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Statements of Values & Privilege

Statement of Privilege:

If you’re worried I won’t understand what you’re experiencing because I live in a different body than you, I hear you. I have thin and white privilege (among others), so there are some experiences I don’t personally have because of these privileges.

AS A CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH, CERTIFIED INTUITIVE EATING COUNSELOR, AUTHOR, DOULA-IN-TRAINING, AND BARRE INSTRUCTOR, I WORK WITH PEOPLE IN ALL DIFFERENT BODIES—INCLUDING ONES THAT LOOK DIFFERENT THAN MINE.

I’m both passionate about and committed to creating spaces off and online that are actively focused on and continually working to be inclusive.

I’m committed to diversity, equity, and working toward the end of all forms of oppression. This includes, but is not limited to, being actively body-inclusive and anti-racist.

From the very beginning of my business, I’ve always said, ‘I want to help people take care of and respect their bodies—not to try and have mine.’

I FULLY BELIEVE THAT MY WORK IS TO HELP YOU CONNECT WITH YOU.

I believe in respect for ALL bodies and that is a foundational value of all the work that I do.

I also believe in listening to people’s lived experiences, validating their feelings, and providing compassionate care to help them navigate their lives with decisions that honor their values and uniqueness.

I’M NOT HERE TO FIX YOU – I DON’T THINK YOU NEED TO BE FIXED.

However, I’m very passionate about working to change the narratives (internal and external) about our bodies and our worth. I also strive to help us all navigate this world with more self-trust, compassion, and care.

It's so important for you to feel fully empowered to work with someone who you feel comfortable with. If that’s me, I’d love to support you! If it’s not, I truly believe you know what’s best for you and I would never try to tell you otherwise.

YOU ARE THE EXPERT ON YOU.

Keep reading for a statement of business values + ethics that you can expect and hold me accountable to in this space:

Statement of Business Values + Ethics

I offer a number of free and lower-priced options to make my support financially accessible. These include my free weekly email newsletter, 7 Day Movement Mindset Series, Notebook, Instagram content, and podcast interview conversations, as well as my lower-cost book Letting Go of Leo: How I Broke Up With Perfection, UNMEASURED virtual barre classes, and HELD.

More than 50% of my working hours are spent creating free and / or financially accessible content.

I’VE RECEIVED EXTENSIVE FEEDBACK THAT MY FREE CONTENT HAS HELPED WOMEN IN THIS COMMUNITY IMMENSELY, WHICH IS WHY I CONTINUE TO INVEST MUCH OF MY TIME, ENERGY, AND RESOURCES TO CREATE IN THIS WAY. 

I also offer scholarship spaces to each of my offerings and have prioritized marginalized groups and people experiencing financial hardship when selecting the scholarship recipients.

I have offered both partial and full scholarships in every group program I’ve ever run as well as in my private coaching.

I offer payment plans as a way to make my work more financially accessible in any group programs I have led and for private clients.

The revenue I make from the course sales, group programs, coaching services, speaking, and other products / services I sell allows me to compensate all independent contractors I work with.

While much of what I make goes back into the business, I pay myself a living wage so that I can continue doing this work full-time.

As a solopreneur, I currently do not have a team. However, if I hire someone for work related to my business, business development, or to be a guest lecturer or expert for a paid offering I create, I pay them at an agreed-upon rate.

I periodically host events or hold promotions where I donate a percentage of revenue or all the proceeds to organizations that benefit marginalized identities, work to end oppression, and / or support people experiencing financial hardship.

I'M ACTIVELY LEARNING AND WHEN ENGAGING IN ANTI-RACISM TRAINING(S), I SEEK OUT AND PAY FOR THE SERVICES OF BLACK EDUCATORS. 

As a business, I am committed to and spend a portion (currently around 25%) of my monthly revenue within the BBIPOC community. My family is also committed to and spends a portion of our monthly personal budget within the BBIPOC community, the LGBTQ+ community, and reinvesting in our community at large.

As a business, I am committed to ensuring that the voices, content, and resources created by others that I share are diverse. This diversity includes body and size diversity, racial and ethnic diversity, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND HEALING OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOOD AND OUR BODIES, BREAKING FREE FROM PERFECTIONISM, AND MORE ARE ENHANCED AND ENRICHED WHEN ALL VOICES ARE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 

I respect the intellectual property of others and practice citing all sources and ask that others cite me when they share my original content. Please see: Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy. 

I have never been paid for a media appearance.

I don’t speak at conferences or on panels unless they are also including and prioritizing diversity in their speaker line-up. If I’m invited to speak on a panel or at an event, I am committed to speaking up if the line-up is not inclusive.

I will not work with brands who do not fully align with my values. While I rarely have sponsored content or advertising connected to my work, any sponsored content or advertising is clearly labeled on my blog, social media, and / or other published content as required by law.

As an extension of this, I do not sell weight loss products or diets. I am incredibly intentional about what may be triggering to those in my community who have or are struggling with eating disorders or disordered eating.

