Rachel Lavin on Changing Our Mindset

Rachel Lavin is a published author of The Doughnut Diaries, Professional Speaker and Body Love Educator, Certified Personal Trainer, and a Certified Health Coach. She grew up in Northern California and has lived in Hawaii, Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon, and New York City. She currently lives in Greenville, South Carolina with her partner.

In 2000, Rachel began her career as an ACE certified group fitness instructor teaching a plethora of classes such as Aqua Aerobics, Bootcamp, Jazzercise, Dance Aerobics, Stretch and Chair classes. In 2007, she was certified as an ACE Personal Trainer working at big box gyms in NYC and became an independent trainer in 2012. Rachel wanted to take her passion for helping people to the next level and became an ACE certified Health Coach in 2018.

In 2020 Rachel wrote her first book "The Doughnut Diaries" about her own struggles with her weight and restrictive diets which lasted for over thirty years. As Rachel turned forty the expression “I got sick and tired of being sick and tired” hit home and she decided to take her power back and heal from decades of negative thinking and self-sabotage. Rachel began to do the work on my mind, body, and soul. Writing her book was her way of sharing my message to women and men alike that you are not alone! Now using her book Rachel wants to help people who have had or a still experiencing negative body image. By using what she now refers to as my three pillars of fitness--Nourishment for both the mind and body, Movement & Rest.

Her mission is to create a safe space for all women to feel whole in their own body.