After becoming a Personal Trainer I quickly learned that to truly help women become content in their own skin getting the results they want, and living a healthy balanced lifestyle (rather than a fad, restrictive or unhealthy one) there was much more to this than just ‘more exercise and better nutrition’.

I discovered my own weight loss and health recovery required a different approach to the familiar “food+exercise” staples I had done in the past (that were no longer working for me). The ‘magic’ was in the process of letting go of my baggage and healing old wounds – physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

Through my own health challenges from a diagnosis of Graves Disease (Hyperthyroidism) in 2007, I discovered that a holistic approach was the key to realizing what wellbeing really means, to heal my body with understanding and kindness.

Whole foods, a Functional Medicine approach, Reiki, Mediation, NLP and Hypnosis have been key elements in my healing, so I have made these modalities an integral part of how I help my clients.

It’s the complexity of women which makes me so passionate about helping.

There just isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach that works.

What works for your best friend or partner doesn’t work for you, and how can it – we are unique, each one of us.

Women are not just ‘small men’.

Our hormones, our bodies, even our fat stores are very different.

The way we are wired – mentally, emotionally, spiritually, is different to men.

So a regime that is designed for a man to get six-pack abs is not designed for a 40-year old woman.

In addition to that, a weight loss plan designed for a 20 year old woman is most likely not going to have the same results for a peri-menopausal 48 year old woman with 3 kids and a stressful job.