Mountain View Wellness

This year, we decided to choose Athletes of the Month to highlight our members and all their achievements! This month, we chose Laurie! Read on to learn more about her, and if you can relate and want to get stronger too (mentally + physically), reach out to me ([email protected]) because we have recently extended our coaching hours!Coaching hours:Tuesdays/Thursdays 7 am- 10 amMondays/Wednesdays 1 pm - 4 pm HERE'S LAURIE! We chose her as our Athlete of the Month because 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚...

I used to love playing the guitar and banjo 🎶. It wasn’t just something I did—it was part of me. But somewhere along the way, life got busy, and playing music became one of those things I wanted to do, but didn’t. Sound familiar? 🤔 This morning, walking into Walgreens 🏪, it hit me: I’m no different from the people who want to work out but never do. They tell themselves they’ll start next week 📅. That they need to find the right program 📖. That they’ll do it when things slow down ⏳. Meanwhile,...

Last week, I got a phone call from a client while she was at the gym. I thought it was weird because…I had literally just seen her. When I answered, she sounded embarrassed, stammering a bit before admitting, “𝐈’𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥…𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞?”The little sister in me immediately wanted to mess with her—maybe dangle the towel just out of reach in front of the shower curtain, teasing her a bit. But the professional in me won out (barely). Instead, I grabbed...

When my kids were little, I was living what looked like an amazing life. My husband traveled often for work, so I was home full-time with our children. My oldest went to preschool three days a week, and I spent my days with my youngest. 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭—𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬, 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 💭 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨. 👵 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 & 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝...