About
Hi, I’m Lauren!
I’m a 19-year fitness professional, wife, and mother who you could say has been around the block a time or two. You are probably asking if this blog isn’t about the fitness, then what is it about? And to that I say, good question! This blog is about the journey to true health and wholeness, which by the way I’m still on and certainly haven’t arrived. It’s about relationships, marriage, mothering, divorce, pain, joy, faith, love, goals, purpose, aging, food, work, and rest. It’s a blog about this fitness girl’s, or more appropriately woman’s, aha moments from the everyday struggles of life to the full circle celebration of redemption.
My hope and prayer is that you will find encouragement here. I don’t claim to have all the answers but have been led to share my story so, after ignoring the call for what feels like forever, I’m taking a brave deep breath and diving in. I hope you’ll join me.
My Story
I grew up in a loving family but never felt quite like everyone else. Desperately seeking approval, I spent most of my childhood trying to fit in. As I matured, I found a somewhat healthy sense of self, got married and had a beautiful baby girl.
11 years later I was divorced. That was when I found my love of fitness. I had discovered working out a few years earlier but wasn’t in the habit of making myself a priority until I was on my own. Fitness came into my life when I felt especially weak and vulnerable and it is a gift I will always treasure.
My fitness journey didn’t begin in pursuit of the perfect body, it was about much more than that. As my body responded to the workouts, I experienced strength I never thought I had. Because I had always identified myself as weak and different, feeling strong and accomplished was everything to me. I was beginning to learn what I was capable of and it extended much further than the gym.
I became a Personal Trainer in 2001 and started my own business. I have had the pleasure of training hundreds of women, women I hope I left stronger physically as well as personally. Women who have blessed me in countless ways. Women who despite their everyday struggles are trying to care for themselves well. Women just like you and me.
I’m now 50-something, married to an amazing man with two beautiful daughters, a son-in-law, and grandbaby on the way. My body isn’t what it used to be, and all the parts aren’t what I wish they were, but I can honestly say I am well.
I’ve learned a lot over the years and I’m the kind of girl that just can’t keep the good stuff to myself. I’m the friend who’s itching to tell you what has impacted me in hope that it will help you too.
I’m an encourager, freedom fighter, and a champion for you to know how much you’re loved just as you are right now in this moment, and to remind you that you are so much more than body suit you wear every day. I want to assure you that you are enough, you’re doing it right, and it’s all going to be okay.
I can boldly say, “it’s not about the fitness” because I know it to be true. I’ve lived it, I’m living it – I hope you’ll join me as I share my journey with you.
Lauren Kamashian