Hi, I’m Jennifer.

I’ve been an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach since 2014, so I thought I knew my body pretty well. Then I turned 50, and about a month later, perimenopause hit me like an avalanche.

I could no longer sleep through the night. I gained weight quickly in my stomach, hips, and arms. I needed afternoon naps just to finish my day. My mood swings were severe, and my muscle tone seemed to turn to mush overnight. And let’s not even talk about the brain fog…

The things I had always done to stay lean suddenly stopped working. And even with all my training and experience, I couldn’t figure out what was happening.

So I did what women are told to do. I went to my doctors.

My gynecologist told me I needed to manage my stress better and take a vacation. Which sounded lovely, but was not exactly a treatment plan.

My primary care doctor, a Black woman around my age, told me I was fine. My thyroid looked normal. I just needed to lose a little weight.

Meanwhile, I knew I was not fine.

It took me 18 months of research, testing, trial and error, and connecting the dots for myself. At the time, there were not many books about perimenopause. Women weren’t talking about it publicly. And most of the information focused on managing individual symptoms instead of helping women understand what was happening in their bodies.

That experience changed the way I coach.

I don’t believe women need another person telling them to eat less, exercise more, or try harder. They already know that. I believe they need someone who will look at the whole picture and help them understand what their body is actually asking for.

I have lived this. I have studied it. And now I help other women get the clarity and support I wish I had when my own body stopped making sense.

You don’t have to spend 18 months figuring it out alone.

Give me eight weeks, and you’ll have your Grown Woman Weight Loss Strategy, a clear, personalized plan already in motion.

With love,

Jennifer