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Hi there! I'm Shannon..

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a holistic fitness coach with a serious passion for showing women how to intentionally nourish their minds, bodies & bellies so they can embody their most confident shape naturally

Don't worry, I'm not here to give you a meal plan that drains your sanity, and I don't believe in "go hard or go home." I'm here to help you ditch the cookie-cutter diets and ritualize behaviors that nourish your mind & body according to your unique needs & desires. 

Let’s be honest.. You don’t just want to look better.

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​​You want to be able to trust yourself again, put an end to self-sabotage and live more intentionally so that your body naturally reflects who you really are. 

You see other people do it... all the time! They start going to the gym, cleaning up their diet, and suddenly their bodies look great, their energy is glowing, and you can tell their transformation runs deep - far beyond appearance.


And you want that freedom too. The glow, the shape, the self-mastery, the inner peace, the space to focus on bigger things in life.

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Yet, every time you attempt to change it's like the whole universe is conspiring against you. Time tightens, family needs you, nothing is going to plan... it's too much to manage.

You close your eyes, take a deep breath, try not to explode...

how do other people make it look so darn easy?!

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That's when it hits you.

"Apparently it requires immense sacrifice, which I'm not willing to do... so I guess I need to accept that I'll always be stuck"

This is where I jump in, give you a BIG hug and say "hey now.. no more talking nonsense. I'm not letting you give up on yourself like that"

Together, we're going to tear down what you think your journey "should" look like & rebuild from the ground up with what actually works

simply, naturally, sustainably 

It is no less possible for you than anyone else, but I totally get the feeling. That used to be me.

I started out like most girls do. Obsessed with "fixing" my body because my worth lived in my appearance (even if Mom said it didn't). I longed for skinny, I admired the girls who made it look easy, and after years of trying every diet or hack I could find, I was simply left wondering why I was cursed with this body, this struggle, and now this eating disorder too after years of trying to diet. 

Sure, I had lost some weight in the first few years.

Sure, I looked transformed to some degree.

 

But on the inside, I knew I wasn't where I needed to be to truly feel at peace in my mind and at home in my body. Something still had me uneasy about my body and lifestyle choices - I didn't feel like me.

I was still a victim of my emotions, of diet-culture, of my lack of understanding. And because of that, binge-restrict cycles continued, scale fluctuations continued, I still felt totally out of control within myself... I had to keep going even though I often wondered to myself, "is this just not in the cards for me? is it hormones? genetics? am I doomed?" Nobody knew because I "looked" fine on the outside, I "looked" healthy and fit... but to me, it wasn't just about my body anymore.

Fast-forward handfuls of years, hours upon hours of studying fitness nutrition, human behavior, food-addiction, training principles, and of course countless trials on my own journey... and it finally clicked.

"I've been working against my body & mind, not in favor of. Um. Thanks for sending me in the completely opposite direction, diet industry, I understand your game now keeping me on this roller coaster of hope glimmers & doubt!"

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The problem?

We were never taught to nourish. We were taught to fix, and quickly (which is not what our bodies are designed for). But all that does is send us into emotional and physical chaos that our bodies are designed to fight back against to maintain homeostasis. No wonder it felt like a battle... it was! Between us, our bodies/weight, and the diet industry. 

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This realization finally sent me down another path. One that helped me understand the body and mind from a whole new angle. One that helped me realize our bodies ARE on our side, but it will never feel like it if we don't nourish ourselves as a whole (body, mind, spirit). From there, I messily but finally made my way into what I like to now call the Nourish & Flourish Method - a simple, sustainable path to unleashing our naturally lean and fit physiques through self-awareness, holistic rituals & personal lifestyle adaptability. ​

I kid you not when I say it can feel totally natural (as it's meant to be). It just takes a little shedding of the lame advice we collected up to this point & realizing that we were literally built to be in the bodies we crave. The only reason you may not be there yet is because nobody taught us how to hear her voice, her needs, her signals, and respond with compassion & nourishment rather than criticism & punishment.

Now? I get to help women every day to move out of desperate diet-traps into connection with their bodies so they can not only look like the goddess within, but finally feel free of diet-cycles, filled with self-trust & with all that? Comes the most deep flowing glow of confidence.

 

Yep, I've been 

right where you are.

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from low-mid teens

stuck, ashamed, disconnected

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to late teens

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obsessed, binge-restrict eating disorder, still learning

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to mid twenties

finally understood, embodied & put myself to the test

this was my lowest weight, and though I don't want to live there, this reminds me just how much power I gave away in my earlier years on diet roller coasters, disconnection with self & doubts I allowed to fill my head

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to now

simply living it - naturally, flexibly, sustainably

every woman deserves to feel like a goddess in her body, at peace in her mind & aligned in her life...
it's a gift, not a war-zone

I believe in taking a holistic approach

I believe the greatest transformations are rooted in mind, body & self-connection

not fueled by desperation to "fix" or forceful efforts

I believe the body is naturally designed to be healthy, fit & balanced

it just needs us to create the right environment for it to flourish

I believe the slow, natural & nourishing route is actually the fastest

because it's the only path our bodies don't try to resist

~ a few of my favorite things ~

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my sweetheart goldendoodle, Riley!

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helping clients feel proud of their reflection (inside & out!)

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any hike with rocks & breathtaking views!

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being an auntie to 9 adorable nieces & nephews!

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making all my fav foods wholesome & tasty!

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peanut butter & banana sandwiches on any adventure!

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oh absolutely not...
I don't believe we're meant to be body obsessed... it's time to feel naturally nourished, vibrant & confident in your skin so you can finally focus on the greater adventures in life


what do you say we get you out of *always trying to diet* mode and into a lifestyle that gets you lean by nature?

so that you can start noticing things like...

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