Want to know the fastest, most effective, low-risk, natural way to melt the winter blues and restore your energy?

What if I showed you how you could stop the winter blues in their icy tracks, pick up your mood, restore your energy and lose the heavy fatigue that drags you down this time of year? Would you be interested?

What if I told you that you can do it naturally, holistically, without drugs? That you can awake easily in the morning, feel alert all day and feel measurably better within two weeks using something your body is designed to respond to on a daily basis. Still interested?

And you can try it for a full 30 days. If it doesn’t work, you get your money back. Guaranteed. Curious?

The magic of light

The “magic” solution is light therapy. Light resets the body clock of every living thing on the planet every day. Not getting enough light during the gray and dark seasons is recognized as the reason your energy dies, your mood and sleep suffer and the food cravings move in (along with winter weight gain.)

I didn’t know how integral light is to keeping our bodies running in sync with our daily rhythm 10 years ago when I first learned about seasonal affective disorder (SAD). I just knew how down I was, how much I wanted to sleep and how much I wanted to eat. SAD is the perfect description for how I felt.

No one has to feel like that, I now know. That’s why I created this home study course, The LightDiet™: Using Light to Beat the Cloudy Day, Rainy Day, Winter Day Blues.

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Trying to hang on til spring

When I tried to talk to people about how badly I was feeling, I heard a lot of commiserating but no solutions. Just a lot of grumbling from folks who, like me, were hanging on to get through til spring.

Light therapy has been used successfully to treat the winter blues and seasonal depression for more than 25 years – with an amazing success rate of 75% to 80%! What upsets me now that I’m a health coach is that so many people are still struggling to get through winter and few know anything about light therapy, how effective it is and how low-risk it is to try. It shouldn’t be a secret and it’s past time for more people to know about it.

Cathy Wilke

I’ve suffered with winter depression and SAD in some form or another for most of my adult life. I read about light boxes but never went ahead with purchasing one because they were so expensive and I didn’t want to be out all that money if the light didn’t work for me. One of the many things I learned from The LightDiet™ was that the reputable companies have a 30-day money back guarantee.

I also learned that just buying the best light isn’t necessarily the way to go. The LightDiet™ teaches you how to take into consideration your habits and lifestyle so you can seamlessly integrate the light into your routine, which is really the key factor in overcoming the Winter Blues.

The LightDiet™ takes you through every aspect of conquering the Winter Blues and arms you with information, techniques, and explanations to ensure you will get relief. From what types of lights are safe, to getting costs covered by your insurance company – The LightDiet™ explains it. If your quality of life is compromised by the winter, The LightDiet™ will help you get your life back.

Cathy Wilke, New York State, FreedomAndFulfillment.net

I had to figure it out for myself

Marsha Stopa, Winter Blues Coach

It took me years of research and trial-and-error to figure out how to effectively deal with my seasonal depression. I was so groggy in the morning, getting myself out of bed on time was nearly impossible. I engineered my own sound and light show to get myself up on dark mornings – two alarms in different parts of my bedroom and a light on a timer. It rarely worked and I was always late.

After much research I discovered the book “Winter Blues” by Dr. Norman Rosenthal, drove immediately to the bookstore and bought the only copy. The book taught me a lot about why light therapy works, recommended several light box manufacturers and generally explained how to use the light box.

I still wasn’t sure “how to” do it in my own life, especially with my difficult mornings. I wasn’t sure which light to buy, how much to spend or just how to work this into my morning routine. I had no one to ask. Trying to figure it out, at night after work when I was depressed and tired, was not easy.

I’m Marsha Stopa and The LightDiet™ is what I wish I found – what I needed – back in 2000. I was desperate to figure out what was wrong with me and what to do about it.

There is a better, faster way

I want to get the most effective solution to seasonal misery into your hands now – so you can start using it right away and experience relief from your symptoms in as soon as 14 days.

You can use The LightDiet™ and light therapy to change how you react to the dark and gray months and banish the winter blues with your new “light habit.”

  • Save time and the hassle of spending hour upon hour online researching, comparing and shopping for a light therapy light.
  • Purchase confidently, armed with information on which light therapy light will be the best fit for you. Did you know that reputable light manufacturers offer a 30- or 60-day money back guarantee if you don’t feel relief? And that a lot of insurance companies will reimburse you for a light therapy light if you do it right?
  • Expect relief and increased energy and stamina. It’s a whole new way of seeing winter!

