My sobriety journey was built by returning to the basics: Spirit, rest, exercise, journaling, prayer, and intentional distance from digital overwhelm.
Healing is a practice that happens one step, one workout, one day at a time. From darkness to strength, I am Michele Bertrand, the visionary behind Poetic Fitness. Inspired by my own healing journey, I am here to empower and guide you on your path to wellness. No matter how tough the battle may seem, remember that your story is still being written. Together, we will rise above any obstacle and tra
✨Constant “ENTERTAINMENT” is a TRAP. It causes the kind of distraction that makes it hard for us to be consistent and productive. Sobriety has helped me realize that “FOCUS” means removing some of the “shinny” things that pull us of the right path, like “squirrels”😂. Creating a consistent wellness ROUTINE helps to provide the structure needed to focus on your goals! It’s MONDAY my amazing people! LETS GET IT!!!!🥰💪🏽👏🏽💜
✨ Today’s Rise & Shine Vendor Spotlight is my girl Tanya of StrongHerWay! 💜
StrongHerWay is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting and empowering women entrepreneurs in our local community. Tanya will also be leading us in some fun line dancing to keep the energy high and our bodies moving! 💃🏾🔥
🚨✨Join us Sunday, September 20th at 11 a.m. at Rhodes Jordan Park for Rise & Shine: Return to Your Heart! 🚨🚨PLEASE REGISTER through Eventbrite for your RAFFLE TICKET to win one of the amazing gifts we’re giving away.
I had the pleasure of stepping onto the mat with my beautiful friend and yogi extraordinaire, Crystal—and now she’s bringing that same calming, restorative energy to Rise & SHINE! 🧘🏾♀️💜
🥰Crystal will open our event with a 30-minute yoga experience designed to warm up the body, stretch us out, help us breathe deeply, and prepare our hearts for everything the day has in store.
Then we’ll keep the energy flowing with:
✨ Mindful Muscle with Coach Chelli
✨ Line dancing with Tanya Robinson of StrongHerWay
✨ Music by DJ Zee
✨ Diana of Phenomenal Fitness
✨ Shiloh Bigles of Level Mind
✨ Dr. Consuela Dickerson of ATL Mobile Med Spa
✨ Adrian Mejia, The Metabolic Geek
✨ The coaches of You Belong
✨ E Brito of Civilized Citizen Designs
✨ Samples from FYAHouse Sauce
✨ And more wellness-focused vendors and community partners!
🫶🏽💫Join us for an afternoon of movement, music, wellness, connection, and community.
📅 Sunday, September 20
⏰ 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
📍 Rhodes Jordan Park, Pavilion 3💜 Rise & SHINE: Return to Your Heart
✨☺️Come ready to move, breathe, shine and return to your heart. It knows the way back. ✨
🥹🙏🏽Sobriety is HARD. You WILL need a place of refuge to escape the thoughts of drinking, until you’re strong enough to resist on your own!!! Movement & exercise became my place to escape those negative thoughts and emotions! What’s your place of refuge?
🚨 NEW CLASS ALERT! 🚨
Starting Monday morning, I’m bringing the energy to Femnomenal Fitness with FULL BODY BLAST! 💥
💪🏽This cardio and strength class is designed to work your entire body, build endurance, and help you start your day feeling strong and accomplished!
⏰ Choose your time: 5:30 AM or 6:30 AM
📍 Femnomenal Fitness
📅 Starting Monday 8/31
Come move, sweat, and get stronger with me in a supportive, all-women environment. Let’s BLAST into a stronger version of ourselves! 💜
🚨Follow the link in my bio to get started!🙌🏽💪🏽💜
🥹✨That self-care routine that you’ve been avoiding, might be the very thing to lead you to sobriety! Well, at least that was my experience. The mental health crisis that I suffered back in 2020, helped me to realize how completely disconnected from my body I had become!!
💫And in the brokeness of that moment, my prayers lead to The Most High Father revealing to me, that only way back to myself was to start taking care of MYSELF. He told me that I needed to have the strength to fight for sobriety, because it would be the hardest battle of my life!
🥹I was so SCARED!!! But He said, “Daughter, I’ll be right here with you. Let’s just start walking!”
🙏🏽Now as I approach 3 years of sobriety I am forever grateful that my flesh was broken enough to surrender to His direction. Obedience to that one small command was the beginning of a “LIFE CHANGING” journey!!
💜Keep fighting my amazing people! The power to change your life lives within you already. And remember: “Walking isn’t just exercise, it’s a way to strengthen your mind, body & spirit for harder things!!🙏🏽💜
✨Creating a solid workout routine, taught my flesh that “I AM CAPABLE” of consistency and discipline, regardless of how lost I felt at the time!! Clinging to that routine gave me the courage to attempt Sobriety!! One day at a time, I focused on just doing something good for my body. One day lead to two, then a week, a month, and now I’m coming up on 3 years!!!!🥹🙏🏽🙌🏽💜 If you need to be reminded of how strong you are and what you’re capable of, reach out to me 📍Gwinnett Co Women Exclusive Gym 🤙🏽 Gwinnett Personal Training, and let me help you create a routine that will get you the results you want while building the mindset you need to maintain it once you get there!!!☺️🙌🏽💪🏽💜
🔥 RHYTHM & RIDE…WHAT AN EXPERIENCE! 🔥
Our hearts are full after an incredible morning of movement, music, community, and purpose! Thank you to everyone who showed up, brought their energy, and made this event so special.
🫶🏽🥰A huge thank-you to the MixxedFit extraordinaire, Renate Renate Simpson-Trussell, for bringing the rhythm, and to the amazing Kee N. (Kiet) for teaming up with me and bringing the fire and life to the ride portion! Together, we created something unforgettable! 🚴🏾♀️💃🏾🔥
⭐️To our Lifetime Johns Creek members, thank you for showing up, supporting us, and having such a great time with us. And to everyone who donated but was unable to attend, please know that your generosity and support still made a meaningful difference. 💜
💫Rhythm & Ride may be over, but it is not the end of what we’re building! You Belong will join us at the Rise & SHINE Wellness Event, and we cannot wait to continue bringing our community together through wellness, movement, and purpose.
✨Thank you for showing us that when we move together, we make a difference together. Stay tuned, the next experience is coming! ✨🔥Special THANK YOU to Civilized Citizen Designs for the AMAZING Shirt you provided for us!!
✨💪🏽I’m not coaching from theory! I’m coaching from experience. 💜🥹🙌🏽
I’ve had to start over. I’ve struggled with a dysfunctional relationships, including the one I had with exercise. The false narratives created in dysfunctional relationships will keep you STUCK. And I know what it feels like to want change but not know how to create it in a healthy, sustainable way.🥹🙏🏽
💫That’s why my coaching is rooted in understanding, NOT judgment. Exercise should never feel like punishment. Or is meant to help HEAL US, not just physically, but mentally, emotional and spiritually as well. It should help you rebuild your confidence, reconnect with your strength, and become the healthiest version of yourself…ONE STEP AT A TIME.
I’ve been where you are, and I know I can help you move toward where you want to be.☺️🙌🏽
🫶🏽Ready to begin again? Follow the link in my bio to start training with me at Femnomenal Fitness 📍1700 Winder Highway Dacula, GA. 💪🏾✨