ABOUT ME

I started training in the gym at the age of 14. Perpetually afraid of the big scary weights area with all the grunting men, I hid myself on the treadmills and other deathly boring cardio machines. But strength and the capacity of the human body has always been a fascination of mine - especially so in male dominated spaces. So soon enough, I ventured into the weights area and made all the mistakes, felt all the embarrassment, fear, judgement, comparison and slowly but surely gained confidence and competence.

Unfortunately, social media, the brain of a teenage girl and a deep sense of not being good enough, lead me to becoming a bit too obsessed. I consumed everything there was to know about the body and all it’s functions. I soon fell into a whirlwind of fitness guru’s and advice: calorie tracking, macro obsession, step count, flat belly fixation, training 7 days a week, cutting out carbs, constant thoughts about food, my body, doing all the things that most women idealise as being “healthy”.

It’s not. I mean, come on. Are you surprised?

I went through a whole inner journey to recover from what I now know was an eating disorder - and my work is all about empowering women to be strong, healthy, fit - in a fashion that makes their lives better, that gives them more energy, more capacity, not beats the diet culture narrative and productivity obsessed ideas into their already wearily conditioned minds.

In that process, I’ve experienced a lot, learnt a lot and subsequently worked with over 200 women; desperately trying to help them avoid making the same mistakes I did. But guiding them on how to live a life full of vitality, movement, energy; without being starving. Without needing to be a size 6. Without all the nonsense. And whilst building strength, resilience and self-confidence. I’ve coached women to run ultramarathons, lose 60kg in a healthy and sustainable way, deadlift 165kg, climb mountains and all the small but important bits in-between. I work with a range of clients; those with chronic health conditions to those with busy jobs, families and all the bits in-between. I work in a very person-centred and holistic way: throwing out the rulebook and working with the person and all their preferences, challenge, fears and goals in front of me.

I’m a qualified Personal Trainer, Transformational Life Coach, ADHD Coach and I’ve also completed a diploma in Counselling Skills. I’ve fully immersed myself into the world of meditation for the last 5 years, and utilise all of these different holistic methods and approaches to work with the women that I do. Because the body doesn’t work in isolation. Women’s health most often always needs more than input and output. It needs care - attentiveness, consistency, adaptability.

I’ve ran marathons, ultramarathons, done powerlifting, CrossFit, bodybuilding, HIIT, 5ks, 10ks, you name it. I know all the mistakes.

And I deeply know what works.

I have a passion for helping women transform how they look and perform without doing burpees and diets. And having a laugh on the way too. Because what’s the point if we’re so serious?