Pregnancy. Postpartum. Cancer treatment and recovery. Perimenopause. Menopause. In 21 years as a personal trainer in New York City, I've worked with more than 250 clients, and I've watched the same thing happen again and again: a woman's body changes, and the fitness industry has nothing useful to say to her.
So I went and got certified in all of it. Pre/postnatal master training. Cancer exercise. Menopause coaching. Birth doula work. Childbirth education. Nutrition. Not because I like to collect certificates, but because my clients kept living through these transitions and deserved someone who actually understood what was happening in their bodies.
People come to me saying they want to get stronger. What they usually mean is that they're going through something. The body holds the story. My job is to listen first, then build the plan.