Stop Starting Over
Start building sustainable strength, vitality and confidence during perimenopause - by creating capacity first.
You want to be consistent with strength training, fitness and good nutrition - but something always gets in the way
You’ve read the books, listened to the podcasts, followed the expert advice to a tee - and for a while, it works.
You start getting fitter, stronger, your clothes start to feel better.
But then…
Exhaustion.
Injury.
A frantic work week.
A family drama.
A weekend blowout.
Something kills your momentum
You drop the habits that support you when. you can’t do them perfectly.
You reach for food and/or wine to cope.
You tell yourself you lack willpower, discipline, time or knowledge…
And you give up.
Until a little voice inside urges you to look for that missing puzzle piece.
You start scrolling and searching for the next diet, programme or supplement that’ll finally stick.
And the whole exhausting cycle starts again…
“I always felt like I was missing something. I would beat myself up thinking - why can't I do this?! I'm an intelligent woman and others can do this, so why can't I? I thought I just had bad willpower and was sick of the cyclic behaviour - 'good' during the week and let myself go during the weekends.”
— Chontelle
I’ve been there
Distressed at the sudden changes in my body, exhausted by 3am wake-ups and struggling to stick with the very behaviours that’d help me turn things around.
I’ve been down the research rabbit hole
I even went back to university to study the science for myself!
Strength and conditioning taught me what I needed to do to feel strong, vital and confident again, but it was psychology that helped me face the deeper issues that were keeping me stuck starting over.
You can’t keep adding more to a life that’s already over-extended
Most women I work with aren’t lacking willpower, discipline, knowledge - or even time.
They’re some of the most capable women I’ve ever met!
There are deeper patterns draining their capacity.
“I need more willpower” - is usually about your relationship with food and/or alcohol
“I need more discipline” - is often an ‘all-or-nothing’ approach to health and fitness
“I need more information, I feel like I’m missing something” - can be a way to avoid the monotony of sticking with the basics
“I just don’t have time” - is very often a boundary issue
None of these patterns are character flaws - they meet valid needs - just at a cost.
When you resolve your patterns, you create the capacity you need to build sustainable strength, vitality and confidence.
Use he checklist (below) to identify your patterns.
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Stop Starting Over
A 3-month, 1:1 coaching partnership that helps you build sustainable strength, vitality and confidence during perimenopause by creating capacity first
“I feel like Sarah has simplified what seemed really complicated to me previously. And that has taken a weight (literally!) off my shoulders.”
— Chontelle