You’ve had your Last Square Peg in a Round Hole Coaching Experience
Here’s Why I came to Believe it
In the fall of 2023, I felt like I had come up against an invisible wall. And then I realized I was in peri-menopause.
I craved movement and the grounding effect of lifting weight, but I was often too exhausted to complete the workouts in the online resistance training program I was following. I also began experiencing what became my peri-parade of injuries.
Soon after, I started working with a coach. And contrary to what might make a good marketing story, my coach wasn’t a bad coach. I felt completely unjudged by her when I couldn’t finish a session or couldn’t work anywhere near 100% effort.
But looking back, I wish I’d had someone alongside me who could recognize and validate why my capacity had changed.
Someone who could adapt my training to what I needed in that season, rather than simply giving me an ‘results-oriented’ program to follow.
Someone who could help me look at the other pieces of my life that were contributing to how I felt, beyond my training and nutrition.
That experience changed how I think about my coaching.
Make progress by showing up as yourself, and for yourself.
I recently discovered that I’d spent a lot of my life assuming that when something didn't work for me, I was the problem.
There are plenty of coaches and programs that ask you to force yourself into someone else's idea of how training should work; ignore what you know about yourself, and push through every obstacle.
My approach is different. We build strength and capability while paying attention to the whole picture: your body, your brain, your energy, your goals, and your actual life.
You’ll be challenged. You’ll be expected to grow. But you won't have to fight yourself to do it.
If these phrases feel familiar, let me help you find another path:
Training: “I feel a little lost and exhausted but I guess this is how training should feel.”
Food: “I shouldn’t eat that because it’s bad.” Or, “I need to get more disciplined about my food.”
Body: “My body is wrong and needs fixing.”
Consistency: “If I can't follow the plan perfectly, I've failed.”
Energy: “I need to override how I feel and make myself do it.”
Menopause/midlife: “My changing body is a problem I need to fight.”
Me, my coach Rachel, and my daughter after our Powerlifting Meet in 2025.
Here’s Why you can Trust Me
BS, Exercise Science from Truman State University (1998)
MS, Health Studies from Portland State University (2007)
Kettlebell Training, National Personal Training Institute (2019)
Mobility Specialist, Functional Range Systems (2020)
Precision Nutrition Level 1 in-process + practicing applying tools with current clients (2026)
Part of the fitness industry for almost 30 years.
Here’s Who I Understand Best
I understand wanting to get stronger and take care of yourself without turning your life into a project of constantly fixing yourself.
I understand women who are in a season of life where the old rules don't seem to work quite the way they used to.
Your body is changing. Your energy, recovery, hormones, priorities, and capacity may be different than they’ve been before now. And yet so much fitness advice still assumes that you should be able to train, eat, and live exactly the way you always have.
Maybe you're navigating perimenopause or menopause. Maybe you're dealing with aches, old injuries, or a body that doesn't always behave predictably. Perhaps your capacity fluctuates, or conventional approaches to motivation and consistency have never worked particularly well for you.
Or maybe you're simply tired of being told that the answer is more discipline, more restriction, or more effort.
I will do my best to see you, and meet you where you ‘re at, each step of the way.
Me finishing a challenging and hueco-filled climbing route in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada. 2024