DOMINIQUE

THIS IS NOT YOUR MAMA’S MENOPAUSE

Dominique is a Personal Trainer & Specialized Coach for Menopausal Women. In her 40s, she broke National and State records in strength sports. She applies her expertise in Olympic & Power Lifting, Kettlebells, Perinatal Strength & more to coach women age 13-85. As a Boy Mom of two in perimenopause, Dominique understands what is needed in the various stages of a woman’s life. Using lifestyle & mindset practices, she’s had long-term success managing her own autoimmune condition, celiac disease, Lyme & hormonal imbalances. Through her personal experiences she has learned how to motivate her clients to push though limitations & manifest their true potential.

MY STORY

I feel like I have already lived several lives and I’m only 49. Fitness, art, fashion and dance have been woven through my life and are the tools I use to create positive change in this World. I’m on my third career – It is never too late to reinvent!

Rewind… I grew up in

 a blue-collar N.J. Italian/Greek family and was blessed with parents who encouraged me to follow my dreams. My mother was a fashion designer & art teacher, and I was her prodigy.

I feel like I have already lived several lives and I’m only 49. Fitness, art, fashion and dance have been woven through my life and are the tools I use to create positive change in this World. I’m on my third career – It is never too late to reinvent!

Rewind… I grew up in a blue-collar N.J. Italian/Greek family and was blessed with parents who encouraged me to follow my dreams. My mother was a fashion designer & art teacher, and I was her prodigy. As a punk rock teen, I spent my time designing clothes and and making art. My sole reason for attending Rutgers University was to earn a Bachelor’s of Fine Art.

After college I wanted a hands-on, art related job that made a difference in the world – I refused to “sell out”. Impossible right? I landed my first NYC job preserving rare Yiddish posters and books that survived the Holocaust. Thus began career number one…I earned an MA in Museum Studies from F.I.T. Costume and Textile conservation. For 17 years I worked for the top museums preserving cultural art: Africa, American Indian, and Australian Aboriginal.

At 36, I married, relocated to Virginia and had two boys. I continued to work full-time in my career, but being away from my babies tore me apart. So at 39, I left my museum career and began career number two as an Elementary Waldorf School teacher while my boys attended the early childhood program there. It was both immensely challenging and rewarding – I stayed there for 5 years.

A life-long athlete – at 40 I found myself postpartum and so self conscious that I refused to be photographed. I started strength training and discovered a dormant talent. Surprise!! I became a strength sports competitor at 43 and have since broken one National record and two VA state records (never saw that coming.)

Something big changed when I started lifting. I finally loved my body (it only took 40 years) and I stepped into my power. I was no longer trying to downsize myself. Inspired, I began coaching women to find this for themselves. Thus began career number three in fitness (no more working mom guilt at last.)

As a punk rock teen, I spent my time designing clothes and and making art…
attending Rutgers University was to earn a Bachelor’s of Fine Art.