An Unexpected Journey
My name is Jocelyn, and I am a Certified Personal Trainer and business owner of A FITT Lyfe, LLC.
I have been self-employed for over 17 years. My entrepreneurship started back in 2005 as a personal trainer for the then named gym, 24 Hour Fitness. Let me step back further….
The passion I carry for health/fitness was birthed from my life experiences back in 1999. To be exact, I was going through a divorce. I was soon to be a single mom of two kids, about to become fully responsible for our whole existence …as well as the sole provider/caretaker for the home I once shared with someone. It was a LOT!
I walked inside of a gym and it changed my life…forever! I started in group X, as a participant! Talk about a life saver! It was fun, allowed me to deal with my emotions in a positive way, and it was an integral factor in finding myself, as well as my purpose.
I became an instructor, and shortly after began to show interest in strength training. This was a game changer! On any given day, no matter how I felt, I had an outlet for any situation…any emotion, as all was welcomed in each and every workout.
This led to me obtaining a NASM Certified Personal Trainer license in 2005. I continued to train/further develop my skillset, exclusively, until 2012. A celebration for my clients brought to the surface another “hidden talent”…..baking! The short story is that I baked goodies for my clients at my 5-year anniversary, and they all unanimously recommended I pursue this as a business….and I did...with my custom baking business, Absolute Sweets! I trained/baked from 2013 until 2019. As the years progressed, the training fell back and the baking took full speed.
When the pandemic shook the world, my personal training was most impacted. I continued to bake exclusively until end of 2022. From the time of the pandemic until last year something else happened….keeping my own health in check became an continuous uphill battle. In yet ANOTHER long story short…in November 2022 I made an abrupt decision that changed my life….again, lol!l
I simply decided that I was going to get back to my first “love”, health and wellness, and was going to do it THAT DAY! I literally shifted out of a business, one that I was very good at (AND was in the midst of my busy season), to start the climb back into Personal Training and health/wellness.
Today, I am again certified with NASM, as a Personal Trainer as well as a Nutrition Coach. What I do means everything to me, and my desire is to “pay it forward” by helping others....with physical, nutritional, mental, social, spiritual and even financial wellness.
Even as Personal Training takes the lead, I continue to explore new things. Crocheting is yet another avenue that I am currently pursuing! And...I continue to stay "connected" to my other skillsets (i.e. baking, some custom decor, custom prints, etc.) of previous hats that I've worn. I've learned that as I evolve into uncharted territory, unless I chose to, I don't have to leave anything I've already mastered behind!!
There are SO many influences in the world, and far too many are less than positive. So here I am, ready and willing to uplift, inspire, educate, and provide a positive light for anyone (especially our youth), both inside and outside of my community.
Thank you for your time!
