From Information Overload to Inner Alignment: Jay's GGS Coaching Story

As a health and menopause coach, Jay thought she had all the answers. But it wasn’t until she joined GGS Coaching that she learned to quiet the noise, trust her body, and finally find peace in her own skin.

Searching for Answers

When she joined GGS Coaching, Jay described herself as “a badass career woman doing the perimenopause thing while providing for her family.” She was thriving professionally but struggling to feel at home in her body. Like so many women in midlife, she wanted to understand what was happening and how to take care of herself along the way.

She threw herself into learning. “I had done a whirlwind tour of independent study,” she says. “I got a health coach certification. Then I got a functional nutrition certification because I didn’t trust the nutrition information I was getting. Then I realized I was deep into perimenopause. So I did the GGS Menopause Certification. At the end of it, I found myself with so much information and completely unable to apply it to my own self.”

Despite all her training and expertise, Jay still felt frustrated and stuck.

“I knew so much, yet I couldn’t make any progress personally.”

“I had all this low belly fat and was really unhappy with that. I felt like I should be able to do it on my own, but I wasn’t making progress.”

Jay had reached a point where she didn’t need more information. What she needed was a clearer path forward.

“I thought maybe having a coach, someone to provide an outside perspective, would be helpful,” she says.

Finding Clarity in Coaching

When Jay joined GGS Coaching, it wasn’t out of hesitation but curiosity. After completing her GGS Menopause Certification, she wanted to experience what it felt like to be coached using the same inclusive, evidence-based approach she admired in her studies.

“I wanted to see how someone might apply it as my coach,” she says. “I love that GGS is body-positive, focused on habits and mindset, not restrictive plans. I wanted to experience that for myself.”

That approach turned out to be exactly what she needed. The emphasis on habits over quick fixes and compassion over restriction gave her room to breathe. “It felt supportive,” she says. “Like I was being held by the most amazing, strong group of women. Like there’s space to transform because someone believes in you even when you don’t believe in yourself.”

Letting Go and Learning to Listen

From the very beginning, Jay’s coach, Denise, offered the kind of grounded and practical support that Jay had been searching for. “I think the great thing about my coach is she’s just had some really practical observations for me,” Jay says. “When I came into the program, I was tracking everything: macros, exercise, sleep. If I could track it, I was doing it.”

Then Denise shared a gentle but powerful observation that would change everything:

“All this tracking isn’t working for you.”

It was the first time anyone had said that to Jay, and it landed in a way she didn’t expect.

“It was the first time I’d realized it wasn’t working for me,” she recalls. “I kept thinking, if I just track one more thing or eat more of a specific macro, I’ll figure it out. But it just wasn’t working.”

Letting go of all that tracking wasn’t easy, but it opened up a completely new way of relating to her body. “Moving away from the tracking made space for me to listen to my body and begin to trust what it was telling me,” Jay says. “That was a huge moment.”

For years, she had treated her body like a problem to solve. As Jay moved through the GGS Coaching program, she started to see it as something entirely different: a partner.

“The biggest change by far has been the way I feel about my body,” she says. “When I joined this program, I hated my body, and I had for a really long time. Every time I looked in the mirror, I was judging myself and wishing I looked different.”

But that began to shift as she went through the mindset lessons, journaled, and had honest conversations with her coach, Denise. “Now, I can look in the mirror and think, ‘Hey, that’s me, doing her thing.’ I’ve gone from self-loathing to self-acceptance, and it’s completely unexpected.”

What started as a goal to get stronger and lose body fat became something far deeper.

“It’s been all about the mindset and the way I think about my body,” she says.

“Now I see my body as a partner for the longevity journey I’m on rather than something I’m constantly fighting against. It feels so much better to be in alignment with myself rather than in opposition.”

From Coach to Client and Back Again

As both a coach and a client, Jay discovered that even experts need support.

“Coaches need coaches too. We can have all the knowledge in the world, but that doesn’t mean we can see our own blind spots.”

Experiencing coaching as a client reminded her that transformation doesn't come from information alone. It comes from connection, compassion, and perspective. “Having someone believe in you, challenge you kindly, and help you step back far enough to see what’s really going on is powerful,” she says.

The process hasn’t just changed how Jay shows up for herself. It has also reshaped how she’ll show up for others in her own coaching practice.

“This program has shown me what it feels like to be held in a supportive, judgment-free space,” she says. “And that’s something I want to bring to my clients too.”

Becoming Her Own Ally

These days, Jay’s goals are centered on strength, recovery, and confidence rather than control.

“Now that I’m not spending so much time hating on my body, there’s more space for me to work on getting stronger,” she says. “And as I get wiser, I’m realizing how much I crave downtime. Learning that it’s okay not to be in perpetual motion, that’s a big one.”

For Jay, meaningful change hasn’t occurred solely in her workouts and nutrition habits, but also in how she thinks about herself. “I came here to get stronger and lose body fat, but this has all been way more about mindset and the way I think about myself than the physical parts,” she says.

When asked what she would tell another woman considering GGS Coaching, Jay doesn’t hesitate:

“Do it. Sign up. Take the plunge. There's such an amazing, strong community of women waiting there to support you to hold the space to help you achieve your goals, and what you get out of it may not be what you were expecting. It may be something even way more amazing.

So don't waste any more time. Just sign up.”

Jay’s story is a reminder that lasting change doesn’t come from collecting more information. It comes from learning to trust yourself. By quieting the noise, listening to her body, and letting go of the need to control every detail, Jay discovered what peace and progress actually feel like.

Her body is no longer the enemy; it’s her partner. And in this new chapter of life, that same badass career woman is still showing up strong, now with more self-trust, compassion, and confidence than ever before.