Kathleen Trotter is the author of “Finding Your Fit.” Kathleen has been a personal trainer, Pilates specialist, and fitness writer for over fifteen years. Kathleen writes for publications including the Globe and Mail and Huffington Post, makes regular TV and media appearances, is the featured trainer in the Globe and Mails Fitness Basics video series, and blogs for Flaman Fitness. Kathleen holds a Master of Exercise Sciences from the University of Toronto and a nutrition diploma from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition.

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

• Just making one change: the secret towards starting your path to fitness
• The relationship between working out and improved mood
• Combatting the overwhelmed feeling when beginning fitness
• Setting the right health goals for setting yourself up for success
• The three Cs: convenience, consistency, and clarity
• Moving towards exercise bliss
• Figuring out your exercise why
• Why mindfulness + preparation = success
• Sleep: why it really is so crucial and why you can’t afford to be sleep deprived
• Analyzing the things that you’re certain of because certainty is the opposite of growth
• Putting yourself in other people’s shoes
• Kathleen’s book: “Finding Your Fit”

Ways to contact Kathleen:

• Website: KathleenTrotter.com
• Twitter: @KTrotterFitness
• Instagram: @kathleentrotterfitness
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/KathleenTrotter
• Book: “Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer’s Guide to Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit”

Kathleen's articles:

• Turns out sleeping can help you shed those extra pounds
• Have A Plan And Make Bad Habits Utterly Inconvenient
• The Key To Long-Term Fitness Success Is Leaning Into The ‘Fall’
• Weight loss is not always the answer to better health
• Even the smallest amount of exercise can boost your mood