What if getting healthier isn’t about changing how your body looks, but learning to care for the body that carries you through your life?

We all know we should take care of ourselves—but actually making our health a priority can feel incredibly difficult. Between work, family, responsibilities, and caring for everyone around us, our own well-being often ends up at the bottom of the list.

Health and wellness coach Rebecca Roeter joins Willow for a practical and encouraging conversation about shifting the way we think about our bodies and taking small, sustainable steps toward greater health.

Rebecca’s passion for this work grew from her own health struggles as well as a decade working in healthcare. Today, she helps people focus on preventative health through nutrition, movement, sleep, and purpose—and reminds us that our bodies aren’t working against us. They’re partnering with us.

Willow and Rebecca talk honestly about the complicated relationship many women have with their bodies. In a culture constantly telling us how we should look, it’s easy to make appearance the goal. Rebecca challenges us to think differently: What if the goal isn’t achieving the “perfect” body, but caring for ourselves so we have the health and energy to pursue the purpose God has for us?

Rebecca also shares why knowing what’s healthy often isn’t enough to create change. Lasting transformation happens when we break overwhelming goals into small, achievable habits, find support, and let go of all-or-nothing thinking. Sometimes your first step toward movement really can be as simple as walking to the mailbox and back.

If you’ve neglected your health, struggled with body image, or felt overwhelmed by everything you think you should be doing, this episode offers a different invitation: start small, give yourself grace, and remember that a healthy lifestyle is a practice—not a pursuit of perfection.

Meet Rebecca Roeter

Rebecca Roeter is the owner of Pivot Point Health and a nationally board-certified health and wellness coach with a certificate in transformational nutrition. Her own experiences with health challenges, combined with ten years working in healthcare, inspired her passion for helping people pursue health through sustainable lifestyle changes.

Rebecca focuses on foundational areas including nutrition, movement, sleep, and purpose while helping clients uncover the motivation and practical steps that work for their individual lives.

Key Takeaways

• Redefine what “healthy” means. Instead of focusing solely on appearance or measurements, consider how caring for your body can help you live, serve, work, and love well.
• Make your health a priority. Caring for yourself isn’t something that has to come after you’ve taken care of everyone else. Your well-being can be a foundation that allows you to show up for the people and purposes that matter to you.
• Start smaller than you think you need to. Tiny, achievable habits create momentum. You don’t have to overhaul your entire life overnight.
• Let go of all-or-nothing thinking. One donut, missed workout, or imperfect choice doesn’t mean the entire day is ruined.
• Choose practice over perfection. A healthy lifestyle isn’t something you master once and for all. It’s something you continually practice.

How This Episode Will Encourage You

You don’t need to completely overhaul your diet, exercise every day, perfect your sleep, and suddenly become a different person to begin caring for yourself.

Instead, ask: What is one small thing I could do that would make my health better?

Rebecca reminds us that small changes create momentum. And when we stop treating our bodies like problems to fix and start viewing them as gifts worth caring for, health can become less about punishment and perfection and more about supporting the life we’ve been given.

Healthy living is a practice. Start where you are, take one small step, and keep going.

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Welcome to the Collide Podcast. We're a growing community of everyday chicks colliding with Jesus in our mess, our pain, our joy, and our stories.

We value showing up as we truly are. So that's what you'll find here.

Walls and masks being torn down so that we can allow Jesus to meet us where we truly are and hear about other women doing the we can't wait to collide with you.

Like, we really focus, you know, kind of in maybe a caretaker role or caretaker and work role, and we start to really prioritize and connect there and not necessarily with this idea that our bodies really are kind of the foundation towards our success.

Welcome to the Collide Podcast. I'm Willow Weston, the founder and director of Collide, and I'm so excited to have Rebecca Roeder on the podcast today.

Rebecca is the owner of Pivot Point Health. She's a life changing health coach walking alongside individuals as they say yes to health and wholeness in their lives.

She has a certificate in transformational nutrition and is a nationally board certified health and wellness coach through the National Board of Medical Examiners. And because of Rebecca's own health struggles, she has become so passionate about healthy lifestyles, nutrition, movement, sleep, and purpose.

