Meet Your Coach
As a dedicated advocate for holistic health and self discovery, Ali is a Board Certified Master Health Coach, Holistic Health Practitioner, and fitness professional with an unwavering commitment to nurturing the whole person -- mind, body and spirit - to help uncover the healthiest, most vibrant YOU! She owns and runs her virtual health coaching and pilates practice, "The Whole You. Unfiltered."
She recognizes that wellness is a mosaic, woven from various facets of life – nutrition, exercise, mindset, emotional health, and beyond. By embracing "The Whole You", she educates and empowers her clients to shatter limitations, transcend societal expectations, and embrace authenticity without filters.
Through her programs, she meets her clients exactly where they are and helps them rekindle their connection with their bodies, fostering self-acceptance and confidence. Her unfiltered approach encourages clients to be present in the moment, to embrace imperfections, and to celebrate progress. She guides her clients through transformative lifestyle shifts, helping them discover their own unique paths to vitality and wellness. Her approach goes beyond conventional health advice, delving into the root causes of health challenges, habits and behaviors, and facilitating profound, lasting change. There is no failure, only feedback!
By working with Ali, you can expect to be empowered, uplifted, challenged and inspired as you work together to build strategies that fit you, your body and your lifestyle. Through her practice, she offers a variety of assessments, exercises and at-home functional medicine lab testing to help you create your wellness vision, uncover roadblocks, identify imbalances and areas where your body may need support and ultimately begin making changes. Her goal is to disrupt your life as little as possible! It's not the size of the change, but the consistency with which we can commit to that matters!
She's been working in the health and fitness industry for over 18 years and is a 8x marathoner. She lives with her husband, 2 dogs and 2 babes (Genevieve and Harrison) in Reading, MA.
Ali’s experience
is extensive and rigorous. She is a nationally certified and trained Advanced Pilates and Fitness instructor, certified Functional Training Specialist, & Pre/Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist. She is also a board certified Master Health Coach & Integrative Health Practitioner. Her certifications & education span across many institutions including ACE Fitness, Power Pilates, Schwinn, Madd Dog, Girls Gone Strong, Precision Nutrition, among others.
With over 18 years of experience, Ali has trained & coached thousands of students in the Boston area and beyond. Under her brand, The Whole You. Unfiltered. Ali sets out to inspire, motivate, and educate her community and make health and movement accessible, manageable and sustainable for everyone. She creates an energetic call for people to dig deeper to ultimately drive positive change within their lives. She’s worked with all types of clients from brides preparing for their big day, marathoners, individuals healing from injury or chronic pain, to pre/postnatal women juggling the demands of motherhood, work and family. She trains individuals privately in one on one or small group sessions, both in person and virtually. Her classes and private sessions are well known for being energetic, innovative, compassionate, yet tough and disciplined. Studio owners and clients alike appreciate her extensive knowledge of and love for movement and functional health. Being a mom of 2 and an 8x marathoner herself, she personally understands the stress the body undergoes and how challenging it can be to make time to focus on you and your health. Her goal is to help clients find a dedicated and sustainable program and movement practice that meets their body’s needs and most importantly is realistic and attainable. Consistency goes a long way in building optimal strength and function to bring the body back into balance.
My philosophy
My philosophy is simple. When it comes to your health, there is an answer and a way and deep down, YOU know best. I hope to help you develop the confidence in your ability to trust your self when it comes to your health and to build sustainable change in a manageable way using the resources you already have at your disposable. My path to wellness didn’t start with certifications or fancy credentials – it started with — and still very much is a personal journey of self-discovery.
