In 2016, on my quest for self-healing, I discovered health coaching as a way to improve my health and it grew into a new mission for my life. On this journey, I addressed my relationship with food and transformed my body. As I learned and implemented, I became keenly aware of how to better accomplish my health improvement goals giving my body proper nutrition and a healthy mindset.

As I implemented these changes, I lost weight and realized that I had an unhealthy relationship with food. I had no idea this was an eating disorder. When I was stressed, I would not feel hungry, so I didn’t eat. It was common for me to go through the day without eating or skipping meals. When I learned how this distorted eating behavior affected my physical body, brain and emotional well-being, I began to adopt new lifestyle habits that improved my overall health.

In my mid-forties, I came across a health coaching program that seemed to come out of nowhere, just when I needed it. It was quite literally heaven sent.

I had gotten to a point in my life where I felt completely discouraged and physically uncomfortable in my own body. I desperately needed to change. There were various circumstances going on in my life that were depleting my energy and joy. I needed to lose weight and regain a range that was more ideal for my body. The thought of having to go out to buy bigger clothes was absolutely depressing. Deep down inside, I felt that there was something within me that needed to be healed. I didn’t know it at the time, but my coaching journey would not only lead me to heal by body physically but emotionally as well.

Not only did I feel amazing physically, I also healed my emotional well-being in the process. I ran my first full marathon at 46, and my body felt strong again. Through doing this work, I gained so much clarity about what truly nourished my soul. I began to practice radical self-love, and self-care, and let go of things that no longer served me.