Rebecca has been married for six years and her and her husband Jeff live on a farm where they raise cows, chickens and sheep. And they're about to raise a kiddo because she's due in June.

And Rebecca has been a huge gift to my life personally as I have been saying yes to more health in my life. And I think she'll be a gift to those of you listening today. So, Rebecca, thank you so much for hopping on the podcast. Absolutely.

Thanks for having me. Excellent introduction too.

You're taking time away from coaching people and from the cows, chickens and sheep to hang out, so this will be fun. I have so many questions I want to ask you, but let's start with how did you get into this work of health coaching?

Well, it actually is kind of a long journey. So I, like you said in the introduction, like, I've had various health issues myself.

Like I've struggled with anxiety and like weight gain, lack of movement, unnecessary surgeries, different things like that. And so I think when those things come into your life, they become challenges that you accept.

And then as you learn, you know, you think, oh, how do I share this with others? And so that was a huge piece. But I also actually worked in health care for about 10 years and so I worked in mental health for five.

And then I was a social services director for a Local nursing home. And then I worked in patient experience for a healthcare system. And so I've had a lot of exposure to like western healthcare.

And I think that there's definitely a time and place for it. And I absolutely love what it offers. But what it seems to me that it's failing at is preventative healthcare. So I call it more like sick care system.

And so I'm really here to help people kind of not have to go to, you know, extremes through lifestyle change instead of medications or surgery or something like that. There will always be a place for that. But if we can help mitigate that in any way, that that's a huge reason why I'm a health coach.

Yeah, I love that you're talking about this. It's also funny, right, Because I came to you right after I had had a surgery.

And so I love that you're bringing up that you're very much focused on preventative health care. Can you define that for people who are like, what do you mean? What's preventative health care versus, you know, is it reactive health care?

I think you said sickness health care. What's the difference?

Yeah, so preventative health care is really getting down the basics that our body needs.

And so I define this with like proper nutrition, proper movement, good sleep, and then also like this lovely piece of like, purpose and kind of whys behind what we do to care for our bodies. And so that is how I define preventative health care. And our bodies are made to be. Well, like we are made to not be sick.

They're amazing adaptation machines. And so I like to really lean into that and figure out how our body can heal itself through just proper care and like self care.

And when I talk about reactive medicine, it's more like individuals who haven't been able to, who get proper nutrition or proper movement or proper healthy lifestyle, incorporating that into their life, and then they get to a place where they may be diagnosed with like a metabolic disease or like even like mental health. Like when we don't take care of our physical body, it also affects our mental health.

And so that's how I would say that the differences is between preventative care and reactive health care. And then I also think an issue with reactive healthcare too is sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.

And so when we put certain medications or we put certain measures to help with an issue, we may be adding another issue. So if there's a way to avoid that, I think it's a good thing to swing towards.

It's so interesting because I Feel like we do this in so many areas of our life. I mean, you brought up mental health so often.

You know, even if you look at marriage counseling, a couple will run to marriage counseling in a very reactive way. Like, things are blowing up, we're not doing well. We're gonna go get help. But you don't see a lot of couples who are like, sign me up.

I want to do preventative work so that we never get to that place. And I love that you want to do the kind of work where you're keeping people from ever getting to those unhealthy places.

And so this conversation today is going to be so good and such an invitation for so many of us. You. Have you mentioned that our bodies are made to be.

Well, and just for a minute or two, I just want to talk to you from your own, like, Christian perspective. You have a heart for God, and I'm really curious what you think about our body from a spiritual perspective.

Like, what kind of relationship are we supposed to have with our body? How do you view it because of your face?

Yeah. Love that question. So, for me, it all comes down to the idea that our bodies are really the temple of God.

And so how do we support, like, what carries us through our lives? So another way to say that is it's a bit of our vessel.

Right.

And so the way that our physical body manifests really does turn into, like, how we are spiritually or even vice versa. So, you know, if you're struggling spiritually, you may kind of let your physical body slide.

And I think that there's, like, a relationship there for sure. But.

But, yeah, so really understanding that our bodies are partnering with us, and it's amazing what the human body can actually go through in order for you to survive. And understanding that we should be friends with our bodies and not. And not enemies.

