A Little about Me & Commandment 1 of the Pre-Pregnancy Momma

I’m back from a two day getaway in Charleston (okay I tagged along while my man judged a High School Restaurant Competition!) and I’m feeling refreshed and inspired! I Wouldn’t expect anything less from the city in which I spent my first six years of adulthood in – a city that will always have a piece of my heart <3 ! Topping the Excitement List is this new blog! I can’t wait to connect with women in all areas of the Mommy Path, inspire Health & Wellbeing, and share my story – about what it means to be a
Pre-Pregnancy Momma!

 

So a little bit about me….I am 29 years old and living on the Coast of South Carolina and love it, especially on days like this that hint at the reality that Spring truly is right around the corner!  The sun is shining for us and it’s over 70!!! And my apologies to those of you up North and experiencing unthinkable amounts of snow – I don’t mean to rub it in, but it’s just that I don’t take this for granted either! I am a total pansy when it comes to cold weather so feel free to make fun of me when I am complaining about the temperature being in the 40s. I live with my handsome boyfriend of a year, whom I am madly in love with, and he has an amazing and handsome little boy that I adore and love spending time with! Just waiting for my man to put a ring on it. Lol! Single ladies in a long-term committed relationship I know you feel me here!!! He told me, It’s all about the surprise. (uh-huh) I tell myself that years from now I’m going to look back at the time period that I was waiting for him to propose and miss it; so I should enjoy it while it’s here. It’s working…for now.

I am a Certified Health Coach, recently graduated from the Institution of Integrative Nutrition, and for me it’s finally a career in which both purpose and passion collide. I remember being about 9 years old and my dad jokingly telling me that I should be a Professional Student. Well that just sounded awesome until I realized he was teasing! Still, until now it’s sort of been the only career that’s really stuck lol! That and server! So I work to inspire Healthy Living whether it’s working one-on-one, teaching nutrition classes, sharing Juice Plus, sharing and creating healthy recipes, and other fun stuff!

What else…I love doing yoga, am an avid runner, Health Nut, Choc-o-holic, sun-obsessed, hippie, cat-lover (and mommy to 2), free-spirit, bedroom dancer, sensitive, intuitive and introverted woman who probably forgot a million other things! Also you can read about the beginning of my Health Awakening here!

The Pre-Pregnancy Momma

Whether or not she is actively trying to conceive, a Pre-Pregnancy Momma is a woman who is actively caring for her children before she ever has them. She fights for their rights so that they will have them when they are here, she plans and prepares for her family's future, and most importantly she takes care of herself.  She strives for optimal health and heals her body through nutrition so that she can provide the most perfect home for her babies from the moment they come into being.

About a year ago, I decided that I needed to start my journey of Motherhood now - and that didn't mean get pregnant! It meant purposely doing things that would benefit and give them the best lives I could. It meant caring for them now.  And since then I have considered myself a Pre-Pregnancy Momma. 

So this is my story of Love, of Health, (of stress ugh!), of Purpose, and of Family. By sharing, I hope to encourage and connect with women - wherever they are in life and their Mommy-Path! I want to motivate and celebrate women because we have been given the most incredibly awesome and important responsibility of growing people!!! And that is nothing shy of Miraculous.

with Love, Mandy