The more I got into motherhood, the more I lost touch with who I truly was.

I quit working and lost who I was to start a family.

During that time in my life I worked as a death claims processor at a credit union in Great Falls, Mt. I had worked my way up from being a bank teller since my high school summers! Was it my passion? No, but it paid the bills and helped my get my college degree. I had many aspirations to use my college degree in Organizational Communication after graduating.

After graduating from Providence University, in Great Falls MT, I had my first child. I struggled with dropping him off at daycare and hearing all the wonderful things he did while I worked. I couldn’t take it (I lasted only 3 days going back to work). I realized that I would rather stay home and raise him then go to work. So I did.

I put my all of my energy into my new baby boy and being a stay at home mom. I became so involved I let go of all the things I used to do for me. Then I had another baby, a baby girl. My friends changed, my life changed and my world revolved around raising my kids, being a wife and homemaker. Slowly, I lost who I was. I didn’t even think about what my career aspirations were anymore. They didn’t matter. Nothing mattered because I loved being a mom.

Being a mom had become my new identity. Although I taught group exercise classes while my kids were little, it wasn’t until they went to school full time that I realized I wanted...needed something more.

I needed to find me again.

I knew I once had the desire to work, but I knew it wasn’t in banking. Teaching aerobic classes had become my outlet, but that was only for 1 hour a couple hours a week. But during that hour I changed lives and motivated people to really push themselves. I found that SO rewarding.

So much so, that I became a personal trainer to take changing lives to another level. I was finding myself again. I soon realized that my passion for fitness could be turned into a career of helping others change their lives. The more I helped others change their lives, the more my life was changed. There’s no better reward than helping others discover themselves again just like I had. I wasn’t ONLY a mother anymore, I was a life changer in all ways. I was a new person with a real purpose bigger than myself.

If you’ve lost your purpose or who you are, please reach out. I would love to help you find yourself again!

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Let's get that 1st strength training class under the belt! Don't wait til next week! JUST DO IT!! See you soon. Fuel Fitness 12:10 - 12:50

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