I remember looking down at my stomach. The seatbelt pressed firmly against my beltline, and my muffin top spilled over it. I never noticed having a muffin top until that day, but no matter how I adjusted my position, or how much I pulled my belly in, the flab would not flatten out. It was embarrassing. 

I desperately wanted flat abs and felt envious of girls who could sport crop tops and belly button rings (it was the early 90s)!

I desperately wanted to feel confident about myself, and about my body... but felt so insecure that I even had trouble getting close to my then boyfriend for fear of what he thought about my body. 

I would do hundreds of crunches, go on juice fasts, and follow low-calorie diets...

I’d lose weight but the muffin top stayed. 

Little did I know, I was literally setting myself up to fail. All my low-cal, fat-free foods and low-fat dairy products were getting me addicted to carbs, fake foods, and dairy. 

Then I went vegan. I felt amazing at first. My skin cleared up, and I felt more calm and happy. But eventually, I started craving sugar so much that I started binging on carob-covered almonds and vegan chocolates regularly. 

And as I’m sure you know, binging on sugar doesn’t exactly fair well on the belly, even if it is organic and dairy free.

As my weight went up, my belly was the first thing to get bigger and bigger. I was told by exercise scientists that I couldn’t spot train (which you can’t really) but the thing is… 

My abdominal muscles were shut down because my organs were strained. 

I was also gaining weight in my belly because I had so much anxiety. 

To top it off, I was overtraining, which just kept my body from releasing weight. 

You see, when you’re under stress, your body loves to hold onto fat on your torso to protect your organs. 
And then the worst side effect happened to me from having weak, shut down, and overweight abs: 

My back went out, and that is when my real journey toward getting flat abs began. 

For the next few years, I worked hard. I was so disconnected from my abdominal strength, that my teacher, Kathy Grant, had to make up an exercise that I could do. She even named it after me! 

I learned through this healing journey that there was so much I was doing wrong. 

For starters, I needed to change my diet, which was screwing up my blood sugar levels AND inflaming my system. This required getting over my carb and sugar addiction. 

In order to do that, I needed to figure out how to stress less. 

And In order to do that, I needed to understand how to breathe. 

And in order to do that, I needed to learn how to release certain muscles while activating others.

My Story

What took me years to figure out (and master) now only takes me months (sometimes just days) to help clients master the keys to flattening their belly!