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Move Through It
I’ve been in love with movement for as long as I can remember. On the field, on the ice, on the back of a horse—moving my body was never just about physical health. It lit my soul on fire with passion and connection to purpose.
That connection was created in the shape of my first coach: my Dad. He didn’t just teach me to be an athlete- he showed me how to live like one.
Athletes aren’t taught to stop at adversity; they learn to move through it. He pursued every part of life with the same sense of purpose and drive many of us first discover through sports.
You see, what I love about athletics is the same thing I love about fitness and wellness—growth requires action. There are no short cuts. No avoidance. Just consistency, commitment and a dedicated process that creates real change.
My father understood this on a deeper level than most. He moved through challenges, not around them. Through every repetition of resilience, he created momentum—on the ice, in his career, with my Mom forming our home and family.
His confidence wasn’t built from comfort- it was built through repetition, by returning to his process again and again, no matter what stood in front of him.
When he was diagnosed with Amyloidosis at just 48 years old, I witnessed the true depth of his resilience.
He faced his illness the only way he knew how: head-on.
Losing my father at 17 shook the very core of who I am. But his strength awakened something in me I’ve spent my entire adult life pursuing—the understanding that resilience is not the absence of adversity, but the courage to move through it.
Though my journey was not linear.
The passion I once felt for movement was replaced with a pain so consuming it began to dim my identity as an athlete. I became someone who tied my entire self-worth to performance, which only pulled me down further. Fear of failure left me frozen. I knew I needed to move though the discomfort, but the belief I was letting my father down kept me trapped in an internal storm of shame.
Although I stayed in the game long enough to become a college athlete, I carried this insecurity into my experiences.
I was afraid to confront this challenge. My Dad had always been the core of my confidence, and without him I lost my way.
It wasn’t until I found my way into fitness that I began to heal.
The Momentum Mindset
I rebuilt my resilience the way my Dad cultivated his—by leaning into discomfort instead of avoiding it.
At first, it was only physical. I learned my body could do far more than I thought possible by committing to a process and showing up consistently for my goals. Over time, that physical confidence began to transform into something deeper.
After years of rebuilding myself through discomfort, I found my way back to sports. Through the same mindset I had used in training, I reconnected with my athletic identity. My process became stronger than my perfectionism. My passion became stronger than my fear.
I learned that leaning into challenge didn’t just strengthen my capacity, it changed who I was. On the field, in the gym, in building my career, growth came from the same source: showing up for hard things, repeatedly and on purpose. Whether it was learning a new skill on the field, hitting a personal fitness best, or creating a business aligned with my values, I became someone my father—and I—could be proud of.
That mentality became the foundation of Momentum Coaching:
Momentum is built by moving through adversity, not around it.
The Momentum Method
As a coach, I began to see overlapping patterns in how injury, illness, burnout, and life transitions were addressed. The health and fitness industry often defaults to quick fixes, and surface-level solutions.
But what I saw in each individual’s journey was something different: growth doesn’t happen in big, defining moments.
It’s built through consistent alignment with what you’re working toward.
The days you’re exhausted but choose to modify movement instead of skipping it.
The times you choose food for nourishment instead of punishment.
The moments you choose awareness over distraction.
Those small choices are what build Momentum towards growth.
This is how Momentum Coaching guides individuals through real-life challenges— by grounding them in movement and wellness practices that align with their personal goals. Through this process, recovery becomes possible, and resilience people are built.
Bending, Not Breaking
Now, I’m living this work on an entirely new level.
With a stage 3 ovarian cancer diagnosis, I’m facing the greatest challenge of my life.
And still, I hear my first coach in my head:
Go through it.
I do not squat 250 pound like I once did. My lungs need time before I return to the field. Nutrition and rest are now not just tools for performance; they are essential to recovery at the cellular level.
My health practices look different today than they did 6 months ago. And yet, the Momentum I’ve built through years of working through obstacles has allowed me to process this diagnosis with a quiet strength.
I’ve undergone major surgery and significant physical loss. I’ve felt the impact of his illness not only on my body but on my career and identity. I’ve had to completely redefine the fitness process I’ve followed for so many years.
And still—I am here. Moving through physical and emotional pain I never imagined possible, without losing the resilience my father instilled in me. I’ve felt fear, but these roots have allowed me to keep moving forward through all of it. They’ve shaped a strength in me that cannot be broken.
And I want to coach you to embody this resilience.
Momentum
In all my years of coaching, one truth has remained:
Personal obstacles and pain are a part of living, but every person has the capacity to build Momentum through them and grow into someone they can be proud of in the process.
Not without failure.
Not without discomfort.
But through purposeful forward movement- bending, never breaking.