Not think that there's something that our bodies are doing to help or working against us, maybe is the best way to say it. They're actually trying to work with us.

And so, yeah, so, like, for me, just understanding that, you know, like, my body, even though, like, I mean, it's so easy, I guess I would say in this day and age, you know, we're so surrounded, and so we're like, oh, our bodies aren't great in this way or that way or this way, but it's actually like, oh, my gosh, no. Our bodies carry us through the day. They recreate, cover at night. They do all these things to support, you know, what our. What our deeper purpose is.

So yeah. Does that answer your question?

Yeah, totally. I have so many questions asked you off of that.

I can imagine you as a student when you were getting these certifications that you got and you were studying the body, almost being in awe of discovering how incredible our body is. When you talk about that, can you invite us into a couple things that you just think are mind blowing about our body and how our body works?

Yeah, yeah. So like kind of like I said earlier on with the adaptation machine, so I talked about this quite a few times.

But like one of the things that I think is amazing about our body is our metabolism. And so our metabolism adjusts with how we are eating throughout the day or how we are active throughout the day.

And so our metabolism, like if we start feeding ourselves less, it will adapt to that and start deciding that, okay, I get less. So how do we make the most out of less? And so I think that's amazing. I feel like I could nerd out of this forever.

But like sleep, there is no medication like in the world that is better for you or can do more things for you than sleep. Like you, there's so much recovery involved, there's so much refinement. And even mentally it's so important for us to sleep.

And so I think it's really amazing that we have this ability to kind of regenerate every evening and recover. And then, I mean, this isn't really like my area of expertise.

I don't work with like extreme athletes, but also like the extremes of what your body can go through in order for you to survive. So just crazy athletic, you know, feats like for a long time we thought there was no such thing as a subpar 4 minute mile.

And now there is and many people are achieving it. It's amazing.

Or even if you talk to individuals like Navy Seals or you talk to individuals that have really pushed their bodies for their workplace, it's amazing how far your body can go in order for you to survive and to thrive.

I could listen to you talk about the amazingness of our body all day long. I love that you also bring up the idea of our body being a temple, a place where God dwells. I think that's what you're referring to.

A vessels almost this, this sort of container that God can use in our life and you invite us to be friends with our body. Can you talk a little bit about the like enemy culture that we live in where almost we're invited not to be friends with our body?

What are some of the things that we touch up against, especially as women that almost invite us to, instead of being friends, hate our body.

Oh, okay. So I would say there's like two things that like, are coming to me strongly in this area. One is social media.

I'm sure that this has been discussed, you know, at length, especially with young women. But just like the constant comparison and the fact that on social media we really do see the perfect. Right. We don't see very often like the reality.

And so I think, you know, social media, then before that, you know, you could say it was like magazines or something like that. But for women, we're constantly like, I think, shown a perfect physical example, which I think is detrimental.

And it's also kind of like not the end goal, you know, like, I think our end goal for our body should be healthy aging and again, having something that supports us and our purpose through our life, not necessarily having like the correct measurements. Right. And so I think that that is something that we come up against.

And then, and then also just kind of like the fact of the matter is health and wellness is a huge industry.

And so there's a lot of advertising out there through social media or other ways to teach people that their bodies are not enough and that they can purchase a product or do some sort of 90 day challenge or something like that in order to achieve, you know, this ideal look or this ideal ability and tape typically, like that is, I mean, I think that is detrimental because it's all profit based. Right.

And so I would say those are the big things that I think I run up the most with when it comes to coaching is like, how do we deal with social media in comparison? And then also how do we withstand the amazing sell of a 90 day program?

You're basically telling us that there are people out there making money telling us to hate our bodies. Yeah, I mean, is that kind of what you're saying, like we're up against or we're being duped constantly and not even realizing they're offering it?

Like they're, they're trying to help us, which they might be, but they're also selling this. You shouldn't like your body where it's at and we have the cure for you.

I mean, is that kind of what you're saying that we're up against as far as like enemy culture around our body?

Yeah, I think you said that really, really well. And I think it's like the, the word hate, like it' interesting because it's really like it feels strong when you say that word.

But I also don't think it's incorrect to say that. When I was in high school, they did a survey of young women and they said, would you rather be healthy and overweight or unhealthy and underweight?

