Rebecca’s Journey: 

From Grief & Debilitating Pain to Renewed Strength & Confidence…

A year of deep loss, grief, and injury left me depleted.

Cumulative grief, a concussion, whiplash, bruised ribs, a back flare-up, hip bursitis, knee pain, Achilles tendinopathy, and arthritis in my toes—I was a mess from head to toe literally.

While my nutrition kept my weight stable, I felt anything but strong or healthy. Even a short dog walk felt like a feat.

Cue the midlife “pleasures” of night sweats, sleepless nights, unexplained joint pain, creeping cellulite, looser skin and a noticeable loss of muscle tone (down dog in shorts anyone??).

I barely recognized myself. I felt like I was coming undone—physically, mentally, emotionally.

That’s when I found an 8-week vegan bodybuilding program. It wasn’t flashy, but something in me knew: this was part of my way through. It was intense—but low impact, structured, and required radical self-focus.

After months of caregiving to a terminally ill friend, multiple devastating losses, and a year of compounded injuries, this reconnection to myself was exactly what I needed.

More than fat loss or muscle gain, I reclaimed my power and confidence.

This was the start of my menomorphosis—my conscious transformation through midlife.

But while that program delivered results, it also exposed what was missing. Some aspects felt harmful—physically, through overtraining, and emotionally, in how it impacted body image, promoting dysmorphia and all-or-nothing thinking.

So I made some key shifts and focused on rebuilding from the inside out.

And here’s what happened:
✔ I healed through movement
✔ I rebuilt strength and confidence
✔ I transformed not just my body, but how I related to it in this new phase of life

And it’s from my own personal experience that I created the Plant-Strong Sculpt—the program I wish I had when I needed it most.

It’s rooted in strength, nourishment, and deep respect for the changing body in midlife.

Backed by over two decades of coaching and training experience, one of my greatest joys is coaching women through this powerful transition—feeling stronger, leaner, deeply appreciative, and fully at home in their bodies again… or for the very first time.