly understand the green movement and the simple things you can do about it
• Learn easy, inexpensive, yet effective non-toxic cleaning remedies
• Be talkin’ trash by learning where your garbage goes and what actually happens to it
• Realize how going green can make you more productive
• Learn ways to cut costs and save money
• Be a steward of the planet
• Gain a deeper understanding of the green movement and how you do make a difference
• Come away inspired with new ideas that benefit you, your loved ones and the planet.
For companies, now is the time to create an action plan to help the planet and your company. You'll discover how money is being thrown away and what to do about it.
This lively, high-energy talk is accompanied by videos, slides, and demonstrations, which confirms that green is the new gold—while keeping you in the pink.
“Nature does nothing uselessly.” —Aristotle
6. Learning is Simplified for LEED™ Accredited Green Associate Exam!
Learning LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) information can be very technical and confusing. There's so much—and where do you even start! As a LEED™ Green Associate, Elaine will give new ways to study for LEED. With all Elaine's credentials, she calls herself a professional test taker! She's taken waaay too many tests and will share with you ways on how to memorize and complete this test—easily and effortlessly.
Rote learning is so 1950 and ineffective!
Rote learning is so 1950! Do you think the man who holds the Guinness Book of World Records for memory uses rote memorization? No way! He engages his imagination. Like Elaine reveals in her book, we learn better using our active imaginations and our senses—magic happens! Albert Einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." She adds, "especially when it comes to taking your LEED exam! Elaine will give tips on how to learn that will make learning easier and more fun. With Elaine's teachings, LEED can now stand for Learning Effortlessly, Easily, and with Delight.
Summarizing LEED so it's not so boring!
Studying for the LEED Green Associate exam can be very dry and boring. It can sound like you're learning a foreign language. They said what??? You may go over and over the same sentence trying to figure out what the heck it means. Elaine takes their jargon and simplifies it. "Hey this just means that . . ." Easy!
PRAISE FOR NATURE'S SECRET MESSAGES: HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT:
"Please believe me when I say: This book is a page-turner—endlessly fascinating, totally compelling, and incredibly informative. I could not put it down. And that's the truth! It is really wonderful. The book is fantastic!”
—Rory Freedman, Co-Author of New York Times Best seller Skinny Bitch
Review from NEW AGE RETAILER Magazine:
With a master's degree in psychology and a Ph.D. in naturopathy, Wilkes is the perfect person to blend science and ancient wisdom and come up with a plan for restoring te natural alance between our inner and outer worlds. Following Albert Einstein's lead, she takes nature as her role model and offers the reader her insight into accessing the wealth of guidance that nature has to offer. She asks readers to exercise both their creative and rational thinking skills as they enhance their ability to manage their emotions, navigate change, improve thieri luck, and help to heal themselves and the planet.
The book is laced with exercises (sometimes more like gentle suggestions) for getting back in touch with the natural world and with "Just-for-Fun" quizzes, which really are fun! It is dense with information broken up into small chunks that is not only helpful but also interesting. In addition, the author provides a wealth of follow-up resources, including books, organizations, recommended products, and websites.
The trend to go green is spawning interest in intuitive connections to nature. This book speaks to that interest with plenty of scientific backup as well.
“This wise, brave, magically simple and inspiring book will help us all reconnect with the soul of nature, and work together to preserve the environment and the human adventure.”
—New York Times best selling author, Andrew Harvey
Author of The Hope a Guide to Sacred Activism
“A wonderful book with pearls of wisdom on every page.”
—Stephen Harrod Buhner, Deep ecologist
Author of the multiple-award winning book Lost Language of Plants
“Fascinating book! Thank you Elaine for bringing Nature's secrets back to life and re-uniting mankind with the earth.”
