“All in all, this is one of the best all-around educational courses I've seen... within any realm.”

Thank you for helping me get to a place where I'd never thought I'd be with not just my body composition, but also with the way I FEEL... I can confidently say that this is the most 'in control' I've ever felt around food. I can't believe I can actually go to dinner parties and not eat everything in sight! What a relief! 

“Initially I wanted coaching help because over the last 10 years I have used multiple personal trainers to arrive at the same place physically, mentally and emotionally. As someone who regularly consumed a lot of social media "fitness advice", I was under the illusion that my "ideal physique" was a matter of getting on a new workout programme, or utilising a diet like Keto or Paleo, which I have tried at various stages in the last decade with varying degrees of success. I was able to strip my fat down and look lean with incredibly intense and restrictive 12 week programmes - but it was always completely unsustainable and as soon as the programme ended, I would pile the weight back on. I was hoping Ash could help me 'get back into shape' for the arrival of my first child. Whilst this is still a motivation, it took until meeting Ash before I learned that something more fundamental needed to change first - my whole relationship with exercise and food. By learning with Ash's coaching to quiet the "mental noise" and eating more intentionally and really reviewing, savouring and enjoying my portions, I have found myself far more satiated and satisfied. I am making more helpful eating decisions and taking delight in the intentionality of my conscious choices."

"From the very beginning Ash's strategies defied my expectations for what working with a nutritionist would be like. There were no lists of "bad" or "good" foods, there was no pre-planned menu, no cutting carbs or sugar. Instead, Ash relied on observation of my pre-existing habits and offered insights on how to augment meals and recipes I already loved or was familiar with....  By the numbers, I lost 20 lbs over the course of a year, and while that change was the most obvious, in some ways it was also the most superficial. Ultimately, what I really needed to do was heal my relationship with food and reevaluate my feelings about my body."

The course taught me that there's no actual 'famine', no shortage of food (for fat loss).

As a business owner, I didn't realize how many meals I was eating in my car 'on-the-go' and what a negative impact it had on not only my body composition, but also just the fact that I clearly didn't give any time to myself! It's crazy (and also, kind of sad to realize.) Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I now carve out some time every day near the sun to have lunch, even if it's for 10 minutes. It has allowed me to actually be present with my food, which has in turn, brought me a lot of daily joy.

I wanted to get stronger and leaner, but most importantly, I wanted someone who could help me discover what I was really capable of. I didn’t know how to push myself on my own, having no real fitness training background to speak of, and my husband who is an ex-varsity football player only knows how to speak “tough love” when it comes to workouts. I appreciated that you challenged me not by your comments but by actually just giving me exercises that challenged me and letting me tackle them on my own.

The REITERATIVE full course taught me that there is actually SO much room for flexibility.... my preconceived notions around what 'nutrition' constituted of were shattered.  The fact that I can include ice cream on a daily basis and STILL slowly lose body fat right now is mind blowing to me. It turns out I needed to reframe how I saw ice cream (as something neutral, and not "off-limits."

...the biggest difference in working with you is that you always dug down into the WHY of something instead of just going over the how. Whenever we'd meet, we'd talk about goals, whether it was a target protein number or upping time in the gym, and that was always helpful, but it never stopped at that; you'd ask how I FELT about those plans, and if there were sticking points, you'd talk through them with me to get to the root issue…. It never felt like you had a concrete plan for me either, that you were flexible for figuring out things that would work for me specifically. That helped me more than any other coaching experience because instead of feeling like I had rules I had to follow exactly, I had a partner who was listening and readjusting as needed.

What have I learned?  1. Taking just a little time to check in with myself, review my week, my emotional state, things on my mind and things I want to achieve. This is immensely helpful and I will be incorporating this into my spiritual practices moving forward as I used to be a big practitioner of keeping a spiritual journal. Thanks to Ash I have gotten back in touch with this aspect of my wellbeing I forgot I had even been neglecting. 2. Enjoying the little things: Having the cake at Christmas, or having that donut at the fair. It's okay to enjoy the variety that life has to offer, and eating the occasional calorie dense food is not "sabotaging" my fitness.