I’m Vicci Phillips, Lifestyle Transition Coach; Fitness Professional; Owner and  Lead Coach at Grit + Grace, Wirral and Functional Wellness Practitioner specialising in Gut health, food sensitivities and Autoimmune Disease. Going back a few years, I was struggling with my weight, struggling with my health, struggling with my confidence and self esteem, basically struggling with life. In fact, if I’m being honest, I was merely existing. I had gained over 5 stone, which was more than half of my original weight, in a very short period of time.

The crazy thing was, as a trained fitness professional, I knew exactly what I had to do to get the weight off. I knew exactly what type of exercise to do, when I had to do it, how often I had to do it. I knew all about nutrition, I knew exactly what and what not to eat and yet, I could not shift the weight (or the feeling of hopelessness for that matter) I’d lose a few pounds then put double back on. I would be great for a week and then ‘blow’ it all.

Sound familiar?

Time passed and I continued to live in a body that I did not recognise and a mind that was occupied with the dominating thoughts of ‘fat’ and ‘I’ll start again on Monday’. I eventually did start to lose weight but the weight loss remained inconsistent, but worse than this, much worse than this, was the state of my mental and emotional health. I had always been very positive, dynamic and full of life and vigour, but these things, the core of me, seemed to have diminished into thin air. To the onlooker all was well (or at least I think), but on the inside I felt like I was dying. Mentally and emotionally I was nothing but a shell of my former self (a much larger shell).

I started reading a book that was nothing to do with weight loss, as a distraction technique, and all the time hating how uncomfortable I felt in that ‘fat’ body, when out of nowhere, staring right at me as though there were no other words on the page, was the key that would open the door to my freedom. It read, “It all comes down to this...If your subconscious… blueprint is not set for success, nothing you learn, nothing you know, and nothing you do will make much of a difference…” - T.Harv Eker

It was like a slap in the face from reality. I sat in silence for a while knowing that I had found something, although not realising at the time the journey this quote would take me on and the impact the journey was to have on my life and the lives of so many others.  That was the day that the direction of my entire life, my future changed forever. And so it began, my pathway to freedom.

AND THE MOST AMAZING AND LIBERATING REALITY IS…

THE DIRECTION OF YOUR LIFE, YOUR FUTURE, YOUR HEALTH CAN CHANGE TOO… IT’S YOURS FOR THE TAKING!

I have since dedicated over 23 years on education and research and in doing so, I have been privileged to have learned from, and continue to learn from world class coaches, doctors & mentors, the best of the very best, resulting in my own unrecognisable transformation.