As it relates to the work we do here in this space specifically around intuitive eating, body image, and practicing more self trust and compassion, I want you to know that fatphobia and diet culture are DEEPLY ROOTED in racism (please read Fearing The Black Body by Sabrina Strings for more).

Conversation about anti-racism and other forms of oppression are not separate from what we talk about here! They are central.

MUCH OF WHAT IS CENTRAL TO THIS WORK WAS CREATED BY BLACK WOMEN (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE BODY POSITIVE MOVEMENT AND THE TERM / CONCEPT OF 'SELF-CARE').

I believe it’s our responsibility as human beings to show up and take care of others and our communities and break down / break free from these systems of oppression together.

BY BEING HERE AND DOING THIS WORK IN YOURSELF, YOU ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO DISMANTLE PART OF AN OPPRESSIVE SYSTEM THAT HURTS US ALL.

At the core of the mission of my work and the conversations we have here are these embedded truths:

  • Each person deserves to feel enough.
  • Each of you is worthy.
  • Each human is meant to feel safe and at home in their body.
  • Each body deserves to be treated with respect.

THIS SPACE HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOUT COMPASSION, LOVE, HONORING, AND CELEBRATION OF THE INHERENT WORTH IN EACH OF US.

I’m grateful you’re here and honored to get to meet you with compassion and celebrate you along your journey!

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‘When it feels like everything is falling apart, ‘When it feels like everything is falling apart, I’m still whole.’ 

A compassionate, loving affirmation for those moments when perfectionism is trying to drag you into the depths all or nothing mindset.

You are whole ✨
Out of nowhere, Osh has developed a new nighttime Out of nowhere, Osh has developed a new nighttime routine this past week. Over jammies, he puts on his bathrobe + wears Tevas & socks while eating a snack & reading his favorite dinosaur book. 

Last night when it was time for said ritual, the Tevas were nowhere to be found. 

Tim checked the room but didn’t find them. Osh said I should go look because I’m a ‘good hunter.’ High praise from the four year old dino lover. I went hunting. Under the bed, in the closet, throwing blankets, tossing toys. There were moments of frustration and defeat (because where the F are the Tevas) but I also wasn’t going to stop until I found them (because he has gone literally nowhere in them so the only thing that made sense is that they were there in the room). Eventually I found them, green lighting the bedtime routine.

Tim asked how I found them & I said, ‘I just knew they were there.’

Hope.

What in this life would you keep looking for if the only thing that made sense is that it is already here? What would you work towards, trust in, grow through, fight for, stand up for, let go of, release, seek? 

What is the only thing that makes sense, even when you can’t see it? 

Even when you’re looking under beds and tossing blankets and checking behind every door but you haven’t been able to wrap your hands around it yet? 

That’s hope. 

You give me so much hope: Because even if you can’t see it yet, the only thing that makes sense to me is that you are already enough. All of us are.

When you want to scream ‘where the F are the Tevas?!’ but you know the only thing that makes sense is that they are here somewhere so you keep looking... 

What keeps you looking? What gives you hope? What do you know is here even if you can’t see it yet? ✨
When I first started coaching almost a decade ago, When I first started coaching almost a decade ago, I heard that I needed to paint an "after" picture for clients. I needed to show you what life would look like "after" we'd worked together.

Yet one of the biggest lessons I've learned is that no two women are exactly alike. This work is not one size fits all. What it looks like for you will be different from what it looks like for me. That’s the beauty. 

Rather than trying to fit yourself into someone else's "should” or “after,” you get to discover the freedom to be who you truly are.

We are our own artists. I can paint a picture of my own experiences, hopes, dreams, challenges, growth, and life. But I cannot paint yours.

✨That is a wisdom and artistry that only you possess✨

Over time I realized that my job isn't to tell you what your life should look like + how you should get there. That's recreating the same problem in a new way.

Instead, it's my joy to ask you questions to connect with your wisdom & to empower you with tools + support as you find your voice to tell your story more beautifully, authentically, honestly, & more magically than anyone else ever could.

Where you are now is not a "before." When you get there it won't be an "after." These are all moments in your beautifully imperfect journey + life.

I'm here to help you develop the tools, skills, and practices to paint your own picture over and over again. A picture that shows who you truly are - not who someone else has told you that you "should" be.

That is what HELD (a coaching community + membership where we'll deepen self-trust, self-compassion, and self-connection + release perfectionism) is all about. 

Each month, we'll explore themes that came highly requested from all of you here. Themes like freedom from all or nothing mindset (January), rest (February), body image (March), and so much more.

It's a one-of-a-kind blend of transformational coaching, self-reflection, guided growth, compassionate support, authentic inspiration, loving encouragement, and community connection.

Doors open Friday (1/1)! Find all the details + a spot to add your name & email to the waitlist in my bio ♥️ can’t wait to invite you in!

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