Women’s Health & Strength Coach
From self sabotage to self trust
Helping women break free from self-sabotaging health patterns so they can finally live a life they love — free from shame
Helping women overcome dietary, movement and behavioural patterns that continue to keep them stuck
Less restriction.
More self-trust.
Lasting change.
Every woman is worth it.
I help women stop abandoning themselves
Whether you're navigating midlife, perimenopause, menopause, weight gain, emotional eating, low energy, or simply feeling stuck in patterns you can't seem to break, the solution isn't another diet, challenge, or burst of motivation.
Because in health and fitness, you don't rise to the level of your goals.
You fall to the level of your deepest habits, beliefs, emotional patterns, and nervous system responses.
Most women already know what they "should" be doing.
They know how to eat better.
They know they should exercise.
They know they need to prioritise themselves.
Yet they still find themselves:
• Starting and stopping
• Emotional eating
• Constantly thinking about food
• Losing weight then regaining it
• Falling off track when life gets busy
• Struggling to follow through on their intentions
• Feeling frustrated, ashamed, or disappointed in themselves
The problem isn't lack of knowledge.
The problem is the patterns running underneath the behaviour.
That's where I help.
My Approach
I help women understand and overcome the self-sabotaging patterns that keep them stuck in cycles of:
• Emotional eating
• Food noise and food obsession
• All-or-nothing thinking
• Exercise inconsistency
• Perfectionism
• Burnout
• Self-criticism
• Low self-trust
Using evidence-based nutrition, strength training, nervous system regulation, and behaviour change coaching, we create sustainable habits that fit real life.
No extremes.
No restriction.
No starting over every Monday.
Just simple, repeatable behaviours that help you feel stronger, healthier, calmer, and more confident over time.
Midlife Changes Matter — But They're Not The Whole Story
For many women, perimenopause and menopause amplify existing struggles.
Weight gain becomes easier.
Recovery slows.
Sleep changes.
Energy fluctuates.
Stress feels harder to manage.
But menopause is rarely the entire problem.
Often it shines a spotlight on patterns that have been there for years.
Together we'll learn how to support your changing body while addressing the habits, beliefs, and behaviours that have been holding you back from becoming the woman you want to be.
What We Work On Together
The goal isn't simply better nutrition or more exercise.
The goal is helping you become the woman who no longer needs to constantly start over.
Together we'll work on:
Building a Strong, Healthy Body
Strength, movement, energy, fitness, and long-term health.
Creating Sustainable Eating Habits
Without restriction, perfectionism, food guilt, or obsession.
Breaking Self-Sabotaging Patterns
So you can stop repeating the same cycles and finally create lasting change.
Regulating Stress & Emotional Overwhelm
Learning how your nervous system influences your choices, habits, and health.
Rebuilding Self-Trust
Following through on the promises you make to yourself.
Living With Greater Confidence & Freedom
Feeling proud of how you care for yourself and the life you're creating.
The Goal Isn’t Just Weight Loss - It's FREEDOM
Freedom from food guilt.
Freedom from all-or-nothing thinking.
Freedom from constantly feeling like you're failing.
Freedom from the shame that comes from repeatedly breaking promises to yourself.
Imagine:
• Trusting yourself around food
• Exercising consistently without forcing yourself
• Feeling strong and capable in your body
• Having more energy for the people and things you love
• Feeling calmer and more emotionally resilient
• Following through on commitments to yourself
• Feeling genuinely proud of how you're living
• ENJOYING LIFE AGAIN
Because lasting health isn't about perfection.
It's about becoming the kind of woman who knows how to care for herself consistently, honour her worth, and trust herself again.
And from that place, build a life she truly loves.
Quality living is all about how you feel - physically, mentally, emotionally & spiritually
Master The Fundamentals
Start with my Free Protein Cheat Sheet. Learn the simple satiety science behind building meals that keep you full and fuelled without the excess calories to help facilitate health and weight loss.
Ready to design your own version of thriving?
My 12-Week Mindset & Metabolic Reset is a personally curated mentoring experience designed to help you rewire your habits with ease and enjoyment to reclaim your health and vitality for good.
Maybe Community Is Where You THRIVE...
Join a like-minded community of women ready to set goals, take aligned action, support one another, and create real, lasting change in their health, mindset, and lives.
"The goal isn't simply to reduce symptoms or lose weight. It's to help you create a healthier, stronger, more fulfilling life—one where you're good enough, feel proud of yourself, confident in your choices, and free from the shame and frustration of starting over because every single woman is worth it"
Hey, I’m Lou!
Cert 3 and 4 Fitness
Bachelor Of Nursing
15+ Years Industry Experience
I’m a Nurse, Personal Trainer, and Women’s Health, Strength & Behaviour Change Coach
I help women overcome the self-sabotaging patterns that keep them stuck in cycles of emotional eating, exercise inconsistency, low confidence, poor self-care, and frustration with their health.
While my work often supports women navigating midlife, perimenopause, and menopause, my true passion lies in helping women understand the deeper patterns driving their behaviour so they can create lasting change and build a life they genuinely feel proud of.
My approach is shaped not only by my professional background in nursing, fitness, and health coaching, but also by my own lived experience.
I know what it's like to struggle with self-worth, body image, perfectionism, unhealthy coping strategies, and the internal battles that can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself. I've experienced firsthand how difficult it can be to break free from patterns that no longer serve you, even when you know exactly what you "should" be doing.
That experience taught me something important:
Sustainable health isn't built through more discipline, stricter rules, or self-criticism.
It's built through understanding yourself, self compassion, working with your nervous system, developing self-awareness, and creating habits that support the person you want to become.
Through evidence-based nutrition, strength training, nervous system regulation, and behaviour change coaching, I help women become active participants in their own health and transformation.
Because when women learn to trust themselves, honour their worth, and consistently care for their health, the impact extends far beyond weight loss or symptom management.
It changes the way they experience their entire life.
"I help women become an active participant in their own health and transformation so they can overcome their patterns to build a life they feel proud of - that's the type of energy that radiates into every other aspect of their life."
You can learn more about my personal journey below
“When you heal habits at their root cause, you reclaim your self worth, finally break free from the patterns keeping you stuck and unlock long lasting health and quality of life with ease”
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Individual Consultation
90 Min One Off Consultation
Your 90-minute consult is a personalised, virtual session designed to uncover what’s been holding you back, rewire old habits, clarify your health and mindset goals, and create a simple, sustainable plan that fits your life.
Group Coaching Community
This group coaching space is for women who are ready to master their mindset, harness their health, and embody the person they want to be.
Through empowering coaching calls, access to a supportive community of like-minded women, monthly goal-setting, and accountability, you’ll step out of old loops, take action that lasts, and finally create the health, confidence, and transformation you’ve been longing for.
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