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Kristin Tomlinson is a Clinical Nutritionist, Holistic Coach and Certified Big Leap Coach. Kristin's mission is to help you envision a healthier, authentic life by achieving your wellness goals; embrace transformation through nutrition and conscious choices, and address challenges and prioritizing self-care for holistic well-being.Kristin shared her personal journey from yoga teacher to wellness coach, discussing how she faced uncomfortable truths about her sexuality and how she was guided by an internal unrest to find tools and practices to understand herself and make significant life changes. From yoga to nutrition, Kristen emphasizes the tie between emotional wellness and physical wellbeing. Our discussion also features insights into her financial journey and how she overcame limited resources in her youth and managed financial obstacles during her divorce and the growth of her business. Kristen shares her perspective on money, revealing how she eventually started to see it as an 'energy exchange', interconnected with the idea of abundance and wellness. Finally, she elaborates on her current roles as a wellness coach and Big Leap coach, helping clients overcome obstacles and achieve their goals.“I tend to resonate with menopausal and postmenopausal women because it is a very juicy time of life. Weight gain is usually what brings them to the door, but it's all of the other aspects of wellness and well-being that actually gets them to walk through the door, and that is managing stress, that is managing stories that we're telling ourselves, old stories, old personas that are fixed in place. So I'm now able to look at it from lots of different perspectives to help women figure out just who they want to be and where they want to go.” - Kristin TomlinsonKey takeaways: - When you begin to follow the stirrings of your heart, the universe will support you. Kristin felt an unrest and a stirring after the birth of her daughter; she felt like she was numb, just going through the motions. She found yoga and began to do some self-exploration, and realized that she had hidden from herself her whole life that she was gay. Once she embraced that fact, the universe, according to Kristin, “just laid out the whole plan” before her. - When going through a big life transition, find a space, created by a community or a teacher, where you feel safe to explore. Kristin described finding yoga, a practice that helped her learn to self-regulate, and finding a gifted teacher and community to help her express what she was feeling, rather than pushing away emotions of sadness, anger and confusion.- One thing always leads to the next, so just start where you are. Kristin studied and became a yoga teacher, teaching about eight classes a week at one point. She then began a wellness journey, which led her to massage school, which she loved, but didn’t feel quite right for her. That started her on the journey of nutrition and coaching, which led to her clinical nutrition certification, as she realized that food so often intersects with emotions and stress. Kristin recently became a Big Leap coach, incorporating new practices to help herself as well as others.About the guest: Kristin Tomlinson is a Clinical Nutritionist, Holistic Coach and Certified Big Leap Coach specializing in helping women transform their life and health through menopause and beyond. She has a 500-hour Clinical Nutrition certification and trained in a variety of holistic and integral coaching styles, most recently as a Certified Big Leap Coach through the Hendricks Foundation. She is a practitioner for Dr. Wendy Warner, an acknowledged expert in Integrative Functional Medicine. She’s been practicing and teaching yoga for over two decades and is a wife, mom, and lifelong learner. Website: https://www.coachkristin9.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-tomlinson-76881142/Instagram: www.instagram.com/coachkristin9Email address: coach [email protected] Resource: How to Compose a Healthy Meal Interested in booking a free consultation? Schedule a call.Stay connected:Connect with Laura on LinkedIn@Rotters5 on TwitterConnect with Laura on FacebookSubscribe to my YouTube channelSubscribe to my newsletterGet your free copy of Unlock Your Money Blocks Workbook : Your step-by-step guide to unlocking your blocks to financial freedom.Disclaimer: Please remember that the information shared on this podcast does not constitute accounting, legal, tax, investment or financial advice. It’s for informational purposes only. You should seek appropriate professional advice for your specific information.