Founder of PEAC – Train Like A Girl app and the PEAC – Performance Education for Athletes and Coaches podcast.

CERTIFIED: Personal Trainer, Yoga Instructor, Strength and Conditioning Coach, WELLness Coach, Next Gen and Women Are Not Small Men Menopause Coach, Mental Health First Aid, Athletes Nutrition, The Science of Diet, Prenatal Wellness, Digital Wellness, Coaching.

My WHY for 38 years: to leave people in a better place than where I found them.

I have served the Chicagoland fitness community for the past 38 years. I was the manager of The Chicago Sweat Shop, one of Chicago's first aerobic studios, and my love for group exercise grew to inspire the opening of my own gym, Second Wind. 35 years later, I currently coach high school girls cross country and build strength, mobility, and yoga programming for runners of every level.

Strength Training, Mobility & Coaching Runners

My coaching is built on 38 years of hands-on experience in strength training, mobility, and yoga, applied specifically to runners. As a high school cross country coach, I design strength and mobility cycles around each phase of the running calendar - summer running, cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track - because each phase carries its own mileage, workout demands, and season timing.

My work with athletes focuses on:

1. Building foundational strength to support running mechanics and reduce injury risk

2. Developing mobility routines that keep up with training and meet schedules

3. Using yoga to improve flexibility, recovery, and body awareness

4. Progressing strength and mobility work in step with each season's specific demands

5. Coaching young athletes toward a firm foundation for both performance and long-term health

My personal story and experiences surrounding body image, disordered exercise, and food habits, along with my education and work experience, puts me in a unique position to listen and work with clients. I love high school and college athletics, I am more at home in the mountains than on the beach, and protecting this beautiful planet is my passion. I am a better cook than gardener - but do both. I prefer winter to summer - but love fall and spring. Pizza is my favorite food, I love music, and I dance like no one is watching!

The goal — strong, resilient runners built for the long run.