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Jill Phoenix Wellness, Asheville, NC (2025)

09/13/2023

I can’t hold back my excitement and I just have to share!

One thing you may not know about me is that I am thirsty for knowledge, and I love to keep learning more and more about the body. 🧍‍♀️

I am super excited that yesterday was officially my first day of another one year coaching program with the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy.

I couldn’t be more excited that I get to dive deeper into learning more about the body and how to help more people on their wellness journeys.

I have wanted to take this program for many years, as Functional Medicine helped heal me on my own health journey.

I am overwhelmed with gratitude at the opportunity to be able to take this training and to further my education in order to be able to help more people improve their health and lifestyles.

Rest assured, as I go down this path I’ll be happy to share more and more on this platform on how to work with your own body, and how to improve your health as a whole 🌸

Here’s to another year of education! Let’s GOOOOOO!💫

09/12/2023

HUGE CLIENT WIN!!🔥🎉👏🥳

I got this text from my client Jessica yesterday and it BLEW me away!

This amazing woman has had such a mindset shift in the last 8 weeks since we started working together.

When we had our first session Jessica told me she was dreading buying smaller clothes because she didn’t trust that this would work and be sustainable.

She had been wearing very baggy clothes to work and many of her coworkers were encouraging her to buy clothes that fit.

She resisted because she didn’t trust that she would lose this weight.

Her goal was to lose 15 to 20 pounds in the 12 weeks that we would be working together.

She’s already lost 11.5 lbs just two months in. She’s prepared to keep going and continue improving her health.

I couldn’t be more proud of the work that she has done and how she has applied what she has learned in my program to her daily life.

She shared with me on the phone yesterday that her husband has also lost weight due to the changes in her food prep. That’s pretty amazing as he began a career as a long haul truck driver just a few months ago. Definitely the opposite of what usually happens with truck drivers!

I love that not only is she changing her own health, but her husband is making the changes as well. Of course, she does food prep for him so he is not subjected to road food as I like to call it.

Maybe the most important part of this conversation is that she is gaining confidence galore.

Absolutely warms my heart on so many levels to see someone take control of their health and have it improve so drastically that she learns how to trust her body once again.

Also, update! She went back to the store with the jumpsuit and the owner of the store convinced her to get it and gave her a 50% discount because of how beautiful she looked in it!
How often does that happen?

Keep going Jessica I’m so proud of you and happy to be a witness on your journey!💜

11/21/2022

Waking up on this cold morning with a childlike excitement I have not felt in a few years now. The last few years have been damn hard, friends. For all of us, I know. For me, whew it’s been a doozy. We all lost some thing, parts of ourselves, time we can’t get back, experiences we missed out on. I personally lost a lot of friends and community. I lost years of building my classes, volunteering with people in recovery who really needed support and connection, years of my own learning from other teachers. Sure the Internet helped, I continue to study in practice. But I’ve been missing other people, connection and community. Hearing live conversations around me, the energy that People share during a practice together. I missed hugs! Oh my gosh, hugs! That itself brings so much to the surface.

Well after almost 3 years, tonight I step back on the mat in this amazing studio, Black Mountain Yoga. I would be honored if you came and practiced with me this evening from 6:45 to 8 o’clock for a Gentle Flow and Yin class. And maybe a hug or ten!😘

You can sign up at www.blackmountainyoga.com or just show up!

07/18/2022

Just came out of the woods after celebrating my 45th revolution around the sun last Thursday. I was lucky to carve out four days off of all responsibilities to rest, rejuvenate, smile, laugh, play, paddle board, swim, hike, have fun, share with my best friends- my amazing dog Luna and my dear friend Kevin (Lunas dad. Luna must’ve thought it was her birthday too-camping with her human parents is always a great time!)
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Entering my mid forties has been full of realizations and a lot of processing. I have spent a large portion of my life healing from physical ailments that have ran a huge part of my life. Every time I felt better, a new issue would appear. Years of unnecessary antibiotics and garbage food I was fed at early ages, followed by decades of stress and PTSD from early childhood traumas and from my ex-husband, not to mention years of unhappy work environments-full of toxic chemicals and people, the toll literally trashed my GI system to the point of extreme leaky gut and malnourishment and a hellacious Candida overgrowth that has been a real nightmare to treat. I’m on the upside though after having an amazing team on my side guiding me through treatment and a rebuilding of my micro biome. (Even health coaches need guidance sometimes!)
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I’m on the upswing though! I’ve made peace with my childhood past and forgave my parents-(even recently saw my father for the first time in 20 years!), letting go of “friends” I did all the work to stay connected to, rebuilding my friend circles with people who share the load of making plans and connections, restructured my professional life to remove working with other people-this was huge!, created a life full of rest and as little stress as possible (during the most stressful two years of a pandemic no less!!), implemented a regular strength training regimen, and enjoying nourishment from small, organic farms near me.
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Health and Wellness comes in many different shapes and forms. It’s not all about how you appear on the outside. The inside is so much more important. I may be in the best shape I’ve ever been in physically in my 45 years, but more importantly, I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been in on the inside too💜

