Virginia Beach, VA (PressExposure) January 16, 2010 -- Local speaker, author, business owner, and Best of the Beach recipient, Lisa Smith, celebrated 3 years in business full-time on December 1, 2010.

In 2009, Life by Design, LLC was voted Virginian Pilot's Reader's Choice "Best of Virginia Beach" Bronze winner for Weight Loss Centers and was featured in a series on local News Channel 3 in helping one of their reporters quit smoking through hypnosis.

Live by Design, LLC offers a variety of hypnosis services and life coaching, specifically in the areas of business and wellness. While the majority of its clients are helped with weight loss and reaching business goals, other clients are assisted in stopping smoking, eliminating phobias, preparing for surgery, dealing with cancer, and a variety of other issues. Most sessions are conducted in person and one on one, though some take advantage of phone sessions, group sessions, or workshops.

Ms. Smith originally started her home-office practice on a part-time basis in Virginia Beach after receiving her hypnotherapy certification and relocating from Massachusetts. In 1998 she was hired by the locally based franchise, Positive Changes Hypnosis Centers, as a staff hypnotist. During her 7 1/2 years at the Center, she had conducted over 9,000 hypnosis sessions, trained other hypnotherapists at the center, was awarded "Staff Member of the Year" in 2001, and earned her Master Hypnotist certification.

"While working with Positive Changes, Lisa went above the call of duty in helping clients reach their goals," commented Positive Changes' founder, Dr. Patrick Porter. "If you are looking for a therapist with the knowledge and heart to serve, look no further."

In addition to her B.A. in Marketing from Westfield State College and her certification as a Master Hypnotist, Lisa is certified in Hypnoaneasthesiology and the human performance improvement fields of NeuroLinguistic Programming, Life Coaching, and Level 1 EFT. She has been a member of the National Guild of Hypnotists, the largest professional hypnotists' organization in the world, since 1998.

Ms. Smith maintains four websites, a free bi-weekly online newsletter, Healthy You!, and a blog, "Lessons on Living Fully;" is an Expert contributor to BeautyForeverNetwork.com, a frequent contributor to Tidewater Women Magezine; has numerous published articles throughout the internet; and has co-authored two e-books, "Ultimate Guide to Success" and "Top Coaches Share Their Personal Action Strategies," the latter of which is now available in paperback.

Aside from her business endeavors, Ms. Smith is very active in the community as an Exhausted Life Member of the Oceanfront Jaycees, a member of the Corps of Virginia Gentleman, a Life Member and Chaplain of the Virginia Jaycees, and the organization's 2008 Chaplain. Additionally, she holds the designation of Accomplished Toastmaster Bronze with Toastmasters International. s a former member of the Bayside Speakers Toastmasters and holds the designation of Accomplished Toastmaster Bronze with Toastmasters International.

About Life by Design, LLC

Life by Design, LLC offers free consultations to find out more about its services and has several resources available to assist people in making positive changes in their lives, including hypnosis and mental conditioning CDs on a variety of topics. For more information, call the office at 757-631-9940 or visit the website at http://www.hypnocoachlisa.com

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