Amani Life Coaching

Amani Life Coaching Health and wellness coaching focusing on women, children and teens with specializations in autism, s

02/27/2026

The struggle is real. 😁😎🤣

02/11/2026

This has been my “Word of the Week” with all of my clients. I heard this word for the first time on a podcast a couple weeks ago, and then I heard it again in a yoga class a few days later. I googled the definition after that class and I’ve been using it in my vocabulary. The thing that makes this word so useful is that it encourages people to find that calm and resilience, even when they are surrounded by chaos. Even when they are having a bad day. Even when they’re in pain or feeling immense pressure, or grief. It’s a lot easier to feel peace and calm when you’re on the beach drinking a margarita then when you are being slammed at work and stressed at home. But this is when equanimity is all that much more vital. 💪🏻☮️

What do you think? Did AI get it right? 🤣
02/03/2026

What do you think? Did AI get it right? 🤣

02/01/2026

I’m at the beach!!!! 😎❄️🤣🥶

Nothing like roasted veggies on a cold winter day! They say to eat all the colors of the rainbow…. I’ve already had some...
01/31/2026

Nothing like roasted veggies on a cold winter day! They say to eat all the colors of the rainbow…. I’ve already had some blueberries and some lettuce today, so I think I am all set! 🌈

One of the reasons I get to the gym at 6am. I don’t let life (or frigid weather) talk me out of it!
01/20/2026

One of the reasons I get to the gym at 6am. I don’t let life (or frigid weather) talk me out of it!

Kind of got used to him being home for a month…. So proud of you, Josh 💪🏻🎶💕
01/12/2026

Kind of got used to him being home for a month…. So proud of you, Josh 💪🏻🎶💕

The administration just released these new food guidelines. The new food pyramid focuses on protein, vegetables and frui...
01/07/2026

The administration just released these new food guidelines. The new food pyramid focuses on protein, vegetables and fruits, and healthy fats with grains and starches much lower in prevalence. I am so excited to see this! As chronic health conditions have reached epic proportions in our country, it’s about time that science has caught up to making the necessary changes to the dietary recommendations that will hopefully alleviate a lot of the chronic health conditions and metabolic dysfunction our society has been facing. What do you think about the new pyramid??

Totally not health and wellness related…. But… aren’t they cute? This is Tiger and Snowflake. Well, I guess they are wel...
01/07/2026

Totally not health and wellness related…. But… aren’t they cute? This is Tiger and Snowflake. Well, I guess they are wellness- related in the sense of increasing serotonin and oxytocin when they are cuddling with me on the couch or in bed! Both boys are 14 years old and as sweet as can be, with entirely different temperaments and personalities. 😹 😻

Wow! That was fun! What a way to start the day 💪🏻 I just did the 6am MB360 class at Lifetime which is a combination medi...
01/05/2026

Wow! That was fun! What a way to start the day 💪🏻 I just did the 6am MB360 class at Lifetime which is a combination meditation-yoga-strength training class using 4-pound ankle weights and a 30-pound weighted vest. Today was “total body sculpt”- holding poses with the added weight for time under tension. Holy cow. I’m gonna be feeling it tomorrow! Such fun! 😅

01/04/2026

You may be wondering what these animals have to do with health and wellness coaching. Well. These animals are some of the animals I care for every week as a volunteer at a local farm. I feed them, clean their stalls and pastures, groom them, and whatever other farm chores there are for me to do that day. I’ve been at Maybury for four years and I love it. Why do I VOLUNTEER to clean horse and cow p**p? Because for the few hours I am doing this kind of heavy, dirty, smelly work, I am not checking my phone. (Ok, I am frequently taking pictures but otherwise not looking at it). I am not thinking about anything at home or at work that had been previously causing me stress. None of the animals are telling me their problems. None of the other people care what I look like (or how badly I smell!🤣). It is an excuse to be PRESENT. To be MINDFUL. To be in the MOMENT. To be getting and giving lots of oxytocin (especially from the goat hugs!). To be getting lots of serotonin and dopamine hits from accomplishing chores. To be doing hard and heavy work outside- 90 degrees and humid or 9 degrees and frigid- the animals still need care. To have a sense of belonging and community with other animal lovers. I could go on and on about all the benefits. This is why I volunteer. And no, I would never want to work here. I want to do this because I WANT to , not because I HAVE to. Volunteering is SUCH a good antipode for depression, too. I have recommending volunteering to so many clients. If you are looking for something to do, if you are bored or feeling stuck or if you want to just try something new, find a place to invest some time in. And yes, I know. We are all busy. We don’t have time. Yada yada. I don’t HAVE the time either. I MAKE the time because playing with the animals makes me happy. How about you??

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Why the flip-flops?

I love flip-flops. To me, they represent being done with work. I have one trusty pair of well-worm flip-flops that have been with me to Florida, California, Kenya, and India. At home, they accompany me to the backyard hot tub at the end of the long day, or to the patio on a warm summer night with a glass of wine. To me, flip-flops signal relaxation. In the midst of every day chaos and crisis, flip-flops are the calm in the storm.

I have been a practicing master level social worker for over 25 years. I am also a certified case manager and a life coach. In addition, I am a certified personal trainer with specializations in Fitness Nutrition and Weight Loss. I am also most recently, a certified Integrative Nutrition Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. I have worked with many types of people over the years, in many settings, anywhere from counseling teenagers in a psychiatric hospital to helping inmates find jobs when they get out of jail. I’ve worked with individuals on the brink of su***de, homeless men and women trying to survive the winter on the streets, to families of children with autism, trying to help find services for their child. I’ve been an advocate for autism insurance legislation and worked in the healthcare industry for many years. In addition, I am an avid gym enthusiast and slightly obsessed with healthy eating. In over 25 years, amongst all of the different people I have worked with and counseled, the one thing that is common to all of them, is an inordinate amount of stress.

I have seen the detrimental effects of stress on people. I have felt it myself and still do feel it from time to time! The difference being that today, I have worked really hard to identify the things I can do to alleviate my stress, whether it is by changing the stressor itself, or changing my attitude about the stressor. When I was going through one of my most stressful periods of time- I had an autistic child, my marriage was falling apart, my job was too demanding, my mother was very ill, my financial situation was dire- I dealt with my stress by over-working, over-drinking, over-eating, over-spending, and under-sleeping. I was giving and doing 100% for other people, and had no energy left for myself, for my marriage, my family, for my health or for my happiness. I was miserable. After I hit rock bottom when I got a divorce, filed for bankruptcy and quit a couple of jobs, I decided enough was enough. I worked really hard to not only understand how I got myself into the mess I was in, but how to get out of it and make a better life for myself and my kids.