Meet Leslie
I spent most of my life trying to earn what I already had.
At eight years old, before my first confession, I spent four hours trying to remember every sin I’d ever committed, so I wouldn’t be unforgiven. Afterward, I felt exactly the same. Quietly, I decided I was flawed from the start, and I spent the next thirty years trying to prove I wasn’t.
I tried to prove it with my body: dieting, pushing, shrinking. I tried to prove it by pleasing everyone. And later, I tried to prove it in my business.
I left the “safe” job everyone says you never leave. I built my business while pregnant, sold my first packages, and had a $20,000 month. But the people close to me couldn’t believe it was real, and slowly, neither could I.
So I looked for the answer outside myself. More expensive coaches. More programs. I took calls at 3 a.m. I spent to keep up the picture that everything was thriving. One coach became the voice for my whole life, even my marriage. My body knew within months that I needed to leave, and I was scared to even ask.
Then a friend said, “You’ve never been attuned to.” That sentence changed everything. Through somatic work, nervous-system work, and energy work, I learned what I now teach: we can know something and not be able to hold it yet. My mind had done all the work. My body just hadn’t caught up.
Today, I come home to my body, again and again. I’m not fully arrived, and I don’t need to be. I’m on the curve with you. I don’t look for answers in another coach or another strategy. I listen to the body that’s been talking to me all along.
That’s what I do for you. I help women who’ve done all the work and still feel like it’s never enough feel safe in their bodies, so they can finally trust themselves. Because attunement is the achievement, and I celebrate it.
A little more about me
I’m a Navy veteran, a military spouse, and a mom living in Spain. I wake up before the house does, with coffee and the quiet. I love fall blankets, wine tasting, travel, and laughing until it hurts. I wear bold colors, hot pink, lime green, and pool blue, and I still wear the sunglasses from our wedding.
Why you can trust me with this
Registered dietitian and personal trainer, 16+ years
Certified in somatic and energy work
Navy veteran and military spouse
Every program I tried, which is how I know what doesn’t stick
“I knew that you actually walk the walk. I believe your work is better than what you even say about it.” — Jen K.
The Story Behind the Brand
Lovingly nurtured over time in the trenches of our entrepreneurial seas, below is a summary of our Purpose, Mission, Vision and Values. Enjoy learning why a hot pink margarita became our brand ‘mascot’
Mission Statement
My mission is to help women who've spent their whole lives people-pleasing stop fighting themselves and create shameless, sustainable living — without pressure, punishment, or starting over.
Not by giving them more to fix, but by helping them get out of a shame cycle that insight alone can't touch, and finally trust themselves again. Because sustainable living starts when you stop fixing yourself and start trusting yourself.
FUN-LOVING MARGARITA MASCOT
Our work is serious and highly professional, but we deliver our results in a fun-loving way so that our Clients enjoy the journey.
After all: they’re the ones doing all the heavy lifting, so to speak!
We appreciate that many of our clients rarely get to the ocean, let alone spread their toes in beach sand on a daily basis. So we bring it all to your doorstep through our virtual coaching and consulting offers.
We want you to feel that you deserve to relax after our sessions together with a metaphorical margarita in one hand, that your feet are resting in comfy flip flops, and that you smell the salty sea breeze while inhaling a blissful breath of fresh air and contemplate this joyous experience we call LIFE!