I didn’t plan to be a Health Coach. It is a perfect progression of what God began in my life many years before and God never wastes a thing. I’ve been mentored by excellent models of leadership both from my parents and work relationships.

I was an athlete in Junior High, High School, and College. I received a jock jacket from Clemson University. I learned early the value of having a Coach, one who taught me the skill set, mentored and challenged me to be the best I could be.

My management degree in hand, I married and prior to kids took a desk job.  The managers I had the privilege of working with used the team approach to management rather than the traditional boss/ subordinate roles. Very naturally, that became my management style as well. 

As kids came along I transitioned to homemaker and mother. Aren’t mothers essentially a Coach of the family? My life was that of the quintessential soccer-mom, taking active kids to soccer, ballet, theatre, karate, church and friends-mentoring, disciplining, developing character.They were very active, I was not. What I was-was just plain exhausted.

I poured the leadership skills I had into church and non-profits during those years. I utilized the team approach to whatever organization I worked with.  When it was time for me to re-enter the workforce, I connected again in companies formed after the team concept. I looked up and somehow, without me knowing it, sixty pounds had crept on me! 

My mother’s heart attack jolted me into a reality check. It was not IF I would have a heart attack, it was simply WHEN. Fitness became a priority and I engaged- you guessed it- a Fitness Coach. My personal trainer taught me skills, set up my plan, held me accountable and mentored me to become the best I could be. I was better at 42 than I was at 22: Stronger, Leaner, with more Energy.

I care about people, and being an encourager by nature, this stoked. With fitness, I was armed with one more skill set that could transform lives. My trainer modeled for me being a voracious learner, and as I followed her lead, acquired more skills. It was not long that I found myself as the Head Coach of a team of eight trainers.

God has brought me to this place; as a health coach, a motivational speaker and personal trainer. The things that draw me are my three F’s: faith, family and fitness. It is my passion to help others, to take you on the grand adventure of living a full and healthy life.