And to be honest, I don't remember the exact percentage, but it was overwhelmingly so that the young women would prefer to be underweight and under healthy because that was the standard of the time.

I feel like we live in a culture where there's so much sort of body hatred, body bashing, negative body image issues out there.

And, and I think it'd be interesting to hear, and I know this is a big topic, but just off the top of your head, like some, you know, top three pieces of advice for someone who's struggling with loving their own body, where do invite them to start? Like, what do you invite them to do to start to begin to love their own body?

That's great. So I think the first is really connecting to, like, why does it even matter that you have your body?

You know, like, like, why does it really, like, what is your physical manifestation and, and, and kind of circling back to that, so understanding again that my goal to have like this certain measured waste, or is it is my goal in life to fulfill, you know, some sort of purpose or to take care of my family or to do a good job at my work? And so going back to just exactly why does it matter, you know, like, if we actually have that conversation with ourselves, it's a lot different.

Another thing that I, I like to share a lot is there's this really great speech by David Foster Wal. It's a commencement speech. I'm not sure if you're familiar with him. He wrote a book called the Infinite Jest. It's quite good.

And he talks about that we have. Everyone worships something.

And oftentimes women especially, like in our culture and day and time, we do worship our sexual allure and how we look physically.

And so what he said, which made a huge impact on me, but also something that I love to share, is if you worship those things, like your sexual allure or your, you know, like, hitting this standard, you're going to die a thousand deaths before you're ever put in the grave. Like, that's what he says. And that made a huge impact on me because it's true.

It's like if you like, you know, like I, I have, you know, friends in this space where they're kind of, they're getting the work done, right, so they're getting their lips done or they're getting their eyebrows done or they're getting these things done. And I think it's great to try to present yourself in the best way, but it's also a bit of never ending standard.

Like you're never gonna have, like, once you get your lips done, then you need to get your cheekbones done or, you know, you need to keep changing these different things or Botox or whatever. And it's just like you're the unsatisfaction of that. I feel like he really kind of nailed it. Yeah.

It's interesting because I think you're. You're not speaking to the idea that, that somehow it's wrong to want to feel sexy, but I think you're talking about worship where you.

You're worshiping looking a certain way to the point where it's going to kill you a thousand times before it actually kills you. Like the pursuit, like the pursuit of this thing that you can never reach.

Which really ties in to what we experience in social media because you just constantly are bombarded by. I hear. And I can't remember. I feel like it was like some crazy number, like 10,000 images or something.

You're just bombarded by thousands of images a day telling you what you should look like as a woman. And if you chase that pursuit, you just never feel like you can arrive. I mean, is that kind of what you're. You're saying?

I. Exactly. I think that too. But then also redefining what does it mean to arrive? Like, do we really want like a carved up body to be our arrival?

You know, or is it. Are there deeper purposes, Are there deeper reasons for us to keep, you know, fulfilling our purpose or, you know, like kind of like the.

Those working in duality of. Of resisting that, but then also like putting something in it to fill that blank, you know?

So like, if we, you know, I think maybe Covid did a good job of this for a bit. What, you know, like all of a sudden we were. Weren't interacting a ton in the office place or something like that.

And so when we stopped prepping ourselves all, you know, all morning to get ready for something, like, what did we do instead?

You know, and so if we could have, you know, that experiment done, you know, if you're not focusing so much on your appearance, what else could you be doing?

Dancing on TikTok?

Yeah. Hey, that's exercise. I'm not. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know, I came to you and still am coming to you, and I'll be forthright about that on this podcast at a place in my own life where I had a, a scary moment where I w was in the ER and I felt like God said this, this moment right here is an invitation for you to walk towards health.

And I think sometimes we find ourselves experiencing unhealthy indicators that we could look at as invitations and that that has happened for me and I'm trying to say yes to that invitation.

I'm wondering what are some indicators for a woman that, that you know, we might not be in a healthy place with this body we've been given and maybe there's an invitation there for us.

Yeah, yeah.

So I think this is, could be you know, part of like what the amazingness of our body is because we do tend to have feedback loops and so like extreme fatigue, brain fog, anxiety. Anxiety may be paired with depression.