07/09/2022

One of my favorite Ram Dass quotes that has always stuck with me: If I go into the place in myself that is love, and you go into the place in yourself that is love, we are together in love. Then you and I are truly in love, the state of being love. That's the entrance to Oneness.
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So grateful to have this earth angel to walk with me on this path.

05/20/2021

Ladies, when your man sends you an article about Common Signs of Hormonal Imbalances, what would you expect your first reaction to be?

“WTF? Just wait until I get my hands on him! Is he trying to say I’m crazy?!”

That more than likely would have been my initial thought, but in this case, it just means my sweet guy has been LISTENING to me! I’m being heard and validated that menopause is FOR REAL!

Kevin has listened to podcasts and read articles I’ve sent him so that he can also understand what is happening to me. He doesn’t complain that the bedroom is 64° at night and that I’ll rip the covers off in the middle of the night during a hot flash. Add to it the anxiety that accompanies the hot flash! He has gotten up with me and supported me in the times of having a near panic attack at 2 AM. For no other reasons, then the drop in hormones as I round the corner towards menopause. Fun, right?!

It is up to us to educate our men so that they know how to support us during all of the wonderful changes these magical little temples go through during our life cycle. You can’t blame them. They aren’t in the same body. They may act like they don’t want to know, but you might be surprised how receptive they are.

Anyone out there hot flashing with the summer approaching? 😳🤦🏼‍♀️
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04/30/2021

Today has been such an affirmation of why I became a Yoga Instructor and more recently, an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach.

Today I got to present an online Stress Management and Self-Care workshop to an amazing group of people here in North Carolina. Each year, full and part-time AmeriCorps members help increase the capacity of local nonprofits and school partners by providing a year of service to support the community and more than 1,000 at-risk youth in Buncombe County.

It is so incredibly easy to put other people, especially children and their needs in front of our own. These AmeriCorps members have spent a very difficult year providing service during the pandemic in various ways in the community. Today I got to teach them about the importance of self-care and how to manage stress in a healthy way. A reminder to put the oxygen mask on themselves first, in order to care for the person next to them.

Today to end our workshop, I shared one of my favorite stress relievers: Shaking. Yep, shaking. Literally starting with the feet, one at a time. Then the legs and then shaking the hips and then shaking the arms and the hands. And then finally letting the whole body go including jumping up and down and fluttering the lips. You really can’t screw it up or do it wrong. And it feels so good!

What’s your favorite self care or stress relieving go to?

04/27/2021

That’s right! Get outta my way! (Speaking to myself here.) I have spent the last year experiencing some serious imposter syndrome.

I’ve literally spent over half of my life studying nutrition, specifically to heal my gut from all of the damage/stress it’s gone through my whole life. As a survivor of adverse childhood experiences or ACE, and the lack of nutrition throughout my younger life due to disordered eating behavior-oh! add in multiples of rounds of antibiotics, you can imagine the state of my gut health.

Advocating for myself and healing have been a major focus for me for my adult life. Numerous doctors looked at me as if I had four heads when I would come to them with a belly so large it looked as if I was ready to give birth. And they’d have no answers.

So, I found the answers myself. I pressed on and pressed on until I was able to find the answers I needed and bring healing and balance back to my life. I found the right people who listened and took me seriously and helped me get better.

And now that’s what I’m here to do with other women. So why the imposter syndrome? Well self-doubt and a little voice that has been telling me I don’t know enough has been pretty loud lately🙅‍♀️

The universe must be listening because in response to those little pesky voices, I am being gifted with AMAZING women who have found me to work with me. 💜

I know I don’t know everything and I would never tell anyone that I do. All I can do is my best and advocate for people and help them find the answers for themselves.

Have you noticed that you tend to get in your own way? 😳 I would love to hear in the comments below how you have gotten in your own way and how you got through it and powered on!

