My name is Chelsie and I want to welcome you to my blog! This has been a long time coming and I am sooo excited to FINALLY have things up and running.

I’m going to give you a little backstory to get you caught up on my journey and how I got here because it all plays an important part in where I am now.

I have been into healthy eating since my middle school days. That’s about the time that cooking shows started to become a thing (Hey, Emeril! BAM!) and I loved watching them! They didn’t always cook healthy dishes, but if I replicated a recipe in our kitchen, I would add my own little spin on it to make it healthy for me and my family (is it weird that I cooked in middle school? I just realized that it might be?). This continued into my adult years and I really started to take things seriously when I had kids of my own. During my first pregnancy I started paying extra close attention to what I ate because I wanted a healthy baby. Then, once I had him I had a strong desire to keep it going so I could be a mom that was active and present. I started learning about things like mindfulness, processed food and chemicals, antibiotics and all that stuff and knew I wanted to give my kids the healthiest start to life that I could.

I’ve exercised and eaten healthy(ish) most of my life (I’m all about balance and you’ll hear me use that word a lot), but I really began to feel good in my body when I started showing it some mad respect. I began feeling and seeing changes that made me believe in the healing power of food and movement. Through health and wellness I discovered that being healthy was so much more than being in a smaller body. And THAT lit a fire in me like never before.

Let’s just say I haven’t turned back! I knew I wanted to somehow make a career of this passion but it took me a while to figure out exactly how to do that. I felt a strong pull to help other people find their own definition of “healthy”; whatever that looks like for them.

So I decided to go back to school. I don’t have a degree in nutrition but I did a lot of research on programs available in the health and wellness world and discovered Health Coaching. With my degree in Psychology, I was qualified to enter into this field following a certification. I chose the Dr. Sears Wellness Institute and after about a year of classes, I am certified! I can now help people of all ages, from children, to seniors and everyone in between including pregnant and nursing mamas.

I will be focusing on food and recipe development because that is my passion. I cook almost all of our meals at home so you’ll be seeing a lot of what we eat as well as new recipes that you can try for yourself. Most of it will be healthy but you might see some fun treats sneak in now and then because all food is delicious and that’s just how I roll.

If you are interested in receiving health coaching, check out the “coaching services” tab on the homepage to see what I offer. Everything can be done virtually nowadays so even if you are far away from me, we can work it out.

Thanks to all my family, friends and followers for coming along on this journey with me.

Tell me: What’s your favorite food ?? (healthy or not, I won’t judge)