BIG Smiles, Bigger Energy, Whole Foods & Flavour Enthusiast, Published Author, Personal Chef & Wifey!
At the end of the day, I'm just a girl from Toronto who decided to go for it!
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I'm a leading Health Coach for female entrepreneurs with unstoppable vision, Creator of "The Healthy Hustle", and Founder of XO Your Life I'm also a patterned-legging enthusiast, coffee-lover, messy-bun supporter and cute running shoe addict! I married a modern-day Prince Charming, Matt! He's passionate about living a healthy life, taking the road less travelled and could honestly ski 365 days a year! He is my very best friend! On any given day, you can find Matt behind the scenes here at XO Headquarters, testing recipes with me in the XO Test Kitchen, developing new workout routines and editing content and videos! Basically, he has the best job ever! |
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I'm a driven ambitious girl boss who wakes up early and works it for her dreams, which includes living a healthy lifestyle that finally fits with and supports my role as a CEO, as a leading female entrepreneur, as a wife, as a sister and as a daughter! I have a dream of a movement of like-minded empowered women all over the world who make their health a non-negotiable in their work and their life. Not just because it's the right thing to do, but because they aren't afraid to be successful, to lead by example, to inspire greatness in others, to share their gifts and make the world a better place, to shine bright, to be bold and to choose a life of more! |
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I initially became a certified health coach to better understand my own personal health journey. I wanted to know as much as I could about the chronic affects of symptoms such as overwork, exhaustion, stress, and poor eating habits. All things I used to experience daily! After more than 12 years of pushing my self to achieve peak performance in a demanding corporate career, my body began to actually push back! I was quite literally sick and tired of having to choose between being successful or being healthy and feeling good in my body! So I decided it was high-time to take action on behalf of my dreams and make some BIG changes in my life! I traded in overwork and feeling unfulfilled to pursue the road less travelled. |
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I set out on a mission with a purpose: to make health a priority in my life not an afterthought, so that I could build, grow and run my business, lead with purpose and passion, and spend more time living a life that I love without getting sick or attacked by chronic stress! When I began building XO Your Life though, my time was stretched to the max. I was either working, reading, learning, being coached and mentored, or trying to catch up on sleep. The BIG 15-hour work days had returned! I was definitely getting A TON of work done in a short amount of time, and growing my business, but I still had NO TIME FOR ME and the things I wanted to be doing - like eating well, travelling the world First Class, sitting on a beach, enjoying the finer things in life! It wasn't that I didn't want to be healthy, I just found, once again, that I had no time to be healthy - to shop, or cook, or eat right, or travel, or fit a workout in (heck, there wasn't even much time to spend with my hubby). |
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I had had enough of living a life where a mega successful business came at the cost of your health just because "that's the way it's always been". I was done thinking I couldn't ask "why not?" and I started asking that very question at every opportunity! I turned my fear into motivation and decided to use my professional expertise to create my own personalized healthy lifestyle plan, one that was designed from an entrepreneurs' perspective, that was based on MY business needs and MY big picture goals and that could support my needs and BIG expectations! Why couldn't I have a healthy lifestyle that's as unique as I am? Why not?! The results? ... I finally had more energy, more time for me and the life I love to live, which brought more happiness and fun and love into my life! I found too that I now lead stronger, my mind is clearer, I have greater creativity and fun in my business. It even helped save my husband and I money - we no longer have big health bills or prescription costs! We have more money to actually live the life of our dreams! Now the people around me, clients and loved ones alike, get to have the best of me, instead of what's left of me! I finally felt empowered as a lady boss, not just in my business, but in my body as well! Essentially, by flipping the equation and making my health a priority, instead of an afterthought, (something I thought would slow me down), I've actually developed a healthier, more supportive and far more enjoyable way of working. I finally look after my health with priority as I do my business! A luxurious healthy lifestyle is now one of my non-negotiables in my business and my life and not just because I'm a health coach, but because I'm a strong, driven, ambitious female entrepreneur who invests in her success first. A fully customized healthy lifestyle is as much a part of ensuring success in my business as is any one of the women on my superstar team! |
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I now help amazing, inspiring, and successful female entrepreneurs live a luxurious healthy lifestyle that supports their unique business and big picture goals so they can spend more time relaxing and enjoying the life of their dreams! Every day I wake up and choose to invest in myself, I choose to eat right and enjoy food, and I choose to live a healthy lifestyle that supports me to live the life of my dreams! It's not always easy to choose to live a healthy life, but it is always worth it! After all, I'm a proud, driven, and ambitious female entrepreneur, if I wanted "easy", I never would have chosen to be my own boss, or run a business or take the road less travelled and I'd still be working 50+ hour work weeks paving the way for someone else's dream rather than actually living my own! |