For most of my life I struggled with my weight and body image. I understood how to lose weight and I would set a start date and go all in, “eating clean” and counting my calories. A few weeks later, I would want to go out with friends, or have a piece of cake at a birthday party, and a shame spiral would follow. Most of the time this would be followed by falling completely off track and eating in a way that didn’t align with how I wanted to treat my body. I didn’t want pictures taken of me, and if I had to, I would hide behind my children. This was no way to live or model self-esteem for my children.

I was fed up with feeling uncomfortable in my own skin! One day I finally said “enough!” and hired a nutrition coach! I found a perspective and approach that allowed me to lose weight, love my body, get rid of my shame around having a piece of cake with my family and embrace family photos!!

I became so passionate about this approach that I have continued my journey by obtaining my nutrition, recovery, sleep and stress management coaching certifications.