QUALIFICATIONS
Level 3 Personal Trainer
Level 3 Exercise Referral
Level 2 Fitness Instructor
Gym Based Boxing Instructor
Studio Cycling Instructor
Metabolic Resistance & Conditioning Instructor
Level 5 Diet Specialist
Certified Menopause Coaching Specialist
Fully Qualified Chef
Heather Christina
Personal Training | Nutrition & Lifestyle Coaching | Menopause Support
Hi, I’m Heather.
Before you decide whether I might be the right coach for you, I think it’s important that you know a little about who I am, what has shaped me and why I coach women the way I do.
When you’re looking for someone to support your health and fitness, you’re not simply paying for a service. You’re trusting that coach with something deeply personal – your body, your health and your wellbeing. Feeling confident in the person you choose really matters.
So let me tell you a little about the journey that brought me here.
WHERE IT BEGAN
My love of a healthy lifestyle, food, nutrition and fitness began at a very early age. As an energetic teenager I enjoyed home workouts, bike rides and jogging with Mum, long countryside walks with Dad and my brothers and fitness classes and swimming at the local sports centre with my friends as often as we could.
It kept us out of trouble…well, for the most part anyway.
Qualifying as a chef in my teens, I went on to forge a career working within Hotels, Restaurants and a Health Spa.
From here, my knowledge and love of food and nutrition flourished and became my passion. But the crazy long hours kept me away from my family and friends and my health and fitness routine took a backseat too.
MY HEALTH CHANGED EVERYTHING
In my late 20’s, I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. This life changing condition threw my world into turmoil for a while.
I left the hospitality industry and spent many years working as an Estate Agent. I held very little love for this position but the more civilised hours allowed me the time to find myself again, to spend much missed, valuable time with my family and friends and…I met my soulmate.
After a period of calm and good health, I fell victim to complacency. I became extremely ill and I genuinely wasn’t sure I was going to make it.
The aftermath of neglecting my health hit hard. All of this, combined with the loss of my Mum to bowel cancer, shook me to the core. My body took a huge blow and this loss of control severely compromised my mental health too.
I hit rock bottom.
MY SECOND CHANCE
Fortunately, I am blessed with an amazing family, partner and friends. They held me up and helped me through this really difficult time. My partner bought me a new gym membership. I grew stronger. My health improved. My confidence began to return.
And something changed.
I realised that my interest in nutrition and fitness was much more than a hobby. I had experienced first-hand just how important our health can become when it is suddenly taken away from us and I wanted to help other people become fitter, stronger and healthier too.
So I threw caution to the wind and decided to change career.
I gained my Personal Training and Nutrition qualifications and began building a career helping and supporting others to improve their fitness, health and confidence.
EVOLVING AS A COACH
I’ve since gone on to gain further qualifications, including Menopause Coaching and Exercise Referral for Long-Term Conditions, because the women I work with now are navigating much more than just fat loss.
They’re not in their twenties anymore. They’re juggling careers, families, stress, chronic conditions and a body that often feels like it’s changing without warning.
I know that feeling, because I’ve lived it.
MY MENOPAUSE EXPERIENCE
I went through menopause in my early thirties without initially realising that was what was happening. I felt completely out of sync with my own body, but honestly thought it was stress and life piling up.
I blamed work, tiredness, burnout, pretty much anything other than what was actually happening.
Because surely I was too young?
Understanding what I had been through took time and that experience has become an important part of why I continue to learn about and support women through perimenopause and menopause today.
TODAY
Today, I work with women to help them become stronger, fitter, healthier and more confident.
My own experiences have taught me that health is rarely as simple as following a diet or completing an exercise programme. Bodies change. Lives change. Sometimes health throws us something we never expected.
That is one of the reasons I care so much about getting to know the individual woman I am working with and understanding her health, lifestyle, goals and circumstances rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach.
I don’t believe in quick fixes. I believe in helping women build strength, knowledge and routines they can carry forward into real life. Whatever stage of life you are in, it is never too late to start investing in yourself.
I’ve been at rock bottom. I know what it’s like to feel lost in your own body and I also know that with the right support, you can rebuild.
My own experiences have shaped the coach I am today and I feel incredibly fortunate that I now get to use what I have learned to help other women move forward with theirs.
If my story resonates with you and you want a coach who will look beyond the workout and understand the whole you…
Let’s Work Together.
Heather Christina
