Welcome
I want to help you live your healthiest and happiest life
I am a Certified Health and Nutrition Coach and Certified Personal Trainer with over 25 years experience.
Welcome
Are you ready to make your health a priority? Do you want to have more energy? Sleep better? Lose some unwanted weight? Have bright and healthy skin? Be able to handle stress in a healthy way?
Let me help you.
Health Coaching
What does a Health Coach do?
What does a Health Coach do?
What does a Health Coach do?
a Health Coach is a supportive mentor and wellness authority who helps others feel their best through individualized food and lifestyle changes that meet their unique needs and health goals.
Health coaching isn't about one diet or one way of living. Instead Integrative Nutrition health Coaches focus on bio-individuality - the idea that we're all different and have unique dietary, lifestyle, emotional, and physical needs. This means that we don't believe in one size fits all approach to health and wellness. Instead Health Coaches work with clients to help them discover how to fuel their bodies and become the healthiest, happiest versions of themselves.
Health Coaches also emphasize health beyond the plate as they approach wellness through primary food. There are areas of our lives that impact our health as much as the food we eat - relationships, career, spirituality and physical activity.
One on One Coaching
What does a Health Coach do?
What does a Health Coach do?
Each Package includes a free health history consultation. This allows me the time to ask questions about lifestyle and wellness goals and start to talk about the introductory stages of an action plan. If this conversation feels like a good fit for both of us we go on from there and meet online or by phone every week to continue the action and create changes to lead to your specific health goals, creating the life you want.
Living my Passion
Living my Passion
Living my Passion
Two years ago my 14 year old daughter challenged me to take an aerial silks class at a Circus school to conquer my fear of heights. Walking into that first class was scary and exciting all at the same time. This was completely out of my comfort zone. There were four other women in their 40's in the class and they were all so welcoming and completely inspiring!! From that first day I was hooked! I loved every minute, except of course the moments I was completely terrified, but those did get less and less. After six months of aerial training I added in Handstand training which was completely new to me, I had been scared even as a kid to do one!! I now spend hours a week living my passion and I have met the greatest friends through this training. I am loving my 48th year learning new things and feeling confident and strong!
I can't wait to help you get out of your comfort zone and live your passion.
Transformation
Living my Passion
Living my Passion
The photo on the left is me at 38 and the photo on the right is at 48. Only 2lbs difference about 160 lbs, but a significant body composition change. I changed my goals, my training and my diet significantly and I feel great!!
This is me
HEALTH COACH, NUTRITION COACH, PERSONAL TRAINER, WIFE, MOTHER, OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST, NOVICE CIRCUS ARTIST, SUN, SNOW AND SURF LOVER
HEALTH COACH, NUTRITION COACH, PERSONAL TRAINER, WIFE, MOTHER, OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST, NOVICE CIRCUS ARTIST, SUN, SNOW AND SURF LOVER
HEALTH COACH, NUTRITION COACH, PERSONAL TRAINER, WIFE, MOTHER, OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST, NOVICE CIRCUS ARTIST, SUN, SNOW AND SURF LOVER
Hi, I'm Marisa.
I love helping people reach their health and wellness goals. It excites me when I see people have made the connection and are living their best life! When their energy is soaring, they can handle stress in a healthy way; they are sleeping better enjoying good food and loving the way their body moves and feels. I have bee
Hi, I'm Marisa.
I love helping people reach their health and wellness goals. It excites me when I see people have made the connection and are living their best life! When their energy is soaring, they can handle stress in a healthy way; they are sleeping better enjoying good food and loving the way their body moves and feels. I have been helping people for twenty-five years, beginning in corporate fitness and quickly transitioning to personal training and now to health coaching. I love connecting with all types of people. I work with clients who range from collegiate athletes, to stay at home parents, CEO's, seniors and everyone in between.
My health journey began when I was 17, I took a gap year - I became a nanny to a family in upstate New York. As any childminder can attest - it isn't easy! I certainly rose to the challenge but in between all the handfuls of fishy crackers eaten on the run, and sampling the amazing foods the Big Apple had to offer - I gained more than 20 pounds. It turns out frozen yogurt isn't a health food....
Coming home I knew I needed to make a change. This was the early 90's so taking fitness classes at a local community centre seemed a good place to start, and no, I never owned leg warmers! But the music, the people and the beginning of the step class craze inspired me. I was onto something....I took it one step further and joined a Gold's Gym, it was intimidating in the beginning and I was way out of my comfort zone. I started seeing results pretty quickly though as I was strength training and changing my eating habits, I also had way more energy. I felt confident and happy and was even started teaching fitness classes - I was back to being me.
