I Didn’t Plan This Path.
It Found Me.
Hi! I’m Peta!
I didn’t set out to become a coach. I just wanted to feel strong and like myself again.
Now I help women cut through the noise around food, exercise and their changing bodies so they can focus on what matters, keep things simple and build a healthier life they can actually maintain.
My coaching is practical, supportive and grounded in real life. I don’t expect perfection, and I don’t take myself too seriously. I care about helping women feel understood, capable and confident in their own decisions.
That approach didn’t come from qualifications alone. It has been shaped by my own experiences, the lessons I’ve learned along the way and the women I’ve had the privilege of coaching.
I know what it’s like to want to feel like yourself again
Sometimes it isn’t one dramatic moment that makes you realise something needs to change.
It’s a collection of smaller ones.
You don’t feel as comfortable in your clothes. You’re more tired than you used to be. Things that once felt straightforward, eating well, moving regularly and feeling at home in your body, now seem to require more thought and effort.
You miss feeling strong and confident.
You may even find yourself thinking about a time when you were a certain number on the scales. But often, it isn’t really the number you want back.
It’s the woman you remember being at that weight.
She felt comfortable in her skin. She had more energy. She seemed less weighed down by responsibilities and conflicting advice about everything she should be doing.
I understand that feeling because my own journey into coaching began with wanting to feel stronger, healthier and more like myself.
What began with a gym membership became something much bigger
I was working in a corporate career and raising two primary-school-aged children.
I had always enjoyed playing sport, but after having children I no longer felt particularly fit or strong. I lacked muscle, didn’t feel as capable as I wanted to, and wanted more energy to keep up with the kids.
When my youngest started kinder, I finally had a little more time for myself, so I joined a gym.
I wasn’t trying to reinvent my entire life.
I just wanted to feel better in it.
But training quickly became much more than exercise.
I loved the energy it gave me and the people I met. I loved challenging myself and discovering I could do things I hadn’t thought I was capable of doing.
I felt happier, more confident and stronger in my everyday life.
I could get outside and play with my children again.
Most importantly, I began to trust my body.
At the same time, I was becoming less interested in my corporate work. I’d find myself researching exercise, nutrition and personal development because those were the things I genuinely wanted to understand.
Eventually, it became clear that coaching wasn’t simply something I was interested in.
It was work I cared deeply about.
I wanted other women to experience the confidence that comes from discovering what their bodies can do.
As I coached more women, a clear pattern emerged.
They had tried meal plans, challenges, calorie counting and strict exercise programs. They could often follow them for a few weeks, but when life became busy or something didn’t go to plan, the whole approach fell apart.
Some had been left feeling as though they were “uncoachable” because they couldn’t stick to approaches that left no room for real life.
I saw it differently.
These women weren’t lazy or lacking motivation.
They were trying to fit rigid plans into complicated lives.
They didn’t need more pressure. They needed support to work out what mattered, what was realistic and how to keep going when life changed.
That was a lesson I had to learn too.
I began thinking about my health like a dial. Sometimes I have the time and energy to turn it up. At other times, life requires me to turn it down.
Turning the dial down doesn’t mean I’ve failed or need to start again on Monday. One meal doesn’t undo everything. One missed workout doesn’t cancel what came before it.
I can simply ask, “What’s the next choice that moves me in the direction I want to go?”
That’s the kind of thinking I now help women develop.
I Thought I Had It Figured Out.
Then Perimenopause Changed
the Rules.
In my early forties, I began experiencing changes I couldn’t explain.
My sleep was disrupted. I had night sweats, low mood and anxiety I had never experienced before. I struggled with brain fog, frequent illness and terrible joint pain that affected my ability to train.
My body began changing around my middle despite no obvious change to my food or exercise.
But, I had a perfectly reasonable explanation for every symptom.
I was exhausted because life was busy. I was waking at night because I’d had too much water. The night sweats were probably just a warm room. The brain fog came from having too much on my mind. My joints hurt because I must have trained too hard, and the unfamiliar anxiety was surely just stress.
Individually, each explanation made sense. It was only later that I realised they were pieces of the same puzzle.
I didn’t think I was old enough for menopause, and I didn’t even know perimenopause was a thing!
Because the symptoms weren’t there all the time, it was difficult to connect them.
Gradually, feeling below par simply became normal.
You don’t know what you don’t know.
That experience showed me just how little clear information many women are given about their changing bodies. It led me to deepen my education in women’s health and become a certified Menopause Coaching Specialist.
How I Coach Today.
My work brings together personal training, nutrition, behaviour change, hormones and women’s health.
My role isn’t to give you more information or another list of rules. It’s to help you understand what matters for your body and your life, decide what deserves attention now and turn that into practical action.
Over the years, I’ve seen women become stronger, return after difficult weeks instead of giving up, wear clothes they had avoided and begin making time for themselves with less guilt.
The most meaningful change is often not the weight they lose or the number they lift.
It’s hearing a woman speak as though she trusts herself again.
That is what I want for you: to feel understood, clearer about what your body needs and confident about your next step.
Looking after yourself doesn’t need to remain another problem you’re constantly trying to solve. It can become simpler.
If you’re ready to talk about what that could look like for you, I’d love to hear your story.