Mine runs from a cattle ranch through motherhood, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic pain, and back to strength. It is below, in full. Yours is the one I actually want to hear.
I am Rose Martin. I coach people one to one — virtually, or in person if you are nearby — on nutrition, movement, mindset, and the ordinary daily habits that either hold a life together or quietly take it apart.
I am not a doctor and I do not pretend to be one. What I am is someone who has done the work herself, who is trained to help other people do it, and who will stay with you while you do.
I was born at home, delivered by a midwife, and raised by a single mother who worked as a massage therapist. She also sheared her own sheep, spun the wool, and wove the blankets we slept under.
We lived in an adobe house heated by a wood-burning stove, on a cattle ranch. My first pet was a cow. The school bus took over an hour each way, twice a day.
At the time I thought it was simply how life was. Looking back, it was the whole education: patience, because nothing out there arrived quickly. Attention, because there was nothing else to do but notice. And a habit of liking things in their rawest form, before anyone had done anything to them.
That is still how I think about food, about movement, and about people.
I spent more than two decades in real estate. On paper that is a career about property. In practice it was a career about listening — hearing what someone says they want, working out what they actually mean, and helping them find a space that would nurture the life they were trying to build.
The listening is the part I brought with me. The subject changed. The work did not.
Health and wellness have been part of my life for as long as I can remember. In my twenties I became a personal trainer, because I loved helping people feel strong and capable in their own bodies.
For many years I believed I understood what it took to stay healthy: eat well, exercise, stay disciplined, keep moving forward. Then motherhood changed everything.
After the birth of my first son in 2014, I gained more than sixty-five pounds. Through nutrition and exercise I lost the weight, and I trusted that if I ever faced that challenge again I could simply follow the same path.
After my second son was born in 2019, my health took an unexpected and frightening turn. Six months after his birth I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Some days the pain and stiffness were so severe that I could barely move or get out of bed. I was already living with Hashimoto’s disease, and suddenly I no longer recognized or trusted the body that had once felt so strong.
As my mobility declined I gained more weight. I tried different medications, adjusted my diet, and kept attempting to exercise, but nothing created lasting change. I was living with chronic pain and searching desperately for answers.
Concerned that breast implant illness might be contributing to how I felt, I chose to have my implants removed. That decision was one part of a much larger journey — one that required me to look at my health from many angles, and to understand that healing would not come from a single solution.
My turning point came through a combination of medical support, nutrition, carefully rebuilding movement and strength, listening to my body, and changing the way I cared for myself. Progress was not immediate, and it was not perfectly linear. It came through patience, persistence, education, and many small choices repeated over time.
Today my pain and autoimmune symptoms are far better managed. I have restored my mobility and strength, lost the weight, and regained the energy and confidence I once feared I had lost. My transformation is visible in these photographs, but the greatest change cannot be measured by appearance alone: I reclaimed my life.
I wasn’t trying to become someone else. I was returning to myself.
I turned forty and decided the next chapter was going to be deliberate rather than accidental.
This photograph represents far more than an outward transformation. It is me stepping into a new decade feeling strong, confident, energized and proud — not because the journey had been easy, but because I kept going through the hardest parts of it.
This experience became the heart behind Live with Passion Wellness. I know what it feels like to do everything you believe is right and still feel as though your body is working against you. I also know the power of being supported, of being treated as a whole person, and of following a path that can change as your needs change.
So I trained, I certified, and I started doing this instead. My passion now is helping other people create transformations of their own — not simply by changing how they look, but by changing how they feel, how they care for themselves, and how fully they live.
Your next chapter does not require perfection. It begins with hope, support, and one decision: to believe that you are worth the effort.
These are the things people arrive with — most of which I have either lived myself or spent years learning about:
I am a coach, not a licensed medical provider. I do not diagnose, treat, or prescribe. Where something belongs with your doctor I will say so, and I am glad to work alongside them. This is my own experience, not a promise of results — every person’s path is different.
Ready to begin your transformation?
This is my transformation. Now I would be honored to help you begin yours.
Coaching is a relationship, not a product you are handed. We agree what you are trying to change. We look honestly at what has got in the way before. Then we keep meeting while you do the work.
Some weeks that means planning. Some weeks it means being asked a direct question you would rather have avoided. I will celebrate the small win nobody else noticed, and I will also point out the thing you have been carefully not looking at.
Tough love with a soft touch. Both halves matter.
What I do not do: hand you a generic plan, guarantee a number, or disappear between sessions.
The first call is free.
I am a coach, not a licensed medical provider. I do not diagnose, treat, or prescribe, and I do not take insurance. Nothing here replaces advice from your doctor.
I finally exhaled
I started this program running on caffeine and willpower, convinced that if I just pushed harder, things would feel manageable. Twelve weeks later, I don't recognize the person I was in January. I stopped treating my body like a machine and started actually listening to it — my energy is steadier, I sleep through the night, and for the first time in years I don't feel guilty taking a lunch break. This wasn't a diet or a productivity hack. It was permission to slow down long enough to actually change something.
The habits finally stuck
I'd tried everything — apps, meal plans, journals that lasted exactly four days. What made this different was having someone in my corner who connected the dots between my stress, my eating, and the stories I was telling myself about not having enough time. The weekly sessions kept me honest, and the framework gave me something I could actually keep doing after week twelve. Six months later, the habits are still there. That's never happened before.
Individual experiences. Results vary.
The first call is free, and there is nothing to sign up to before we have spoken. We talk about what you want to change and whether I am the right person to help you change it. If I am not, I will say so.
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Live with Passion Wellness offers coaching and education. Rose Martin is not a licensed medical provider, and nothing on this site is medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
