Coached by Charlotte Ashley

18/09/2026

I spent a lot of my younger years believing fitness was mainly about how my body looked.

Was I lean enough? Small enough? Had I trained hard enough? Had I “earned” the food I wanted to eat?
And honestly, I still care about how I look. I still have physique goals, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.

But approaching 40 has changed what I want fitness to give me.
I don’t want to reach a certain weight but feel weak, unfit, exhausted or scared of eating anything that doesn’t fit the plan.

I want to be able to lift heavy things, run around, try new sports, go on adventures and say yes to things without worrying whether my body can cope.

I want to look after the woman I am now - while also investing in the woman I’ll be at 50, 60, 70 and beyond.
And that’s influenced how I coach too.

Changing how your body looks can absolutely be part of the goal.
But we’re also building strength, fitness, confidence, energy and habits that still work when real life inevitably happens.
Because the goal was never supposed to be spending your whole life trying to take up less space. ❤️

16/09/2026

Geena thought she’d had a s**t week.
As her coach, I saw something completely different. ❤️
She’d come back from holiday, her routine was all over the place, work was stressful, she was exhausted, hungrier than usual and feeling overwhelmed.

She even stopped one of her workouts halfway through because she just didn’t have it in her that day.
And yet...

She still averaged nearly 8k steps.
She listened to her body.
She adjusted instead of abandoning everything.
She didn’t punish herself for doing less.
And once the normal post-holiday fluctuations settled, she hit her lowest weight since coming back.
THAT is progress.

Yes, my clients have physical goals.

They want to get stronger. Fitter. Feel better in their bodies. Some want to lose fat.

And I absolutely help them work towards those things.
But I also want them to learn how to navigate the weeks where work is mental, their routine disappears, their energy tanks or their AuDHD brain simply isn’t cooperating 😂

Because that’s usually the bit another workout programme or calorie target doesn’t teach you.
My job isn’t to make you perfectly compliant with a plan.
It’s to help you make the plan work in your actual life while still moving towards the things you want.
That’s what we’re building inside THRV. ❤️

If you’re tired of knowing what to do but struggling to make it actually work for you, DM me “THRV” and I’ll send you the details.

15/09/2026

I’m a PT and I don’t always finish my workouts 😂

And actually, knowing when to push and when to pull back is one of the most useful things I’ve learnt.

Because my AuDHD brain LOVES giving me two options:

Do the whole thing properly ✔️
Or don’t bother at all ❌

But there’s usually a third option.

Adjust.

Some days I need to give myself a little push because I know movement will make me feel better.

Other days, pushing harder is going to take more from me than it gives me.

The tricky bit is learning the difference.

And THAT is something I help my clients with too.

Not blindly following a plan regardless of what’s happening in their life -but learning what to keep, what to reduce, when to push and when recovery is actually the better choice.

Because sustainable fitness isn’t about doing less all the time.

It’s getting really bloody good at doing what you need today, while still keeping sight of where you want to go. ❤️

That’s a huge part of how I coach inside THRV.

Fitness that works with your brain, your body and your actual life - while still helping you get stronger, fitter and work towards the goals that matter to YOU.

Because I don’t want fitness to become another thing you feel like you’re failing at.

I want it to be something that supports your life.

If this is the kind of support you’ve been missing, DM me “THRV” and I’ll send you the details. ❤️

13/09/2026

Because knowing what to do has probably never been the problem.

You KNOW protein is good for you.
You KNOW you should move more.
You KNOW strength training is important.
You KNOW roughly what a balanced diet looks like.

And yet somehow you keep ending up back at:

“Right. Monday. This time I’m actually going to stick to it.” 😂

That’s exactly why I created THRV.

It’s not another generic plan for you to follow perfectly.

It’s 16 weeks of personalised online coaching where we work on your fitness, nutrition and goals but also the stuff that keeps getting in the bloody way.

Your AuDHD brain.
Your capacity.
Your hormones.
Your routines.
Your actual LIFE.

Yes, we can work on fat loss.
Yes, we can get you stronger and fitter.

But I also want you to finish THRV knowing how to keep going when life inevitably goes a bit t**s up.

Because THAT is the bit that changes things long term. ❤️

THRV is currently open.

If you’re ready to stop starting again, DM me “THRV” and I’ll send you the details. ❤️

11/09/2026

One of my clients said something in her check-in this week that made me VERY happy.
Her week hadn’t gone to plan.

And she hadn’t let it turn into “oh f**k it” and written off the rest of the week.

It doesn’t sound like the sexiest fitness transformation 😂
But honestly? This is the stuff that changes everything.
Because you probably already know how to eat well and exercise when you’ve got loads of motivation, plenty of time and life is behaving itself.

The bit we need to practise is what happens when it isn’t.

That’s a huge part of what I coach inside THRV.
We aren’t trying to create 16 perfect weeks.

We’re using those 16 weeks to build something that can survive your actual life.

If you’re fed up of constantly feeling like you’re back at square one, DM me THRV and I’ll send you the details ❤️

07/09/2026