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I have either been on or off a diet my whole life. In 2017, I was on a Facebook group where I came across Coach Peggy. I reached out to her, and joined my first online series in hopes to lose weight yet again even though she told me it’s not a weight loss program. Having a coach and being part of group was something I had not tried before. My only comparison had been going to Weight Watcher meetings. Fast forward, and I have completed several series with Coach Peggy, and have met some of the most supportive group of women traveling on this wellness journey with me. I now realize I knew a lot about dieting but that’s it. There is so much more to wellness, and that is what Coach Peggy will teach you. I am excited to keep learning, and I am happy to say I will not be on or off a diet again. This really is living in wellness.
Carleen Carter

"I started this "Wellness Journey" rather reluctantly. But 5 months in, I lost nearly 30 pounds, and through the holidays! But more importantly, I have changed the way I think in so many ways. I am eating healthier, moving more, and feeling so much more positive in many ways. Working with Peggy has brought me to some real moments of clarity, where I find what I really need to work on. Even more importantly than that, I am slowly but surely moving from over thinking to ACTION. I have met some really fantastic people in the virtual series and in the couples Retreat, which was way more than I expected or imagined. We all enjoyed the couples retreat so much we are committed to a reunion next year! I can't wait!"
Elaine Nacey

“I have known Peggy for several years now and continue to learn from her and rely on lessons learned from her each and every day. My journey with Peggy started out, in my view, as focusing mostly on weight loss. However, I quickly came to understand that her teachings are far more reaching than just weight loss. Weight loss was a byproduct of learning how to have a balanced life - healthy physically, healthy nutritionally, and most importantly healthy mindset. I consider Peggy, and describe her to others, as my life coach. My life since meeting her and working with her has been enriched in so many areas, but mostly I have learned to engage in my own journey and to work on a healthy mindset and watch everything else fall into place with ease. I urge anyone to reach out to her, join a series, attend a retreat - it will literally change your life."
Laurie Daniels

Why have I spent so much time with Coach Peggy, it might be that she has so much experience that she can anticipate a hiccup in my journey and offers ways to experiment to solve them, experimenting on myself and not by myself. She keeps things simple – 3 pillars to wellness – building strength in each pillar allows me to create a healthy vessel to live, thrive, and enjoy life. Coach Peggy should be called the 4th pillar! I have developed so many healthy habits and discovered so much about me that I am no longer stressed about my health or tempted by quick fix diets and gadgets. Developing healthier habits takes time – it is much better spending that time with others in her series and retreats than struggling on your own.”
Jo Spielvogel

"I have never been successful is keeping weight off for good. Many of these programs are good at dealing with getting you to lose weight but I’ve never been part of a program that asks the question, “How did I get here?” Peggy asks that question first. My wife and I started getting serious about our health. Through online sessions and completing worksheets and personal histories, she is learning about what got us to where we are and is helping us to understand more about ourselves and our health. Peggy addresses all aspects of health – nutrition, fitness, and sleep. She deals with the whole person rather than just looking at food or exercise. She understands that stress reveals itself in many ways and solutions to that stress varies depending upon the individual. It’s no longer the “all or nothing” approach to diet and exercise. We are so happy with the program that we recently signed up our 17-year-old son to work with Peggy, and he is thrilled. Our oldest son, who is 21, started this month as well. We look forward to becoming a healthier family of fit mind and body.”
Steve & Heidi Levin

“I met Peggy years ago when I was at my top weight and was in the worst shape of my life. I went to Peggy as our company's wellness coach as part of a wellness program. She helped me see that my weight loss and health goals were a journey rather than a destination. To this day I still use the 4 corner approach to my health journey and because of Peggy I work to maintain a balance between; sleep, food, hydration and activity. I began a health journey shortly after my meeting with Peggy but it didn't really kick start until the fall of 2013. Peggy introduced me to another tool (State of Slim) that I continue to follow today. I lost 30 pounds and have kept it off over the past 7 years with the exception of 5-10 pounds from time to time. Regardless of what plan or tool I have chosen over time, Peggy has been with me through it all and her coaching and tough love is what keeps me going.”
Carol Calacino

"“I met Peggy while working at a local hospital. Immediately we connected. She has such a presence about her. She makes you want to be the best you can be. Peggy was always helping me and others trying to balance work and home, health and wellness. She designed my wellness around my schedule and the foods I liked including eating my culture foods. I learned more about carbs and portion sizes. The biggest changes came with work-life balance. I never said no to anyone so I was constantly running 90 miles an hour at work and home. I would grab whatever I could and sometimes though I had the food I would forget to eat it. I learned the what, when and why of eating. She was the first one I ever had to explain the WHY. She learns about you as the person, what your lifestyle is, your likes and dislikes, current and older issues whether with food or life. And relationships, and to this day I keep learning and she never criticizes. I still reach out via text or a call for support to share I messed up or I gained X amount of weight, she asks what is going on in my life, we celebrate the choices I did make and what do-overs I would have made and where we can modify moving forward. After you work with her, you start to recognize emotional eating and self-sabotage. She guides and helps YOU DECIDE. I would recommend Peggy to anyone. She is not only a great coach, but she is a great friend who cares about all people. She doesn’t just help and vanish. She is there to see you through life with enthusiasm and passion.”
Mercedes Wright

