Why I Made the Scariest Decision of My Life

Let me fill you in on my story so you know who’s writing these articles…

After many years of training and lots of money spent (thanks mom and dad!), I became an ER doctor, and I really loved my job for a while. But then with Covid, having a kid, the landscape of medicine changing, always more red tape, more pressure, and less time to spend with patients… my love for my job started to dwindle. I pushed those feelings down for a long time, because… what else could I do? That was my job, my life. 

Now at the same time, since about 2017, I’d been deep diving into topics of fitness and nutrition as a hobby, learning as much as I could about improving body composition because it was fun and it worked and I liked how it made me look and feel. 

There was a time, around Fall 2023, when both my dissatisfaction at work and my passion for fitness, strength, and nutrition came to a peak. I started to see my patients not through the typical lens of an ER doctor (ie. these are the labs/imaging results therefore this is the diagnosis therefore these are the medications you need) but rather as the product of their lifestyle. All the months or years or maybe an entire lifetime of certain choices. 

Of course I still managed them in the traditional sense, but I started to feel compelled to share what I knew could have such a bigger impact on their lives and their health than these temporary pill-shaped band-aids. I would suggest strength training to the 63-year-old tennis player who broke 2 bones when she tripped on the court. I would ask the 235-lb 33-year-old with knee pain if she’s interested in learning how to read nutrition facts. Some were thankful for the advice, some were totally pissed off that I brought it up. 

To keep this short, I’ll fast forward and say that eventually, for about 100 different reasons, I left my full-time position as an ER doctor in the summer of 2024 to start my business helping women become the strongest, healthiest version of themselves. The best health happens from the inside out – from the foundation of how you live your life. From how you move your body, how you nourish your body, and all the little choices you make every day. 

I have literally saved countless lives in the ER throughout my 10 years there, and I can say with complete honesty that I get more personal satisfaction from what I do now. I underwent a few of my own transformations throughout all of this – and nothing feels better than bridging the gap between where you are and where you are desperate to be. And now I get to help women bridge that gap every single day.