About Jamie

The All-Business Me

1. I’m a certified Health & Lifestyle Coach who works one-on-one with busy, overwhelmed, entrepreneurial, career-driven women who are ready to let go of feeling hungry, stuck, and spread too thin. I empower women to stop the negative food and thought patterns and cultivate their most unique, vibrant and feel (and look) fabulous life. (Ah, yeah!)

I received my Holistic Health Coach certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and Columbia University and am accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. With my private and corporate practice I offer support to individuals and large groups nationwide.

2. I speak to audiences (women’s events, corporations, conferences) on eating well, unadulterated self-care and authenticity while maintaining (and enhancing) your life each and every day.

3. I inspire ladies (and adventurous men) to get real and get back in the kitchen through exciting, tasty, and often hilarious cooking classes.

4. I write. I write on my wellness and food blog, posting poignant self-care information and too-good-to-be-true recipes for you all try and and luv. I write on other sites and online magazines and written a seriously tasty ecookbook Spring Forward to a New You; that continue to fly off the (metaphorical) shelf and a slew of teleclasses on sugar addiction and eating at the office.

The Sassy Side of Me (AKA the REAL me!)

I’m a small girl with big hair, big feet, a big mouth and an even bigger laugh. (My husband lovingly calls it a diabolical.)

I love to dance, shake my booty and have many alter-egos that come out depending on the music playing. Some of my favs:

Hip hop: The bad a** girl who let’s it all hang out doesn’t care what anyone thinks.
Salsa: The little latina who believes everything starts with the hips. (Oooh, she so spicy!)
Dance/pop: The doe-eyed high schooler who closes her eyes, swings her hair and lets the beat take her away.

I am a health & lifestyle coach who loves good, well-sourced, organic food and refuses to count calories.

I eat kale and sardines for breakfast and love apple crisp, my mother’s homemade bread and seriously dark chocolate.

I’m an straight-talking, down to earth, opinionated Jewish girl from Southern California who gets asked all the time, “Are you from New York?”

I love making faces and doing voices. A favorite is Linda Richmond from Coffee Talk.

I’d rather be at a farmer’s market than Neiman Marcus, Bergdorff Goodman or any other retail location where fine clothing and jewelery are sold. (This pains my family as I come from a long line of fashionistas.)

I think a facial + massage = heaven!

I believe in breaking yourself wide open, feeling the pain, then laughing until you cry.

I believe innate happiness only comes when you allow yourself to live in your unique, authentic space.

I think flats are sexy.

I believe you’ve got to get rid of those people that bring you down, make you doubt, and question your worth. (And if that person is YOU, girlfriend, it is time to talk!)

I’m a delicate flower that still has thorns.

I push the limits of my mind, body and spirit and when I get scared I remember, “What’s the worst that can happen?”

The Old Jamie

I wasn’t always the food goddess, self-care guru, business woman that rocks the mic and coaches women to their fullest, most delicious potential.

No, I was a constantly-crazed, emotionally-drained, body-bashing chica! (I’m sure you will recognize some of these lovely features.)

I was a control freak, perfectionist who held on way too tight and constantly compared myself and my body to others. Phrases like, “Does she have a flatter stomach than me?”, “Her butt is smaller than mine!”, “How can she eat that and stay thin!” and “I want everything she’s got!” were daily mantras.

I worried what people said (or even thought) about me and was on a constant crusade to fit in, though no matter what I did, it never felt right.

I never broke the rules, thinking that if I just played it safe, stayed small, kept my big hair and big laugh under wraps and did what I was told, I would eventually get what I want.

Well, that never happened! Instead I felt confined, trapped and stuck in a life and body I did not want. It wasn’t until I realized that I had the power, the ULTIMATE power and privilege to love my body and create my desired life that I started living the amazing life I have now…complete with a supportive husband, flourishing career, tight tushie, and LOTS of dancing.

The most important lesson to come out of all my struggles is the knowledge that it is my right and duty as a brilliant woman to love myself and the beautiful vessel that takes me through this life.