Coached by Charlotte Ashley

Coached by Charlotte Ashley I Empower, Educate & Support people to transform their bodies , & their relationships with Food & Exercise.

Charlotte originally joined me for 16 weeks.She wanted physical results, yes but she also wanted to feel better, move be...
24/09/2026

Charlotte originally joined me for 16 weeks.

She wanted physical results, yes but she also wanted to feel better, move better and stop feeling like she had to be “all in” or she’d failed.

And she did make progress in those first 16 weeks.
Enough that she decided to keep going.

Over the following year she lost 3.5 stone, became fitter, could walk faster, run, dance again and felt more confident in herself.

But what I love most about her story is that the result didn’t come from making fitness her entire life.

Charlotte is a mum to two disabled boys, she has health issues, and at points this meant structured training wasn’t even possible.

So we adapted.

She kept walking because she genuinely loves it.
We worked on nutrition, moderation, consistency, knowing when to push and when to rest.

And that’s exactly what she still uses now.

She literally messaged me this week saying she’d tried to move, realised she felt awful, stopped, ate, rested and gave herself permission to recover instead of forcing it.

That is the part people don’t always see in a transformation photo.

The goal didn’t disappear because life got hard.
The plan just changed.
And because what she built was actually sustainable, she’s been able to keep the result off instead of doing another short-term push and ending up back at square one.

That’s what I want THRV to do.
Not just help you lose weight for 16 weeks.

Help you build a way of eating, moving and looking after yourself that you can actually keep doing afterwards.

So yes- my clients still want fat loss, strength, fitness and physical change.

I just don’t think getting those results should require your entire life to revolve around them.

THRV is my 16-week coaching programme for women who want physical results without the all-or-nothing bu****it.

If that sounds like what you need
DM me “THRV”

I care about nutrition.But I absolutely do NOT want food to become another full-time job 😂I want to eat enough protein. ...
23/09/2026

I care about nutrition.
But I absolutely do NOT want food to become another full-time job 😂
I want to eat enough protein.
I want fruit, veg and fibre.
I want to fuel my training and look after my health as I get older.
But I also have an AuDHD brain that sometimes wants the same breakfast every day for 6 months and occasionally considers assembling a meal an unreasonable request 😂
So sometimes looking after myself means cooking a lovely balanced meal.
Sometimes it means convenience food because eating something is considerably more useful than being overwhelmed by making the “perfect” thing.
And sometimes it means going out for dinner, eating dessert or having something purely because it tastes fu***ng lovely.
None of those things automatically make my diet “good” or “bad”.
The older I get, the less interested I am in eating perfectly and the more interested I am in building a way of eating that:
supports my health, supports my goals AND fits into a life I actually enjoy. ❤️
And that’s what I want for my clients too.
Not another set of food rules to be good at.
A way of nourishing themselves that actually works for THEM.
Nourish your neurodivergence 🧠❤️

Finding out I was autistic and had ADHD at 36 was a strange mixture of relief and grief.Relief because so much of my lif...
22/09/2026

Finding out I was autistic and had ADHD at 36 was a strange mixture of relief and grief.

Relief because so much of my life finally made sense.
Grief because I realised how many years I’d spent believing I was lazy, dramatic, too sensitive, inconsistent or just not trying hard enough.

I’d watched other people seemingly manage work, friendships, relationships, exercise, food and everyday life without it completely wiping them out.

Meanwhile, I could be incredibly capable in one area and completely unable to do something supposedly “easy” in another.
And because I didn’t understand why, I made it mean something about who I was as a person.

Diagnosis didn’t instantly make life easier.
But it gave me a different way of understanding myself.
I stopped asking, “Why can’t I just be like everyone else?”
And started asking things like:
What is draining my capacity?
What makes this task feel impossible?
Do I need more structure, more stimulation or more recovery?
How can I work with my brain instead of constantly fighting it?

I’m still learning. I still forget my own needs and overdo things because I feel good in the moment 😂

But I have far more compassion for the version of me who spent years trying incredibly hard without understanding why everything felt so bloody difficult.

There was never anything “wrong” with her.

