Barberry Health Center

07/30/2025

CHIROPRACTIC UPDATE! While a couple of legal items are taking a bit longer than expected, we’re still waiting on an official opening date. That said—our chiropractic room is ready, and we can’t wait to welcome you soon!😍

07/30/2025

WOD: WorkOut of the Day! Yesterday, most of my clients received a version of this workout. ☺️

They are all considered COMPOUND EXERCISES, which engage multiple muscle groups at the same time. The benefits of doing this? Check this out!

📌 Increased strength & muscle growth
📌 Improved efficiency
📌 Enhanced functional fitness
📌 Boosts coordination & mobility
📌 Reduces risk of injury
📌 Improves balance
📌 Encourages confidence!

That’s right. Super smart. 🧠👏🏻

You may not understand what all of these are, but just know that performing compound exercises are extremely beneficial! Do some today! 👊🏻

07/30/2025

She was “sick and tired of being sick and tired”. Making changes at 70 is hard, but so worth it! 👏🏻

Be inspired. Follow her journey.

At 78 years old, Joan MacDonald is living proof that it’s never too late to reclaim your health—and your life.

07/29/2025

GLP-1 USERS! LISTEN UP! 😲 This one is for you... Now that you are getting help with suppressing your appetite, now's the time to focus on making sure your body is metabolically and nutritionally set up for success!

You are being given a gift to help you in your weight loss journey. But, don't get complacent. With a suppressed appetite, now is the perfect time to focus on what your body needs to heal and to naturally give yourself a metabolic boost!

There are many things you should be doing during this time to set your future up for success and to not have to rely on the drug down the line.

You should be focusing on the following:

✅A diet that supports your metabolic health.
✅Nutrition overload to heal your body.
✅Gut health to ensure your body is working properly.
✅Building muscle to burn more calories naturally.
✅Staying hydrated.
✅Stress management.
✅Getting quality sleep.

In the upcoming months, I'll be offering a GLP-1 group program where we will focus on doing everything we can to get the most out of your time on the meds and how to get you off of them while maintaining a healthy weight. It can be done!

If you don't want to wait for the group program, contact me about an individual 3 month program to get you on track! Or let me know if you'd like to be contacted when the group program is ready.... (Shoot me a DM with your email.)

It's your time to take control of your body.👊

07/28/2025

READY FOR JOY’S GYM!? 😉 Now’s the time to get started!

Try something new, find your motivation, and start working towards your health goals. 👊🏻

Why Joy? All trainers are different. It’s important to find the right trainer for you! I am a Holistic Fitness & Nutrition Trainer that specializes in:

- lifestyle training
- overall health & wellness fitness
- holistic nutrition
- weight loss programs (the right way)
- menopause fitness & nutrition
- senior fitness & nutrition
- women’s hormone fitness

If you are ready for me, here are some options that I’ll have available in August.

- Personal Training LIMITED! (Wednesday 7:30-8am and 8-8:45am)
- Small Group Training - join 3-5 other women! (T/Th 7-7:30am, T/Th 8-8:45am, W 7-7:30)
- Lunch Classes - small groups (class schedule coming out soon!) includes circuit, boxing, yoga, strength, functional fiction
- Personalized Nutrition Programs (in-person or virtual!)
- At Home Personal Training via App

Contact me if you’d like a FREE consult to find out what program is right for you! 😊

07/26/2025

PICTURE YOURSELF AS A 90 YEAR OLD. What does that image look like? 😳

What would you need to do now to make that image a reality?

Continue to ask yourself that question to stay motivated. 🚶🏼

Find a picture of a 90 year old that shows how you want to be living when you are that age….Put it on your refrigerator for a constant reminder, and work for it.

You have to work for it.

Diet.
Movement.
Muscle.
Balance.
Flexibility.
Happiness.
Peacefulness.
Independence.
Brain health.

Get to work. 👊🏻

07/24/2025

CHILDHOOD. All of my childhood punishments have become my adult goals: ✅

Eating vegetables 🥗
Staying home 🏠
Taking a nap
Going to bed early 🛌
Reading a book 📕

Where did the years go!? 😉

07/23/2025

BRUNCH. Easy, full of protein, and nutritious! My kefir bowl is the perfect blend….😋

- 1 C kefir (unflavored)
- 1 C mixed frozen berries (warmed)🍓🫐
- 1/4 C mixed nuts/seeds 🌰🌻🎃
- 1/2 scoop plant-based protein powder

Why kefir and not Greek yogurt?

Kefir typically has more probiotic diversity and potentially greater digestive health benefits.

Give it a try but just like yogurts, stay away from the added flavors and sugars.

This bowl has approximately 22 grams of protein 👏🏻 and lots of plant variety. 🌱

07/21/2025

VEGETABLE BOWL kinda day. 🥗 Coming off of an unhealthy weekend, it’s always nice to start the week with a plant-based meal.

These are the plants (and a little feta cheese) that I had in my house tonight.

Most of the time, these vegetable bowls are never the same. But the flavors always come together.

PLUS, this bowl had over 25 grams of protein! Add in all the vitamins, minerals, fiber, and phytonutrients from the plants 🪴 and it’s a POWERHOUSE MEAL!

Here’s what I had in it tonight:
- chickpeas
- roasted Brussels sprouts
- stir fried mushrooms & asparagus
- mixed quinoa & lentils
- raw spinach
- pine nuts
- pickled onions 🧅
- and the feta cheese 😋

For the dressing, I just did balsamic vinegar. (I usually like to do a honey mustard dressing, but was too lazy to make it!) 😉

What did you eat tonight? Give us some recipe ideas! 💡

07/21/2025

WOMEN OVER 40! LISTEN UP!!! We all get to the point where we are in denial about approaching menopause, but let me tell you the bad news.... The average age of a woman hitting peri-menopause (the stage before menopause where we will see the most significant symptoms) is 36 years old!😳

So, stop being in denial. If strange things are happening to your body, your mind, your weight, your mood, your sleep, your body temperature, your teeth, your muscles, your va**na, your hair, your everything.... Well, odds are you are in peri-menopause.

What should you do? Educate yourself. 📚

Let me help. Here is your first lesson.✅

METABOLIC HEALTH. This is referring to how well your body manages and utilizes energy from the food you consume, encompassing factors like blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, and waist circumference. So, super important right?!

How do you maintain metabolic health? #1 thing you can do is GAIN MUSCLE. 🏋️

As we age, we lose muscle mass very quickly! And without muscle mass we lose our mobility, start to gain fat, disease risk goes up, and so much more that our quality of life is inevitably going to fall.

Start gaining muscle today! If you are in your 40's or older, this should be a top priority! No excuses. FIGHT LIKE HELL to get muscle and maintain it for as long as possible! 👊

You are worth it.😍

07/18/2025

Our best local cancer expert! Proud to call her my friend. 👏🏻🥰

07/15/2025

WE ARE OPEN! ✅ Barberry Health Center is now open at 118 W College Dr in Marshall!

Take a peak inside the new gym! 😳🥊

(And for those of you keeping track of me, I got everything done yesterday except for my office. I averaged 24,000 steps each day for the last 4 days, worked 12 hour days, and averaged 5 1/2 hours of sleep each night. 😴 I’m exhausted but excited to have it up and running! )

We are not moving again! 🫤😂