I spent more than two decades in fitness. Then perimenopause brought me to one of the lowest points of my life. I gained more than 40 pounds, lost muscle, struggled with bone-deep fatigue, and felt increasingly disconnected from my body and the life I wanted to be living.

I couldn't change my body until I changed what my body was responding to.

I began looking beyond workouts and diets and into the neuroscience of stress, recovery, adaptation, and the nervous system as the foundation of how our bodies function. I started incorporating nervous system training into the way I approached fitness, and everything began to change. I lost the weight, rebuilt lean muscle, regained my energy, and created a stronger body in my 50s than I'd ever had before.

What began as the hardest chapter of my life became one of its greatest gifts. Today, I've made it my mission to help other women build strong, fit bodies with resilient nervous systems and enter the second half of life knowing their best years are not behind them.