About

Coach: Sonya Caruso, M.A., CFRM, MCHC, NBC-HWC

My mission is to empower you to take control of your health and wellness, revitalize your life and thrive. I am passionate about helping adults in the areas of nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle. I am a master certified health and wellness coach and a former non-profit executive. I have a passion for guiding people through growth and transformation, overcoming personal barriers.

I have experienced life changing transformations, including my own through my journey with Hashimoto’s Hypothyroid. After extensive research, I started following a food elimination process, changing my dietary choices and nutritional intake. From this process, I was able to first resolve debilitating allergies that I had lived with for more than two decades. Adding to the groundwork of that success, I modified my diet and lifestyle further and started implementing techniques to reduce the impact of stress. As a result, I was able to reverse my Hashimoto’s Thyroid condition, a Hypothyroid disease that doctors suggested I would have to accept as permanent.

Thanks to my journey, I am determined to help others find practical, long-term solutions that restore their energy and vitality. Through the years, our bodies and lifestyles change, and we can find ourselves struggling with a variety of health-related challenges. There are solutions to overcome these challenges and embrace a more fulfilling and energized way of living. I support my clients in the development of a personalized plan that includes evaluation, education and implementation of nutrient-dense food choices and behavior modification.

I have a passion for healthy eating and fitness, and I enjoy expressing my creativity through cooking and baking. I am dedicated runner, 30 years and counting, including completing several marathons. I practice yoga daily, nurture my rambunctious garden and prefer being outside, taking in the awesome uniqueness of each season. I live for opportunities to travel and discover the beauty of our fascinating world. My family is my greatest joy and to my good fortune, my husband is from Sardinia Italy, one of the coveted Blue Zone areas (areas where people have low rates of chronic disease and live longer than anywhere else). Together, my family and I wholeheartedly embrace a blended Mediterranean, Southern California lifestyle.