Welcome to episode 1 of The Be Well Cartel podcast with Gillian, Holly and Olivia. We want to give you a chance to get to know us a bit better, so for the first 3 episodes of the podcast we are introducing ourselves to you.
In this episode we get to know Gillian, our favorite Cali girl. We start by diving into how we all know each other- Gillian actually slept in Holly's bed in Shanghai before they even met in person. We chat about how the three of us connected, and you'll hear the funny story of how we came to find each other.
Then we go into how Gillian made her way to Barcelona (where she currently resides) from California.. and why she left a high paying sales job in San Francisco with basically NO clue what to do next. You'll hear about Gillian’s extensive history with CrossFit (as a coach, competitor and participating in a seminar staff internship), why she became a nutrition coach and how she got into Olympic weightlifting.
We also talk about the 'dark side' of nutrition, including macro templates and tracking, which turned from a way to cut weight for weightlifting into an obsession- for all of us! Gillian has since made her way to a more mindful, gentle way of nourishing her body, and implements the tools she has learned with her clients as well.
Gillian shares with us about her own coaching protocols and beliefs and something that is at the centre of the Be Well Cartel as a collective: human-centred coaching vs numbers-based coaching. Towards the end of the episode we riff on the importance of self trust and self compassion as the basis for success in any pursuit of change. Gillan rounds things off with her top 3 resources for getting started with intuitive eating.
Stay tuned for the next episodes, where we dig into Holly and Olivia's background and story!
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