MY STORY….
When I became a personal trainer 20 years ago at the age of 18 I was so excited about every single part of this type of work. I was working with people. I was really, truly helping people. I felt like I was able to make a difference. My clients became my friends and work really didn’t feel like work.
Initially, I also loved the freedom of this work. I got to create my own schedule and also choose the clients I wanted to work with.
For 19 of those 20 years, I worked in the gym as a personal trainer. As much as I loved the work I was doing, I wanted to do more, to help more, and to be more while creating a greater impact on my communities. What was originally my passion for so many years was now fast becoming constricting, confining and limiting me and my growth as an entrepreneur, a friend, a mom. Let me explain:
First I wanted to help my clients more. I wanted to really dive in with each one of them and help them with more than just pushing them in the gym. I felt so limited by the fact that I only got to see them at the most for 3 hours per week. I knew that to really see results, I needed to help them with the other 165 hours of their week. I needed to dive into what they were eating, their daily habits around food and exercise, their mindset, the weekly prep, sleep, stress levels…...all of it!!
But how was I going to do this?
Then I also knew I wanted to help more people. My daily life since becoming a coach has been consumed with research….learning about what to eat for health, food for fat loss and how to properly train to maximize results. I was training on average 20 clients on an ongoing basis and I really wanted to make a larger impact and help more people.
But how was I going to do this?
Then I found myself starting to feel constricted by the gym. Even though I made my own hours I still had to be available at the times my clients were available which was early mornings, late evenings and weekends. At first this didn’t bother me, but when Shelby came and the first few years of her life I wasn’t able to put her to bed at night and read her a story, my heart was beginning to break. I also had a daily 2-3 hour commute. Yes, I wanted to be there for my clients and help them but I wanted to be there for my own family too. I then decided my NUMBER 1 non negotiable was to be able to drop Shelby off every day and pick her up. I wanted to be 100% present and available for her and really be there to raise her.
But again, how was I going to do this?
When I met my business coach and mentor, Dai Manuel, in May 2017, I was really struggling. I was 65lbs overweight, depressed, I was frustrated with my present life and schedule and I felt like I wasn’t living my full potential in every way!
I will never forget the call I had with him when I told him all about my frustrations and my current business, and he gave me a solution that would change my life forever.
His solution? Create an online program that would help clients achieve real results.
At first I was overwhelmed with this idea. My schedule was already jam packed between gym training hours and Shelby. How was I going to find time to create this? Well with Dai’s help, I was able to get started and plan a path for success for me and my clients. After running my first group of Fuel For Fat Loss online last November, I was on CLOUD 9! My clients were so committed to implementing a healthier lifestyle, their results were INCREDIBLE and I was being fulfilled in every way.
Every single one of my goals was met and now was able to:
Dive in deeper with my clients and help them with all 168 hours of each week - their food, fitness, weekly prep, daily habits, mindset
Help SO MANY MORE clients by being online
Free up my time to be a present mom. Now I get to read Shelby a bed time story every night, drop her off and pick her up every day from school and be there if she’s sick and needs to stay home (ugh flu season).
So what’s my message for you? If you care about people...like REALLY CARE ABOUT PEOPLE and want to provide solutions where it IS IMPOSSIBLE for your clients to fail, If you want to help MORE people and you also want to create a lifestyle for yourself that gives you FREEDOM to work from home or anywhere in the world and ultimately allows you to live your fullest potential YOU CAN!!!!!!
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