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For Testimonials from Tracy's clients, please scroll down on this page.
Background
Tracy’s venture Purpose LLC was created to help busy, successful adults and families who have lost sight of their health and wellbeing while pursuing their career goals. She helps her clients to become both healthier and happier by making step-by-step, enjoyable, and long-lasting changes. Tracy’s mission: to help people to eat on purpose and to live on purpose. And she gets results.
Tracy left an accomplished 15-year career in high-tech to pursue her passions for nutrition, coaching, and helping people maximize their happiness. Her many years in high-powered and influential corporate roles mean she understands first-hand the environment professionals face today. Tracy’s expertise areas are wide-ranging: nutrition, weight loss, blood sugar management, exercise alternatives, career mentoring, time management, self mastery, and how to truly have fun with life – no matter how complex it might seem. She also has extensive experience leading small- and large-group corporate seminars and is a prized professional mentor and executive training facilitator.
Tracy also has a passion for helping children to develop healthy habits early in life. Empowering kids to make their own wise, food choices, to nuture their own health, and to be savvy about the influences of food marketing and advertizing are all key components. Tracy runs after-school healthy cooking and nutrition classes and programs for both public schools and the local Boys and Girls Club. She enjoys extensive group and public speaking to both formal and informal parent groups who are looking for fad-free guidance and practical solutions.
Tracy’s nutritional certification is from Columbia University from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in New York. She has completed ongoing training in treating the root causes of chronic ailments naturally with the Institute of Functional Medicine. She also holds a Masters degree in Engineering from MIT and a Masters degree in Management from The Sloan School at MIT. Tracy held a variety of technical and managerial roles during her semiconductor industry tenure, most recently at Intel Corporation - from technology development and execution to executive leadership.
Tracy lives in beautiful Hopkinton, MA, supporting clients across the US. She offers individualized health and wellness coaching, info-packed nutritional teleconferences, fun hands-on cooking demonstrations, engaging wellness support groups, and practical corporate seminars.
Testimonials
Tracy changed my relationship to food. Before Tracy, my eating was rarely thoughtful, and too often compulsive. But I didn't like the visible outcome—being overweight—so I tried hard to battle compulsion with discipline. As a result, food often felt dangerous, like an enemy ready to ambush me whenever I let down my guard. After Tracy, I feel (mostly) at peace with my relationship to food. I certainly enjoy eating far more: I experience much more flavor, and am much more satisfied by what I eat. I rarely have that “I know I just ate by I still want more” compulsion. I also really enjoy the high level of health and vitality which for months now has become normative. Oh, and one other thing, I do kind of like being 50 pounds lighter!
Tim Weinhold
CEO/Entrepreneur
Marlborough, MA
The girls really enjoyed the program you offered! I think that you have a really great way with pre-teen girls. They LOVED your hands-on approach. They absorbed much of the material on sugar too – two of the moms commented on how well versed their daughters were on sugar content and healthy food/drink choices. I am looking forward to working with you again!
Deb Dionne
Girl Scout troop leader
Hopkinton, MA
Working with Tracy was one of the best things I ever did - for myself! I had been struggling for a few years to lose the last 10 pounds my body was holding on to after giving birth to my daughter in 2005. I recently had been working out with a personal trainer for almost a year and hadn't lost any weight. When I first met with Tracy, I immediately felt that she understood my situation and truly wanted to help me achieve my goals. She is an amazing listener, and each session with her was specifically designed to address my questions and concerns. Tracy shared information and strategies to help me make small changes in my eating habits that have had a huge impact on my health and well-being. Now I know what works best for my body and my lifestyle, and I have lost 10 pounds. More importantly, I have the energy to get through each day and the right information to make healthy choices for myself and my family.
Kristin Vincent
Teacher and Mother
Massachusetts
I’m doing so much better than a year ago! Your helping me figure out that soy was the trigger for my IBS symptoms was a huge win. As long as I don’t eat it, I don’t have any IBS symptoms at all. It took me about 3 months after we stopped working together to get all the soy out of my fridge and pantry. I could not believe how many food items have soy!!! Soy flour, soy protein isolate, soy lecithin, soy oil….. It’s ridiculous. It’s also somewhat forced me to eat more whole foods by ridding my home of processed foods. I’m still taking all the supplements (mag, D3, fish oil) you recommended. I’m sleeping great and have not had to take any medications for over a year now! I also lost the 7 pounds I put on last winter before I had adopted all your recommendations; so that tell’s me all the changes I made the past 9 months are putting the right things in my body. I hope you are doing well and your business is thriving. Thank you again for all the help you gave me.
L.S.
Portland, Oregon
Asking for Tracy’s help has been one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself. She made it so easy to succeed. Tracy is always so cheerful, positive, and full of fascinating information. I looked forward to meeting for every session. While following her nutrition suggestions, I always felt satisfied. This was definitely different than any “diet”. In 6 weeks I had lowered my total cholesterol from 253 to 206. My LDL (bad cholesterol) went from 168 to 113. After 4 months of improved nutrition, I lost 25 pounds. I feel amazing. I’m much more energetic, healthy, and happy. Now, I’m working on my cooking skills. My family and I have had several cooking classes with Tracy. It’s been a fun and wonderful bonding experience. We’ve made all kinds of healthy meals and I’m looking forward to this week’s healthy dessert session. How about this extra bonus : After cooking with Tracy, my son is even entertaining the idea of becoming a chef.
