Hi I’m Rose! You probably know me as “Rosie”, and that’s fine, too.

I’m a brown belt under Andre Galvao, with 9 years of training and competition experience. I’ve worked for Atos, IBJJF, and Flograppling as a writer and content creator. I’ve taught kids classes, created curriculums, and run nutrition and training camps for athletes.

But, it’s not all that I do (it’s just what I love most).

See, I’m pretty average among extraordinary people. I didn’t start martial arts at a young age. In fact, I started when I was in grad school studying Exercise Physiology and Nutrition. Before that I was a competitive dancer for a couple of decades. I’ve been around a competition mindset, excellence, and growth for a long time. It’s how I live and breathe. So, while I pursued jiu-jitsu, I also wore a lot of hats that overlapped. For the last 15 years years I’ve been dedicated to strength and nutrition coaching, but I have to be honest… I have a love/hate relationship with the industry. And, that’s lead me here.

See, whenever I see fitness ads, with unsustainably lean individuals with motivational quotes, all I can think is “your leanest self, isn’t necessarily your best self…stop making it look that way”, but still. There IS so much value in improving your health. I genuinely love helping people do that, to cultivate belief in themselves, keep commitments, change habits, and do hard things.

It got me thinking. That’s what I love about jiu-jitsu. It rewards what you do. Not what you look like. And, that’s also why I love coaching… health, nutrition, strength, jiujitsu… it’s helping people find something hard and exciting, and stick to it.

I believe your best self is the one that shows up for you with courage when you need it and compassion when you don’t feel you deserve it.

Your best self is the one that dances on the lines between hard work and smart work, rigidity and grace, just bearing down and doing the damn thing… and digging a little deeper to understand why.

See, there will be times you have to grit your teeth and keep going. And, there will be times you should slow down. There will be times you respect those self imposed boundaries that you (momentarily) just want to see crumble! And a time when you realize you’re so proud that you let them stand.

Your best self does not abide by rules. Instead it sees the flexibility in it all. It embodies values, and make headway according to a compass, not a map.

Your best self is the one who learns that gratification is often best when it’s delayed. That commitment counts most in the times you really don’t want to do it, can’t see the results, and aren’t feeling motivated. When it feels pointless. It sees that doing hard things is worthwhile. That confidence is simply a belief that it’ll pay off in the end, and then sticking around to see what happens.

Your best self is the one who understands the right answer isn’t always the same.

See, you may learn these things pursuing a leaner physique. Maybe it’s found on a competition mat, in practice, building a business, or a long term life with another person. Maybe it’s as simple as a commitment to change an old habit, be a good parent, or to find something to love in all you do.

All of these experiences are merely tools for developing the values of a good life, a fulfilled person.

The results don’t inherently make you a better person. The value is in doing it, and the way it’s done. And most times you’ll find… that focusing on that process will lead to the progress that makes you proud.

In order to change your life, you must commit to something that requires your life to change. And, that happens off the mat. Here to help you do just that.