I’m a health coach with nearly 20 years of experience helping women navigate food, weight, exercise, habits, and behavior change. I’m a Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certified Coach, with additional training in GLP-1 weight loss support and nearly a decade of experience as an ACE Certified Personal Trainer.
And at almost 52, I’m a VERY perimenopausal woman figuring out this whole midlife thing right alongside you.
After all those years of coaching, there’s one thing I know for sure:
Real change rarely comes from following someone else’s perfect plan. It comes from figuring out what works for you and having the support to keep adjusting as life changes.
These days, much of my work is with midlife women who are starting GLP-1 medications and discovering that while the medication can change appetite in remarkable ways, there’s still plenty to figure out.
How do I eat well when I’m suddenly not very hungry? How do I protect muscle and stay strong? What happens to all those old diet rules when food gets quieter?
And maybe most importantly: What do I want to do with this opportunity?
Because when food noise quiets down, there can suddenly be a little more space. Space to pay attention to what your body actually needs. To build habits around food, movement, and strength that aren’t driven by hunger, guilt, or another diet. To think about how you want to take care of yourself, not just while you’re losing weight, but for the years ahead.
That’s the part of GLP-1 coaching I find especially exciting.
It’s not just about what to eat when you’re not hungry. It’s about using this very different season to build something that feels sustainable, flexible, and genuinely yours.
Nearly 20 Years of Coaching Matters
GLP-1 coaching is a newer part of my work.
Coaching isn’t.
I’ve spent nearly two decades helping women navigate food, weight, exercise, habits, behavior change, setbacks, life transitions, and all the complicated human stuff that comes along with trying to take better care of yourself.
My education, certifications, and professional training include:
- Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certified Coach (PN1)
- GLP-1 Weight Loss Support Training, Health Coach Institute
- Certified Health Coach, American Council on Exercise, 2010–2020
- Certified Personal Trainer, American Council on Exercise, 2009–2018
- BS, Environmental Sciences/Biology Education, Rutgers University
Credentials matter. Science matters.
But after nearly 20 years of coaching, I also know when to stop talking about protein targets and listen.
Sometimes the plan needs to change because you’re exhausted. Or your mom is sick. Or you’re leaving for vacation. Or you’re suddenly an empty nester. Or you simply had one of those weeks where absolutely nothing went according to plan.
That isn’t failure.
That’s life.
Good coaching makes room for the human being doing the work.
And there’s another reason this work with women using GLP-1s has become particularly meaningful to me.
I’ve been there too.
My Own Story With Weight and Midlife
I struggled with my weight as a kid, through my teenage years, and into my early 20s. There were plenty of diets (hello, counting points), plenty of frustration, and plenty of years when I didn’t feel particularly comfortable in my body.
Then, in my late 20s, something changed.
I made some pretty significant changes to how I ate, moved, and took care of myself. I lost 50 pounds and, importantly, maintained that loss for many years.
What I was doing worked.
I had built habits I could actually live with. I understood my body. I knew how to take care of myself. And for a long time, that was enough.
Then came midlife.
Perimenopause arrived around the same time life got really hard. I lost both of my parents, made a major move to rural Colorado, and found myself navigating grief, stress, enormous change, and a body that no longer seemed to respond the way it once had.
Over a few years, I gained about 20 pounds.
And here’s the thing:
I knew what to do.
I was a health coach. I understood nutrition. I exercised. I had spent 20+ years maintaining my weight loss. I didn’t suddenly forget how to take care of myself.
My body and my life had changed.
Eventually, with the support of my primary care physician, I decided to lean on a GLP-1 medication to help me lose the weight I’d gained.
For me, using medication wasn’t giving up on all the things I’d learned over the years. It was another tool, one that worked alongside them.
And I think that experience has made me a better coach.
I understand what it feels like to enter midlife with decades of weight history behind you. To know a lot about nutrition and still find yourself frustrated by your changing body. To decide to use medication and then realize that taking the shot is actually the easy part.
You still have to figure out how to nourish yourself when your appetite changes. How to stay strong. How to listen to a body that suddenly feels different. And how to make room for health without making weight the center of your life.
I don’t believe there’s one right way to navigate any of this. But I do believe it helps enormously to have someone in your corner who understands both the science and what it feels like to actually live it.
What It’s Like to Work With Me
My coaching is very personal.
I intentionally work with a small number of clients because I want there to be room for an actual relationship, not just a weekly check-in about what you ate or what the scale did.
I want to know what’s going well. What’s hard. What you’re proud of. What you’re avoiding. What sounded like a great idea last Tuesday and now feels completely unrealistic.
And I want you to be able to tell me the truth.
You’re not a weight-loss project. You’re a whole person who happens to be working on her health.
That’s how I’ll coach you.
Some weeks we’ll talk about protein, fiber, digestion, or strength training. Other weeks we might talk about travel, stress, eating out, an old diet rule that keeps popping up, or why the perfectly reasonable plan we made last Tuesday absolutely did not happen.
We’ll figure out what matters most right now, make a plan that feels doable, and adjust when life has other ideas.
The plan is allowed to change. You’re allowed to be human.
And I’ll be right there helping you figure out what comes next.
When I’m Not Coaching…
There’s quite a bit of life happening over here too.
You’ll often find me:
- Getting my hands dirty in my pottery studio
- Following Formula 1 racing a little too closely (I went to my first Grand Prix in Montreal in 2018)
- Cheering on the Colorado Avalanche
- Making regular trips to Denver for friends, family, and a little city time
- Hiking and exploring the mountains near home
- Traveling whenever I get the chance. Iceland and Patagonia are two favorites.
- Spending time with my husband of 25 years, Brett, and the people I love
Community involvement is important to me, too. I previously volunteered with Ark Valley Helping Hands, supporting local seniors, and now volunteer with Chaffee County Mutual Aid, helping purchase and deliver groceries to families experiencing food insecurity.
Between coaching, volunteering, pottery, travel, mountains, sports, friends, and family, I’ve built a life I really love.
And ultimately, that’s what taking care of ourselves is for, isn’t it?
If You’re Starting a GLP-1, I’d Love to Meet You
f your first injection is coming up, or you’ve already started and are discovering just how many questions come with this experience, you don’t have to figure it all out by yourself.
The First 8 Weeks is my private coaching program designed especially for women navigating the early months of a GLP-1.
We’ll talk every week. You’ll have a plan. You can text me when the plan goes sideways. And together, we’ll figure out how to eat well, stay strong, build habits that support you, and take good care of yourself while the medication does its job.
[Learn More About The First 8 Weeks]
Or, if you already know you’d like to talk:
[Schedule a Complimentary Discovery Session]
No pressure. No prep required.
Just come as you are.
💙 Robyn