Mission statement: To make a difference in people's
lives
Priorities
Simplified, LLC was created and named by president and
owner, Pam Schmid, to describe and reflect what she
believes is crucial in helping people take charge of their
health and well-being. Living hectic lives In a world
immersed in information overload, makes it challenging to
do that.
Over the years working in a variety of settings, from being
a special educator early in her career, to a health and
fitness professional in non-profit, corporate, and private
settings, all the way to working in a drug treatment
program in a federal prison, she learned that helping
people prioritize and simplify were key ingredients to
moving forward, no matter what the subject.
So that common thread of educating and coaching others to
live their best lives has continued, developing and
delivering health and wellness programs that get to the
heart of what matters most, that simplify, and make it easy
to take the first step!
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about Pam
(Complete CV/resume available upon
request):
Known as the health and fitness expert and wellness coach
who “simplifies the facts” and makes lifestyle
change easy with a one step at a time coach approach, Pam
has been energizing people to live their best lives since
1981.
Pam is a certified Executive Wellness Coach, American
College of Sports Medicine Health Fitness Specialist, an
ACSM/ACS Cancer Exercise Trainer. Pam is an international
speaker, coach, and writer who has been interviewed and
quoted by local, national and international media,
including US News and World Report, ABC and CBS local,
Danish Broadcasting Corporation, and many others. She has
written numerous articles for professional and popular
media on health and lifestyle topics, was contributing
author for the first coaching textbook in health care,
Coaching Psychology Manual, (Lippincott, Williams, and
Wilkins) and is presently authoring a book about breast
cancer for Healthy Learning, Inc. She also serves as
Wellcoaches® faculty, advisor, and live workshop presenter
for Wellcoaches Corporation.
In 2004 when Pam was diagnosed with breast cancer, the name
of her company, Priorities Simplified, took on new meaning.
Struggling to regain strength, energy, and confidence after
aggressive treatment, she understood how challenging living
a healthy lifestyle could be for survivors. Being a leader
in the new field of wellness coaching, she saw the perfect
opportunity to make a difference using a program that would
incorporate all parts of a survivor’s life, and help
them build confidence in their ability to take charge of
their health and well-being. Most importantly, it was a
program to help them transition and live fully after a
diagnosis of cancer.
Her Healthy and Fit After Cancer® programs offer wellness
coaching services to individuals and organizations through
grants, when possible, to provide coaching free of
charge.Healthy and Fit After Cancer® provides workshops for
professionals to learn more about healthy survivorship and
how to support healthy living for survivors, starting with
brief motivational coaching and information about cancer
and exercise.
Pam is a founding and current member of the Duke Patient
Advocacy Council, Co-chair of the NC Comprehensive Cancer
Partnership Survivorship Workgroup, and two time LIVESTRONG
national delegate and 2009 Global Summit volunteer. She was
co-investigator for a published study determining
longitudinal benefits of wellness coaching for cancer
survivors that has been accepted/ presented at four
scientific conferences around the world. She has presented
at numerous cancer related workshops/conferences delivering
keynote and other educational sessions.
Pam’s greatest joy and accomplishment has been
raising her two boys, and being a wife of almost 30 years.
Pam is also an actor who has done work in commercials,
industrials, and film.