She just needed support that actually worked for her brain. ❤️

Most people don’t struggle because they’ve never heard of protein, steps or strength training.And they usually don’t nee...
20/09/2026

Most people don’t struggle because they’ve never heard of protein, steps or strength training.
And they usually don’t need another random workout saved from Instagram.
The difficult part is knowing what to do when the perfectly planned week meets your actual life.
When your period arrives unexpectedly.
When work drains every bit of capacity you have.
When you get ill.
When you come home from holiday and can’t seem to find your routine again.
Or when things are going brilliantly and you’re ready to progress.
That’s where coaching becomes valuable.
My job isn’t to hand you a plan and judge how well you followed it.
It’s to understand what’s happening, help you decide what matters right now and adapt the plan without allowing one difficult week to turn into completely giving up.
Sometimes that means encouraging you to do a little more.
Sometimes it means making things much simpler.
And sometimes it means reminding you that rest is the most productive thing you can do.
Because the “best” plan isn’t the one that looks perfect on paper.
It’s the one we can keep adapting to your real life while still moving you towards what you want.

That’s what coaching inside THRV actually looks like. ❤️
If you want support that goes beyond being handed workouts and calorie targets, DM me “THRV” and we can chat.

I spent a lot of my younger years believing fitness was mainly about how my body looked. Was I lean enough? Small enough...
18/09/2026

I spent a lot of my younger years believing fitness was mainly about how my body looked.

Was I lean enough? Small enough? Had I trained hard enough? Had I “earned” the food I wanted to eat?
And honestly, I still care about how I look. I still have physique goals, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.

But approaching 40 has changed what I want fitness to give me.
I don’t want to reach a certain weight but feel weak, unfit, exhausted or scared of eating anything that doesn’t fit the plan.

I want to be able to lift heavy things, run around, try new sports, go on adventures and say yes to things without worrying whether my body can cope.

I want to look after the woman I am now - while also investing in the woman I’ll be at 50, 60, 70 and beyond.
And that’s influenced how I coach too.

Changing how your body looks can absolutely be part of the goal.
But we’re also building strength, fitness, confidence, energy and habits that still work when real life inevitably happens.
Because the goal was never supposed to be spending your whole life trying to take up less space. ❤️

Geena thought she’d had a s**t week.As her coach, I saw something completely different. ❤️She’d come back from holiday, ...
16/09/2026

Geena thought she’d had a s**t week.
As her coach, I saw something completely different. ❤️
She’d come back from holiday, her routine was all over the place, work was stressful, she was exhausted, hungrier than usual and feeling overwhelmed.

She even stopped one of her workouts halfway through because she just didn’t have it in her that day.
And yet...

She still averaged nearly 8k steps.
She listened to her body.
She adjusted instead of abandoning everything.
She didn’t punish herself for doing less.
And once the normal post-holiday fluctuations settled, she hit her lowest weight since coming back.
THAT is progress.

Yes, my clients have physical goals.

They want to get stronger. Fitter. Feel better in their bodies. Some want to lose fat.

And I absolutely help them work towards those things.
But I also want them to learn how to navigate the weeks where work is mental, their routine disappears, their energy tanks or their AuDHD brain simply isn’t cooperating 😂

Because that’s usually the bit another workout programme or calorie target doesn’t teach you.
My job isn’t to make you perfectly compliant with a plan.
It’s to help you make the plan work in your actual life while still moving towards the things you want.
That’s what we’re building inside THRV. ❤️

If you’re tired of knowing what to do but struggling to make it actually work for you, DM me “THRV” and I’ll send you the details.

I’m a PT and I don’t always finish my workouts 😂And actually, knowing when to push and when to pull back is one of the m...
15/09/2026

I’m a PT and I don’t always finish my workouts 😂

And actually, knowing when to push and when to pull back is one of the most useful things I’ve learnt.

Because my AuDHD brain LOVES giving me two options:

Do the whole thing properly ✔️
Or don’t bother at all ❌

But there’s usually a third option.

Adjust.

Some days I need to give myself a little push because I know movement will make me feel better.

Other days, pushing harder is going to take more from me than it gives me.

The tricky bit is learning the difference.

And THAT is something I help my clients with too.

Not blindly following a plan regardless of what’s happening in their life -but learning what to keep, what to reduce, when to push and when recovery is actually the better choice.

Because sustainable fitness isn’t about doing less all the time.

It’s getting really bloody good at doing what you need today, while still keeping sight of where you want to go. ❤️

That’s a huge part of how I coach inside THRV.

Fitness that works with your brain, your body and your actual life - while still helping you get stronger, fitter and work towards the goals that matter to YOU.

Because I don’t want fitness to become another thing you feel like you’re failing at.

I want it to be something that supports your life.

If this is the kind of support you’ve been missing, DM me “THRV” and I’ll send you the details. ❤️

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