Healthy Girls Fitness™ was founded by certified Personal Trainer and Transformation Specialist Michelle Armstrong. Originally from Australia, Michelle moved to the United States nearly a decade ago where she quickly became one of California’s most successful and reputable Life Coaches.  The author of three books, and creator of the latest fitness craze CardioBox Fitness, Michelle has always had a passion for health and fitness yet began her career path in Marketing. While working for the advertising department at Coca-Cola, Michelle’s heart-felt desire to empower people to live their best life, motivated her to study at the Australian College of Applied Psychology where she graduated as a mental-health Counselor and shortly thereafter established a private practice. 

Since then Michelle has personally facilitated in the transformation of over 450 men and women worldwide, spoken to thousands on a variety of personal development and health-related topics, and has appeared on numerous radio and television shows throughout the United States and Canada. A former  dancer and aerobics instructor, Michelle’s love for dance and fitness came full circle when she added Personal Trainer and Fitness Instructor to her long list of qualifications having been inspired by the increased volume of weight-related issues coming into her coaching practice.

Michelle is an NCCA accredited personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise (ACE), a certified Personal Training Specialist PTS through the Canadian Fitness Professionals (Can-Fit-Pro), a fitness competitor and a certified group Fitness Instructor through the American Fitness Professional Association (AFPA).  Michelle holds a Masters degree in Metaphysics, numerous certifications in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), is a Transformation Specialist, holds Diplomas in Counseling and Communications, and Clinical Hypnotherapy, is a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner through the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP), a certified Results Coach, and the author of three inspirational books. She is the owner and creator of Healthy Girls Fitness and CardioBox Fitness.

Michelle’s inspiration for creating Healthy Girls Fitness came about when she found herself 50 pounds overweight after the birth of her son and challenged by what so many women experience – the juggling act of staying fit and healthy while being a great mom, managing a family and a career, living on purpose, and maintaining a healthy social life.

To learn more about Michelle, or if you’re the media or a meeting planner and would like to book Michelle for an interview or speaking engagement, please visit her personal website going to http://www.michellearmstrong.com/ or call Healthy Girls Fitness on 289.981.8895.

Dr. Kristy Prouse began her academic career in 1988 at the University of Western Ontario where she completed a BA degree in Psychology,  followed by a BSc degree in Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Toronto. She then earned her medical degree at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. In 1997, Kristy attended the University of Calgary, where she completed her Obstetrics and Gynaecology residency training,  and received the Laparoscopic Surgery Award of Excellence. A fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as well as an associate  professor of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Kristy has pursued the practice of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the last 10 years in Mississauga. 

Dr Prouse has done additional training in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine through the University of Southern Florida - School of Medicine. A field of medicine and scientific research, anti-aging medicine is aimed at the early detection, prevention, treatment and reversal of age-related decline.   Regenerative medicine, meanwhile, aims to optimize the body's endogenous – or own internal – mechanisms of self-healing, while augmenting the process with proven exogenous –  or external-to-the-body – treatments and technologies. 

Kristy's path to this relatively new, specialized field began with an increasing appreciation of the impact that running a high-volume obstetrical practice was having on her own health and happiness. She concluded that western medicine had little to offer her circumstances, and set out to investigate various forms of complementary medicine, including naturopathic medicine, as well as traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture. 

Learning along the way, she began the process of healing herself and opening her mind to new possibilities. Gradually, she discovered that her philosophy about life in general, and medicine in particular, had shifted. I'm now living a more focused, centred and grounded life –with the keen awareness  that we only have this moment.

Kristy has also come to believe that the face of Canadian medicine needs to change: Patients want to and should be more involved in their own care, while at the same time trusting in a system that includes them in the process. In conjunction with this belief, Dr. Prouse also feels strongly about tailoring care to the individual - after all, no two of us are alike.

Dr Kristy Prouse is the founder of the Institute of Hormonal Health in Oakville.