Superstar Graduates

I’m a former professional BMX athlete, motivational speaker, and holistic health coach who’s fought four brain tumors. My passion and motivation for living the best life stems from the discovery of a genetic predisposition to accumulating tumors, a realization that sparked an investigative journey into researching the health, performance, and longevity of the human brain. As a result, I follow a ketogenic diet, and since adopting this lifestyle paradigm, the growth of my tumors has ceased leaving me feeling better and more fulfilled than ever before!

I launched a health coaching business to inspire and help others to improve their brain health so they can transform into the most successful versions of themselves. I’ve also teamed up with the Athlete Recovery Fund to raise awareness and funds for a nonprofit BMX/wellness event called the Brainy BMX Stunt Shows, which focuses on raising direct funds for direct patient care through education, sport, and inspiration.

After recovering from my own 15-year battle with full-blown bulimia, I decided I had to do something for people who were still stuck in this dark place. This is how I became a holistic health coach with Integrative Nutrition. Understanding the frustration and desperation that go with endless psychotherapy and medication, I wanted to offer a new and comprehensive approach that worked, looking at the present and future of my patients instead of their past.

Every day I am happy to witness their results, and I am proud to say that my approach works! I now work via 1:1 coaching and have built my own online program, featuring well-known innovative guest teachers such as Kathryn Hansen. I've also recently created a free 2-week email coaching series, in which I share the basic principles we need in order to transform our relationship with food. 

I graduated from IIN in 2005 and incorporated health coaching into my private NYC-based fitness and martial arts training practice. In 2009, I took my 3rd degree black belt and nutrition expertise to Los Angeles where I created the Stilettos and Self Defense program and DVDs to empower women everywhere to learn how to kick butt.

My career is forever developing as I continue to follow my dreams. I’ve consulted for major fitness brands, designed corporate wellness programs, and even traveled around Europe, China, Africa and the U.S. with a VIP client as his traveling health coach. My expertise has been featured on The Today Show, E!, The Doctors, Rachael Ray and many more. I love to blog and have recently co-authored my first book, Hear Me Roar: How to Defend Your Mind, Body and Heart Against People Who Suck.

My current mission is to empower women to feel strong, safe, and confident from the streets to the boardroom through speaking at corporate events, conferences, and colleges.

Before IIN, I was a Personal Trainer and managed my own gym. I became interested in the program because I wanted to start my own nutrition business, to add value to my PT Clients. After enrolling, I took the plunge and started my online business, Vitality Nutrition.

Since IIN, I was asked to co-author a health and fitness book with Stay Strong Mummy, Kimberley Welman, which was released in January 2017. I truly believe I wouldn’t have had the courage to become a published author if it was not for IIN. I found all of the information in the program to not only be an integral part of my development as a Health Coach, but also as an author, mother and wife!

Bio-individuality stood out the most, coming from a traditional PT background. It sounds cliché, but knowing that I am helping people be happier and healthier is my passion! My husband and I (and our kids) live, eat and breathe it. It is who we are and how we live everyday.

Before enrolling at IIN, I was working as a cost engineer for a global energy company. I'd recently made the decision to follow a vegan lifestyle, so to keep myself accountable, and to share all the amazing concoctions (and spectacular fails) I was making in the kitchen, I started my first blog.

By the time IIN caught my attention in late 2012, my blog had grown a small readership and one year later, I made the decision to enroll. I learned more than I could have ever imagined and to my surprise, I fell in love with the idea of being a Health Coach. It was scary leaving the security of a high paid career, and in running my own business, I’ve worked harder than ever before. But it’s also been the most humbling and fulfilling thing I've ever done.

Thanks to IIN, I'm now a best-selling author and my sobriety memoir, A Happier Hour, has touched the lives of thousands of women. I spend my days speaking at events, coaching my beautiful clients and guiding my life-changing coaching program, Sexy Sobriety. The Sunday Times Magazine named me ‘One of Perth’s leading Healthpreneurs’! I’m honored to have shared my love for health and happiness with more than 100 online, video, audio and print publications.

Through much of my early-mid 20s, I struggled with IBS exacerbated by chronic stress. My doctor gave me a diagnosis while drinking directly from a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke and offered me a couple of prescriptions. Not ready to go the prescription route, I hit the New York Public Library and took classes to figure out what I could do to eliminate the need to triangulate the closest bathroom everywhere I went. Teeny change after teeny change, I got healthier and happier. Others noticed and wanted to know what I did.

I filled up my professional toolbox in a big way at IIN. I knew that we are all individuals, so what helped me turn my health around wouldn't necessarily work for others. The curriculum offers a multitude of lenses to critically think about foundational health and wellness. The training also taught me a lot about listening - deep listening - from a place of really seeking to understand and connect. It taught me how impactful that can be for clients and the successful women - from astronauts to change agents to artists - I interview on my podcast, Le vital corps Salon.

Of course, there are always challenges to being a small business owner, but this work allows me to create a vital corps of healthy, assertive go-getters in the world. What could be better than that?

Right after graduating from IIN, I created a successful health coaching practice and cooking show to teach others how to truly nourish their bodies. Almost 10 years later, I still wake up every morning energized and excited to see clients, shoot videos, and appear on national television as the go-to wellness expert.

I’m a health coach and offer a mix of online and live programs. I work with clients doing 1-on-1 coaching, have group coaching programs, and go at your own pace online health coaching courses. I work with a select number of brands and companies as a wellness expert or spokesperson. I’m also an author - my first book, Go With Your Gut, was published in 2016 and my second book, Thin From Within, came out in February 2018.

My approach looks at all areas of your life. Your body wants you to feel good, and the best way to reach your natural weight is to keep your gut flora happy while balancing the other parts of life that “weigh” you down. Together, these two forces will have you looking and feeling fabulous.