Meet Mellisa

Hi there! My name is Mellisa and I have been a personal trainer for 7 years. 

Unintentionally, the decision to become a trainer has led me down the road of awareness, healing and self discovery that has transformed me and how I view the world.

Learning and applying different tools/practices to build my knowledge in health overall has allowed me to help my clients to reach their goals and build confidence in themselves. Not only has it helped my clients but it’s also helped me tremendously to build a deeper connection to understand who I am, what my values are and forge a stronger relationship with myself as an individual.

Prior to being a trainer I worked a desk job for 6 years and spent most of my time outside of work going to happy hours, partying on the weekends. I was always out somewhere with someone.

As a result this constant stimulus on my body would exhaust me and I would take a break for a short while and then get back on it.

This seemed to work for a bit but over the years the physical exhaustion turned into overwhelming feelings of emptiness, sadness, irritability or depression when I was alone or sober.

Trying to find a solutions I would manage my eating habits, my workouts out while trying to keep up with my social life. But nothing seemed to stick.

So I went through cycles of feeling frustrated, then feeling inspired to change and then failing. 

For me failing was an emotional trigger. The thoughts of “I’m not good enough” and that “There’s something inherently wrong” with me would slowly infect me into a state of depression.

Looking back I see that I was trying to fit into a mold that wasn’t mine. I was being too rigid with managing my health following a specific diet or workout regimen because I felt it had to be done the “right” way.

I was trying to find a solutions based on societal and cultural expectations rather than finding solutions based on individual needs at the moment.

I was disconnected with myself. I wasn’t adhering to my value and needs, in fact I didn’t even know what they were. I was in a toxic relationship with myself and kept returning to for many years without evening knowing.

It took time but getting clear on my values, understanding my body and what’s important to me as ultimately given me insight into creating my version of a healthy, sustainable and fulfilling lifestyle.

Though media tends to glorify the extreme and rigid approaches to fitness, for me I think it’s about finding the right tools that challenges and brings an awareness that forges a relationship between the mind and body to give the individual movement confidence in all areas of life.