During one 18 month period in the mid 1980’s, Katie lost the restaurant she and her husband, Walt, had owned and operated for two years; they filed bankruptcy; Walt had back surgery and was an invalid for two months; they lost their home and while on vacation in January of 1986, in San Francisco, Walt died of congestive heart failure. It was his fourth heart attack. He was 52 years old. They had been married for only seven years.
Katie knew it was time to quit smoking since it had, in part, killed her husband and she decided to use hypnosis to do it. She shared that idea with her Dad who said, “Why don’t you just become a hypnotherapist”?
It turned out that one of the premier hypnotherapy schools in the country was a 15 minute drive from her home. In October of 1986, she enrolled in classes at the Washington Hypnotherapy School taught by the renowned Charlie Tebbetts, the father of modern hypnotherapy. How’s that for luck?
Katie had been on every diet in the world and was 50 lbs overweight when she began to create The Lighten Up! Weight Loss Program in May of 1987. As a constant dieter, she knew she had to create a program that she could live with for good and not die young like her husband, Walt.
While developing the Lighten Up! Weight Loss program it became clear to Katie that her mission was to help people save their own lives.
When Katie started teaching Lighten Up! in 1987, every woman who joined the program wanted to weigh 120 lbs. Today, they want to be able to tie their shoes and walk up stairs without losing their breath.
In 1997, Lighten Up! became Living Lite Hypnosis Centers, Inc. It has been a lifelong goal of Katie’s to be able to offer effective weight loss at an affordable cost. Today they hold these weight loss classes all over the country, via MP3 and MP4 downloads. With improved information and tools to help people lose weight fast, you may begin to lose weight in just 3 hours.
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She plays golf in her spare time and she is a popular speaker on such topics as health, business and women’s issues. She continues to follow her passion: Using hypnosis to help people live healthier, happier lives.
Katie earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Washington.