I've been in health, fitness and business for over 20 years. Built things from scratch. Hired many, lost a few. Rebuilt myself more times than I can count. Walked away from things and people who drained my life instead of lifted it. Started things I had no idea how to do, but did them anyway.

I grew up in a home that wasn't safe. Parents who were terrible to each other. Cheating. Drugs. Absence where there should have been presence. A mother who attempted suicide. I moved out on my own at 16. Lived in a lot of different places. Including my car.

None of that was graceful. None of it was easy. And a lot of my early decisions weren't smart. I'm not going to pretend otherwise.

But every single one of them led me exactly where I was supposed to be.

At 23, I got out of an abusive marriage.

At 26, while working two other jobs, I opened a gym with no business plan, no roadmap and no idea what I was doing. I went full force anyway.

At 30, I met Jim. The love of my life and my best friend. We've been building this crazy life together ever since.

At 33, we had our incredible son Jack.

At 35, we lost our daughter Finley in a late pregnancy loss.

At 37, we had our beautiful and sweet daughter Olivia.

We work hard. Not just in our businesses, in our life. We work hard to buy time, not status. Not the appearance of having it all together.

Time with our family. Time with our friends. Being at every game, every event, every simple Tuesday that turns out to matter. Vacations together. Slow Sunday mornings. The freedom to make our own schedule because we built something that lets us choose.

That's what all of it was for.

That's what we've created.

And we're not done yet.

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