About Marsha Stopa

Miserable winter expert

I am an expert on miserable winters. I live in summer beautiful but winter gray Michigan, where we can go for weeks without seeing the sun during the seven months from October to April. If the cold doesn’t get you some winters, the wet, gray blanket of a sky will. I live in the heart of suburban Detroit, so it’s a long drive to go skiing or otherwise enjoy the beauty of a sparkling winter landscape.

While I haven’t come to adore winter, I certainly don’t dread and fear it anymore. I know how to adjust to the lack of sunlight with bright light therapy and I’ve adjusted my attitude. Which makes me much nicer to be around all winter, especially since I don’t hibernate and growl at anyone who comes close anymore. Here’s my SAD story, how I beat seasonal depression.

Laughing through the gray days

I granted myself the title of The Winter Blues Coach because I am committed to helping you smile through the winter months and laugh through the gray days. I am passionate about teaching and supporting you as you learn to manage winter depression holistically using light therapy, diet , exercise and lifestlyle changes. We have a great toolkit that technology, research and the Internet just keeps making better. Simply put, there’s no reason to suffer any more.

I’m a health and life coach, Polarity Therapist who has studied a whole-health model of energy medicine for four years, and book author. I’ve co-authored a book on how to use the stages of grief to recover from personal economic loss.  Emotional Stimulus Package: Your Guide to Re-Creating the American Dream, was published in December 2009.  You can find it at The Lemonade Network, Amazon or Barnes & Noble websites. In a prior life, I spent 20 years as a newspaper journalist, which means I still can’t stop until I find answers to my unanswered questions and I’m more than happy to answer your questions.

I’ve also written a bunch of free resources on seasonal depression you can grab right now:

• The Bright Light series of articles on how light therapy helps winter depression.
• The Light Therapy Lamp Guide that helps you shop for a light box by brand.
• The Secrets of Beating the Winter Blues 10-lesson email course that helps you understand how to put together your own personal plan of light therapy, diet, exercise and lifestyle changes.

Do yourself the biggest favor you’ll appreciate in years and read about light therapy in the Bright Light series, grab the Light Therapy Lamp Guide and subscribe to the Secrets email course. No obligation, no spam. Just a chance to lose the blues.

Any questions, drop me a line using the contact form below.

Talk to you soon!

Cheers,