Marisa / Health Coach

When was the last time you were genuinely excited about your own life?

Not your kids’ lives. Not your next vacation. YOUR life.

Are you excited about your relationship? Do you love what you see when you look in the mirror? Does s*x still excite you? Do you wake up with energy and actually look forward to your day?

Or are you more excited about that glass of w**e at the end of the day because it’s how you’ve learned to cope?

Here’s my question.

If you keep doing exactly what you’re doing right now, how are you going to feel about your life a year from today?

And how different is that from how you felt a year ago?

Because getting older doesn’t mean you should be expecting less from life. If anything, I believe we should be expecting MORE.

At 54, I’m stronger, more confident and more excited about life than I’ve ever been.

But I didn’t get here by just changing my food or exercise.

I worked on my hormones, my nervous system, my habits, my mindset, my beliefs and the woman I wanted to become.

I got my spark back, I feel amazing, and I want that for you too. ❤️

That’s why I created my 6-month Midlife Glow Up Group Mentorship starting in November.

We’re going to work on your strength, nutrition, hormones, habits, mindset and the way you show up for yourself every single day.

Because what’s the point of looking better if you still don’t feel excited about your life?

This is about transforming how you feel about yourself and your entire life.

You deserve to feel strong, s*xy, confident and genuinely excited about what’s ahead.

❤️ Ready to get your spark back?
Link is in my bio to join.

Do you believe the universe is always listening? ✨

I do. And I believe it more now than I ever have.

Over the last few years, I’ve gone through what I can only describe as a spiritual awakening. I’ve become so much more aware of energy, alignment, synchronicities and those moments that feel a little too perfectly timed to be coincidence.

On my way home from Bali in May, I had a stopover at the Taiwan airport and saw this beautiful designer purse.

Now, I NEVER go into designer stores. Anyone who knows me will laugh because I had been carrying the same purse for 18 years. 😂😂 It wasn’t even designer.

But for some reason, I walked in.

I loved this purse. The price was in Taiwan dollars, the salesperson was busy and I had a flight to catch, so I left.

For the next couple of weeks, I kept thinking about it. Then I let it go.

A little while later my mom passed away, and I cleared her belongings out of her apartment. Around the same time, a girlfriend from Europe was coming to Vancouver. FIFA was here and accommodation was crazy expensive. My mom loved this girlfriend, so I offered her my mom’s empty apartment.

While she was visiting, she came over for dinner and brought me a thank-you gift.

I opened it.

It was the purse.

From the EXACT store I had walked into in Taiwan.

I had never told her or anyone else about it.

I mean… what are the chances? ✨

Sometimes you put a desire out there and then let go of how it needs to come to you. You keep living, follow what feels right and stay open.

Sometimes the universe has other plans. ✨

And this is part of my Midlife Glow Up Group Mentorship too. Your glow up is about more than food and exercise. It’s your body, identity, energy, beliefs and how you want to show up in this next chapter.

Join us in November. Link in bio. ✨

Twenty-five years of friendship and we are celebrating. ❤️

I was going through photos this morning and came across this one and just felt so much gratitude.

Gratitude for having these women in my life, and for so many other amazing women who value the same things I do.

Here we are more than 25 years later, looking and feeling our best. And this doesn’t happen by accident. We have all made a conscious effort to make our health a priority day after day, year after year.

All three of us have strength trained consistently for more than 25 years. We’ve walked, hiked, and been in the gym, we put in the time. Sharon and I even ran the New York Marathon together.

And after more than 25 years of lifting weights, none of us is bulky or looks like a bodybuilder. We are strong.

Yes, we want to look good. Of course we do. But we want to feel good too. Strong, energetic, confident, healthy and able to keep doing the things we love as we get older.

Surround yourself with women who want the same. Women who value their health, want to feel good, want to be strong and encourage you to keep showing up for yourself.

Twenty-five years later, we’re still walking, still lifting, still laughing, still celebrating life and still making ourselves a priority.

Looking and feeling your best doesn’t happen by accident. It’s what you choose day after day, year after year. ❤️

Who gets the depleted version of you when you keep putting yourself last?

The version with less patience. The version who gets irritated more easily. The version who is exhausted, doesn’t feel great in her body, has lost some of her confidence and doesn’t have the energy she used to have.

We’ve been taught that putting everyone else first is selfless. I think we need to flip that conversation. Because when I feel my best, I show up as my best. I’m more patient. I’m happier. I have more energy. More confidence. More presence. More to give. The way I take care of myself affects the energy I bring into every room, every conversation and every part of my life.

I want to feel strong. I want to feel s*xy. I want to love how I look in my clothes. I want energy. I want to feel vibrant, confident and excited about my life. And at 54, I don’t feel guilty for wanting any of it.

This isn’t vanity. And prioritizing yourself isn’t selfish.

Continuing to put yourself last and giving everyone around you the depleted version of you isn’t serving anyone.

So ask yourself: Are you showing up as the very best version of you right now?

If the answer is no, it’s time.

My 6-month Midlife Glow Up Group Mentorship starts in November.

We’re not spending six months talking about becoming her. We’re becoming her.

Stronger. Healthier. More energized. More confident. Feeling s*xy again. Feeling like yourself again—but even better.

You’ll have my support, accountability and a group of women beside you who have decided that putting themselves last is no longer an option.

Your next chapter gets to be your best one.

Join us through the link in my bio.

You can love your life and still secretly hate how you feel in your body. Both can be true.

You can be grateful for your family, your career and the life you’ve built and still stand in your closet feeling like crap because nothing feels good anymore. You can be confident in almost every area of your life and still hate having your picture taken. You can have a great life and still miss feeling s*xy, strong, energized and really good in your own skin.

And I don’t think that’s shallow.

I’m 54 and I have zero interest in accepting less because I’m getting older. Less energy. Less strength. Less confidence. Less s*xiness. Nope. I actually want MORE at this age.

And that’s what I want for you too.

Yes, we’ll talk muscle, protein, hormones, metabolism and longevity. But we’ll also talk about your identity, your energy and the story you’re telling yourself about getting older.

I don’t want to get you back to who you were at 30. I want you to love who you’re becoming NOW.

That’s going from Midlife Meh to Midlife Glow Up.

Strong. Sexy. Energized. Confident. YOU again.

Ready for yours? Link in bio. ❤️

Such a special night with my girl. 🤍 We went to see Gabby Bernstein tonight and so much of what she spoke about hit home — healing, trust, divine timing, meditation, and learning to stop trying to control every detail of how life is supposed to unfold. Trusting that sometimes things are happening for you, even when you can’t see it yet.

I’ve believed in this work for a long time, but there’s something really special about sitting beside my daughter and experiencing it together. We’re in two completely different chapters of life, but both learning, healing, growing and trusting what’s next.

A beautiful reminder that we can do all the things and still leave a little room for the universe to surprise us. ✨ Such a special night together. 🤍