I recently listened to an audiobook called “The Personal Trainer” by Rebecca Collomosse, and if I’m being perfectly honest, I thought I was going to hate it. It’s a thriller, and right up my alley in terms of genre, but I knew that I’d find nearly any portrayal of a personal trainer frustrating, and that certainly turned out to be true here. But as the story came together and I saw a larger picture emerge, my perspective changed. The antagonist of the story, Claudia, is esse

I am not a great cook, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. …But I used to be. Especially as a personal trainer and holistic nutrition consultant in 2016, when I was brand new to my career. It was the early years of Instagram. Food pics were peak social media content, and I was trying to promote myself online in hopes of attracting nutrition coaching clients. At the time, I was in a weird place with my relationship with food—caught between my former bodybuilder diet and the organ

Recently, I completed a 60-hour training in somatic healing practices led by Trista Davis from Above Average Yoga and Wellness. In this training, I learned a variety of tools and practices that can help improve nervous system regulation, support the processing of trauma and other emotions, and facilitate a deeper connection with the body. One of the reasons I believe so many of us struggle with movement and exercise, eating, and self-care is because we approach them from a pl