Laura began her coaching career at 16 years old and is approaching her 19th year within the health & functional fitness space. She is dedicated to the process in guiding others to better understand and embody fitness as a tool that contributes not only to improvements in athletic and professional performance but in life itself and our relationships with self / others. Laura’s approach to training, nutrition, recovery, relationships, mental health etc has shifted over the years as a result of her own experiences linked to over-training, under-fuelling and under-recovering, all of which are still rife today, especially for women. The main shift in approach for Laura occurred post Crossfit regionals in 2016 when she experienced extreme burnout which manifested in the forms of prolonged menstrual cycle disturbances, zero excitement to train, severe brain fog, sleep issues, extreme fatigue, poor digestion, adverse body composition changes and poor libido. Healing the consequent hormonal dysregulation became more of a priority for Laura than continuing to compete in CrossFit. The post-athlete identity crisis and subsequent mindset shift of training to perform versus training for health and function is something she is passionate about sharing with athletes and active females of all performance levels. . Drawing upon her 19 years experience and knowledge, she has developed her own creative formula for aligning the female physiology with deep health, function and optimal performance based outcomes that extend beyond the gym by employing the power of neurophysiology. Here at farm fitness she has aspirations of helping individuals in profound ways by addressing all aspects of the human experience.