Fit & Healthy with Coach Kathy

Welcome to Fit & Health with Coach Kathy!

I am a bereaved and blessed, fit and healthy, ally and advocate, mom, writer, career advisor and coach, with three children (two here and one who left this world too soon) finding joy in the journey after dealing with secondary infertility and loss for five years and being diagnosed with moderate generalized anxiety disorder in November 2013. I have been married to my college sweetheart since 2000 and we live in Evanston, Illinois with our 21 year old and 15 year old children.

I am a wounded healer who is passionate about helping myself, my family, and others learn to cope and find joy when life doesn’t go as we hope, dream and plan (whether due to due to infertility, loss, illness and/or other circumstances), as well as to take responsibility for our lives and achieve our goals through creating, implementing, and being accountable for healthy habits and routines.

I was an A.C.E. certified group fitness instructor between May 2006 – May 2024 and taught classes part-time locally, in Chicago, at Beverly Bodyworks for 15 years. I have bachelors and masters degrees in Leisure Studies: Recreation/Program Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. I love to exercise and eat healthy (most of the time), which is therapeutic and keeps me in shape. In April 2014, I became a Team Beachbody/BODi coach/partner and started Fit & Healthy with Coach Kathy.

I would love to help you reach your health and fitness goals.

Please check out and “like” my Facebook page: Fit & Healthy with Coach Kathy, where you can send me a private message for more info.

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I hope you have a fit and healthy day! 🙂