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’m a Holistic Health and Wellness Coach and aspiring motivational speaker. I wear many hats and impact lives in numerous ways. I’ve earned two degrees in my field, one in Community Health Education and another in Health Promotion and Education. I’m also a Level 1 CrossFit trainer at Hub City CrossFit. My passion for speaking lead me to start a Podcast called “Coach Carter’s Motivational Movement”. I create motivational and faith filled content daily on Instagram and have an up and coming apparel line. My brand is called “SHIFTED". It represents 7 characteristics I believe we all need to practice in order to be the best version of ourselves. Selfless, Humble, Inspiring, Fearless, Thoughtful, Empathetic and Dedicated. My vision is to travel and speak at conferences. I want to share my life’s struggles and how I've overcome them to inspire people to never give up. I also want to help equip them with the tools to make a lasting impact on others and to ignite the change we need to see in this world. I enrich the lives of others by using a holistic approach of mind, body and soul to help them find and maintain balance in their lives so they can live
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a life filled with purpose and direction. I support my clients through nutrition counseling, exercise, mindset training and spiritual guidance. I believe that to truly make an impact in this world we have to take care of ourselves. We have to prioritize our energy and self-care in order to help others and I lead people in reclaiming that. I use many different methods to making this happen and base my strategy on each individual I work with. We work together closely and identify areas we can improve over an extended period of time. My nutrition philosophy is based on what will work for each individual consistently. I don’t adhere to a set of guidelines as I believe each individual will have an optimal eating strategy that is unique to them. I take into account my clients schedule, food likes, dislikes, allergies, goals, what’s worked in the past, budget and many other factors. Finding an eating strategy that is effortless is important to balance so we don’t find ourselves stressing and obsessing over what to eat and can spend more time on the things that are important to us. My exercise and training goal for my clients is simple. Move. Find what brings you
joy, what is fun and you will do regularly and stick with it. I encourage doing all kinds of activities. I believe that we should stimulate our bodies, not annihilate them. Spending countless hours in the gym can be exhausting and is counterproductive in reaching our goals. Again, the end result is balance which makes us more effective so we try to incorporate daily movement that is sustainable long term. When I approach mindset training with my clients it very interactive. We talk about life and the obstacles, issues and struggles they're dealing with. In my experience I've found people will expose how strong their mindsets are when just having a conversation. I listen for keywords such I wish, I can’t, I should have, there’s no way and other self-defeating sayings or mannerisms and we address them as they come. We reinforce positive thinking, “I am” statements and a multitude of other strategies to help strengthen their thought process and how they identify things that they're dealing with. I believe that how a person perceives the issue at hand determines how they’ll handle it and eventually dictates the outcome. We address the perception of what is happening in their life and start
