About me:

I am Donna (PGCert, MSc, BSc, Cert. L.C. Wellbeing) Personal Trainer, Wellness Coach, Healthcare Professional and working Mother of three children. I believe in empowering individuals to have a positive mindset around their health and well-being. I specialise in rehabilitation after illness or injury, pre and post-partum training, menopause and perimenopause, using exercise to overcome trauma and facilitate better mental health, and confidence building.

My encompassing aim is to help people feel good about themselves by offering face-to-face and online coaching tailored specifically to the individual. As well as utilising my professional skills and experience I also take time to listen to and understand my clients so that I can support them, every step of the way, to achieve their goals.

Qualifications:

As a Masters of Science qualified Occupational Therapist with a Postgraduate Certificate in Rehabilitation, I worked for 15 years within the National Health Service, honing my assessment and intervention skills and building rewarding client/therapist relationships. Since then I have obtained a Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training, a Wellness Coaching Qualification accredited by The Association for Coaching and the NHS Personalised Care Institute, and a Level 2 Certificate in Counselling Skills.

My motivation:

Fitness and well-being is my passion as well as my chosen profession. I enjoy a mixture of running, cycling, weight training, and team sports. At the beginning of 2020, my marriage suddenly broke down and I was left single-parenting my three young children during the global pandemic. Exercise became more important to me than ever. It became an integral way of managing not only my physical health but my mental health too and helped me to be the person and the mother I wanted to be. I felt so passionate about the positive effects of exercise during challenging times that I decided to make it my mission to help others experience the same, and so 4Fitness Within was born: fitness to make you feel good within. The ‘4’ also represents myself and my 3 children.