About two weeks to feel relief

How fast you’ll feel relief will depend on how fast you’re willing to work with this course.

  • Spend an afternoon with The LightDiet™ guidebook and workbook – or savor it over a few evenings
  • Order your light
  • Plan your new morning strategy while you wait for your light to arrive
  • Feel relief within 2-4 days after beginning light therapy for most people; some folks may take about two weeks to feel their energy return completely

How long has it been since you felt normal?

Lisa Wood

The LightDiet™ is a wealth of information and is truly the complete guide to conquering the Winter Blues. Speaking from experience, Marsha does a great job of explaining what SAD is and who might benefit from light therapy. She provides the tools that will help you determine how “blue” you are, and even provides a very thorough guide to some of the best light boxes on the market. Marsha has thought of everything, even including a “What If … ” section in Lesson 17, in case your support system isn’t quite as supportive as you need it to be.

Living in the north where winters are cold, long and gray, winter is a challenge for me. In late fall I start to feel down, and the early darkness of shorter days only compounds the problem. I feel like hibernating. I get more tired and unmotivated, and find myself turning to pasta, bread, and chocolate. I don’t like taking medication, so I usually just suffer through it and count down the days until spring.

After going through the LightDiet™ workbook and reading Marsha’s Light Therapy Lamp Guide, I purchased a Litebook Elite and have started using it daily. I started noticing subtle changes after just a few days, and I feel more alert, more focused than I was before. My Litebook is my new best friend!

The LightDiet™ is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to conquer the Winter Blues once and for all.

Lisa Wood, Stowe, Vermont, SproutNewMedia.com

My experience + best light therapy techniques + kickass coaching + support

I’ve spent months creating this course – far longer than I thought it would take. I know what it feels like to be lost in the winter blues and I had to be sure this course was not only comprehensive, but easy to use – even if you are already feeling the Winter Blues and seasonal depression.

The LightDiet™ combines everything I learned through 10 years of trial-and-error in managing my SAD with the best, recommended ways of using light therapy.

To that I’ve added coaching techniques proven to help people make healthy lifestyle changes, and a vital ingredient – support – as you transform your experience of the gray and dark seasons.

This course is perfect for people who:

  • Are sick of the winter blues
  • Don’t know where to begin and want a step-by-step guide
  • Want a natural, holistic way of managing the seasonal blues
  • Want an approach that will fit their lifestyle

Or maybe you already own a light therapy light and are disappointed that it hasn’t made you feel as good as you thought it would. The LightDiet™ will help you to determine the best time to get your light therapy session and support you in creating a great new habit using it.

No overwhelm allowed

I designed The LightDiet™ so it will not overwhelm you if you’re already caught by the mental fogginess of seasonal depression.

  • The lessons are short and focused on one key point.
  • The worksheets are simple exercises that help you work out your light therapy plan.
  • My writing style is casual and easy. (I’m even occasionally funny.)
  • I made sure the layout of the book is easy on the eyes and you can read through it quickly. (My eyes can’t even begin to focus on big gray blocks of text when the blues hit. It’s too much work.)

What you’ll learn in the LightDiet™ course

The course is organized in three main segments.

  • Key background information that helps you purchase a light therapy lamp.
  • The nuts-and-bolts, non-negotiable keys for your success in using light.
  • Building support for this important lifestyle change you are making.

I know you can find a ton of information on light therapy on the Internet. Much of it is good. Some of it is inaccurate and harmful. If you’re diligent and desperate – like I was – you can figure out how to use light therapy by yourself. It will take you hour upon hour of research. Maybe some expensive trial and error. And even after all that research, time and money, you may not be sure you’re buying a light therapy light that will work for you or how to best use it.

You’ll discover the single most important rule to buying a light therapy light

This course eliminates the worry about whether you’re buying the right light. Because I’ve flipped the standard approach to light therapy on its head – we don’t start with the light therapy lamp. We start with you – your needs and preferences – before we even start looking at the light therapy lights out there.

You’ll learn how to evaluate light therapy lamp choices and you’ll feel confident buying your light knowing you can get a refund if you’re among the minority of people for whom light therapy isn’t effective.

I help you figure out how you’ll be using your light, helping you create a new morning habit that will contribute to your life as much as the light contributes to your health. After you work through a few simple worksheets, you’re ready to go shopping and you’ll know exactly what you need.

