Trauma-Informed Exercise Physiologist and Health Coach
Where performance meets self-regulation.
Personalized coaching for people who want to feel stronger in their brain & body!
Every program is built with intention: combining evidence-based training with an understanding of how the nervous system, stress, and lived experience influence progress.
Sometimes you don’t need more discipline…
You need a strategy your body can actually sustain!
My approach is about building strength, confidence, and resilience without disconnecting from yourself in the process.
What to Expect
Every session is individualized, educational, and designed to build on the one before it. We’ll typically start with core activation and foundational movement, while learning the physiology behind what you’re feeling in real time. Instead of simply giving you exercises to complete, I want you to understand why we’re doing them, what your body is doing, and how to recognize those responses on your own.
Skills are additive—we build your understanding, movement patterns, and confidence progressively so you leave with tools you can actually use outside of our sessions.
Sessions can be virtual or in person in NYC, and they don’t have to happen inside a traditional gym. I can join you for runs, walks, strength sessions, or other forms of exercise while we work through the thoughts and physiological sensations that come up in real time. Alongside exercise physiology, I encourage your use CBT-informed coaching strategies to help you notice unhelpful internal narratives, challenge the way you interpret physical sensations, and practice more adaptive thought and behavior patterns while you move. This is not psychotherapy or a replacement for mental health treatment—it’s exercise physiology and health coaching designed to help you understand your body, practice new skills, and progressively build a different relationship with exercise.
"...a F*cking guru" -Christian B.
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"A God-send, a tough chick" -Ana C.
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"Very knowledgable, great at her craft" -Ben M.
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"...a F*cking guru" -Christian B. ✳︎ "A God-send, a tough chick" -Ana C. ✳︎ "Very knowledgable, great at her craft" -Ben M. ✳︎
My Story
I’m Drew, a Clinical Exercise Physiologist and Health Coach based in Manhattan, NYC.
Before starting a career in exercise science, I spent seven years as a medic in the Army. I maxed my PT tests, I felt strong, and I trusted my body.
After experiencing military sexual trauma (MST), everything changed for me. I was no longer able to exercise like I had been.
I went from running 20+miles, to not being able to run half a mile... seemingly overnight. My breathing felt off, my endurance dropped, and exercise started to feel overwhelming instead of empowering.
At first, it didn’t make sense. I knew how to train. I had the discipline. But my body wasn’t responding the way it used to. That’s what pushed me deeper into the science.
I started looking into oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange, and how the body adapts to stress and trauma. Research revealed that in some cases, the body will actually shift how it regulates CO₂. So the hyperventilation and that “can’t catch your breath” feeling isn’t just anxiety, it’s a physiological response.
Instead of only trying to push through it, I started working with my body, rebuilding my tolerance to CO₂, retraining my breathing, and learning how to regulate my nervous system in a way that actually translated to performance.
Over time, I went from not being able to run half a mile to completing a half marathon. That experience is the reason I do what I do now.
My work is rooted in exercise physiology, but it’s also grounded in understanding that your nervous system, your stress, and your life experiences all impact how your body performs.
You don’t need to push harder.
You need a way to train that your body can actually adapt to.
With my coaching, we can get you feeling fit, regulated and confident!
Questions?
Any questions about services or programming?
I’d love to hear from you!
