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.

Roland Carrizal

Every client is different just like every persons lifestyle is different. One thing I try to get through to all my clients is to never stop moving. How many times a day do you find yourself in a position that creates a postural habit? How natural do those habits feel to you? Do you get comfortable?  It is important to utilize all movement when staying still to allow optimal mobility & stability in those muscle groups being used. Just like it’s very important to continue moving every single day and not just loosely but deliberately. Too often do we just move body parts because we feel everything’s going to work naturally as it always does. But, here’s where habits and movement come into play.  Let’s take the idea of technology at our fingertips. Read more>>

Ryan Roy

**”The best advice I’ve ever given to a member? Have an open mind to a new concept.”** While saunas and workouts are age-old practices, combining them into one, as we do at HOTWORX, is relatively new. In fact, HOTWORX has only been around for seven years, and many people are resistant to change, especially when it comes to fitness. However, when members open their minds to the benefits of working out in a sauna—benefits that go far beyond weight loss—they often experience life-changing results. Working out in the infrared sauna offers a range of advantages: stress reduction, detoxification, lowered blood pressure, improved skin health, and an overall sense of well-being. I always encourage members to embrace these holistic benefits rather than limiting their expectations to just weight loss. Read more>>

Allie Burke

It’s a funny question because I give advice and recommendations all day, every day to my clients. As a fitness and nutrition coach, I have to meet people where they’re at to have any chance at helping them to reach their goals. Whether someone comes to me to lose 50+ pounds or they just want to feel better in their own skin, each person has their own starting point. The best piece of advice I give ALL of my clients (regardless of their goal) is to start with what they can manage. I have had people who have come to me ready to make all the changes, do all the workouts, implement all the nutrition, and take all the supplements, and then I’ve had clients who can literally manage one change at a time. The person who is all in may not consider that what they want to do and what they’re capable of doing may be different. So my biggest piece of advice is to think about what they’re capable of doing long-term, not just in this moment of “I’ve gotta do all the things NOW.” Read more>>

Sarah Berg

So many of my clients struggle with similar issues, and yet the approach I take with each one is different. This is the beauty of an individualized approach using a trauma-informed lens. One client, in particular, was struggling with body image and health issues. At first, she was really hung up on losing weight, so we had to break down the question: for what purpose? What would weight loss get you? The answer is almost always the same across my clients: more endurance, more strength, more confidence, and a healthier relationship with food. Aha! So the goal isn’t actually weight loss, right? Weight loss might be a byproduct of reaching those goals, but losing weight won’t always result in them. Read more>>

Kellie Smith

Many clients ask for hypnosis to lose weight and Jen was no different. Of course, the only way to lose weight naturally is to eat properly and exercise regularly and do those things consistently. Jen just couldn’t get out of the argument with herself inside her head. She really wanted to lose weight but she also really liked to eat sweets. It turned out the desire for sweets won on most occasions. So we worked together and I helped her discover all the ways sweets actually helped her. Comfort, canceling out a bad day at work and distraction from dealing with kids were the positive ways eating sweets helped her. Now this was an amazing thing to find out because then we both knew her real needs. So I asked her unconscious mind to create three brand new ways to have comfort, to cancel a bad day and to give her distraction. Read more>>

Jamie Hadfield

“Be blessive not impressive” Everyone goes into a job or pageant interview with the goal to impress the interviewer or judge. But that’s actually not the way to impress them. You impress others by blessing them. How do you bless them? By making sure every answer you give tells a bit of your life story, etc.. And in fact: storytelling is the secret to winning or being hired. Because when you tell stories you’ help your audience establish some type of connection with you. If they connect, you’ve blessed them, and once you’ve blessed them you have impressed them.  Read more>>

Maleah Staton

One of my favorite things about what I do as a virtual Dietitian is that advice for one client may be terrible/not applicable for another. That being said, one aspect of guidance that does seem to work for every mom I work with, is that you cannot be successful in your weight loss/muscle mommy/health and wellness goals if you are not willing to be a little selfish in some way. And how cool is it that in doing so, you teach your children that taking care of your body is something that we do as humans? Then our children learn how to take care of themselves…literally changing generations of health moving forward! Read more>>

Samantha Villalobos

I think the best advice I give to my clients is to talk to themselves as though they are talking to a friend or a loved one. Most of the time we are much harder and meaner to ourselves in our self-talk than we would be to someone else. This is true for many of my clients. It’s true even for myself. I usually ask my clients if they would tell their friends the same messages they are currently telling themselves. One hundred percent of the time, the answer is no. Too many people struggle with self-love and acceptance. Speaking to yourself kindly is a small but important start in the journey of wholly loving and accepting yourself. Read more>>