Clesha Staten

They say knowledge is power and that is definitely the case here. As one who suffers from the winter blues from time to time, The LightDiet™ was an eye opener. Working through the Workbook showed me that I don’t suffer from seasonal affective disorder as I previously thought. I actually suffer from the winter blues. Had it not been for the LightDiet™, I don’t believe I would have ever made that distinction. The worksheets are simply stated, yet thought-provoking and working through them helps to bring everything into perspective. The suggestions, tips and information in this course provide hope and is definitely an awesome resource to help combat this seasonal disorder. Kudos, Marsha, for helping to bring us to the light.

Clesha Staten, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, SimplyClesha.com


I’ll help you find support to change your winters

One of the pillars of The LightDiet™ is finding the support you need to change your morning routine and create a new habit when your energy and willpower are nowhere to be found. As a health coach I firmly believe that the reason so many people don’t try light therapy is because you’re told to plunk yourself down every day in front of a light therapy light without any guidance, encouragement or support.

You’ll learn about the importance of establishing a support network and ways to find support among family and friends, as well as call upon your own inner resources to support you.

But if you don’t have that kind of support in your offline world, I’ve created the LightBox Café, a private, members-only online forum where you can meet other people – and me – who really get what you’re feeling, find answers to your questions and find support in a warm, intimate environment.

Because I believe so strongly in the importance of support, I don’t want you to struggle alone. Because I also know the power of forums to support you in making changes (I belong to six forums), I’m including free, lifetime membership to the LightBox Café when you buy The LightDiet™. (A $324 yearly value.)

I’m offering The LightDiet™ at this insanely low price because I want to quickly pull together a committed group of people – charter members – who are determined to transform their winters forever. You can have the home study course and also a community of support available immediately as you start changing your winter.

Larry Keltto

I live in Minnesota, which I like to say is the “Land of 100,000 light boxes.” Minnesotans like me crave light in winter. I am writing this at 4 p.m. on Nov. 17, and it’s already quite dark outside. The existence of the sun feels like a rumor!

I have used a light box for about five years, and I enthusiastically endorse Marsha’s course, which I just completed. Part of what I learned is that my light box routine was flawed, and I probably wasn’t receiving maximum benefit from my box. As a result, I have begun making small daily changes.

Marsha writes with authority and empathy, and The LightDiet™ drills deeply into the subject of light therapy. I presume that if you want info that’s more complete than The LightDiet ™, you would have to scour medical journals.

I like to know why I am supposed to do things, and Marsha’s book delivers. For example, Marsha offers a terrific explanation for why I should use my light box within two hours of waking up and her explanation of why darkness is important for our bodies was a revelation, too.

I am certain I will refer back to Marsha’s course for years to come.

Larry Keltto, Owatonna, Minnesota, TheSolopreneurLife.com

What’s in The LightDiet™?

The LightDiet™ is two ebooks, the 104-page guidebook – six modules and 26 lessons – and the companion workbook. The guidebook teaches you what you need to know about seasonal rhythms and light therapy, then walks you through buying a light, using it properly, creating a new morning habit, developing support and tracking your progress.

The LightDiet™ Workbook

Many of the lessons in the LightDiet™ have companion worksheets. The 49-page Workbook contains 14 worksheets to help you with the important steps in adapting light therapy to your life. Also included are the Winter Blues Wheel and the LightDiet™ Tracker, two tools to track your progress as you restore your energy and moods.

Ready?


Three Bonuses Included

1. The Light Therapy Lamp Guide

Sorting through all the light therapy lights and light boxes on the market can be a huge, overwhelming task. To make it easier and save you hours of time, I’m including the latest version of the Light Therapy Lamp Guide, which details important information about the 13 most popular brands on the market.

2. Your 8-Step Plan to Stopping the Winter Blues

I’m also including the 32-page guide, “Your 8 Step Plan to Stopping the Winter Blues,” which explains how the eight pieces of the winter blues puzzle fit together and how you can adapt the pieces to your lifestyle.

(You may already have both of these guides because they were previously offered free on the Winter Blues Coach. Both guides are now offered for $30.)

3. Insurance Coverage Information

You’ll also get 26 pages of information on SAD light coverage by insurance companies and two sample letters of medical necessity so you don’t have to write your own.

Winter Doesn’t Have to Hurt

If you’ve found this page and have read this far, I know you (or a loved one) suffer from the Winter Blues and are looking for help. I want to get this course into the hands of people who really need it and are ready to use it.

The price for The LightDiet™ is only $97 – plus lifetime membership to the private, members-only LightBox Café online forum.

