Never in a million years would I have imagined sitting here right now writing a blog post on my Health Coaching website!!! It’s so funny how life can end up so different than you ever imagined it would. This is such a fun/scary/exciting time in my life. I cannot wait to share it all with you.
I think it would be valuable for everyone to know who I am, and learn how I ended up on this path. Six years ago I graduated with an Early Childhood Education degree from Harding University. I married the man of my dreams right after I graduated. It took me several years to find a teaching job, and in that time I worked full-time at a local restaurant, living an extremely unhealthy lifestyle of working late and restaurant food. I gained a lot of weight over that time, but I was fairly healthy, and happy.
A few years later, my husband and I expanded our family. We brought a sweet boy into the world, and our life hasn’t been the same since. I also found a teaching job, and I thought life was perfect. Except it wasn’t. I was so exhausted, but everyone told me that was normal for a new mommy. I was cranky, but who wouldn’t be with a baby and full-time job. I was suffering from TERRIBLE migraines almost daily, but so many of my friends had the same problem. My memory was terrible, and my thoughts were super cloudy/foggy, but I learned how to keep organized to help make up for it. And none of my clothes fit, but I had just had a baby, and I was breastfeeding, so I should have lost the weight quickly. Right?!?
Long story short, I found the answers to my prayers. I started working with a health and wellness company and my health completely flipped. All of my issues were gone and I literally felt better than ever. In my journey to gaining back my health, I realized something that shook my world. Everything I had ever thought I knew about health and trying to live a healthy lifestyle was a misconception or an incorrect stereotype. No wonder I couldn’t get healthy on my own.
So then my questions became louder than ever. I NEEDED ANSWERS!!! Why was everything I “thought” I knew, wrong? Why couldn’t I reclaim my health on my own no matter how hard I tried? My eyes were opened to a whole new world. I almost felt like a secret world had been opened to me. A world of gut health and candida. A world of ingredient lists and organics. A world of hidden sugars and toxins. The topics were endless…. and that is what lead me to the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. Health Coaching! The perfect world!
The most perfect mix of my two passions! Teaching and health! I have learned more than I ever could have imagined. I also learned that there is so much more to health, than what you put in your body. And that is why I have chosen the path of Health Coaching! I can’t wait to help people make healthy changes to their lifestyle, and help them put the pieces of their life together. Never heard of Health Coaching before? GREAT! I would love to share with you what I do, and help you reclaim you life! It’s empowering!!!! Here is to a #happyandhealthyyou!!!
Whole Health with Shay 