Lisa Shufflebarger
Mother of four
Westborough, Massachusetts
Overweight, no more “prince charming”! Disgusted with what you see in the mirror? Sex life lousy? Feel like crap (even depressed) over the state of affairs? Well join the club. First thing I suggest you do is not deal with it. If you feel like you can never, ever lose weight, then it is time to surrender, give up, quit, don’t try to lose weight ever again! Take a couple of deep breaths and do what I did: call Tracy and get some advice. It changed my life, simply changed my life and I feel so good… no B.S.. I am not "back on track"; I am on a new road to health. No BP pills, no cholesterol pills, no Viagra necessary. Reconstructed through nutrition: one day at a time. It is so refreshing - thank you Tracy!
J Tweed
CEO/Entrepreneur
Sherborn, Massachusetts
Tracy worked with me over a period of five months. It would be a gross understatement to call her simply a “nutritionist” because she is much more. I think that more accurate descriptions of Tracy are “body chemist” or “health therapist.” She is incredibly knowledgeable on how food affects all aspects of one’s body and overall health, and the importance of including various supplements in one’s daily health regimen. Tracy is also well-versed in the role our psyches play in our eating habits and what we choose to put in our bodies. On top of all of that, she’s a great cook! Tracy is a wonderful, supportive health coach who is capable of making huge improvements in a person’s health.
Jonathan Sigel
Attorney and father of three
Westborough, Massachusetts
I just wanted to let you know that so much has improved for my son and myself since taking "How to Heal Your Gut" class. My son has not had one stomachache at all, and his accidents are greatly reduced. He definitely thinks about what he eats and has become more confident and proactive at asking about ingredients. For me, my knee pain is almost non-existent, and I have stopped thinking of surgery as a necessity! I actually have energy and can do things with my kids when I get home from work. I figured you deserved to hear the good news from our clan.
Missy Cohen
Mother of two
Framingham Massachusetts
Life is short. For that reason, I only do business with other fun, alive folks. Tracy Harrison, nutrition extraordinaire (and fellow singer), fits the bill. Her Glorious Greens cooking demo intrigued me, so I signed up hoping to learn to cook something other than broccoli. In a word? Fabulous. Tracy encouraged questions and conversations while she taught participants how to create organic, mouth-watering greens in a classy, rustic setting. I enjoyed it so much I signed up
for a second demo. If I am what I eat, I want it to be good for my body.
Giulietta "Julie" Nardone
Fearless Branding Expert
Ashland, Massachusetts
Your training came at a vital time. My work situation changed; I'm blessed to still be employed, but now I work basically 12 to 15 hours a day, 6 days a week. But combining our new eating styles learned from you, exercising and rest has given me the energy to endure the new schedule. Great news: I have lost a total of 41lbs. since we starting working with you. We are doing well!
Alexis Rivera
Technician and Father of two,
Ashland, Massachusetts
Before going to see Tracy I had tried every diet out there...Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, South Beach, Atkins, and several Nutritionists/Dieticians. At each one I would lose weight at first, but I would gain it back. I wasn't creating a life change and let's face it, every diet never made me happy. Working with Tracy has been one of the best decisions of my life. The changes we made are easy, life-changing decisions that I will stick with. The bonus? I have lost some weight. And I know that I will continue to lose more as I follow a new life style of a more natural diet. I have never felt this good....and who knew that I would enjoy eating so much! Tracy helped me learn that food was not the enemy. I now enjoy life more, sleep better and enjoy eating every bite of food! Who knew that food could taste this good? Thank you Tracy!
- Danielle Labrecque
IT professional
Worcester, Massachusetts
In meeting with Tracy, I found her advice to be not only comprehensive but also fascinating and educational. I was already very aware of the dangers of processed foods (staying away from them is hard with three kids!), but Tracy taught me how to stay as close to nature as possible in all my food choices. I'm happy my children are adapting too. I also learned from Tracy about emotional eating and how to avoid falling into that trap. We also work on an exercise solution which has been my biggest hurdle. Tracy is definitely an asset to anyone who needs nutritional guidance; she is well-versed, educated, and thorough.
Ann Wilson
Working mother of three children
Connecticut
Tracy Harrison is a leader who achieves results. Whether influencing a large group to take action or delivering one-on-one coaching, she dedicates upfront time to understand the real issues, then applies her keen intuition and common sense to deliver practical “it will work in the real world” solutions. She excels at turning concepts into actions, and her resolute attention to detail ensures flawless execution to plans. Her energy and enthusiasm are both boundless and contagious! Tracy is the whole package!
- Susan Dodd
Global Business Systems Mgr. (division of a Fortune 100 corporation)
Chandler, Arizona
Over the years, I have turned to Tracy as my personal nutritional consultant - even long before she officially became one. She is able to explain concepts clearly, providing research and resources when appropriate. She has a seemingly unending supply of practical ways of incorporating new ideas, methods, or ingredients. With Tracy's help, I made small changes that gradually became part of how I regularly shop, prepare, and eat - without my family or me ever feeling like something drastic was happening. How exciting to discover that it was - our health!
Deb Webster
Homeschooling mother of two and business owner
Newry, Maine
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