About

Origins

I grew up not really having a good grasp on nutrition. I mean I knew the basics (vegetables good, eat more of those), but I had a lot of questions like: Are carbs really the enemy?  Is all sugar bad? Why should we eat the rainbow? Eat meat, but not too much. Wait what? Playing college softball didn’t bring much of an answer to those questions.

I thought it was just me, but as I journeyed to adulthood I realized that a lot of people have the same questions, and the answers are, honestly, very overwhelming and can lead to very poor relationships with our bodies and food. I wanted to change that, but I didn’t quite know how. 

Gentle is defined as, “not harsh stern or violent; not hard or forceful; not strong or harsh in quality or effect.” Really it’s the last word that comes to mind when I think of fitness, nutrition, body image, and social media. I wanted to change that, but I didn’t realize it until recently. 

For a few years I hadn’t felt that teaching was really my calling. I had long talks with my husband about the struggles I was dealing with and how unhappy I was. We spent a lot of time praying, we had a lot of conversations about me resigning from teaching, and I spent a lot of time “searching” in the Word trying to figure out what to do. Wouldn’t you know that the word gentle never stopped showing up in every passage I read? It’s a fruit of the Spirit, and Paul never stops telling us how we are called to gentleness, to be gentle, to respond in gentleness, etc. It all came together.

Gentle Soul Wellness was born. 

My promise to you is not only to be a gentle soul, but also to feed your soul with gentle guidance on nutrition, exercise, and overall health. I can’t wait to serve you.