My wellness career kicked off, in 2009, at the University of Waterloo. I was graduating with an Honours Psychology degree, focusing specifically on the area of health psychology and excited to use that knowledge alongside my Personal Training Specialist certification. I would be kicking butts into shape and making sure people’s minds were in a healthy state too. It wasn’t long before I put my student hat back on at George Brown College for my Fitness and Health Promotion diploma to cover all the bases of my knowledge in the areas of biology, physiology and all things human body from a health and wellness perspective.

By the end of that program, I had landed in the corporate wellness sector where I also brought a Group Fitness Instructor certification, and a passion for mindfulness meditation that I had cultivated during an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workshop.

A love of looking at health from all different angles naturally led me to my first-level certification as a Holistic Lifestyle Coach (HLC) through the C.H.E.K Institute in 2012 and, six years later, I’ve completed the third level of HLC training, with my own coaching practice.

There are so many things about what I do that I love. I started out in the industry because I had gotten first-hand experience of the life-changing impact health practises like fitness and nutrition make and I wanted to help people discover that in their own lives. Now, more than ever, the thing that excites me most about my job is helping people get to the bottom of anything that’s taking away from their quality of wellness and empowering them with their own unique formula for well-being. Wellness isn’t just about what you’re eating or how you’re moving, it’s also about: the quality of your thoughts, how well your choices reflect your values, and, ultimately, your ability to tap into the needs of your body, mind, and soul to honour and fulfil them.