The Strength Girl

The Strength Girl Helping women 30+ ditch the scale + toxic diet culture by learning how to fall in love with lifting weights while taking care of your mind, body + soul๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿปโœจ

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.โฃโฃNot because I didnโ€™t want to go, but because I didnโ€™t wan...
06/15/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฉ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.โฃ
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Not because I didnโ€™t want to go, but because I didnโ€™t want to โ€œcheatโ€ on my diet.โฃ
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I wore my discipline like a badge of honor. I thought being the person who never missed a workout, never ate the cake and never deviated from the plan was something to be proud of.โฃ
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But that discipline came at a cost.โฃ
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I missed birthdays.โฃ
Celebrations.โฃ
Family gatherings.โฃ
Moments that can never be recreated.โฃ
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All because I was so focused on controlling what I ate and avoiding anything that might throw me off track.โฃ
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And honestly? It left me feeling disconnected- from the people I loved and from myself.โฃ
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There is nothing healthy about feeling lonely and isolated while life is happening around you.โฃ
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But hey, I was skinny!!!โฃ
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And at the time, it felt like that was all that mattered.โฃ
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Not anymore๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ.โฃ
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Now, I live a healthy lifestyle so I can experience life to the fullest.โฃ
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So I can be present for the moments that matter.โฃ
So I can celebrate with loved ones, make memories and enjoy the experiences that make life meaningful.โฃ
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Because health should add to your life- not take you away from it.โฃ
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And thatโ€™s exactly what we do over here๐Ÿ™๐Ÿปโœจ. โฃ
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06/12/2026

๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌโ€ฆโฃ
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For years, Iโ€™ve shown up online sharing my passion for strength training, helping women build confidence in and out of the gym and encouraging them to pursue becoming their strongest selves. But behind the workouts, the coaching and the business, thereโ€™s been another journey Iโ€™ve been navigating quietly.โฃ
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In this episode, Iโ€™m opening up about my health diagnoses, how theyโ€™ve impacted my life and some of the challenges Iโ€™ve faced behind the scenes. Iโ€™m also sharing my thoughts, fears, and emotions surrounding fertility, motherhood and the uncertainty that can come with not knowing what the future holds.โฃ
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This isnโ€™t an episode filled with answers or a perfectly wrapped-up story. Itโ€™s an honest conversation about navigating unexpected health challenges, managing the emotions that come with them, grieving expectations, holding onto hope and redefining what strength truly means when life doesnโ€™t go according to plan.โฃ
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My hope is that by sharing my story, anyone facing their own health struggles, fertility concerns or difficult season of life feels a little less alone๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป.โฃ
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Because sometimes strength isnโ€™t found in pushing harder- itโ€™s found in allowing yourself to be seen, embracing uncertainty and continuing to move forward one day at a time.โฃ
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๐ŸŽ™๏ธComment โ€œPODCASTโ€ and Iโ€™ll send the episode right to your inbox!โฃ
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๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก, ๐๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ข!โญ๏ธโฃโฃA message from Nikki๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿปโฃโฃโ€œHello, my name...
06/05/2026

๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก, ๐๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ข!โญ๏ธโฃ
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A message from Nikki๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿปโฃ
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โ€œHello, my name is Nikki Melligan. I am a Certified Personal Trainer (2002), Inside Flow Yoga Teacher (2024) & a Level 2 Restorative Yoga Teacher (2025). My passion as a Personal Trainer is working with clients to help nurture their belief in themselves and that they can do anything that they put their minds to no matter how big or small๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป. โฃ
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After being an athlete for two decades and an avid Crossfitter for five years, my belief was that rest was unproductive and that I was being lazy by not doing anything. My days would be filled with more things than I had hours in the day for and I wouldnโ€™t stop until 5 minutes before bedtime. I would then struggle to fall asleep at night as my body didnโ€™t know what rest was or how to down regulate my nervous system. I would then wake up in the morning exhausted and start all over again. โฃ
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In 2020 I found Yoga/Meditation and everything in my life changed for me. I finally was able to have a wonderful nights sleep and my body finally experienced deep rest in a way that I never knew was possible๐Ÿง˜๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ. โฃ
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With the knowledge and experience I embody from the fitness world and the Restorative Yoga world, I am now able to look at these two modalities with a more balanced approach. The common theme with both of these modalities is they create mental resiliency to face the daily challenges of the human experience.โฃ
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I am very much looking forward to working with the Strength Squad and meeting the wonderful community that Mia has created. Iโ€™m a firm believer that you can always do more then you think you can and I will always remind everyone of thatโœจ. โฃ
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See you soonโ˜บ๏ธ.โ€โฃ
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You will see her coaching inside the Lifting Club as well as working with clients 1:1๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป. โฃ
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06/04/2026

