After 20-something years of work as a food professional--chef, consultant, executive chef, caterer, private chef, and cooking for hugely successful and often "famous" folks I was being tugged by the "other" side of me.

My young self longed to be a doctor or therapist and my early studies were in psychology. And I'd always been interested in nutrition, helping people feel better, get and stay better and really enjoy life. Feeling the need to connect with people through some portal rather than their tummies I searched for a way to finish a degree program in Psychology but geography was against me. Not to mention that it just didn't feel like a fit.

A course called Life Directions from Peak Potentials introduced me to coaching and I felt like I was home.

Now, 5 years after getting certified as a life coach by Coach Training Alliance, an ICF accredited program, and coaching hundreds of midlifers like myself I realize that the chef, the food, and wellness side must marry the coach.

My mission has become "To reverse the rates of heart disease and diabetes in America one woman at a time." To make this fun and have the info stick I'm launching a new community called Midlife With A Vengeance, All a woman needs to stay or get fit, healthy, sassy and sane." Stop by and get my latest free report on preventing heart disease, diabetes and the midlife muffin top.