We asked some brilliant folks to tell us about the best advice they’ve ever given to a client and have highlighted some of the responses below.

Mallory Choate

The best advice I have given to so many of my clients, is to focus on what you can ADD to your plate, not what you need to take away. Nutrition can get to a restrictive place incredibly quickly once we start eliminating foods or full food groups. It leaves you feeling deprived, deeated, and definitely sad over all of the foods, events, and experiences you now have to miss out on after incorporating those food rules. Read more>>

René Moore

So I believe it’s important to share with the breastfeeding mother and family, as well as any healthcare provider (including those newer in the field of lactation or considering the lactation profession), that struggling with breastfeeding is not a true representation of the nursing relationship. The “normal course of breastfeeding” really is comfortable, free of pain and not completely exhausting and overwhelming for new parents. Read more>>

James Goodlatte

One story that comes to mind is a day that I was working as a trainer in a big-name gym. My client was unable to make the scheduled appointment, last minute, so I was available to train two women who wanted a joint session. The thing that stood out the most for these two 40-something-year-old mothers is that they both used asthma inhalers, and both carried the inhalers with them onto the gym floor. Read more>>