We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Nicole Marks. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Nicole below.

Nicole, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?

Fit For Real is a whole person health and wellness company that specializes in the physical and mental health of its clients. The reality is your physical health affects your mental health and vice versa. Working to improve each has a dramatic impact on your mood, relationships, decreasing symptoms and increasing your overall quality of life. Nicole has a Bachelor’s of Science in Exercise Science and a Masters of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy. I learned very soon into my career that I needed to be able to not just help a person physically, but it was necessary to be educated as to how to incorporate the mental aspect. Our goal is to work with people to achieve their goals and even beyond their goals. To improve one’s self helps improve relationships and make an impact on a societal level!

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

International Fitness and Nutrition Expert Nicole Marks is a world renowned certified and degreed Exercise Physiologist, strength and conditioning coach, injury and post rehabilitation and conditioning specialist, and weight loss and nutrition expert. Nicole owns a personal training business and meal plan company which specializes in healthy weight loss meals and meals for a range of health ailments including but not limited to diabetes, high cholesterol, autoimmune diseases, unhealthy gut, etc… Nicole also trains people on skype and FaceTime and writes specific nutrition and workout plans for people that do not live in the area and for athletes for their specific training regimen.

Nicole holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from Syracuse University. She has worked with people from all different age groups (8 years old to 94 years old), all backgrounds, fitness levels, and injuries/health ailments including: rotator cuff injuries, shoulder injuries, knee injuries, back injuries, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, post-cardiac rehab, post-gastric bypass surgery, metabolic syndrome, and more. Nicole has written numerous fitness articles and was a health and fitness featured writer for Suite 101.com. Nicole has designed and implemented corporate wellness programs for companies including the Syracuse VA Hospital. Nicole has reached an extremely high level of success in helping all of her clients attain their goals, whether they be small or large goals!

Nicole also holds a Master’s of Science in Marriage and Family Therapist. I have worked with individuals, couples, groups, and families experiencing various issues, disorders, relationship issues, family issues, adjustment and life transitions and traumatic experiences, trauma, PTSD, CPTSD, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, grief, co-occurring disorders, substance abuse, re-entry/re-integration back into society, and many more issues, to help decrease their symptoms and improve their ability to have a functional and healthy life. I have worked in the field of health and wellness for 20 plus years working as an athletic trainer, life and relationship coach, and currently marriage and family therapist. I come from a non-judgmental, compassionate, and understanding stance. My strength as a therapist is to help my clients to understand and become aware of the strengths, tools, and resilience that they each possess, and to develop or increase compassion for themselves. These become a major part of our solutions to the problems you have been experiencing. I am passionate about helping people to improve in all areas of life and to live the life that they want to experience. I come from a diverse background with a wide range of life experiences myself and have worked with a diverse population. I understand the challenges that people from all backgrounds face and take a caring, supportive, and respectful approach. I look forward to working together to decrease/eliminate the issues and distress that you are experiencing!

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

Working with clients that were in distress personally and family wise made us take a look at what was missing from the fitness industry. This is where Nicole made the decision to incorporate the mental health aspect of the company. This was and has been a huge part of helping her clients improve their lives as a whole. We have seen the impact on mental health over the past years and there are positive changes happening such as an increased awareness and openness to seeking and getting help. Nicole wants to be a part of this change by helping people both mentally and physically. There are many studies that show the benefits of physical fitness and combining both physical and mental health programs will not only help but work to improve all areas of a persons life! We are excited to be one of the first companies to offer these whole person services and to help each of our clients attain the success they are seeking and achieve even beyond what they thought was possible!

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

Lessons learned especially once we experienced Covid was that it is more important than ever to focus on one’s physical fitness and health, also just how important your mental health is to the overall quality of your life. The isolation took a toll on everyone and this caused many issues especially mental health wise. We are hopeful that we can help become part of the change that creates not just a better physical and mental health change for the person, but for society! We are excited and are already seeing huge results in the work we have done and will continue to do!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://Nickylynn.com
• Instagram: Nickyy_lynn
• Facebook: Nicky Lynn
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