โ€œ๐๐จ๐“๐ก๐ˆ๐ง๐† ๐ญ๐€๐ฌ๐“๐ž๐’ ๐š๐’ ๐ ๐Ž๐จ๐ƒ ๐š๐’ ๐ฌ๐Š๐ข๐๐ง๐˜ ๐Ÿ๐„๐ž๐‹๐ฌโ€๐Ÿคกโฃ
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Are we really still doing this?โฃ
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I remember when I was deep in my eating disorder, I genuinely believed that quote.โฃ
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But after years of healing, growing, and rebuilding my relationship with myself, Iโ€™ve learned that nothing could be further from the truth๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ.โฃ
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My eating disorder kept me stuck- stuck in a cycle that felt impossible to escape.โฃ
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It consumed my thoughts, dictated my choices, and stole so much of my energy and joy.โฃ
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Everything started to change when I shifted my focus away from being smaller and toward becoming stronger. I began fueling my body, healing my relationship with food, and learning to appreciate myself for more than my appearance.โฃ
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And thatโ€™s when I discovered something far more powerful than being โ€œskinnyโ€:โฃ
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Feeling strong.โฃ
Feeling capable.โฃ
Feeling confident.โฃ
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Because when you start focusing on what your body can do instead of obsessing over what it looks like, everything changes๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป. โฃ
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๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ/๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ/๐Ÿ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐Ÿ’โ€ขreceived my Community Voted Brantford plaque๐Ÿฅˆโ€ขfirst run of the season๐Ÿฆโ€ขcontinued to deco...
05/31/2026

๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ/๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ/๐Ÿ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐Ÿ’

โ€ขreceived my Community Voted Brantford plaque๐Ÿฅˆ
โ€ขfirst run of the season๐Ÿฆ
โ€ขcontinued to decorate our home๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ
โ€ขattended event๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ
โ€ขupgraded the whip๐ŸŽ
โ€ขroad trip w/ my girl๐Ÿถ
โ€ขmy monthly massage w/ ๐Ÿ’†๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ
โ€ขwalks along the river๐ŸŒŠ
โ€ขlunch date w/ ๐Ÿฅ—
โ€ขrestocked my fav electrolytes ๐Ÿง‚
โ€ขsaid goodbye to one of our squad members๐Ÿฅนโค๏ธ
โ€ขdate night to see ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿป

May was so full in the best way๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป. Looking forward to June!



๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž?๐ŸฅฒโฃโฃHereโ€™s 6 common reasons as to why๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป โฃโฃ1. Youโ€™re re...
05/21/2026

๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž?๐Ÿฅฒโฃ
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Hereโ€™s 6 common reasons as to why๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป โฃ
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1. Youโ€™re relying on motivation alone. โฃ
2. You keep trying to do everything perfectly. โฃ
3. Your goals are unrealistic for the season of life youโ€™re in. โฃ
4. Youโ€™re stuck in an all or nothing mindset. โฃ
5. You have zero accountability or support. โฃ
6. Youโ€™re only focused on outcomes instead of identity shifting. โฃ
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Consistency isnโ€™t about doing everything perfectly- itโ€™s about frequency and repetition. Itโ€™s about continuing to show-up even when life is life-ing in order to create long-term, sustainable progress๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป.โฃ
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Whatโ€™s your biggest struggle when it comes to staying consistent with your health & fitness routine? Lemme know down belowโฌ‡๏ธโฃ
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๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸปโฃโฃWe are truly so honoured and grateful for every single client who chooses to...
05/14/2026

๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿปโฃ
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We are truly so honoured and grateful for every single client who chooses to work with us๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿปโฃ.
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Our goal is to provide a personalized and individualized approach to your health and wellness journey- because no two people are the same, and you deserve a path that works for you and your lifestyle. โฃ
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We also pride ourselves on creating a safe, supportive, and encouraging environment where you can learn, grow, fail, and try again without judgement๐Ÿคโฃ.
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Getting to show up and do what we love every single day is something we never take for granted, and itโ€™s all thanks to our incredible clients and community. We appreciate you more than you know๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป.
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๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅโคต๏ธโฃโฃWe help high-achieving, ambitious women ditch the scale + t...
05/13/2026

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐ข๐ซ๐ฅโคต๏ธโฃ
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We help high-achieving, ambitious women ditch the scale + toxic diet culture by learning how to fall in love with lifting weights while also taking care of your mind, body & soul๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป. โฃ
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Our mission is to empower you to shift your focus solely from losing weight to lifting weights so that YOU can become your strongest self physically, mentally and emotionally๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป. โฃ
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And how do we do that? โฃ
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Through 1:1 coaching programs designed to meet you where you are so you can get to where you want to go. We empower you to become the strongest version of yourself all while encouraging you to honour, trust and respect your body throughout the process๐Ÿค. โฃ
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โฃWe also do this through our in-person, small group coaching programs designed to help you become more confident and capable when it comes to lifting weights in the gym๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป. โฃ
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If youโ€™ve ever thought about working with us in any capacity, there are a few things you can do to stay in the loop when it comes to all things coaching and programs: โฃ
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1. You can apply for 1:1 coaching using the coaching application form and see if we may be a good fit to work together. โฃ
2. You can put your name on the waitlist for my group coaching programs so that you will be the first to be notified when a spot becomes available or when enrolment opens. โฃ
3. Join my e-newsletter. I send out emails a couple times a month (no spam, I promise!) to keep you informed and let you know whatโ€™s going on over here in the world of The Strength Girl. โฃ
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All of this can be found in the link in my bio๐Ÿ”—. โฃ
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If you ever have any questions, my DMโ€™s are always open๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป. โฃ
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