About Cheryl

I have come to know that health and wellness goals are best achieved by choosing pleasure, integration, and steady progress. My views have been dramatically shaped by my personal journey to a healthy lifestyle. For that reason, I have a kinder, gentler approach to wellness leaving behind judgment about how to achieve good health. 

A Junky Life

Many years ago I smoked, ate junk food, hated to exercise, felt sad, and crammed my closets and drawers full of too much stuff.  Throughout this period I was also a self-help junkie looking for the key to happiness. I read hundreds of great books that offered brilliant solutions . . . some of which I implemented and some I "filed away" for future use. Some I never finished.

Something within me was just not willing to be miserable. I watched happy people savor simple things, and it made an impression on me. I wanted to be able to do that too. The important discovery for me then was that happiness and good health were possible for me to achieve - even though I didn’t have a clue where to start. I just kept trying things. I stuck with it - day after day. Many years later, I’m here to say that I’ve done a 360 and want to show you how to do that too.  There’s no reason to struggle unnecessarily in this life.

The Good Health Cheat Sheet

For me life has been an uphill climb, but it needn’t be for you.  I am eager to show you many short cuts to good health and happiness. Rather than use judgment to nudge you toward these concepts, I look for ways to make the healthy choices compelling.

A great place to start is by designing a wellness foundation.  I show you how to do this in my FREE Wellness Pack.  I share the 7 Keys to a Wellness Lifestyle so you can design your own wellness foundation to help you sustain healthy choices with much less effort and a good deal of pleasure.

I’m pretty open and approachable. Here’s a little more about the personal side of me if you’re interested.

• Pictures of me and my pets  >> here
• Pictures of my bungalow  >> here
• What people think of me  >> here

People I do my best work with

Whether you are a coaching client of mine or are being coached via the materials and programs offered on this website, there is a certain kind of person who works in harmony with me:

• I’m drawn to people who enjoy a lifetime of learning.
• They tend to be flexible, open minded, and experiential.
• They show up and they show up on time.
• They want something better than what they have (while being perfectly satisfied with life).
• They are willing to talk openly about themselves and their lives.
• They are willing to do the work, whatever the work is.
• They are willing to look inside themselves and see what’s there. Boo!
• They take themselves lightly and are able to laugh and make others laugh.
• They are highly responsible without being uptight and dull.
• They care.

Professional Training and Experience

I’m a trained life coach (Coach U, Coachville, Graduate School of Coaching). I received an M.S. in Exercise Science & Community Health at the University of Kansas and an M.A. &  B.A. in English from Western Michigan University.   

As the director of an employee wellness program for 46,000 employees, I see first-hand the challenges people face living a wellness lifestyle in the midst of a culture that supports a worseness lifestyle.  As a self-proclaimed Ambassador of Wellness, I’m on a mission to change that and help people live healthy, happy, productive lives . . . in this lifetime.

What Now?

Now you know a little bit about me. I’m looking forward to getting to know YOU! I offer a variety of ways to get to know me and other members of the ville. I hope you’ll join in the fun here. 

If you’re wondering where to start this journey, I recommend my FREE Wellness Pack.  >> Get it Here

If you’re interested in exploring coaching with me, visit my coaching services pages or the Wellness Action Groups.

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