I wanted to share this feeling with other people so I decided to study human kinetics as my major in University. Since then I have continued my lifelong passion for learning about health. I read about it in my free time, I listen to podcasts daily when out walking, driving or doing household chores. I am interested in anything pertaining to nutrition, fitness, mobility, sleep, meditation, supplements, and bio hacks - you name it, I have researched it, tried it or are doing it daily!
I am a complete health nerd.
As a health coach, I am here to support and mentor you to lead your best life through individualized food and lifestyle changes to meet your unique health and wellness goals. Let me help you to make these changes!
You owe it to yourself!
A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME .......
HEALTH COACH, NUTRITION COACH, PERSONAL TRAINER, WIFE, MOTHER, OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST, NOVICE CIRCUS ARTIST, SUN, SNOW AND SURF LOVER
HEALTH COACH, NUTRITION COACH, PERSONAL TRAINER, WIFE, MOTHER, OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST, NOVICE CIRCUS ARTIST, SUN, SNOW AND SURF LOVER
Bachelor of Human Kinetics, UBC
ACE Certified Personal Trainer
IIN (Institute of Integrative Nutrition) Certified Health Coach
Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach
I live on the beautiful West Coast of Canada in Vancouver, BC. I have lived here my entire life except for the short stint I spent in New York.
I have been married for more than four
Bachelor of Human Kinetics, UBC
ACE Certified Personal Trainer
IIN (Institute of Integrative Nutrition) Certified Health Coach
Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach
I live on the beautiful West Coast of Canada in Vancouver, BC. I have lived here my entire life except for the short stint I spent in New York.
I have been married for more than four times the national average....just about 24 years!
My husband is my biggest supporter as well as being an incredible dad and writer.
I have a 16 year old daughter, who inspires me everyday with her passion for life as well as being an awesome aerialist, think Cirque du Soleil!
My 13 year old son scares me everyday as he is an extreme mountain biker and skier!! Also one of the funniest, sweetest and most charismatic people I know.
I love travelling, cheesecake and good coffee! My family loves travelling to exotic locations to surf and learn about new cultures! Our favourites so far are Nicaragua and Costa Rica!
Races completed:
New York Marathon
Kona Half Marathon
Several Vancouver Half Marathons
Delta Half Marathon
WHY I DECIDED TO BECOME A HEALTH COACH
HEALTH COACH, NUTRITION COACH, PERSONAL TRAINER, WIFE, MOTHER, OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST, NOVICE CIRCUS ARTIST, SUN, SNOW AND SURF LOVER
WHY I DECIDED TO BECOME A HEALTH COACH
About 7 years ago I had just come back from a summer holiday with my family in Europe and my brother was there at the same time with his wife. Unfortunately we weren't in the same areas so didn't cross paths. When we both returned we were looking forward to getting together to exchange stories. Unfortunately things changed quickly as h
About 7 years ago I had just come back from a summer holiday with my family in Europe and my brother was there at the same time with his wife. Unfortunately we weren't in the same areas so didn't cross paths. When we both returned we were looking forward to getting together to exchange stories. Unfortunately things changed quickly as his back was bothering him, he went to the doctor to get a muscle relaxant thinking it was just from all the different hotel beds he had slept in but this was not the case. Within three days of being home my 45 year old brother was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer that had metastasized to his lungs, liver and bones. Fourteen years earlier my dad had been diagnosed with prostate cancer but had been living a fairly normal life until his cancer metastasized at the same time. As a family we were all very positive as my mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer twenty years earlier and beat it. We were ready to fight the fight of our lives. The next seven months were filled with doctors' visits, chemotherapy, radiation, sick days, good days, hospital visits and lastly a hospice stay. At one time both my dad and brother were even in the same hospital room. They both passed away within a six week period.
I knew at that time I had to live every day to the fullest. I realized I wanted to make more of an impact on people's lives than I had been, but wasn't quite sure how to do it. Time went by and I began reading more about "Health Coaches" I had never heard of them but looked into it further and decided this was the perfect role for me. I researched the best programs and found IIN in New York and quickly enrolled. I am now impacting people's health in a completely new way encompassing all aspects of their health and happiness. I am exactly where I am suppose to be and I love it!!