Everyone makes changes in their life differently, and winter is the toughest time to do it.

  • If you have a strong support network you may get everything you need from The LightDiet™ course itself.
  • If you don’t have a strong support network, or naturally learn better with the support of a group, you will like the LightBox Café forum.

You can begin now

If you’re ready to begin transforming how you feel during the dark and gray months, than The LightDiet™ makes sense for you. Go ahead and click the Buy Now button below, and you’ll have The LightDiet™ in your hands in a few minutes. You can get started immediately on your personal plan to get relief from the winter blues.


Iain Gray

For as long as I can remember, I’ve gone into “hibernation mode” when winter comes around. My energy levels drop, and I suddenly start craving starchy, fatty foods. I’d heard of SAD before, but I didn’t think it applied to me. After all, I’ve never described myself as “depressed” or “down.”Someone had suggested a light box to me in the past to improve my energy levels, but the process of choosing one (from the dozens available) and then learning how to use it seemed so overwhelming.

I came across Marsha’s site earlier this year, and quickly recognised my own symptoms in the descriptions she gave. The LightDiet™ laid out the entire process of choosing and using a light box successfully,in steps I found easy to follow.

After doing some of the worksheets, I chose a Litebook (something which I didn’t even know existed before reading the LightDiet™), and put it to use. As a result, I have much more energy during the day and I’ve lost the urge to sleep for 16 hours straight. I’m also waking up much easier in the morning, something else that I’ve struggled with for years.

This is easily the most comprehensive thing I’ve seen on SAD and how to treat it.

If you have any doubts at all about your energy and motivation during the darker months, I strongly recommend checking out The LightDiet™. It’s got tons of valuable, actionable information to help get your Winter Mojo back.

Iain Gray, London, UK, TenMoreClients.com

Here is The LightDiet™ Table of Contents

Module 1: How Blue Are Your Blues?

  • Lesson 1: Winter Blues or SAD?
  • Lesson 2: Where Are You?
  • Lesson 3: Assessing Your Seasonal Rhythm
  • Lesson 4: Are You a Light Therapy Candidate?
  • Lesson 5: Side Effects
  • Lesson 6: Myths and Misinformation

Module 2: Adapting Light Therapy to Your Life

  • Lesson 7: How Will You Use the Light?
  • Lesson 8: Selection Criteria
  • Lesson 9: Buying Your Right Light

Module 3: Five Keys to Light Therapy Success

  • Lesson 10: Early Birds Win
  • Lesson 11: How to Position Your Lamp
  • Lesson 12: How Will You Use This Gift of Time?
  • Lesson 13: Hints for Easier Mornings
  • Lesson 14: Dark Nights

Module 4: Create New Morning Habits

  • Lesson 15: Walk Through a New Morning Routine
  • Lesson 16: Enlist Their Support
  • Lesson 17: What If…
  • Lesson 18: Four Morning Tools
  • Lesson 19: Dawn Simulator

Module 5: Create a Safety Net of Support

  • Lesson 20: Buddy Up
  • Lesson 21: Your Outer Resources
  • Lesson 22: Your Inner Resources
  • Lesson 23: Mix & Match Resources

Module 6: Awareness and Tracking Progress

  • Lesson 24: What Does Good Feel Like?
  • Lesson 25: Tracking Your Reactions
  • Lesson 26: Show Up and Take Notes

Good Faith Effort Guarantee

I am so convinced of the effectiveness of the holistic approach in the LightDiet™ course that if you can show me it hasn’t worked for you, I’ll refund your money. If you’ve worked though the worksheets in the LightDiet™ Workbook, bought a light box and returned it within the guarantee period because light therapy didn’t make you feel any better, let me know.

All you have to do is send me copies of your filled-in worksheets and a copy of the return shipping receipt. I want to make trying light therapy as low-risk as possible, and if the light manufacturers can offer you a guarantee, so can I. If you’ve made a good faith effort to make it work, I don’t want to add to your winter woes.

I don’t know how to make trying light therapy any more low-risk for you. And remember, you get membership in the LightBox Café free, no strings attached. You have nothing to lose except your winter blues.


I am so looking forward to “sharing the light” with you and seeing you in the LightBox Cafe!

Marsha

P.S. If you want to do the LightDiet™ with a friend who suffers from the winter blues, share this page with them and I’ll extend this offer to them. If you’re willing to do this course with a support buddy, you’re half the way there and I want to support you the rest of the way. The lifetime LightBox Café membership will apply to your support buddy, too.