Why Health Coaching?
I am so excited to be here. This has been a long time in the making; most of my life, probably.
Not until a few years ago, I finally was able to admit my childhood experiences with food and body image have impacted me tremendously. I am slowly learning to not place all the blame on the certain people in my life; they loved me the best way they knew how, and looking back, I knew their concerns for me to ‘stay away from food’ was from a good perspective.
I will always remember the first time, my heart stirred because I heard someone else in my life that went through the same experience as I did.
eating disorder.
That moment, that day was a gift to me. I still remember where I was exactly, and how I stopped breathing for a few seconds (I think) because I realized I wasn’t alone. This secret, this dark side of my past that I was trying so hard to hide away for so long, didn’t need to stay hidden anymore. Because it no longer was something only I understood. I could talk about it with others, because they would understand, because they have gone through this, too.
The more I learned to talk about it, the more I realized I wanted to use this experience to help other women who may still be affected today from their past. So much of how we see food, whether good foods or bad foods, or feeling the need to count calories, or restricting ourselves from eating either carbs or sweets or certain fats, come from a past experience that may have damaged us emotionally. And so much of our well-beings came from the emotional side. After years struggling with eating and dealing with my own trauma, I believe the only way we could be truly healed is from the inside out.
Health coaching with me is not a program you sign up to lose weight. Well, not to just lose the weight, I am hoping. It is not something that will train your body to transform into a goddess-like form. But it is a journey with me to discover what you truly value in your life, and how to balance these valuable elements with good nutrition and habits, and you will learn to thrive in ways you’d never expect. I know what it’s like to feel stuck and I know what it’s like to have the tools to grow and learn to live a better life. Can you just imagine a day when you no longer have to categorize foods as good or bad, a day where you don’t have to count calories anymore, a day you’ll be freed from the past. You never know what this may lead to, I pray it’s something that is wholesome and great!