—Laurentine ten Bosch, Co-Producer Food Matters
“We've all heard about the wonders of nature; how our mother, the earth loves and sustains us. But never has anyone taken us by the hand and walked us down the garden path that is nature and shown us her miracles in as simple, comprehensive, friendly and approachable way as Elaine, from teaching us to observe to understanding nature's healing powers to shopping at a farm market and treating your body like the gift it is, ‘Nature's Secret Messages’ whispers in your ear, revealing all the gentle truths of nature. After reading this gem of a book, it made me smile even broader to think that the only blackberries in my life are the rich, juicy, sweet ones.”
—Christina Pirello, Emmy Award winning TV Host of Christina Cooks and author of Glow
“Nature’s Secret Messages delivers a wealth of information about our true relationship with food, Providing readers a beautiful journey to pure health.”
—Kim Barnouin Co-Author of New York Times best seller Skinny Bitch
Elaine Wilkes, Ph.D., N.C., M.A., a self-proclaimed “learning addict” who ultimately discovered that the answers to most of life’s questions are found in nature’s magic. (Just like Dorothy’s ruby slippers, the solutions she sought were there the whole time—in plain sight right outside her door!) Her book, written for Hay House publishers titled Nature’s Secret Messages: Hidden in Plain Sight, will be in book stores on February 15, 2010 and is currently available for a pre-order discount online at Amazon.com. She weaves together herbalism and Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine, with Christian, Taoist, Native American, and shamanic wisdom, and combines them all with science and intuition to ingeniously unravel nature’s secret messages.
Elaine has a Ph.D. in naturopathy (alternative medicine)-graduated with honors, a master’s degree in psychology and degrees in nutrition and communications. These all synergistically work together to help the body-mind-soul connection.
Elaine is an accredited LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) professional. She is the founder of ComedyLeedSchool.com. There she has efffective, time-saving, and fun ways to study for the LEED Exam. She also teaches classes on studying for LEED green assoicate exam. Check her services page on this web site for the dates of her in person and tele-classes. She helps companies and individuals green both the planet and their wallets.
Elaine’s acting background (she has appeared in numerous television shows and movies and in more than 75 TV commercials) is uniquely merged with her vast research and imaginative insights into nature to create memorable, thought-provoking presentations. She shares innovative ways of looking at life and the environment by revealing nature’s secrets. You'll view everything in a whole, new way with her groundbreaking information on nature's secrets and food. She also has simple, quick, healthy recipes to help people get out of their eating ruts. Her health presentation for school children received only tremendously positive feedback.
Elaine is an advisory board member for iZOcleanze. She is also a K.R.I. certified instructor of meditation and Kundalini yoga. This was a one-year program taught by Gurumuk, who was voted by Vanity Fair magazine as one of the top 8 teachers in the world.
Elaine has been a holistic health expert on E Entertainment TV, Kid’s Talk TV, along with being interviewed for documentaries, and was quoted in publications such as The Chicago Tribune, Alternative Medicine, and Women’s World magazines.
SPEAKING TOPICS:
1. Nature's Secret Messages: Hidden in Plain Sight
“You wander from room to room
Hunting for the diamond necklace
That is already around your neck!”
—Rumi
Uncover nature to discover yourself. Albert Einstein said, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
This is entirely different from all other nature talks because Elaine presents nature as your nurturer, health coach, and mentor, in an easy-to-follow, informative, yet entertaining manner.
Mother Nature is always speaking to us . . . but in what language? When we learn how to discern her secrets, a world of information appears that can help us live healthier, happier, and more balanced lives. Nature has four billion years experience to share with you, and is right outside your door and free!
This intriguing speech will arouse your curiosity by combining ancient wisdom with modern research, and imagination with science, to help you see Nature in a whole new light.
You’ll discover how to . . .
• Recognize divine designs, hidden in plain sight,for a more profound connection with nature
• Look at food in new (actually, ancient) ways and choose self life over shelf life
• Cope with change, challenges, and time pressures by asking, What would Nature do?
