In my journey, I had to dismantle some long-standing beliefs about what it meant to be fit and healthy. I was blinded by diet-culture’s lies about exercise and nutrition. I fell prey to the ideas of scarcity and restriction. I used to think I had to sweat hard and punish myself to deserve to eat what I wanted. The popular message from every fitness instructor seemed to sing the same tune - the harder you would work in class, the longer you continue burning calories. I believed my fitness teachers when they told me it's time to get “bikini ready” and chisel my “tank top arms."
I signed up for gimmicky health fads under the guise that they are good for me but with the secret underlying desire - that they would help me be smaller. It’s no wonder I would binge because I would be starving from exercising so hard. I was too depleted to make myself something nourishing. I started to dread my workouts - getting anxious on the drive over thinking, “why am I doing this to myself?” I finally realized this was not working for me anymore. I started exploring new ways to be fit and strong without depleting, punishing, and depriving myself. I found ways of movement that sustained me and felt restorative. I started exercising simply because it felt good and I enjoyed it completely unrelated to what I ate. It was so refreshing!
My own transformation inspired my signature program, K-Life, that empowers midlife women to experience what true health was designed to feel like. It honors herself and God, and gives the satisfaction of feeling capable of truly caring for herself in mind, body, and spirit. At it’s core, K-Life gets rid of the clutter and focuses on what true health is meant to feel like: vitality and energy. I am so excited to share it with you.