You may have heard someone tell you to “exhale on exertion,” “pull the belly button to your spine,” or “exhale and engage your core,” during a workout. But, what do those cues really mean?

It’s NEDA week, so let’s take this opportunity to talk. Eating disorders kill. They have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. And yet, the fitness industry continues to sell and celebrate disordered relationships with food and exercise.

Training your pelvic floor is super important, especially during & after pregnancy. So how do you properly train your PF? Hint: the solution is not “just do kegels”!

As your intuitive movement guide, I promise to NEVER …

2010 vs. 2020 — which life would you choose?! The choice looks pretty clear to me.

Weight loss is the most common thing new clients mention when I ask about why they want to work with a personal trainer. I hear it from all women, regardless of their size. Why is it that we, as women, constantly strive to be smaller? To shrink and take up less space?

It is time to stop associating workouts with weight loss. It is time to stop punishing ourselves with exercise. It is time to find fitness freedom! Simply put, intuitive movement is the practice of moving WITH your body instead of AGAINST it.

Your ideal weight is the one where you can live your life. Where you can enjoy food without fear, exercise because it feels good, and use your brain for more important things than calculating calories. Those “extra pounds” you regularly fixate on losing — that is where your body naturally wants to be — that is YOUR LIFE! You do not have to spend it constantly trying to take up less space.