About Me — HEALTH CONSULTING & COACHING BY STEPHANIE

My Story

As a third-culture kid, I learned from a young age to adapt to changes, to pay attention to my environment and to communicate with vulnerability and empathy to connect with people from all over the world. This, coupled with my decade-long personal health & athlete journey, has shaped me into who I am today: Somebody, who is always curious, discovering & learning, whose purpose in life is to support and serve the people around me.

Before pivoting my career, I spent eight years in the corporate world, navigating the high-pressure marketing and sales landscapes of multinational corporations.

Through a significant lack of education & understanding of how multifaceted & complex our health really is, I fell into the trap of "performance-driven" health. I was all-in on Olympic weightlifting and CrossFit, fueled by a "more is better" mentality. I used sports as an outlet for my stress and tracked metrics like my weight, PB’s (personal best scores) and overall training performance excessively.

I was ignorant to every other facet of health (such as hormones, the gut, emotional regulation, recovery or even social health aspects) & resorted to using training and nutrition to exert a level of control over my life that I otherwise felt I didn’t have. I thought I was being healthy, but I was actually making every classic mistake: I was living on autopilot, undereating, overtraining, completely deprioritizing recovery and avoiding the real issues. I had inadvertendly trained myself to completely override my body’s signals.

I didn’t realize that my high-stress work environment, combined with restrictive "clean" eating, intense training and self-inflicted emotional pressure was a recipe for burnout. It resulted in persistent fatigue, low energy & emotional instability. I presented a great front to the world, but I was falling apart. And worst of all: I became completely numb to what I as a unique person actually needed.

Learning the Importance of Balance & Honouring the Body

It took unlearning those extremes to find the balance I have with my health today. I’ve moved away from disordered eating and meticulous macro counting to find a way of nourishing my body that feels joyful and free.

Over the past decade, I unlearned the unhelpful, performative and productivity-driven narratives I was taught. I rebuilt my relationship with my body, learned to listen to its signals & got comfortable with my pain and discomfort. I am by no means “complete” or finished - this is a lifelong process, one I intend to honour & prioritise until the end of my days.

Today, I’m a hybrid athlete focused on longevity: the kind of functional fitness that allows me to enjoy running, lifting, dancing and worry-less play for decades to come. Beyond that, I have finally figured out who I am at my core, and learned what my own version of success in life is. I no longer spend my time chasing somebody else’s goals & dreams, and get to live a life that is truly aligned to who I am.

It is my mission to support others on their journey towards a more sustainable, balanced health. To help them gain clarity on who they are & what they truly need to live healthy & happy. And to ultimately do my part in building a system that better caters to and supports people’s nature, behaviours and needs.

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