About Me
You’re not the problem. The way you’ve been trying to do health just doesn’t fit midlife.
Hi! I'm Elizabeth
I'm a Master Certified Life and Health Coach, podcast host, and the woman who spent years following every rule correctly and still ended up at the bottom of a family-sized bag of yogurt covered pretzles wondering what was wrong with her.
Nothing was wrong with me. And nothing is wrong with you.
I work with high-achieving women in midlife who are smart, capable, and quietly exhausted by a start-over cycle that has nothing to do with discipline. My job is to figure out what's actually breaking down, and build something that holds up in your real life, not just a good week.
If You’re Tired of Starting Over, So Was I
For years, I followed the rules:
Track everything. Try to ‘eat clean.’ Hit your steps. Lift heavy.
And still… I’d find myself overeating, wondering what the hell was wrong with me.
The answer is that nothing was wrong with me.
My life wasn't a disaster. The plan I was trying to execute just wasn't built for the life I was actually living.
I spent the next two decades figuring out what was. Not a better diet. Not more discipline. A different way of understanding what follow-through actually requires — and how to build it so it holds when things get hard, not just when things are calm.
That's what I teach now. And if you've been in that loop (knowing what to do, trying hard, still not able to make it stick) I want you to know I've been exactly there. Not as a cautionary tale. As proof that the loop can end.
The reason you can’t “just stick to it” isn’t motivation.
Here's what I know after working with hundreds of women in midlife: the problem is almost never what it looks like on the surface.
It's not the chocolate at 9pm. It's what the day looked like before 9pm. It's not the missed workout. It's what was already on her plate before she tried to add one more thing.
I'm interested in what's underneath. That's where the work actually lives.
Why My Approach is Different
My approach is built on one premise: all behavior makes sense when you understand what problem it's solving.
The nighttime eating, the skipped workouts, the spiral that turns one rough evening into a lost week - none of it is random, and none of it is a character flaw. It's your brain doing the best it can with what it has. When we figure out what it's actually trying to solve, we can solve it better.
I work at the intersection of perimenopause physiology, behavior change, and the very specific reality of being a high-functioning woman in midlife who has spent decades putting everyone else first. No meal plans. No shame. No "just be more consistent."
What I actually believe: self-trust is a skill. You can rebuild it. Even if you've broken a lot of promises to yourself, that record is not permanent.
I believe:
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Your body hasn’t betrayed you. It has changed, and it’s asking for a new strategies.
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Weight loss shouldn't feel like a second job. If your health plan collapses when you have a busy week at work, it’s not a plan—it’s a burden.
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Self-compassion is a survival skill. It’s not "letting yourself off the hook"; it’s having your own back so you can actually follow through.
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Skills over Rules. We don’t count calories; we build the skill of self-trust so food stops taking up so much mental space.
Credentials, Yes. But Also Depth.
Nearly 20 years in. Here's what that looks like:
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Master Certified Life & Health Coach (The Life Coach School)
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Master Certified Nutritionist (Precision Nutrition)
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Certified Personal Trainer
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Specialized training in Women’s Hormonal Health and Feminist Coaching
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Host of the Total Health in Midlife Podcast (250+ episodes and counting)
The credentials matter. But what matters more is that I've spent two decades in the room with women who are smart, motivated, and stuck — and I understand what's actually happening in that room.
Life Beyond the Coaching:
Practicing the Art of the Un-Grind
When I'm not coaching or recording the podcast, I'm at home in Mexico, where I live with my husband and our pets. Daily walks on the beach. Good food. Time to actually rest.
A lot of my clients hear this and say it sounds like a fantasy. And I get that. But I want to be honest about something: I didn't get here because I moved to a beautiful place. I got here because I stopped living in a constant state of push — and that decision came first.
The location followed the decision. The decision is available to you wherever you are.
I'm not here to tell you to slow down. I'm here to help you stop running a system that was never designed for the life you're actually in. That's what I did. That's what I teach.
If any of this sounds like you:
the competence, the exhaustion, the quiet suspicion that something is wrong with you specifically — I want you to know it's not.
The Diagnostic Session is where we figure out what's actually happening. No pressure, no pitch. Just a clear look at where things are breaking and what to do instead.
Safe. Simple. Effective. Healthy Habits for Life.
Services
Diagnostic Session
Total Health Systems Audit
Private Coaching
Group Coaching
Corporate Speaking
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