This weekend I had the best news of my professional career – I achieved the Masters of Kinesiology that I’ve been working on at California Baptist University for 2.5 years.

Pause from COVID, sewer backup that made my house unliveable, hurricanes, threat of flood and fire and storms that knocked out power to my house – all overcome!

My Dad’s favourite saying was “Never, never, never… NEVER! Give up.”

And I really feel this. Through persistence I was able to achieve my degree. As someone introduced to Kinesiology through CanFitPro certification and training I feel that no matter what size you are, what education you’re at – it’s worthwhile to pursue those dreams. I am a plus sized personal trainer. I am a curvy girl. Thanks to Yoga and Reiki for helping with the mental blocks I had on achieving this particular degree.

And, my friends along the way for their support. Just listening to me by text and Facebook Messenger meant that I did not shrink away from the work for this dream.

I created the physical labs on video, passed the written and multiple choice tests, wrote the assignments and did the group project work and completed the presentations. But friends and family got me through.

So… thank you!