And then also an interesting feedback loop that we see often is kind of like this extreme dieting and extreme exercising and no weight loss. And so that's like a really clear indicator for your body that something's not right.

Because the idea of calories in and calories out, even though in some ways it's a little, little, you know, you could argue it's a bit primitive in some ways, but it, but there is a lot of truth to it. And so when that's not working, that's a good indicator.

How do you see people getting in the way of their own health?

I like that question. So I would say, yeah, so good question. Not prioritizing it. I think from, from the get go a bit. A bit.

So I like when we're younger we tend to be able to really kind of abuse our bodies and not have any like negative results. So we can, you know, eat a lot of different things. Maybe we shouldn't be eating or not exercising. Burning the candle at both ends.

And so I would say that's the way that like not instilling those habits early on in life, I think that's the way that we get in the way. Another thing more, maybe more specific to women is prioritizing others instead of our own self care.

And so we have a hard time thinking that kind of, oh my gosh, this analogy is so worn out. But it's true. It's like the idea of a plane's going down.

You put your air mask on first before you help the person next to you because if you're not breathing, you're not really going to be that much help.

And so I think with women we really focus kind of in maybe a caretaker role or a caretaker and work role and we Start to really prioritize and connect there and not necessarily with this idea that our bodies really are kind of the foundation towards our success.

And so maybe we could go with prioritization of health, but also kind of lack of understanding that we will get a negative feedback loop eventually if we're, I, I'm gonna use the word abusive to our bodies. I feel like that's really strong. I think maybe not caring for them in the way, the best way we could.

You know, I feel like you just read my chart to everybody listening, so that was awesome. But I bet though listening also feel like you just read their chart.

I mean, I think most women can just resonate with not prioritizing, you know, habits that got out of whack. The entire idea of like prioritizing other people above you is just, just for some reason that feels like the experience for so many women.

I think knowing that a lot of us can resonate and go, yep, yep, yep, that's true. Those are the things that get in the way of my health.

My question that I want to ask you is why is it so hard to not just recognize you need to move out of those places towards health, but actually do the things you know you ought to do? Because that seems like the hardest thing sometimes people know, man, I keep caring for everyone else and not myself.

They might know it, but how do they move out of that place and see actual real life transformation?

So I love that you asked this question because this is really kind of the core of health coaching is like I can coach somebody for six months and not really give them a good idea, their idea because I just support them in getting there. So answering your question. So I think there's a few pieces. One is a pattern. We have a pattern that we've established of not caring for our bodies.

And so how do we break that pattern? And that's really hard. And so I see this a lot with like sleep hygiene or something like that.

Like we can go so long with only having like six hours of sleep and then we, and then how do we figure out how to get back to that? And so when you're talking about this question about, okay, we know what we're supposed to do, but how do we actually do it?

And there's some core truths there and then there are some things that are different for everyone.

And it's almost as if, like, if we could wholly answer that question, why would we have self care books or self help books anymore if that makes, does that make sense? And so I would say the Core things are not having support, I would say. And so family support's a really big deal.

It could be someone like me, supportive, a coach, someone that helps you really create the steps. And I, I think so that's an answer to, that's kind of a core answer is what kind of support do I have? Because we can't do this alone.

And then another thing is making things bite size. There's a really good book. I encourage everyone to read it. It's called Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg. And he talks about just like this teeny, step by step.

And so, so you could go to a coaching situation or you could go to any kind of situation where you're looking to see, to become more like someone else.

Someone else who seems to have their diet in order to have exercise in order and all these things in order and you could walk away with like 10 great ideas. But that's extremely overwhelming. So how do you break it down into a bite size piece that you can actually do? And sometimes that is really small.

I believe I've shared this with you before, but sometimes when I'm working with someone on movement and proper exercise, it may start with literally walking out to your mailbox and walking back inside, you know, and so like, it sounds not like a big like mover and shaker, but it truly is because you're developing the habit and you're making it bite sized. And so I would say like, those two things tend to be effective for most people.

And, and, but you have to understand that there are some differences among this. So some people, it might be, you know, just kind of brute force.

And some people has to be like this, you know, deeper connection and exactly like with the knowledge that I have, how do I get it done?

