But it wasn’t always this way.
Here’s a little bit about me…
From my mid-teens to mid-twenties, I struggled with my body-image.
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 pull 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 and 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 trying to lose it) and have kept it off ever since…
And now I help other women to do the same!
Creating the consistent habits and lifestyle that develops a healthy relationship to food and exercise and support you to appreciate the body you have, by feeling stronger, healthier and happier moving forward in life as you gently age!
I have been a fitness trainer and health coach for 15+ years…
Why you can trust me
- Bachelor of Physical Education, Majoring in Exercise Prescription and Management.
- Certified Health Coach.
- 9 years of running successful outdoor bootcamps, training over 300 people.
- 15+ years of personal training, working with clients aged 16 – 77.
- 7 years of individual and group coaching.
- Lived experience of being a mother to 3 under 3.
- Fun fact: I spent over 4 years working on superyachts around the world as a deckhand, stewardess and personal trainer. Just like on the reality tv show ‘Below Deck!’