• Understand the importance of connecting with Nature
• use easy green solutions to save money and help the planet
Elaine presents great ideas with a rare combination of fact, humor, insights and practical concepts that audiences can apply immediately to get better results. Find out the amazing benefits from getting connected with nature. You'll start to marvel at your blackberries—the ones you eat!
Receive wise guidance from your mom—Mother Nature!
“Come forth into the light of things,
Let nature be your teacher.”
— William Wordsworth
2. What the Heck Do I Eat That's Tasty, Healthy, and FAST to Make?
"Man digs his grave with his spoon and fork." —Anonymous
Food for thought . . . and Health, Weight Loss, Energy, Anti-Aging, Vitality, and Better Moods! Just like your car may need quality fuel, your body needs food to keep you running, thinking, and feeling optimal.
Small changes work miracles! This talk is about the simple, yet dramatic decisions you can make grocery shopping, which can positively change all aspects of your life!
Are you eating the same food over and over again? That's like playing chopsticks on the piano every day, when there are symphonies to be played! You may be missing out on valuable nutrients. Get out of that "same-old, same-old" food rut and discover tasty, new foods that you'll love!
It has been said, “You are what you eat.” Elaine says, “You are what you BUY to eat.”
Elaine has surveyed hundreds of health experts on what to eat, drink, and avoid. Along with her research, she's attended many trade show and conferences to find the healthiest and tastiest products. This seminar uses the latest medical research, along with nature's wisdom, but it's made simple and easy to understand.
You’ll discover how to . . .
• Enjoy new foods that can increase your energy, promote wellness, and feel great!
• Look at food in new (actually, ancient) ways
• How to know what foods are right for you
• Learn recipes that take minutes to make
A life changing seminar on how food creates all the cells in your body, which causes it to make your body function at its best! You will come away excited and well informed.
3. For College and High School Students - Better Grades, Skin, and Moods!
“Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.”
— Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Guess what? Acne, weight gain, bad breath, and depressed moods may be related to what you're eating. When Elaine was in college she only ate junk food. She even studied while eating a can of frosting, a whole box of Godiva chocolates, or drinking another liter of Diet Coke. Her favorite meal was fried pork tenderloins. What's wrong with that?
It's charge card eating, where you may have to pay in interest down the line. Find out what junk food does to your body and easy solutions on what you can do for your acne, weight gain, and depressed moods.
Food fuels your brain to make you think clearer and get better grades.
Learn super simple things you can do to get out of the crazy junk food habit that creates a junk body. This interactive presentation has videos, slides, demonstrations, and more
4. Discovering and Literally Living Out Your Dreams
“Never give up on your dreams—follow the signs.”
— Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
You'll discover what’s missing from The Secret movie. In this in interactive presentation, you’ll first do exercises to get clear on your heart’s desires and what you wish to manifest.
From there, you’ll literally act them out with the group. We go forward a year in time and act as if what you intend to happen has already manifested.
You’ll come away inspired and with profound insights on what’s really your heart’s desires. You’ll have clarity and sense memory to go and make your dreams come true
5. The "Dirt" on Going Green: Saving the Planet, Your Health, and Your Wealth!
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens
can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
— Margaret Mead
Learn how going green positively affects your health and wallet, along with the planet at the same time.”
As an accredited LEED Green Associate, Elaine gives an
easy-to-follow, entertaining, yet informative talk, which you’ll:
• Truly understand the green movement and the simple things you can do about it
• Learn easy, inexpensive, yet effective non-toxic cleaning remedies
• Be talkin’ trash by learning where your garbage goes and what actually happens to it
• Realize how going green can make you more productive
• Learn ways to cut costs and save money
• Be a steward of the planet
• Gain a deeper understanding of the green movement and how you do make a difference
• Come away inspired with new ideas that benefit you, your loved ones and the planet.
For companies, now is the time to create an action plan to help the planet and your company. You'll discover how money is being thrown away and what to do about it.
This lively, high-energy talk is accompanied by videos, slides, and demonstrations, which confirms that green is the new gold—while keeping you in the pink.
