ABOUT
I'm Nicole, a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach for women, with a specialty in prenatal, postpartum, and perimenopause and beyond, and I have 11+ years in the field - both in person and online training. I'm a mom to two barrels of energy who are currently 8 years old and 5 years old, a major dog-lover, and a University of Calgary Dinos track and field alumni. I'm based in Calgary, Canada, where I've lived since the age of two when my family left Vancouver, trading the ocean view for the Rocky Mountain view.
I help women who are seeking healthy changes to their movement or nutrition habits, empowering them to realize their innate physical and mental strength and power. My goals for the women I work with vary depending on the stage of life they are at. For pregnant women, we work a lot on body awareness, adjustments as each trimester passes, and preparation for birth. We focus not only on the physical, but also the mental health side of pregnancy. Early postpartum is focused on body awareness, healing, and re-introducing movement in small but effective ways. Later on postpartum, I love seeing women realize that while yes, so much has changed since the birth of their baby, they are still equally important and deserving of attention and time to do the things they love. As someone who is full in perimenopause myself, I have a profound desire to help women navigate this overwhelming life stage as well. My role is to help a woman meet her body where it’s at currently, and find ways to get her moving in ways that light her up and make her feel a little more like herself again.
I’m there for clients in whatever capacity they need - someone to just listen judgment free, someone to be their accountability partner, someone to sift through all the noise and overwhelming amount of information out there for pregnancy and postpartum as it relates to movement, and honestly, as cheesy as it sounds, someone to laugh and occasionally cry with. This mom thing is hard, and movement can be such an amazing tool for moms to help them get through those years physically and mentally.
Sports and daily movement have been a part of my life as long as I can remember. The mental clarity, reduction of stress and anxiety, increased self-confidence, concentration, and feeling of belonging are what bring me back to training year after year. My workouts look much different than they did before kids, and aren’t as consistent, but the feeling I get leaving the gym keeps bringing me back. The life-changing benefits of what nutrition and physical activity has done for me, is what drives my passion to help women discover this in themselves. I believe what we put in our bodies and how we move our bodies have so much untapped power, and if I can help one more woman see that and feel that for themselves, I’ve done my job.
I first really took sport seriously as a member of the Track and Field team at the University of Calgary (go Dinos!), and it was after university that I really started to tune into the mental health benefits I reaped from working out. My training education began with a personal trainer certification, followed up with Crossfit L1, then 200hr Yoga Teacher Training, 80hr Pre & Postnatal and 40hr Children’s Yoga Teacher Training, Precision Nutrition Level 1 followed shortly by Level 2, Spin, Postnatal Fitness Specialist (Jessie Mundell), Postpartum and Pregnancy Athleticism (Brianna Battles), as well as continuing education courses by Julie Wiebe, and Girls Gone Strong. Most recently, I have added NCCP Weightlifting Coach In Training to my portfolio of interests and skills. I’m currently in the process of writing the exams for both Dr.Sara Duvall’s Pregnancy and Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist Certification, as well as Katie St.Clair’s Empowered Performance Program.
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