I grew up in a huge family in a tiny town in Northwest Ohio. I moved to Phoenix, Arizona when I was 24, where I met my husband. After our kids moved out, my husband and I sold our home, quit our careers, and traveled full-time for 7.5 months before moving to our forever home, the island of Kauai. We traveled here for the first time in 2011 and it immediately felt like home. After a couple trips, we made a plan to move here. We are literally living our dream, the dream I manifested for 7 yearsđŤ The peace my soul feels is immense and the gratitude I have is enough to bring me to tears at any given momentđđź
Let's get to how I found my purpose...
From a young age, I was very body-conscious. I hated my legs so much that you rarely caught me in shorts or a bathing suit through high school and college. It wasnât until I had kids that I finally decided that my body wasnât going to get any better so I needed to get over it (not true at all but we learn as we go right?!đ).
It's not like I was suddenly happy with my body. I just wore shorts and continued to hate my reflection in the mirror. So I started doing allllll the things to lose weight... Adkins, the grapefruit diet, diet pills, Ephedra, HCG that I was shooting into myself (from Mexicođ¤Śđźââď¸), Lipo Dissolve (donât ask, so stupid), oh, and, letâs not forget every supplement that Dr Oz suggested. I bounced from one thing to another, never not on a diet.Â
Then I got into fitness and nutrition... finally a healthy approach! I was getting results and wanted to show everyone the way. I was running all these challenges that involved strict following of a workout and nutrition regimen. What kept happening was that the women I was helping were getting results, but the results were hard to sustain. Unless you are willing to be dedicated the rest of your life, the super toned body is nearly impossible to keep. It's fun being super in-shape like in this pic, but it's also fun to enjoy food and drink... so sometimes I'm super fit and sometimes I have a little Buddha belly (and bigger boobies) and I LOVE both versions of međ
Someone, somewhere along the way, said to me "I just need to go slow and steady" and it changed the game for me. Why are we spending our whole lives trying to get "in the shape of our lives", only to succeed and fail time and time again?? And, is the whole purpose of life to be thin? Of course, we want to look good, we want to feel good, we want to be healthy. But does any of that have anything to do with our size or, better yet, our weight????Â
My mission is to help you find a routine that is uniquely tailored to you, to help you get the results you are looking for, and, most importantly, to help you love your body in all her shapes and sizes! Your worth has nothing to do with a number on a scale!!!
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If youâŚ
- Are never happy with your body.
- Donât even know who you are anymore.
- Canât find the time to take care of yourself because you give everything you have to your kids, spouse and employer.Â
- Think that eating healthy means tasteless crappy food.
- Have done all the fad diets and are ready for a different approach.
- Feel like you're "crazy" and don't have anyone to talk to.Â
- Feel like youâre in a slump and donât know how to get out of it.
- Are craving community.
Are you ready to:
- Get your shit together and stick with a healthy routine.
- Have a group of friends that will make you feel supported through anything.
- Learn tips to make eating healthy and super yummy.Â
- Make YOU a priority?
- Feel strong and healthy, mentally and physically.
- Feel confident and sexy in your skin.
- Realize that you are not crazy and there are other people who are so much like you.
- Give fewer f*cks.
- Love your body, in all her shapes and sizes.
- Be in control of life instead of letting life control you.
- Stop starting over.
