Hello and welcome! I am Bethany. I am wife to Jon, mother to Savannah, a Mind/Body Nourishment Coach, a runner and former running coach, a seeker of inner peace, and a believer in God who carries me on my journey.
It is time to be me. To begin taking off the mask I have hidden behind for so long and embrace my authentic self. To be who I am created by Christ to be. To have everything in my life nourish me and fill me up to the fullest of myself.
I was stuck, not embracing my life because of hiding. And I did this in so many ways. I would seek the approval of others to build my self-confidence and would become lost in self-judgment by comparing myself to other women. For years, I believed I had to work outside the home as a mom to receive validation that I was being a “good mom.” I looked at my body and felt “less fit” so I thought I could change it by running more miles and more marathons…pushing the physical upper limits of my body. When I began to have chronic aches and pains, I began changing what I ate. I would only eat the “right” foods that would give me all the nutrients of which I thought I was depleted. I began restricting certain foods I had loved for years all to try to “fix” my struggles of pain and fatigue. This restricting only alienated me and was completely void of any pleasure I could have from food. My emotions were repeatedly buried and repressed so that I would appear stronger and happier, not willing to show how vulnerable I was. My quiet personality made me feel self-conscious in social situations. If I just kept living life at full speed, always doing, always going, I wouldn’t have to feel. Letting my mind rule my body by the constant thoughts, the beliefs influenced by our culture, I created a chaotic chatter that disconnected me from my inner wisdom, from God’s message.
Now I am finding freedom. I am embracing my unique self. Seeing the gifts I can give my family when I work from home. I now run to be in nature, to connect with God during the quiet, and to calm my soul. I now choose foods based on what my body tells me feels good. I allow myself to enjoy the pleasure in all types of foods. I allow my emotions to be present, feeling the sensations in my body, with no judgment. I have become more of a listener and join in conversations when I feel ready. I am slowing down my life, taking time to be still, to let things go. And in that stillness, I listen to my heart and God’s message for my journey. Through the blessings AND the struggles, life is nourishment.
I am nourished by faith, love, family, friends, sun, fresh air, nature, peaceful moments, and so much more, but above all by God. My faith builds my mind, my body, and my spirit. When I surrender to letting all of these things nourish me, I become my true, authentic self.
About My Training
I trained at the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, the world’s leading school in Nutritional Psychology. Here I learned that nourishment is about more than just food. It's about our relationship with our self, our body, our thoughts, our family, our friends, our co-workers. It's about the who, what, why, where, when, and how we show up to life every day. It's about whether you are being true to who you are at the core of your being. It's about being authentic so that you can embrace your life.
It is time to be me. To begin taking off the mask I have hidden behind for so long and embrace my authentic self. To be who I am created by Christ to be. To have everything in my life nourish me and fill me up to the fullest of myself.
I was stuck, not embracing my life because of hiding. And I did this in so many ways. I would seek the approval of others to build my self-confidence and would become lost in self-judgment by comparing myself to other women. For years, I believed I had to work outside the home as a mom to receive validation that I was being a “good mom.” I looked at my body and felt “less fit” so I thought I could change it by running more miles and more marathons…pushing the physical upper limits of my body. When I began to have chronic aches and pains, I began changing what I ate. I would only eat the “right” foods that would give me all the nutrients of which I thought I was depleted. I began restricting certain foods I had loved for years all to try to “fix” my struggles of pain and fatigue. This restricting only alienated me and was completely void of any pleasure I could have from food. My emotions were repeatedly buried and repressed so that I would appear stronger and happier, not willing to show how vulnerable I was. My quiet personality made me feel self-conscious in social situations. If I just kept living life at full speed, always doing, always going, I wouldn’t have to feel. Letting my mind rule my body by the constant thoughts, the beliefs influenced by our culture, I created a chaotic chatter that disconnected me from my inner wisdom, from God’s message.
Now I am finding freedom. I am embracing my unique self. Seeing the gifts I can give my family when I work from home. I now run to be in nature, to connect with God during the quiet, and to calm my soul. I now choose foods based on what my body tells me feels good. I allow myself to enjoy the pleasure in all types of foods. I allow my emotions to be present, feeling the sensations in my body, with no judgment. I have become more of a listener and join in conversations when I feel ready. I am slowing down my life, taking time to be still, to let things go. And in that stillness, I listen to my heart and God’s message for my journey. Through the blessings AND the struggles, life is nourishment.
I am nourished by faith, love, family, friends, sun, fresh air, nature, peaceful moments, and so much more, but above all by God. My faith builds my mind, my body, and my spirit. When I surrender to letting all of these things nourish me, I become my true, authentic self.
About My Training
I trained at the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, the world’s leading school in Nutritional Psychology. Here I learned that nourishment is about more than just food. It's about our relationship with our self, our body, our thoughts, our family, our friends, our co-workers. It's about the who, what, why, where, when, and how we show up to life every day. It's about whether you are being true to who you are at the core of your being. It's about being authentic so that you can embrace your life.
