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23/09/2025

Been a little while since I’ve posted in here friends but life’s been busy!! I’m sure you all resonate. Anyways just throwing it out there. I am keen to find out of anyone would be interested in a small group class 4-5 people max to learn how to strength train safely and effectively. 8 weeks with access to a training app to track progress and a group atmosphere to keep you accountable. 2 x 1 hour sessions per wee on a Monday and Wednesday at 4.30pm.
Open to all ages/ fitness and ability. Drop me a DM or comment below if keen to find out more.

23/03/2024

Just a wee unpack of all the bits I’ve been feeling lately.

Ex bodybuilder. So much of my identity has been tied up in bodybuilding. The attention, the “look” the admiration that you can do it. The drive, the focus, the 1% attitude. I’ve run my life and business on this premise for many years. Now that’s gone. What’s next?

It’s been a gas for me over the last 6 months. I’ve been fumbling around, feeling like a pretender, a failure, a dick of a human being and feeling very humbled. What and who am I? And what do I want moving forward?

Going from high level to what I consider “regular.” Is honestly a brain f**k and taken some soul navigation.
But living in this skin and this mind is teaching me a lot. I used bodybuilding as an escape. A front. A way to cope with expectation. When you’re the best you get respect, without having to delve deep and earn it from a soul level. In turn you have an expectation of others to achieve great things in your wake. Which is kind of arrogant.. now i think about it. 🤔

What I’m learning is the way you look, the awards you get for that, the sacrifices you make, the emphasis you personally place on achievement, mean little to the people that really need you to help them make a difference in their own lives.

To live this experience and feel what it’s like to live in a body that’s foreign to you, feel like you’re not on top of it and feel failure, uncertainty and insecurity, is a powerful learning space for a coach.

It helps me to be more understanding, attentive and in tune with my clients and ultimately is helping me become a more rounded human. My fear of food, my fear of missing a training day, my fear of being less than perfect is diminishing. My patience and tolerance of others is improving and my one track mind is opening to new possibilities.

What a rollercoaster this life can be. But around every corner is a new opportunity to learn and grow. I don’t have it all figured out but I’m always working on it.

09/01/2024

Playing small, limiting yourself. Blaming everyone and everything for your unhappiness is so 2023!

It’s time to ring in a new era. Be the change you want to see and STOP with the victim mentality and blame game.

The thing is when you blame external factors for your current level of unhappiness you give those things power. Systematically destroying your confidence and taking away your ability to make decisions that will shape positive outcomes.

You become stuck in a loop of anger, frustration, fear and judgement that never ends. BUT you can change it and it’s imperative you do.

Trying to muck through it all by yourself is tough. Having someone in your corner who has been through it all and can guide you and support you is the BOMB!

My clients work with me because I teach them how to lose the s**t talk.
I can give you all the nutrition and training support but the REAL reason my clients work with me and keep coming back is the unwavering support and absolute vibe I bring to the table. NO unicorns s**tting rainbows 🦄🌈🌈 just real talk.

If you want this level of guidance, support and success in breaking down the barriers that hold you back from a life of absolute abundance you have to get in The Shine Project.

No more tip toeing around the edges. Lets get real. The Shine Project starts Jan 22nd. DM for the details.

Ness x

04/01/2024

My journey from frumpy ➡️disordered and back.

Pic 1. 2017 I was recovering from a back injury, relying on pain killers and alcohol and feeling frumpy, uncomfortable in my own skin and just unhappy in general. Trying all kinds of diets. Keto, vegan, vegetarian, raw food, shakes, teas, pills and finding none of this worked which was frustrating, expensive, demoralising and meant I always gave up.

Pic 2. 2018. I invested in a coach. She helped me to get stronger and fitter and set goals. One of which was to enter a bodybuilding competition. Fast forward 20 weeks to the third slide and 20kg weight loss I competed in my first competition. I didn’t like being on stage but became addicted to the lean physique of competing.

Pic 3. 2021 with a new coach. I took it too far. I still thought I wasn’t lean enough, not competitive enough and realised that my relationship with my body and food was way off base. I tried to maintain a lean physique year round. Eating too little, training too hard and using the scales as a measurement of my success or failure. I had to change this disordered behaviour.

I started studying and became educated around mindset, habit and behaviours, training for performance, nutrition science and healed my relationship with food, made peace with a body that carries more body fat and trained for strength, energy and performance rather than just how lean I can appear.

Pic 4. 2023. I am proud of the body I have today. Understanding that there’s so much more to me and so much more value in who I am rather then how I look. There’s so much freedom in finally making peace with my body. ✌️My mission now is to teach other Women what I’ve learnt. So they don’t have to make the mistakes I’ve made. Let me teach you my formula to finally feel happy in your own skin.

➡️ I’m taking new clients in The Shine Project now. This is an 8 week 1:1 online coaching program focusing on mindset, training and nutrition for sustainable long term change. You’re fully supported with me in your back pocket, cheering you all the way 🎉

We start Jan 22nd. DM for details and the no obligation consultation. Make 2024 your year to SHINE! 🧡🧡🧡

01/12/2023

Turning fear into opportunity. ✨

5 years ago I had a dream. I wanted to own and operate my own Gym. 4 years ago to the day my dream became reality.

With the support and belief from my husband and through sheer hard work and courage we built the Gym I had dreamed of.

Scary moments…uplifting our whole lives, selling our house, buying an old school and creating our space. There was plenty of self doubt along the way but the overriding feeling was I believe in this and I know we can do it.

4 years on we’re not only surviving, we’re thriving. That leap of faith and the unwavering belief that we could do more has sustained us even when times have been tough.

Everyday I wake up with gratitude for those that have supported me on this journey. And I thank each and every one of the people who have trusted me with their health and fitness journey. Without you there would be no Gym.

So here’s to feeling the fear, but taking the leap anyway. On the other side of fear is greatness. 🤙🤙

13/10/2023

The girl and the dress.

I purchased this dress from an online shop and immediately loved it. I wanted something super special for a family wedding and I spent many hours adding details to the dress to make it shine, honour the importance of the occasion and celebrate the love ❤️

But once I had finished the dress, I was crippled by fear. Fear that it was too much. Too bright, too loud. It stood out, made a statement and was far from what I would usually wear. I decided I wasn’t going to wear it.

Then my husband reminded me how much love and time I had put into the dress. I then realised the dress was a symbol. More than just a bit of fabric it was a representation of all the things I think about myself. Don’t stand out, don’t be too loud, don’t say the wrong thing. Try to fit in and be liked. Squash down my feelings and emotions for fear of judgement and ridicule.

But given all the inner work I’ve done and all the time, love and attention I’ve poured into understanding and admonishing my limiting beliefs it was time to put those fears aside and wear the damn dress!

I wore that dress because I f**ken wanted to. I worked it, loved every minute and felt amazing. How many times as Women are we crippled by fear of being too much. We dim ourselves to fit in and have learnt that Women should be a certain way. Seen.. not heard. Sweet, polite, not too smart, give in at every turn and often times put our needs and wants last.

It’s time to Stop playing in the shadows. Be your loudest, smartest, sassiest self and let the world SEE you. You matter, your needs and wants matter, and until you truly believe you are worth more the record will be on repeat. So my message to you darling, metaphorically speaking is to wear the damn dress.
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