From the outside, my life in my 40s looks better than it did in my 20s.
From the inside, it actually is.

I used to obsess about:

• All the food that crossed my lips
• Needing to ‘burn it all off’ with increasingly longer runs
• My reflection and pulling myself apart every chance I got

All in a bid to reach the never-ending goal to ‘just.get.skinnier.’

Eventually… this resulted in a battle with bulimia.

The weight-loss narrative that I’d been fed was ‘eat less and exercise more’.

Each morning I’d wake with the intention to restrict my food, which then backfired every afternoon and I would end up overeating or bingeing.

And no amount of running each day was ever going to be enough!!

It wasn’t until I met my (now) husband that I finally had the strength to do something different.

Instead of focusing on wanting to lose weight, I focused on what I had to do to be a stronger, healthier version and to just feel better in myself!

• I learned to listen to my body’s physical cues.
• To notice the effect various foods had on me.
• Started strength training alongside my runs.

The result?

My head felt ‘free’ of all the negative thoughts and food obsession for the first time since puberty!

I lost the weight I had desperately tried to lose for the past decade (despite not focusing on trying to lose it) and have kept it off ever since…

And now I help other women to do the same!

Not chase smaller, but build stronger. And finally get out of their own way!

We’re told we have willpower, discipline, motivation problems… But the real issue is the story you’ve been told about what your body is supposed to look like — and how hard you needed to work to punish it into shape.

I know that story. I lived it for far too long! And it’s my life’s passion to help you write your different story too. 

Not that you asked, but here’s my CV… 😅

A Bachelor of Physical Education, majoring in Exercise Prescription and Management. 
Certified Health Coach.
25+ years in the industry.
15+ years of personal training with clients aged 13 to 86.
Hundreds of women (and a handful of men!) trained through group classes and online programmes.

Honestly though, the credential that matters most is that I’ve sat where you’re sitting. I know what it’s like to be exhausted, to start over repeatedly, and to feel like your body is doing its own thing regardless of what you want. 

Oh – and I spent four years working on superyachts around the world as a deckhand, bosun, stewardess, and personal trainer. Yes, exactly like Below Deck. It’s a long story. I’ll tell you sometime. 😄