Rebecca, what would you say are some of the mindsets that get in the way of women making healthy choices?

Some of the mindsets. So I, I think one is that is like the all or nothing. And so this idea of I, I have to be able to do it all or I can't do any of it.

So you'll see that a lot with individuals who have like the, you know, a whole intention for eating.

And then early on in the day they may say donuts were brought to work or something and they'll have a donut and then decide, well, this day is done, you know, and so like this all or nothing, you know, and then I would say another one is I, like, I, I want to say again a bit of like a, a denial towards what they need and More of orientation towards what others need, if that makes sense. As long as like in, in if that, if you can define that as a mindset.

And so instead of doing the things on working on myself, I'm going to focus on helping others and feeling accomplished, which that is an accomplishment, but feeling accomplished in that area and kind of like denying what your body is saying it needs.

Yeah, those are, I think, think so. I mean, I'm resonating with those. I still keep feeling like you're reading off my chart.

What are some of your driving beliefs around helping people set goals? I mean, how. What do you teach to help people go, okay, hey, I am not in a healthy place. I want to be in a healthy place. Here are my goals.

What are some things you teach about kind of breaking those patterns, setting new habits, setting goals.

So I mainly keeping things bite sized and doable. And the reason I bring this up kind of again is it creates momentum and so really creating habits that are small and that can grow over time.

And also when in coaching we have like this ruler that we use. And so you ask someone, okay, what's the habit? And let's say I want to walk three days a week.

And then you say like, on a scale of 1 to 10, one being like, I don't really think this is going to happen in 10, being like, there's no way something's going to get in my way. Where are you?

And so someone can place themselves there and if they're really below a seven, I mean, and you'll kind of navigate that, but you don't really want to set a habit that you have less than a 7 like inclination that you are going to accomplish it. And so with that you're going to have a. Have thought through, why am I at a 7?

And so you'll have like that as kind of a, an armor or a defense as you decide to walk, you know, during the week. And yeah, and so I would say like keeping things small and then, and also planning and preparing.

That's a huge thing that we work on like as health coaches because we often just get swept away by things in our life, lives and the more we can plan and prep for that, the better.

One of the most interesting things you've said to me in the recent past is the genius is in you. And I'm wondering if you can explain what you mean by that to people listening.

So that actually goes back to what we talked about a little bit earlier, but with like the, the not necessarily educating someone when you're coaching but helping them with their intrinsic motivation. And so this will happen often. So I'll have someone say, like, I just have no idea what to do.

And then you ask the question, well, if you had to say one thing that would make your health better, what would it be? And usually that question is a bit of like this magic wand, like if you could wave one magic wand and one thing you could get done, what would it be?

And the first thing that comes to them is usually the, the most impactful thing that will, that they can work on in the moment and also seems to move the dial the most. And so, yeah, yeah, so I would say just the genius in the person is far better than any education or advice that I can give them.

But just eliciting that. And so, you know, you may go more into like, why is this important?

Has it worked in the past, something like that, and really dive into what they bring up. But the more you can support them in doing that, the better.

And so this will happen a lot with individuals extreme overweight, like bariatric or something where science would tell us the first thing you would work on is exercise or I'm sorry, the first thing you would work on is nutrition. Because you can make a lot more change in nutrition than you can with exercise.

But if I'm working with an individual and I ask them that magic wand question, like, what could you do? And they say, say I need to start walking and I'll start walking like 15 minutes every day.

If I support them in that goal, they're going to create more momentum, but they also will tend to move that goal into other parts of their lives. So they'll start walking, I'm sorry, 15 minutes a day.

But then be like, I did just walk 15 minutes, I think I'm going to eat a healthier lunch or I just watch 15 minutes. I don't want to go backwards having put that effort in. And so it will like bleed into the nutrition.

And so instead of me just coming out and saying, let's do nutrition, it's like, great, walking is a good idea, let's go with that. Let me support you. And then you'll see everything just kind of bloom from there.

It's so interesting because it seems like you're really tapping into the individual and what works for them, what motivates them, what inspires them, what messes with their mind. And they have to really get to this self aware place of knowing all those things about themselves that they might not really realize yet.

