I marvel today at where I am at the end of this year, feeling strong, grateful and whole. This is not how I started 2024. In fact, I keep saying this year has felt to me like 3 years because so much has happened. Some of the things that happened have been great blessings to be celebrated, while other things were jarring and life altering in ways I never could have predicted. There was a point this year when I started to feel like I was drifting further and further away from myself, and I knew I needed help. But the help I sought wasn’t going to be solved through one hour weekly sessions of talk therapy or scrolling through social media to piece together ways to improve upon my life. I already tried all that with little to no success.

When I met Flo, I knew I wanted to work with her because what she offered was so all-encompassing: coaching of the mind, body and spirit. Her knowledge of nutrition and fitness coupled with her empathy and deep understanding for the human condition gave me so much confidence in her ability to carve out a path for my success. But still, I was held back by doubt and a familiar unwillingness to invest in myself. When my life took a truly incomprehensible turn in July of this year, I knew the only thing I could possibly do to get through it was to seek help. The first person I called was Flo. She met me for a walk and we discussed the details of what I was going through. She proved to be an invested listener and a confident guide. I knew by the end of our walk that I needed her as my life coach. 

Instead of telling you all that we worked on over 3 months, I’ll jump to the end result. I grew stronger and more clear than I’ve ever been, which allowed me to rise above my issues, heal lifelong traumas and navigate complicated relationships with confidence and grace. My body became stronger and more capable than it’s been in years. I lost over 20 pounds, gained muscle, found a desire to move more and care more about what I put into my body. This was all achieved with a diagnosis of Hashimoto’s disease and in the throes of menopause, a combination of issues which I was convinced would keep me from dropping weight. The bottom line is that Flo knew what to do. And I trusted her. Now here we are at the end of those 3 months, and I can’t imagine where I’d be if I hadn’t reached out to her and set out on this journey of healing with her as my coach. I’m looking forward to what the next 3 months will bring.   

Diane Wagner