Exploring Internal Family Systems with Emily Young: Integrating Mental Health and Movement

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Emily Young, a mental health therapist, trauma-informed personal trainer, and co-founder of Hope Ignited, a trauma-informed personal training certification course. We dive into the fascinating world of Internal Family Systems (IFS), a therapeutic model that explores the various “parts” of ourselves and how they interact. Key Highlights: What is Internal … Read More

How often should you check your bank account(s)?

“You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” -Peter Drucker Getting familiar with your finances is one of the foundational steps to gaining control over your personal money management. Too often, people navigate their financial lives blindly, only checking their credit card balances or bank statements sporadically. This habit usually leads to panic when they discover a shockingly high credit card … Read More

Color Coding System for Money Management (the 3 highlighter method)

I bought a house, started a business, and went through a terribly dramatic breakup that drained all of my accounts before I was 24. I had no money in my savings, $17,000 of credit card debt, and was barely scraping by with the income from my personal training business. I realized quickly this was no way to live. I knew … Read More

Mastering Your Day: How Time Blocking and Color Coding Can Revolutionize Your Schedule

Ever feel like your to-do list is more of a “wishful thinking” list? You start the day with grand intentions, only to be derailed by endless distractions, meetings that could’ve been emails, and tasks that somehow multiply like rabbits. Yeah, been there. That’s where time blocking and color coding come in—two simple yet game-changing strategies to not just get through … Read More

Is Your Program Scalable? Let’s Find Out.

“Scaling” is the “getting toned” of the business world. Everyone thinks they want it, but there’s more to it than what we’re sold by social-media-popular business gurus. Unlike simple growth, scaling means increasing your revenue without a corresponding increase in costs, achieving a high profit-margin. Many confuse “scaling” with “making more money.” But true scaling requires a completely different approach. … Read More

Creating Financial Stability in Your Personal Training Business

At the start of my personal training business, I remember thinking there was no way I could ever create a sustainable, repeatable income for myself. A client would cancel or reschedule a session, effectively pushing back their next payment. Shit. My car payment is due. There was always low-grade anxiety in the back of my mind when it came to … Read More

Strategy + Soul: Our Business and Lifestyle Design Mission

Until circa 2020, my entire business and life were approached with nothing but strategy. Fill in the spreadsheet, run the calculations. Make the T-chart for decision making. Fill in the calendar. Squeeze in the meeting. Follow the to-do list. Nobody cares, work harder. No excuses. Make no mistake, living this way works. It worked for me. It worked for hundreds … Read More

Mid-Year Review: 5 Key Areas to Review For Continued Success

  1. Review Your Bookkeeping Nothing is worse than getting to the end of the year and diving into your bookkeeping for the first time for the year. Saving your bookkeeping until the end of each year will mean you’re buried under a pile of dozens of bank statements and thousands of line items. I like to reconcile my books … Read More

How You Build It Is How It Will Go

I was doom-scrolling when I came across a post from a fellow business coach. The post I stopped on read: “Online business is harder than in person business.” The case she was building was that trainers who leave the online space to pursue fitness business in-person are taking the easy way out. That the online business challenge is worth it … Read More