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I am you. I am the girl on the sofa eating chips and M&M's while watching soap operas. I am the woman driving down the road with a cell phone in her ear, a Big Gulp in her cup holder, the steering wheel in one hand and cigarette in the other. I am the under-confident, overweight girl at the gym trying to be invisible. I am the seminar junkie convinced that, this is the one! I am the self-improver and the self-reflector. I am the confident businesswoman. I am the loving friend. I am the tired, but happy, girl on the elliptical machine before sunrise. I am the healthy and vibrant health coach. I am all of these people. I have held a multitude of jobs, switched careers and moved around. I have searched. I have found and I have searched again. The gift in all of this has been the ability to relate to so many different people, in so many different places under so many different circumstances.
Most of my adulthood I had struggled with low energy and excess weight. I dieted, I starved, I gave up, I swung from the Atkins diet to a Vegan diet. I was eating healthy and not much, yet the scale continued to mock my efforts. I decided to become a food investigator. I wanted to find the foods I loved that would love me back. So I embarked on a nutrition odyssey that led me through a maze of misinformation, media pressure and conflicting truths to arrive at a place of understanding, compassion and the knowledge that each person is different. During my journey of self-discovery I learned a few other things about myself as well. It's not just about the food.
I became a Holistic Health and Lifestyle Coach to help other weary travelers out of that maze and onto their path to ultimate wellness.
By the way, I've let got of the cigarettes, Big Gulps and soap operas. I've learned that a chip now and then doesn't hurt and I've replaced the M&M's with the most decadent, uber yummy dark chocolate on the planet.
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