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For years, I faced the fall season with a mix of excitement and dread. Cooler weather, football season, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas—each event felt like a never-ending party. You go from candy season to candy season. But by January 1st, I was always battling some severe chronic fatigue, sprinkle in my gut issues, brain fog, […]

How Creating a Vision Board Can Transform Your Life: A Personal Journey from Overwhelm to Clarity💫

Midlife diet and nutrition can be very confusing because midlife brings so many internal changes for a woman. Hormonal imbalance due to menopause, reduction in bone density, decrease in metabolism and muscle mass, increase in weight and several health issues. It’s so overwhelming and frustrating! It’s like trying to navigate a maze blindfolded. And our […]

Midlife Diet and Nutrition-Let’s End the Confusion

Why do I keep procrastinating?!? FIRST…NOTHING is wrong with you. You are not broken. 🫶 Little stressed, tired, frustrated maybe but broken?? Nah. WHO KNEW THIS was so common?? I hear this all the time with the women I coach. (It wasn’t just me after all!😜) When we believe something will help us but then […]

Why can’t I make a decision??

I work with ladies all the time, that say to me, “Val, I’m grateful. I love my family. I’m just tired.” I don’t want to cook. I don’t want to workout. I don’t want to doanything. 🫤 Classic signs of burnout. How do I know? Because I have been there before and I do not wish […]

Holiday mojo MIA???

I am. Tom and I set out “just to do a few things” in preparation for his kids and Mom to come to town. 😳 Its their 1st visit to Dothan and I want them to feel Welcome! Know what I have been noticing lately??? I am terrible at setting my pace. I get so […]

Exhausted? Me too! Lets talk!

Social media, simple carbs, sugar at every turn, and the need for speed – we glorify going fast and being productive. This could be hurting us

It’s Not ADHD, It’s Your Lifestyle That’s Driving You Crazy

Shame. Awkward. Uncomfortable. Frustrating. All those plus a good dose of shame. When I first began teaching yoga 6 years ago. I felt like a big fraud. No lie, I took a Xanax just to get through class because I was so stressed. Intimidated. So afraid someone would be disappointed in the class I taught. […]

Who likes being a beginner?!?

If you are about to embark on empty nesting, let me give you 4 things to consider. 1. Set up expectations. You should have an idea of how much communication you expect with your college freshman.

4 Tips For The Soon-To-Be Empty Nester

Start talking about uncomfortable emotions. 😳 You know shame, guilt, anger, frustration, loneliness. Its so true! People do not like talking about uncomfortable things. I can even get squirrelly when sharing my struggles! I hear it all the time. My emotions are too big. I don’t want to be a burden to the listener, or […]

You know what makes someone uncomfortable??

Have you ever wondered what it’s REALLY like to hire a health coach? This is the truth that everyone should know about before hiring one.

The Truth About Hiring a Health Coach

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