I've been around the sun enough times to know there is no easy way to get through this life.  Something a mentor of mine told me once was, "living a healthy lifestyle is hard. Living unhealthy is hard. Choose your hard."  In 2012, at 32 years old I finally decided to choose health and even though I have to still make this choice every day, it's a choice I make easily after seeing all the unhealthy habits I could walk away from for good.  

Prior to 2012 I had been going faster and faster through the yo-yo cycles of health and sickness my whole adult life.  I knew how to lose weight, but I had no understanding of what a healthy mindset was or how to maintain good habits long term.  I had been on medication for depression and anxiety for years and didn't have any hope that I could create a peaceful life on my own. The faster I lost weight, the faster it came back on.  My erratic eating habits had escalated into a very serious binge-eating habit. I was shutting myself off more and more from friends and family and avoided social events or the messages  from friends and family wanting to connect  on my phone.  I disliked myself immensely and was in the mindset of "I guess this is just who I am.  Lots of people are unhealthy.  I'm just one of those people."

When I was finally ready to do things differently, I reached out to a private health coach for the first time and submitted to a bigger transformation process that not only included help with my nutrition, but weekly accountability, education, mental work, and community.  Once I stopped trying to solve just the outcome of my bad habits (my weight) and focused more on the causes of them (unhealthy lifestyle, negative mindset and no support) that's when real change finally happened.  Not only did I drop 40lb that year, but I was able to get off the medications I'd been on for 7 years, develop a strong exercise habit, help my family get healthy as well and even start helping other people through my healthy ripple effects.  

I went from feeling like I had nothing to offer the world to feeling like I might actually be able to affect people for the better. This one mindset shift alone has been the biggest benefit to me of personally committing to healthy habits.

I opened my private coaching business in July 2012 and have worked with over 1,000 people since then.  I am certified as a Health and Well-being Coach with a certificate in Functional Medicine from the Wellcoaches School of Coaching.  I've trained personally with world-renowed thought leaders such as Jim Dethmer (Founder of The Conscious Leadership Group), Wayne Anderson (co-Founder of Optavia healthy lifestyle program), Robert Fritz (Structural Dynamics), Helen Urwin (Full Potential Facilitation), Dave Blanchard (CEO of the Og Mandino Group), and many more.  I am committed to practicing what I preach and am constantly pushing myself to sharpen habits and incorporate new ones.  I never ask a client to do anything I wouldn't be willing to do myself.  If I can walk this journey with you, I'm a more valuable support to you so that's my commitment.

I coach mainly through intuitive listening and a lot of questions to guide you to your solutions.  I've found that my clients usually know the exact right answer at some subconscious level and it's my job as a coach to ask the right questions to help you discover find them.  I also believe that motivation alone will never get the job done and you'll need many more mental tools to get this job done.  Weekly assignments, accountability, reading and writing can all help you discover your deeper commitment and I customized my coaching sessions to your individual needs and goals.  Our time spent one-on-one is a supplement to the work and learning you'll be doing on your own daily.

You have everything you need inside you right at this very moment to live your best day.  I'll help you uncover this person and I you won't believe who you can be when you just give yourself a chance.  I'm ready to dive in with you, let's find the person you hope you can be!

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