Birth of Venus
Welcome to Venus In Balance!
Partners and girlfriends, Susan Cross and Karen Elizaga, encourage and support women to reconnect with their own natural beauty, align their goals with their ultimate life’s vision and embrace their inner (and outward!) Venus potential.
A fulfilling, happy life exists in a state of balance. What you eat, how you think and feel, and whether you move your body all work together to create this balance – this balance of body, mind and spirit. It starts with you and your own choices. And it ends in our community – the people with whom we surround ourselves directly and the impact that we have on our world.
We customize programs for each and every woman’s distinct needs to reinstate health and personal power via essential nutrients and life coaching. Each of us has supported the other in areas where we’ve suffered imbalances, and as a result, we each have made epic strides to eat, think, speak and act outside of our comfort zones. We have made personal and professional progress that we would not have acting independently.
The Birth of Venus
VIB was born out of a passion for wellness, a desire to help women of all ages look and feel their best and to face life’s challenges with aplomb, fearlessness and love.
A passion and knowledge of the healing powers of whole foods is my calling card. The adage “Let food be our medicine and medicine be our food” speaks volumes to me. After almost seven years of working and globetrotting with Donna Karan, I soon realized beauty and wellness are interrelated. When I met Karen Elizaga, we discovered that we shared a passion to serve, educate, and help others reclaim vitality-balance in their lives. My comprehensive training in combined wellness fields enables my clients to address weight loss, boost metabolism, balance hormonal issues (thyroid and adrenals), increase energy, heal emotional imbalance, take care of digestive issues and create overall improved well-being, all while really understanding what they are going through – since I’d been in those very same shoes.
My desire to contribute to the lives of others came from my own long-time struggle as a woman in the corporate world, where I witnessed and experienced firsthand the imbalances women face constantly. Refusing to accept this as status quo, I spent my years searching for what would make me – us – operate at the most fulfilling, authentic, confident levels. I absolutely love sharing with my clients the easy-to-follow strategies I’ve learned and created along the way. With Susan and Venus in Balance, I can help even a broader reach of women relish magic moments, excel at work and reignite the passion both at home and on the job.
Karen helped me so much in resuscitating my own professional career, after choosing to stay home with my son. Although I had studied nutrition and healing for over ten years and had practiced it in different capacities, I lacked confidence and the right approach to navigate from the fashion world to doing what I love for a living. In fact, I had been doing food programs/healing programs for years for friends and acquaintances, never believing that I could get paid for what I truly love. Karen showed me how to get over the self-limiting beliefs that inhibited me so that I can now achieve my purpose of helping others attain optimal wellness on a larger scale. Karen is gifted in guiding women who are transitioning from one career to a completely different career path, particularly entrepreneurship.
Susan changed my views on food, and truth be told, changed my life! While I considered myself knowledgeable and ate pretty healthfully (at least for the last couple of years), Susan opened my eyes to so many more new concepts and literally turned my approach to nutrition on its side. I have seen tremendous benefits physically, emotionally, intellectually and energetically. Susan has a deep understanding of how the mind, body and spirit all work together – her amazing wealth of information blows me away all the time! Thanks to Susan, I appreciate even more that combining nutritional fundamentals with life strategies is the foundation to fulfillment in every aspect of our lives. And I feel great!
What We Do
Venus in Balance is a lifestyle and wellness company providing:
- holistic health/wellness counseling
- life and executive coaching
- nutrition and lifestyle guidance
- customized corporate and private workshops and retreats
- career/interview coaching
- health food store tours
- tips on fashion and natural beauty
- practical cooking classes (in person and via webinar)
- cutting-edge nutrients and supplements
- gentle juicing and detoxification programs
Our intention is to help you reduce stress and anxiety, increase energy, and get happy and healthy so that you live a more fulfilling and passionate life – a life that is your birth right, a life in balance…
Our Purpose
It is our shared belief that women (yes, that’s you!) brandish incredible strength. Women hold the power for positive change within their families, at their jobs and in their communities. When women feel optimally vital and energetic, they have the necessary resources to be the best version of themselves and, in turn, support their children, husbands, partners, parents, businesses, colleagues, communities and planet.
VIB is committed to providing our readers with the information, education, and most of all, the support you need to meet your individual wellness, career and lifestyle goals. With VIB, you have the resources to make permanent lifestyle changes that will improve your overall health and quality of life through nutritional guidance and counseling, and lifestyle and career coaching. With this support system, you will understand and appreciate for yourself the direct relationship between your everyday choices (from the biggest to the smallest about food, lifestyle and career) and ultimate success at every level.
Our Inspiration
Honestly, I have never been happier or healthier, and I want every single woman out there to enjoy the same! My personal vision is to create an environment, a world, for my daughter, where she can be true to herself, where she has abundant opportunities and where she sees no limits to her potential. But we – you, Susan and me! – have got to make that happen first – for women now! I look forward to achieving this through Venus in Balance!
At 48 years old, I have never felt better or been in better physical shape in my entire life. I learned firsthand how the balance of nutrition, exercise and fulfilling your passion (thanks Karen!) is what really generates authentic happiness. My vision is that women feel alive and vital, to learn how to feed their bodies and souls. To awaken to an empowered life where they have the energy to create much needed change. Many of us are conditioned to say “we don’t want to get old.” Well, I want to get old, very, very old! So come along with VIB, the best is yet to be!
Oh yeah! I want to get very, very old too! My number is 120!
The VIB Reader/Client/Subscriber
VIB is for any woman who desires:
- more energy
- a resilient immune system
- a good night’s sleep
- effective digestion
- fewer mood swings
- authentic energy
- to conquer cravings
- enhanced confidence
- a faster metabolism (even over 40!)
- to manifest her career dreams
- easy, natural weight loss without calorie counts, food scales or deprivation
- empowerment
- looking and feeling years younger
- true acceptance of herself
- to become her best self
- deeper, more communicative relationships
- energy to play with her children, family and friends
- to ultimately live a longer, healthier and happier life