And that's so key to what you said earlier about sometimes we can't do these things on our own.

And so stepping into any kind of health, whether it's in our physical body or emotional mental health, having other people sort of probe the deeper parts of who we are to invite those out so we can better understand who we are and what we need is so key to walking towards health and healing, right?

Absolutely. Yeah.

And I think it's interesting because sometimes we may box, you know, like health and wellness and to something else, but I don't think that these strategies are actually that novel. Like, they seem to. To work in other parts of our lives. You know, like, we're drawn to jobs that we are good at.

Right.

Or we're drawn to. To see, like, things that we can do. Right. And so I, um. Yeah, I.

It's like, as much as we can bring even like the wisdom of other areas in our lives into our health and wellness, it seems to be most beneficial.

You brought up earlier sort of breaking habits from when we were younger. And I know a lot of your work with people is processing maybe even how health was modeled to them when they were younger or how they've picked up.

I mean, you, you mentioned for women, self care is kind of at the bottom of the list after, like, taking care of everyone else. And so there's a lot of work it feels like you do with people where they're sort of recognizing that health wasn't modeled to them.

And I'm kind of curious as someone who's pregnant. Pregnant with. With their first kiddo here.

When you think about being a mom and modeling health and the power that modeling health has on a person, what are you hoping to model when you become a mom that you hope your kid takes into their adult life?

Yeah. Yeah. So. Oh, my gosh. What a good question. What a good question. So I would say the first be recognizing again that our health is.

Is really kind of like the base and the foundation to us thriving and having purpose and those kinds of things. And so I know I said that earlier, but I hope to share that with her. You know, she's a girl to the best of my ability.

And then, you know, it's interesting because so like, we. We deal with like, this idea of imposter syndrome a lot.

Right.

And so, like, I'm a health coach, so you think I do everything perfectly, but I don't, you know that.

And so I think that it's kind of like this space of, of trying to, to do your best, but also not just going straight for perfection and so what's coming to my mind, like, honestly, like, right now the most is like eating D. And so we know that eating dinner in a community setting, looking at your food, enjoying it, understanding where it comes from, being grateful for it, leads to really good outcomes. When we eat that meal, it's actually really good for us. We're more full, we are more satiated, blah, blah, blah.

But I've noticed that without having a kiddo right now at home. And my husband, he's a fireman, so he's gone. Sometimes I'll just pop in front of the TV and eat dinner, you know.

So what I'm saying with that is, like, this idea that I can do many, many things, but I'm going to focus on, like, that where I went wrong. And trying our hardest not to focus on that and not to think that we're an imposter, that we're actually doing these really positive things.

So, yeah, those are. I think those are the big things to model. I. And it's just like, again, like, this comes up a lot, but.

And I kind of said this earlier, but it's like a healthy lifesty style is a practice. It's not a perfection.

And so, like, I had a yoga instructor once, I adore, and he said anytime people were, you know, falling or something in a pose, he's like, it's yoga practice, not yoga perfection.

And so I think just doing your best, knowing that you're not an imposter and not striving only for perfection and thinking that if you don't reach that, that it's not like all your other efforts are for no reason.

Hmm.

Well, I am so excited for you to be a mom and model health to your daughter, but you're also inviting all of us into health, and I'm so grateful for that. And I know I could ask you questions all day, but we'll have to do this again.

But in the meantime, people might want to connect with you and the health coaching and important work you're doing. How can they do that?

The best way to connect with me is through my website, which is pivot.health.net I do have an Instagram. You will find, if you follow me, that my farm life tends to be on their most. So again, I would recommend going through my website.

And then I also have Pivot Point health, Facebook and LinkedIn. And so those are the best ways to connect with me.

But again, just kind of hopping on my website, reading about me, seeing what I offer, and then I have this section, like, if there isn't something that you're seeing here that you think is going to help you hit me up anyway, because I probably can get you connected with someone who can. And so that's a huge part of my practice too, is how best do I serve someone? Maybe it's not me, maybe it's someone else.

Or maybe there's a different resource. But I love to connect people with other resources too.

Thank you so much, Rebecca, for sharing with us today.

You're welcome. Thank you so much for having me. It's been awesome.

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