👋 hey! I'm Christy! I'm here because @Kathleen Haney told me to be. Lolll Also I would love to be healthier and happier by my 40th birthday in June.

The kids had off school because of snow today for the 837th time this year, and my house became a tornado of preteen hormone-induced rage, middle child ADHD, and a five year old's FOMO which is so intense that I'm pretty certain she would follow me off a cliff just to feel included. Add to that my own flavor of neurodivergence and we have ourselves a mental healthcare facility without the healthcare. These are the days when it's extra important mommy has a healthy outlet.

My shin stress reaction story and why it ended up being a blessing 🌟 Around October of last year, right when I was stepping into the Breakthrough Body Blueprint program, life threw me a curveball I didn’t see coming: a shin stress reaction injury. The timing felt almost cruel. I was finally fired up, ready to go all in, and then suddenly I was told to stop the thing I loved most at the time: pickleball. 🏓🥒 If you’ve ever had an injury that forces you to slow down, you know how loud that moment can feel. Pickleball wasn’t just a workout for me it was my stress relief, my community, my fun, my “me time.” So hearing my doctor’s restrictions ❌ and realizing I had to press pause felt astronomical. I had to face a hard truth: wanting something badly doesn’t change what your body needs. I had to listen, follow the plan, and respect the recovery process even when my mind wanted to rush it. But here’s where things came full circle. ⭕️ As frustrating as it was, I realize now that the injury became a turning point in the best way. Because I wasn’t doing it alone. I had Coach @Kevin Teachanarong Coach @Darren Liu , and the BBB community right there with me. Instead of spiraling or giving up, I used that season to build the foundation I didn’t even know I was missing. I leaned into what I could do: strength training 🏋, mobility 🧘‍♀️, smarter movement with lesser impact like hip hop and edm cycling 🚴 , and dialing in nutrition 🍽️. I started focusing on recovery like it was part of training, not a break from training. And, my health started improving in ways that had nothing to do with playing more pickleball games. The biggest shift wasn’t physical it was mental. That injury helped me move from a pickleball obsession to something more balanced and sustainable. I began to see fitness differently. It wasn’t just “how hard can I go” or “how many leagues and tourneys can I medal 🥇.” It became “how strong can I get,” “how well can I move,” “how can I support my body long-term,” and “how can I stay consistent even when life gets messy.” What felt like a setback turned out to be a blessing 🙏 in disguise, because it forced me to expand my definition of health.

OMG EVERYONE GO LISTEN!!! Gawin Caskey NEW SONG EEEEEK!!!!!!! He's Coach Darren's friend so we should show him support!!!!! Omg. *screams in fangirl*

I was the girl who wore a t-shirt in the swimming pool. The girl whose mom made her put on an entire bottle of sunscreen before I could so much as look out of the window. The girl who had glasses and asthma and lingering baby fat and freckles. I was the girl whose skinny blonde friends would make fun of her behind her back. I carried the weight of that far beyond the playground. I grew into an adult who didn't see her own worth. Then I became a mom of three little girls. I looked at them and saw how perfect they were, and I thought about the fact that it would break my heart for any of them to think for one second that they weren't beautiful. I realized that I have to value myself. I have to lead by example. I have to show them how to take care of and love themselves the way they deserve, by doing that for myself. Because they see me. I challenge you to look in the mirror and try to see yourself the way someone who loves you sees you. Tell yourself that you are strong and capable. You are beautiful. You are worthy. You deserve to be the healthiest version of yourself for your own sake and for the sake of the people you love and who love you.