About Me

Aloha, I’m Alyssa.

I’m a mom, wife, daughter, believer, and proud Okinawan woman raising my family in Hawai‘i.

Professionally, I’m a pharmacist, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Precision Nutrition Certified and Girls Gone Strong Women’s Coaching Specialist. My work focuses on helping women build strength, energy, and long-term health through simple, evidence-based habits.

But my path here wasn’t straightforward.

For decades, I chased “skinny.”
It started in high school and continued through my twenties when I believed being thin meant being worthy. In college I taught step aerobics at the University of Washington—something I loved—but behind the scenes I was struggling with disordered eating and cycling through nearly every fad diet and detox trend.

In my thirties, the stress of work and life led to another pattern: numbing with food, wine, and busyness. By my mid-thirties I felt soft, sore, and exhausted—while still trying to shrink myself.

Everything changed when I learned something simple but powerful:

Building muscle—not chasing diets—is the lever that improves nearly everything.

Energy. Hormones. Mood. Labs. Body composition. Confidence.

Once I shifted my focus to strength, nutrition, sleep, and sustainable habits, my health—and my perspective—transformed.

I began helping friends. Then I dove deep into evidence-based training and nutrition. Today, I coach women like me: busy, capable, high-achieving women who want to feel stronger, clearer, and more energized without extreme dieting or burnout.

I still deal with pain sometimes. I still work on anxiety. But now my approach is different.
Food, sleep, and lifting weights are my medicine—not punishment.

And that’s My Mission:
To build a community of women who grow stronger—physically and mentally—as we age.

I’m passionate about helping women:

• Build muscle and maintain metabolic health
• Improve energy and resilience
• Support hormone health through lifestyle
• Reduce long-term disease risk
• Feel confident and capable in their bodies

Just as importantly, I want our children to grow up seeing women who care for their bodies with strength and self-respect—not shame or restriction.

A Few Personal Notes:

My fitness journey started as a teenager when two of my best friends showed up at my house on Christmas morning with a step aerobics platform. Three years later I was teaching daily step aerobics classes at the University of Washington.

I’m married to Tyler, a former Naval officer who later transitioned into engineering and investment management. Together we run our work-from-home family office while raising our two school-aged boys.

Current Interests (2026)
Proactive Pelvic floor health (an overlooked and under valued women's health initiative)
Cold plunging and sauna
Mobility and nervous system regulation
Inspirational sports films with my family (Rudy is a favorite)

Books currently inspiring me:
Becoming Bulletproof by Evy Poumpouras; Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza; Atomic Habits by James Clear

Podcasts I Enjoy:
Mind Pump
The Mel Robbins Podcast
Diary of a CEO
Better with Dr. Stephanie
The Gabby Reece Show
The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show
Fit Biz U

If you’re a woman who wants to feel stronger, clearer, and more energized without extreme dieting or complicated programs, you’re in the right place.