I was the emotional eater. That's exactly why I can help.

I'm a single mom of two, about to turn thirty-eight. Last year, after fourteen years at the same company, I was laid off — and for the first time since I got my first job the week after I turned sixteen, I actually stopped. I took the time to decompress, and to figure out what I really wanted to build next.

For a long time, I was an emotional eater. Food was run by whatever I was feeling — mostly I reached for sweets when I wanted to feel anything other than out of control. My weight was all over the place, and I kept telling myself the fix was more discipline. It wasn't. I did the work to understand why I ate the way I did, got certified as a nutrition coach, and realized this was exactly what I wanted to do for other people.

Unlock You is built on what actually worked for me: getting to the root cause instead of chasing the quick fix. Healthy means strong — mentally, physically, and emotionally — not skinny, and not squeezed into someone else's mold. Yes, we can work on losing body fat and keeping your strength. But we do it by fueling your body and healing your relationship with food, never by starving it and calling that progress. It took years to learn the patterns you're in; it won't take that long to unlearn them, but it does take more than a two-week reset.