BUSINESS AND HEALTH COACH, PODCAST HOST AND A WOMEN LEADER FIGURE HELPING WOMEN CREATE A LIFE FULL OF OPPORTUNITY, WEALTH AND CONFIDENCE
Let me take you back in time
From as far back as I can remember, I always loved sports at school. I was the kid that loved cross country. I didn’t realise it till later in life, but it was the challenge I liked, and its carried through to adulthood.
In high school I did rowing as a sport, always making A finals, and more often that not, finishing on the podium. I was picked for the 2009 New Zealand Youth Olympic team, which lead into 3 years of elite level rowing. I gained so much knowledge and experience with training styles and nutrition in the process.
When I finished rowing, I fell into personal training, it felt second nature to me. So I moved home and end up working at a gym for minimum wage. I was living pay cheque to pay cheque and not happy at all. I knew I was made for more so at the age of 23, I decided to move cities with $1000, a bed and suitcase to start my own personal training business. After 6 months, I had built it up to a full client base and was so happy to be making money and being able too travel too!
I learnt so much in my 20s
On my 24th birthday, I actually competed in my first Bikini Competition. This was such an experience and it really started the beginning of who I am today. There were so many lessons and learnings from this. I learnt so much about food, training, hormones, moods and most importantly, it forced me to create a healthy mindset around food after a year of having a ‘diet’ mentality and labelling foods ‘good’ or ‘bad’.
At the age of 24, I also brought my own home and by the age of 26 had been on multiple overseas holidays, including South Africa, America, Rarotonga and Australia. I had a taste of travel and didn’t want it to end.
It took complete burn out to change
After almost 4 years of insane hours, I was completely burnt out. I had to work so hard to have the lifestyle I wanted, but at the cost of my own health, it wasn’t worth it. I decided enough was enough. I converted my personal training business into a group fitness styled business, which turned into a 6 figure business. This free’d up time taking sessions, but, the admin behind the scenes was never ending.
I carried on this business for a few years and when the pandemic hit in 2020 I had a huge drop in business, it was still profitable, but only just. Then, I fell pregnant with my first son and the morning sickness really hit hard for the first 14 weeks. That 14 weeks was time I couldnt spend on my business and as a result, it really started dipping even more.
I became a mum and I was lost
I had my first son Jackson in February 2021. Life changed and I knew soon after I became a mum, I didn’t want to return to my group fitness business. The hours no longer aligned with the present mum I wanted to be. I wanted something online and flexible, but something that could create more time, travel, fulfilment and freedom for our family. I’m such a driven business woman that I refused to even look for jobs because I knew nothing would give me the hours, flexibility or pay I wanted, but I didn’t want to start another business from scratch. I honestly was so lost and confused about what I wanted to do going forward. I completely lost my identity and couldn’t see a way forward.
Insert Arbonne in 2021
When Jackson was 5 months old, I was introduced to an incredible online opportunity.
It ticked all my boxes. I wanted to be the present mum with the kids growing up. I wanted to be at every school drop off and pick up and school camps. I wanted to have flexibility to work my own hours and no where to rush to, I wanted to be rewarded for my efforts and I wanted to be able to take our family traveling. I knew this opportunity was my vehicle to do all the above.
So I worked this business on lunch naps and a few nights a week. I had been self employed before so working nights wasn’t an issue for me, it gave me purpose and I knew I was creating something incredible for my family. Also, when you have your own business, it never feels like work, it’s your livelihood and it’s a lifestyle.
I pretty much ran with this business and I haven’t stopped since.
Two years into the business, our team promoted to the top
2% of the company,
Earned two expenses paid trips with the company
Spoken at international and national conferences
This is no longer about me, it’s about you
I have an unwavering mission to help as many other new mums do the same. Because I know what its feels like to have such drive and a purpose towards your work, and lose it when becoming a mum. I know what it feels like to be torn about being a full time mum, or going back to a business that no longer aligns to the mum you want to be. I get it.
I WANT TO GIVE THE GIFT OF WHAT THIS BUSINESS HAS GIVEN ME, BACK TO YOU.
A happy life, less stress, income and most importantly, time freedom and flexibility,