a little about me…

NASM® Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC)

NASM® Certified Behavior Change Specialist (BCS)

IIN® Hormonal Health Coach

For too many years I struggled in diet culture, stuck in the yuck of trying to be “perfect,” over-working and under nourishing my body, mind and soul. I thought overwhelm, anxiety and burn-out were just normal parts of life.

Here’s what I know now, that I wished I knew then.

  1. Fitness and health are two different things. Both important, but for different reasons.

  2. Your body is made up of over 300 trillion cells. A healthy body starts at the cell.

  3. Weight loss (and control) is more about hormonal health than it is calories in/calories out.

  4. Your body needs fat, just the right kind of it.

  5. The majority of weight loss research is done predominantly on male participants and seldom adjusted for for menstrual cycles of participating women.

  6. Fat-free is code for “sugar added.”

  7. What you feed yourself is more than just what’s on your fork. Thoughts, relationships, media, books, environment are all feeding you.

  8. Size does not equal health.

  9. The female body is phenomenal.

  10. There is no perfect. It’s all made up

  11. Loving yourself is the ultimate power play.

A few things that really helped me.

  1. Dance changed my life. It brought me back into my body and gave me permission to express all the different sides of me.

  2. A 2016 presentation I attended with Dr. Mark Hyman changed the way I looked at food, the food industry, and how I defined health.

  3. Learning how the body works, and what it actually requires to operate its best. Books, workshops, podcasts, certiff

  4. Daily meditation, mindfulness, yoga, movement, laughing until I cry, good friends, a well-made cocktail from time to time, delicious food, family, travel, gardening, crafting, a little DIY here and there, and the gratitude for all of it. The good, the bad and the in between.