Meet Holly

Coaching is the best job I never knew I wanted. 

I have always wanted to help and serve others. I grew up helping my classmates with homework or explaining a concept they were grappling with. I went on my first mission trip to Russia in 2005, and absolutely fell in love with the culture and the people. I volunteered in college as a reading buddy for inner city kids in Chattanooga. I mentored and taught all through my 17 year career in Federal service. But when coaching found me, I knew I had found something special. 

My coaching journey began in 2020 when I became an independent coach with a nationally recognized weight loss company. I had struggled with my weight my whole life. I yo-yo dieted like a pro from late childhood through grad school and well into my married years with 2 kids. In 2019, I reached my breaking point. I weighed over 320 pounds, could barely get off the couch to be with my kids, and hurt all of the time from the inflammation I was carrying around. I knew if something didn’t change, I was in danger of not being around to watch my kids and future grandkids grow up. 

I started my own weight loss journey with that company in May of 2019. By April of 2020, I had lost 135 of the 150 total pounds I would lose. I worked with my own coach during this time to not only lose the weight, but learn and implement the healthy habits that would help me keep the weight off. I knew I couldn’t keep it to myself, so I decided to become a coach. 

I didn’t really know what I was in for, but I fell in love with helping others achieve their own life transformations. Guiding people to see that they are worthy of feeling good, being confident, and taking their life back is the most fulfilling work I’ve ever done. 

As many of us did, I looked at my life in 2021 and realized that I was way out of balance. I was pursuing a high stress job that in the end wasn’t worth my own health or that of my family’s. Thanks to coaching, I was able to walk away from the job in 2022, move our family to a new state, and pursue a life where we could all grow and thrive.

Recently, I felt the pull to expand my knowledge and skills so that I can help and serve others looking for health and wellness in all areas of their life, whether they need weight loss or not. I am an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach in-training and will complete that certification in August of 2024.