Sooooo, I’m starting a blog! Now…
where to begin? Not sure how these things are typically done, but I guess I’ll
kick off by introducing myself. Hi! My name is Audrey Goff and I am a mother of
two, with number three on the way, married to my high school sweetheart, who
also happens to be an Air Force Pilot. I have over 10 years experience in the
health and fitness industry and I am currently running my own home business as
a Health Coach, helping people all over the world reach their goals in fitness,
nutrition, and even with their finances! I LOVE WHAT I DO!!! But guess what….
When I was in college, and after I graduated, I had no clue what I wanted to do
and never thought I’d end up in this field. So how did I get here?
If you’re like I was, wondering
what you want to be when you grow up, my advice is to start with what you love
to do. One of my favorite sayings is:
“Allow your passion to become your purpose and it will one day become your
profession.” In order to do this, you
have to really think about what it is that you are PASSIONATE about… and then,
you must BELIEVE that you can do that for a living. Most people have very limited belief systems
about their careers and success. I’m here to encourage you to think outside the
box. If you feel stuck in a rut at work,
waiting for your boss to recognize your efforts and praying for a promotion…
just know that there is another way!
That’s all I’m going to say for now, but just THINK about it. ;)
My degree is in Communication, but
I couldn’t think of anything related to that field that I wanted to do! I
didn’t have PASSION for the list of jobs that followed that degree.
My husband,
Erik, and I moved to Georgia for his training and I continued to struggle with
my purpose in life. I got hired at Applebees and decided I would at least make
some money as a server while I pondered about my dream job. Surely God has a plan for ME, right?
I was
working out one day, (as I did almost every day), and I had an epiphany: “I
LOVE fitness and nutrition! I’m always
talking about it with my friends and helping them reach their goals… I’ll
become a personal trainer!” YES! I thought, this is what I really want to do! I
registered for the certification, studied my butt off, took the test, and
passed! Ok. Now I have a starting
point.
My husband
fully supported me in this decision and could feel my excitement about my new
direction in life. My parents on the
other hand…. Well, let’s just say they smiled and nodded when I told them. I can’t blame them for their reaction. It’s not like there’s a ton of money in
personal training, and few trainers were truly SUCCESSFUL. But I didn’t care. I BELIEVED that this would take me somewhere
greater than I imagined.
Okinawa,
2008. A month after moving there, I was
hired to work at Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) in the Health Promotion
department as a Fitness Coordinator. It
was a full time position with great pay- my ONE qualification was my personal
training certification that I had acquired only a year earlier. THANK YOU LORD! This job was an explosion of new training and
information about everything health/fitness/nutrition. I was a sponge. I soaked up everything I could. Not only did they pay for me to get certified
in spin, functional fitness, bosu ball, TRX, and others, but I also got to work
directly with active duty marines; taking them through PT (workout) sessions
and briefing them on nutrition, fitness, stress management, tobacco cessation,
suicide prevention, and other wellness related topics.
And that
was really just the tip of the iceberg! I
still to this day am so thankful for the opportunities that this position gave
me. I learned from everyone. My one, seemingly small decision to become a
personal trainer allowed me to expand my expertise immensely. I now felt confident that I could help people
with their health, inside and out!
Then… my
son Barrett was born. He changed our
lives for the better in so many ways, as children do. <3
I decided I wanted to be at home with him. End: job.
Begin: SAHM.
Since
giving up my position as a Fitness Coordinator, I eventually started to teach a
couple fitness classes per week, just to get out of the house and do something
for me. If you’re a mom, you know what I
mean. My husband says it is necessary
too, so I don’t “go crazy.” I also became fascinated with CLEAN EATING at this
time. I wanted to be able to nourish my
son and I knew that clean eating was the way to go. Eating real food, lots of fruits and veggies,
and avoiding processed foods and chemicals.
I read tons of books, articles, searched things online, and became
submerged in nutrition and what it meant to REALLY be healthy. This was
actually a shift for me, since I had previously been fooled (like most people)
into believing the “Fat Is The Enemy” lie and consumed “light,” “diet,” and
“fat free” products; thinking I was doing my body good.
Fast forward to Mississippi
2011. Pregnant with baby #2. J Continue: SAHM.
I started to think about life after
my daughter was born. I knew I’d be tied
down again and I was ready and willing to fully accept this new phase of our
lives. TWO KIDS!! At 6 month pregnant, I
was starting my own 6-week Boot Camp program.
It was to be my last hoorah before the baby came and I had to slow down.
A friend from Okinawa, Kattleya
Sommerfield, contacted me with a question.
She wanted me to look at a meal replacement/supplement that she and her
husband had started drinking. She
wondered what I thought. Did I
approve?? Immediately I was skeptical. Everything I knew about products like that
taught me to STAY AWAY. They are filled
with chemicals and additives and nasty ingredients.
She sent me some samples so I could
try for myself and she told me all about her friend, Tarah Carr, who is a mom of
two little boys, and helps people lose weight and get in shape. Tarah is a Health Coach with Team
Beachbody. I thought, “What? Huh???
What is Team Beachbody??” I like to help people lose
weight and get in shape, too. My
interest had been piqued.
I set out to find some dirty info
on this shake that Kattleya had sent me, but I was surprised that everything I
found was actually pretty awesome. No
chemicals. 70+ super food ingredients. Organic.
Raw. And after mixing up one of
the samples, I found that I LIKED it! I
decided that I wanted to be drinking this amazing-ness in a glass, called
Shakeology! Woa. Did NOT expect to have that reaction.
One week later: BAM. I was a Coach with Team Beachbody!! 6 months pregnant and I didn’t know what the
heck I had gotten myself into. All I
knew was that I loved the Insanity home fitness program with ShaunT, as it
helped whip me back into shape after Barrett was born, and I loved Shakeology,
knowing that it aligned with all that I had learned about nutrition and truly
nourishing your body with whole foods… and somehow I was going to be able to
continue helping and inspiring people to be healthy!!! That’s really all I cared about: that I was
going to help people. And I could do it
from home, even after my daughter was born.
Fast forward again to March
2014. My son, Barrett, is four and my
daughter, Josie, is 22 months old. I am
still a Health Coach with Team Beachbody, LOVING WHAT I DO. J After not even making enough money to cover
the child care to teach my fitness classes (pre-coaching), I am now earning
enough to pay our mortgage in ONE WEEK’S PAY as a coach. And it’s only growing from there. This job has taken me from a timid, new
coach, not knowing where this opportunity would go, to a BOLD, goal-driven,
motivated woman who is helping more people than I ever could as a personal
trainer. Coaching has impacted EVERY
area of my life. I strive to be a better
mother, wife, coach, and friend and I have the tools I need to truly be my
best. We, coaches, help people get their
lives back. We help moms lose weight and
feel attractive for their husbands again.
We help diabetics become less reliant on their medications and even come
off their meds. We help people lower
their cholesterol and beat the odds that their poor family history handed down
to them. I could go on… People who work
with us gain confidence and become better versions of themselves.
How could I NOT love what I do???
For more info on how you can start doing what I do, click here:
I think I want a Knockout Life too!
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