“Nature does nothing uselessly.” —Aristotle
6. Learning is Simplified for LEED™ Accredited Green Associate Exam!
Learning LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) information can be very technical and confusing. There's so much—and where do you even start! As a LEED™ Green Associate, Elaine will give new ways to study for LEED. With all Elaine's credentials, she calls herself a professional test taker! She's taken waaay too many tests and will share with you ways on how to memorize and complete this test—easily and effortlessly.
Rote learning is so 1950 and ineffective!
Rote learning is so 1950! Do you think the man who holds the Guinness Book of World Records for memory uses rote memorization? No way! He engages his imagination. Like Elaine reveals in her book, we learn better using our active imaginations and our senses—magic happens! Albert Einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." She adds, "especially when it comes to taking your LEED exam! Elaine will give tips on how to learn that will make learning easier and more fun. With Elaine's teachings, LEED can now stand for Learning Effortlessly, Easily, and with Delight.
Summarizing LEED so it's not so boring!
Studying for the LEED Green Associate exam can be very dry and boring. It can sound like you're learning a foreign language. They said what??? You may go over and over the same sentence trying to figure out what the heck it means. Elaine takes their jargon and simplifies it. "Hey this just means that . . ." Easy!
PRAISE FOR NATURE'S SECRET MESSAGES: HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT:
"Please believe me when I say: This book is a page-turner—endlessly fascinating, totally compelling, and incredibly informative. I could not put it down. And that's the truth! It is really wonderful. The book is fantastic!”
—Rory Freedman, Co-Author of New York Times Best seller Skinny Bitch
Review from NEW AGE RETAILER Magazine:
With a master's degree in psychology and a Ph.D. in naturopathy, Wilkes is the perfect person to blend science and ancient wisdom and come up with a plan for restoring te natural alance between our inner and outer worlds. Following Albert Einstein's lead, she takes nature as her role model and offers the reader her insight into accessing the wealth of guidance that nature has to offer. She asks readers to exercise both their creative and rational thinking skills as they enhance their ability to manage their emotions, navigate change, improve thieri luck, and help to heal themselves and the planet.
The book is laced with exercises (sometimes more like gentle suggestions) for getting back in touch with the natural world and with "Just-for-Fun" quizzes, which really are fun! It is dense with information broken up into small chunks that is not only helpful but also interesting. In addition, the author provides a wealth of follow-up resources, including books, organizations, recommended products, and websites.
The trend to go green is spawning interest in intuitive connections to nature. This book speaks to that interest with plenty of scientific backup as well.
“This wise, brave, magically simple and inspiring book will help us all reconnect with the soul of nature, and work together to preserve the environment and the human adventure.”
—New York Times best selling author, Andrew Harvey
Author of The Hope a Guide to Sacred Activism
“A wonderful book with pearls of wisdom on every page.”
—Stephen Harrod Buhner, Deep ecologist
Author of the multiple-award winning book Lost Language of Plants
“Fascinating book! Thank you Elaine for bringing Nature's secrets back to life and re-uniting mankind with the earth.”
—Laurentine ten Bosch, Co-Producer Food Matters
“We've all heard about the wonders of nature; how our mother, the earth loves and sustains us. But never has anyone taken us by the hand and walked us down the garden path that is nature and shown us her miracles in as simple, comprehensive, friendly and approachable way as Elaine, from teaching us to observe to understanding nature's healing powers to shopping at a farm market and treating your body like the gift it is, ‘Nature's Secret Messages’ whispers in your ear, revealing all the gentle truths of nature. After reading this gem of a book, it made me smile even broader to think that the only blackberries in my life are the rich, juicy, sweet ones.”
—Christina Pirello, Emmy Award winning TV Host of Christina Cooks and author of Glow
“Nature’s Secret Messages delivers a wealth of information about our true relationship with food, Providing readers a beautiful journey to pure health.”
—Kim Barnouin Co-Author of New York Times best seller Skinny Bitch
