It wasn't until after I was in my 40's and I woke up one morning sick and tired of being sick and tired. I was truly at my all time low. I remember literally waking up, walking into the bathroom in nothing by my "birthday suit" and happened to catch my reflection in the mirror. Which was a rare occurrence as I generally avoided the mirror as much as I could. When I caught my reflection that late September morning, I was moved to tears because I didn't even know the person looking back at me anymore. She looked like a stranger, a body I didn't recognize from all the alcohol and food I was using to numb my deep pain inside. The pure sadness in my green eyes looking back at me. The puffy face and the pure exhaustion felt inside. I jumped into the shower and I honestly don't know if the shower tap ran more water or my eyes from the tears of realizing I had allowed myself to get to this point.

As I turned off the tap to the shower and turned off the tears so I could go about my day, I decided right then and there to make a promise to myself to find out who the person in the mirror really was and it was time to take my health and my life back into my own hands. There was no more time for self-pity, it was time to take action.

It was a start of a messy, yet so beautiful journey back to Velvette.

In the spring of 2020, I decided that I wanted to find a way to help other people who felt the way I did that late September morning and show them that there is a better life out there for you if you just take action and get out of your own way.

I enrolled in a dual certification program to get my Health and Life Coaching certification. I also decided during then to get my Fitness and Nutrition certification so that I could truly give my clients a holistic approach to taking back all aspect of their life.

What I have learned after working with well over 30 people in the last 3 years is often times they come to work with me because they want to take back their health but we ALWAYS wind up working on the inner work. The reason for that as I learned on my own journey is that until we find out what our inner pain and unhealthy patterns are, we wont find sustainable success in our health journey. A quote I use often from one of my mentors from my certification program said "how you do one thing is how you do everything" and to quote one of my favorite authors Brene Brown, "owning our story can be hard but not as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy - the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light." So you see we have to turn inwards through that darkness so that we can then turn it into the light. That is where lasting change takes place.

My vision/mission for my coaching business is to help my clients of all ages from 5 to 95 to take action. I will show them ways to handle stress so they can go after their dreams without fears holding them back. I help them to reclaim their confidence and be empowered to take life by storm and become the best versions of themselves.

I love working with my clients to identify what areas they are not living their best life and we work together to get you there. It doesn't matter what path you are on, we work on your mindset, letting go of beliefs, reframing your thought process and identifying what sets your soul on fire and make sure you have more of that in your life daily.

If this sounds like something you are ready to work on then let's get started! There will never be a more perfect time then right now!