After years of navigating the ups and downs of health, fitness, and motherhood, I realized that true wellness isn’t about perfection – it’s about embracing the whole you. It’s about learning to listen to your body, connecting with your true self, and letting go of the pressures to fit into a mold that doesn’t serve you. I call it being “unfiltered.” I help clients peel back the layers, find the root cause to their issues and address it head on. To truly transform your health, it’s helpful to be flexible in your approach, your perspective and cultivate patience for the process. It’s an ever evolving, multifaceted, individualized journey. Gone are the days of a quick fix, blanket approach for all. Our lives are in constant flux. We are constantly evolving as human beings & therefore our goals, needs, wants, & priorities change too - sometimes by the day. As a busy mom of two, I understand the challenges that come with balancing life, family, work, and self-care. I know what it’s like to feel pulled in a hundred different directions and still yearn for the energy, strength, and clarity to show up as your best self. That’s why I’ve dedicated my life to helping women (and men) like you reconnect to the basics: sleep, nutrition, movement, and stress management – all in a way that’s sustainable and customized to your unique needs.
The simple fact is, every system in our body is connected, so when something is disconnected or imbalanced, it shows up as symptoms. Our bodies are constantly trying to heal and find equilibrium so the goal is to work with your body where it is to create resiliency, decipher what our symptoms are telling us and support the body so that it can do what it’s designed to do. Heal. Through functional nutrition, lifestyle and movement, we can support our bodies to find our truest, most vibrant, confident and energized self.
FAQS
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An integrative health practitioner is a holistic wellness expert who uses several different therapies, modalities and disciplines to help facilitate optimal health & help people feel their best. As an IHP & health coach, I look at the whole person and how all avenues of their health (nutrition, exercise, mental & emotional mindset, lifestyle, stress, etc) affects them. I then work to support and educate the individual in what's going on in their body and help them create and implement a plan of bio-individual + targeted diet and lifestyle modifications that will shift the internal terrain and help them to meet their goals. By addressing the root cause of dysfunction, integrative health practitioners are able to promote healing instead of simply masking symptoms.
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I encourage you to begin by scheduling a free 30 minute session with me so we can learn about each other to see if we are a good fit! You are also welcome to email me to inquire about coaching spots and availability too! I take on only a few new clients at a time. If you decide to work with me, you will choose the program that best suits you. Each program has a minimum commitment but each one can be extended beyond that. You will receive a few forms to fill out to gather information for our first kick off call. We work together during the duration of your program to build knowledge, skills and practices specific to you that will help you achieve your goals and transform your health in a realistic way. We check in regularly and you have me at your disposal 24/7 during our time together! All meetings and check ins occur over Zoom.
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The short answer is YES! A health coach doesn’t replace your medical doctor or treat, diagnose or cure anything but they do bridge the gap between conventional medicine and long term health! Everyone faces specific challenges at some point with their health and wellness. How often do you actually take the time to sit down, check in with yourself, create a full thought out plan on how to improve yourself and then actually followed through and did it? I would guess not many of us. Many because there is so much information out there and who has time to try and decipher it all?
A health coach can help you navigate challenges, provide a different perspective on health and wellness, help you build sustainable habits, and even help you map out your goals. And the biggest benefit is having accountability to follow through! Even if you feel amazing right now, a health coach can help you find ways to ensure you continue optimizing your health for the long haul.
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There are endless benefits.
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Each client, their goals and their programs are vastly different. Most clients will begin to notice changes with the first 2 weeks of their program while others may take some more time. Ultimately, a minimum of 12-16 weeks is the time it takes for the body to rebalance and cells to turn over and for new skills/practices to become habitual. This is largely based on each client’s commitment and consistency with their program :-)
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Absolutely! I do a lot of pre/postnatal pilates training as well as health coaching. During that phase in a woman’s life, it’s a huge benefit to have someone who can help them care for their bodies and navigate questions in a delicate and honest way. Having just had a baby myself, I have a brand new appreciation for all the mamas and mamas to be out there! I’m here for you!
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It’s an investment in yourself, your health and your longevity. You aren’t paying for “coaching’, you are paying for results, for outcomes, for a way to solve your questions and challenges.
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I typically work with adults 21+, however I have worked with a few children in the past. If you or someone you know has a child or teen that is looking for health coaching, please reach out and we can discuss on a case by case basis.
