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THE WELLNESS INDUSTRY IS EXHAUSTING. IT'S YOUR HEALTH & YOUR RULES - EVERYONE ELSE CAN TAKE A SEAT!

I’m probably going to get some backlash from this, but my give a cares are pretty much gone at this point in my life.

I check social media platforms pretty frequently to see what topics are trending in health and wellness. I feel like it’s not only important for me to keep up with my formal continuing education but to also see what people are thinking outside of a course or a classroom.

To say we have problems in this country, and as a society, would be an understatement. We have huge SYSTEMIC issues around healthcare, wellness, disease management and prevention, weight loss, etc. The list is utterly exhausting.

Every person has their own ideas and opinions on what health and wellness look like to them. It might mean the absence of disease (ex. heart disease) or no chronic health concerns (ex. high blood pressure). It might mean a certain number on the scale, the range of your biometric markers (blood pressure, cholesterol levels, blood sugar levels), or your ratio of body fat to muscle.

No matter how YOU define health and wellness, the point is….ALL THAT MATTERS IS HOW YOU DEFINE IT!

My job as a Health Coach isn’t to TELL YOU what your health and wellness should look like, or what your definition should be. My job is to help you get there.

  • To help YOU define it, not me.
  • To help you create a plan to get there, not force you to follow MINE.
  • To help you set goals, choose which actions will help you accomplish those goals, and set those actions in motion.
  • To go over the mindset work you need to forge ahead with your new actions until they become habits, and help navigate obstacles as they arise.
  • To help you stay accountable, offer support, and help you remain motivated to continue your journey.

This is going to sound callous, but I want to be rightly understood – I don’t care how much you weigh. I’m overweight, but you would be surprised at the amount of muscle mass I have.


I don’t care if you’re thick or thin. I don’t care if you eat pizza every day or kale salad. I don’t care if you run marathons or only run when wild animals are chasing you. I don’t care if you can lift 200 pounds or 20 pounds.

I'm here to guide you through. To share what I know and what I'm learning. To tell you what's working for me or other clients if you ask. 

I write blog posts, I write newsletter articles (Substack), I write guides, I write Ebooks, I created a course, and I'm even working on ANOTHER comprehensive, ALL-INCLUSIVE course to help in any way I can.

In MY ideal world, we busy moms aren’t just “skinny”….we’re POWERFUL. We are strong. We carry ourselves with confidence and STRENGTH. We walk into a room like we OWN it, no matter what size we are.

I know women who are thin and look “healthy” with major health issues; and I know women who are large with great biomarkers and zero health issues.

So, when I say I don’t care what you weigh, or what size you are, I mean it.

The ONLY thing I care about is helping busy moms reach their health and wellness goals, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE! If it means we go over your food choices bite by bite, fine. If it means you want to take up knitting to relieve your stress, also fine….we’ll work on a plan to make that happen for you.

But it is time to respect that health and wellness are different for everyone, and unless it’s a conversation happening between you and your healthcare professionals, it’s no one else’s business what that looks like.

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