04/23/2021

Well that would have been nice all these years, huh? Why aren’t we really given a sign like this in reality? This could have saved me a lot of time!
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I am SO excited to announce that I am officially up and running as an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach! I have been waiting forever to formally announce this because I am an overachiever and perfectionist and “wanted everything to be right first”. Well, I’ll be dammed if it’s been a year and I’m STILL getting it altogether🙅‍♀️

So, I said that’s it. I’m ready! I have been phasing out of hair over the years and if you know me in real life, you know health and wellness and healing the body is pretty much my whole world and passion in life! I’m so thrilled to be able to find a path that feels so deeply rooted in me and I’m so grateful for the women who already trust me enough to work with me as I quietly started to put myself out there.
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So, once again I’m reinventing myself and re-emerging from this last hard ass year of self discovery and putting myself out in this world as a newer evolution of me.
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I help women cultivate a healthy relationship with food, mind, body, and spirit by working together to create a holistic action plan uniquely designed for them.
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SO much more to come! I can’t wait to truly walk this path and to help other women improve their relationship with food and themselves💜
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Link in my bio for my website!

04/22/2021

Big love to Pachamama today🌎Of course every day is Earth Day! Go outside -pollen be damned!- but fill those precious lungs with a big breath; take your shoes off and feel the sweet, cool grass in your toes; stick those toes or the ones on your hands 😬 in the dirt; hug a tree. Take a moment to really take it all in. We are so lucky to be alive, even amongst the chaos around us.
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03/13/2021

Our Luna is one! This little sweetheart has brought so much love into our lives. Not a day has gone by without a ton of laughs, hugs, belly rubs and puppy snuggles. She is so smart and such an easy girl. Living the good life!
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02/22/2021

Today kicks off National Eating Disorder Awareness week. I identify as a person in recovery from disordered eating behaviors and feel so much gratitude for the awareness being brought to this this week. Overcoming challenges with body image and shame and all of the stories that we have either written for ourselves or that were written for us by our caregivers and peers, are not the easiest to shed and transform from. I am living proof that if you fight like hell, recovery is possible. I see you and am here for you if you need. Sending you love.
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Link in my bio to listen to a recent podcast where I talk about my recovery journey!
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02/18/2019

We are so excited to be on the most important podcast this evening,NCRaw, with our friend Stephen Steen. NCRaw covers recovery of all forms and is doing such good work for the community. We will be on at 7 PM ET, And you can watch on Facebook at NC RAW podcast. Recovery is for all!

02/06/2019

Namaste Friends! Today is a special anniversary for me. Two years ago on an airplane from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles I made the descion to never drink alcohol again. I had already been weaning myself off while on a spiritual adventure through Nepal, India, and Bali for the month prior to this descion. I was never a "big drinker", but in the previous year after experiencing a divorce and great loss after losing my sweet dog, Love, who was my child, I decided to "experiment" with drinking. I had been married to an alcoholic so I never really drank in the 10 years we were together, as my way of setting an "example". Well, after being so desperate for a way out of that toxic marriage and experiencing great loss and grief of my sweet baby, I started to have some drinks every now and then. At the same time, I got back on my mat and dove straight back into my practice, and even started my 200 hour Teacher Training. The two seemed like a terrible pairing. In fact, I remember going to a class once after having margaritas with a friend. WTH? Bad descion. As I went down the road of drinking, I realized how much I was using it: to sleep; to numb out my anxiousness of being truly alone for the first time in decades; to fill space when I didn't know what else to do with myself; to be social. You get the point. Well, two years ago today I made the descion that it was time to break up with alcohol. To make the descion to truly live the life of a Yogi. Clean eating, no alcohol, and walking and speaking my truth. I am lucky. I am not an addict. I don't have cravings. I never think about having a drink. But, I am in a beautiful relationship with a recovering alcoholic who made the descion to become sober a week before I did, while I was in India. To not drink is an easy descion when I know its not only my life that it affects. I know I could drink socially and he would be ok. But, to know that not only am I honoring the commitment to myself, but I am also supporting him and honoring the commitment he made to himself, makes it an even more right descion. So to celebrate, I am on day 2 of a green juice cleanse! Feeling better about my drink of choice today!❤️

02/01/2019

I am more than excited to share the news that I will start teaching Kundalini Yoga at Long Time Sun In Fairview starting next Friday at 10 am. This sweet and special studio is a warm and cozy space that I have been practicing at for many months now, and I am honored to become a part of the family. I will be teaching a class that will be accessible for all shapes, sizes, and levels of practitioners and I encourage anyone who is curious about trying Kundalini to come give it a shot. This is a very powerful practice that has made such huge shifts for me in just a year. I would love to have you come experience a class with me!

01/27/2019

Self care Sunday! Workshop is tomorrow from 1:30-3:30. Come take care of YOU!

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