Jackie Prete was my Body Thrive Coach during a challenging time. Her guidance nurtured my healing process and gave me the strength to serve others more deeply. I also am inspired how Jackie has used her years of teaching Yoga and expanded that into Yoga Health Coaching and how she continues to go beyond her "comfort zone" to grow her Business.

I am very pleased with my experience. :I am am taking away a sense that I can make better choices for myself, and when I do, I generally feel better, physically, mentally and emotionally. Focusing on planning meals and making healthy dishes so I have food I want to eat on hand has been empowering and satisfying. When I do this, I feel it affects the choices I make in other areas. I also had confirmed that I do best when I am supported and have someone I am accountable to, not just myself, yet someone who is understanding and encouraging, not judgemental.

I loved the time we got to spend sharing and Jackie's very specific feedback. It was the perfect fuel for the next week.

Jackie provides all the resources to sharpen the tools that are required to live fully. Her class has quite literally changed my life. I am more calm, more focused and aligned with priorities which are important to me and my community

I have signed up for another 10 weeks to continue to sharpen and define the habits.

I have an entirely new perspective that is aligned to my priorities. I am empowered in my personal and professional life because of the habits I refined in this course. The people I met were so powerful and supportive through my journey. This is really a new chapter of life.

Jackie’s course has been transformative, for a range of reasons.Jackie is a gifted, empathetic teacher that is genuinely concerned with the development of our her students. The underlying message of the course is immensely empowering: that we each have the power to take control of our lives and change fairly significant aspects of our lives, even ones that have alluded previous attempts at control. To me, that has been the fundamental energizing concept that has underscored everything we have undertaken in the course. .. It has had a snowballing effect, once you start applying that approach to all aspects of your life.More specifically, since I’ve started this course, I have become far more productive at work, greatly increasingly my own output (writing). I’m also working at a higher, more creative, more insightful level.I have much greater clarity of thought at work and in my emotional relationships. I have had to navigate some very tricky, highly charged family dynamics during this time and was able to do so in a very constructive, insightful, productive fashion.My primary relationship, already strong, has improved. I’ve been more energetic and for the most part less sleepy. In terms of habits, I’ve become a huge supporter of the green smoothie revolution. I’m also eating much smaller dinners and getting more sleep.

Having almost completed the ten week Body Evolve group, I can say that the program exceeded my expectations. It is not magic – I worked at it – but it was easier and more fun than I expected. The habits I have developed make me feel good in body and spirit. In the past I have tried many different methods to “break my bad habits”  but with the Body Evolve I have seen them melt away, little by little.Jackie is an excellent leader and she put together a terrific group of people who were willing to change. It really helps knowing that she is doing the work with us, and her compassion, enthusiasm and humor have been a great support to us all.

I was initially unsure about taking this class.  It was not in my comfort zone of things I had been exposed to and I was worried about being pressured to do things I was not comfortable with.  I ended up taking a chance, both because I knew I need to take better care of myself and also wanted to support and share it with my wife.  I am so glad that I did.  Jackie is an exceptional teacher – knowledgeable, enthusiastic, supportive, wise, and accepting.  She stressed the Kaizen approach from the start, taking small, manageable steps, and that immediately removed any pressure I had worried about,  I have lost 20 pounds just through the change in eating, and it does not feel at all like a “diet!”  Most importantly, I have gained a sense of control and well-being that I can do this–I am actually making my health better.  It no longer feels like a mystery or something I am not capable of doing.  And that is huge for me.  There is a sense of well-being that is new for me.  This does not mean I don’t still totally enjoy forays into rich, comfort foods, but that is also a choice and now feels within a larger framework of self-care that I never had before.

My experience in Jackie’s group coaching was very positive. Jackie brought an upbeat energy to the calls. Jackie facilitated the calls well, allowing ample time for sharing while still moving the calls along to allow for the presentation of new material.  The most valuable thing I received from working with Jackie is her excitement, encouragement and support. I was able to take my meditation practice from one minute to 15 minutes in 10 weeks. I am so grateful and so happy!

The framework of having a set of healthy habits that interrelate and affect each other has been extremely useful.