“I have struggled with my weight for all my adult life. A few years ago, when Peggy was starting her series of wellness, she asked me to join the group of women and see if what she teaches could help me. She wanted to give me a different approach with the support of other women going through the same yo yo weight loss and gain as myself. I enrolled in her first series having no idea what to expect. Three years later, after being a part of every series she has taught, I have learned that it isn’t about weight loss at all. It is about the 3wellness pillars; mindset, nutrition, and exercise. I learned that digging deep in the soul as to why or what I ate is partly because of our emotion at the time. She taught me that if I could dig deep into my emotions and deal with the yucky, I will then be able to move on and then attack the nutritional and exercise aspect of my wellness as well. She pushes me with the tough love approach and she can see things in me that I can’t see, but she has a way of bringing it out so I can see it. She has taught me that you can still succeed with baby steps, how to form habits and a little movement is better than no movement. Before you know it I am establishing a healthy living and becoming the best “me” that I can be. She teaches me that it is ok to not be perfect and that we all have setbacks but it is recognizing that we can get right back on the wagon. She taught me that I don’t have to give up the foods that I love but rather how to eat them in moderation and incorporate healthy foods into my daily meals. Her approach is not cookie cutter and she knows what she is doing. She never gives up on anyone that she is working with. I am blessed to not only call her my coach and my friend but to call her my sister.”
Angi H

“I was referred to Peggy by a friend. When I asked my friend about Peggy's series, "Do you eat Paleo, Keto or Whole 30? Does she give you a workout schedule? What's it like?" She replied, "You can do any diet and any exercise program you want. The sessions are work. It's like taking a class on YOU." It sounded exactly like what I was looking for. I know how I should be eating and how often I should exercise and what makes me feel good and not, but I seemed to lack motivation, consistency, discipline and accountability. I am a busy working mother of 2; derailments and excuses abound. I was looking for a Coach to help me understand why I wasn't prioritizing my wellness and how to overcome that. I was looking for a plan of action that works in real life that I could use for the rest of my life. That is exactly what I found with Coach Peggy.
Diane Bertini

“My name is Monika Tuell, I am 50 years old, married, mother of four and grandmother of one. I have known and been friends with Peggy for over 20 years now. I met Peggy when we worked for the same company and she was the wellness coordinator at that time. I joined her program and quickly learned how passionate she was for health and wellness and helping others. I always liked her “whole person” approach, sleep, water, exercise, food and mental health. We clicked right away, she looks at you in the eyes when she talks to you, she earns your trust through confidentiality and genuine compassion. Through our 20 years of friendship, Peggy has helped me understand myself better by asking the difficult questions that you should really know about yourself and she holds me accountable. We talk about all things, nothing is off limits with us, she shares herself openly as do I. This is definitely a process, constantly understanding yourself as you change through life due to life experiences. Peggy’s knowledge has changed with that as well, she keeps on trends and debunks the junk and it always seems to come down to what she has always known, sleep, water, exercise, food and mental health. Her tenacity for life is unwavering, you feel better just being around her because of the energy she puts off and that surrounds her. I knew when I met her, we would be lifelong friends, she has been a blessing. Like everyone else I suppose, the journey hasn’t always been easy, hormone changes, weight gain, weight loss, dieting, exercise, no exercise, etc. I believe I’m finally at a place where I am making life choices for me and my health. Just recently I met with Peggy when she was in town and I told her about what I am working on and doing, she reviewed my lab work with me and listened intently, offered advice so that I could be successful in my journey and was proud of me for the work and commitment to myself. Peggy has this sort of sixth sense, she will text me out of the blue and make sure I am doing okay because she had a feeling I may not be and sometimes its just to check in and say hi. We are lifers, in it together til the end, nothing I wouldn’t do for her!”
Monika Tuell

“I’ve had this gnawing feeling that each new time I’d try a lifestyle change, or cleanse, or diet, that this might be the one. Yet time after time, I’d get 85-90% there and then it would get hard, and life would get in the way and old habits would start to creep back in. I’d feel discouraged, alone, like I lacked something that perhaps other people had (discipline, integrity, grit, desire). There would always be the hope and excitement that came with a new exercise class or pair of running shoes, yet the older I get and the more complex my life has become it seems like these little boosts to my lifestyle in the name of health just weren’t quite enough and really ignored the bigger picture of true wellness. I found Peggy on a FB group page and what caught my attention was her message about having someone in your corner. That couldn’t be more true! After having completed several group series, I’m now working with Coach Peggy one-on-one. The groups were fun and stretched my thinking, and were simply chock full of self-discovery. As she says, “you are your own best experiment”. Through the series I got familiar with a lot of Coach P’s strategies and really began to feel like I was working on my goals in an authentic way, that takes into account all of me. That was last year. This year I’m working one-on-one and it is so much more personal. What’s interesting is I feel like it’s an indulgence, like I’ve discovered a secret that no one else has. It is so different from saying I’m doing a special diet or training for this future event. I have this incredible coach in my corner, as a guide to self-discovery to fully become the woman (wife and parent too!) I think I can be, living the life I really want full of wellness and self-care.”
Nikki D