Why I Got A Facelift

Yep, I got a facelift. Not the surgical kind, silly.

I’m talking about my website!

It’s finally done, so do poke around and check out my new digs.

So, why did I get a facelift?

Honestly there was nothing “wrong” with my old website. It was functional, simple, and was a great platform for me to start blogging.

What it didn’t do was showcase my areas of specialty. Yes, the name of my website explains exactly what I do: I’m a Pilates Instructor and I’m a Nutritionist. However my expertise lies in a few very distinct areas and I had been holding back on highlighting all of those skills.

At its core, my work with clients revolves around real food and mindful movement, but I always felt my expertise in gestational diabetes might seem bizarre to my food sensitivity clients or to the folks who hire me as a speaker.

Maybe it was all in my head, but I have finally moved to a place of embracing all of these specialties as parts of ME as a whole, rather than pieces of a puzzle that wouldn’t fit together.

If you’ve ever felt like having multiple passions has diluted what you have to offer, I ask you to take a step back and re-examine.

Every experience in our life serves us in some way, even if it might have felt negative at the time.

We are drawn to certain things for a reason.

There was a reason I needed to continue studying art while pursuing my nutrition degree. (First off, there was no other way I would have survived organic chemistry. Second, having an eye for design never hurts when putting together a website.)

There was a reason I daydreamed about becoming a Pilates Instructor while I was finishing my clinical training as a dietitian. (And making the frowned-upon decision NOT to continue working in a hospital was one of the best choices I ever made career-wise.)

There was a reason I chose to put my introvert-self out there by sharing my food sensitivity journey with you. (I’m still getting emails from readers who’ve had major health breakthroughs by just changing a few things in their diet. And that inspired me to write my guide: 30 Days To A Happy Tummy, which I’m giving away for FREE if you’re interested.)

I can go on for days, but you get the idea.

Ask yourself how your past decisions have shaped where you are and who you are today.

And embrace it all.

Life’s too short to spend worrying about what people will think if… [ fill in the blank ].

Just be you. The world needs you exactly as you are.

So with that long explanation, I invite you to poke around my new home away from home and feel it out.

I’d love to hear what you think, so tell me in the comments below:

• What do you think of the new site?
• And, how can you be more YOU?
  

I’m eager to hear from you!

Until next week,

PS – Be sure to check out the FREEBIES page, where you can get your hands on nearly 50 pages of expert nutrition advice from yours truly. As the name suggests, it’s 100% FREE.

PPS – This website re-design has been a labor of love and I couldn’t have done it without the help of my designer and coder, Leah Kalamakis. She’s seriously good at what she does and I’m so happy I hired her to give my website a facelift.