Alison Grimley - Midlife & Energy Coach

If you'd told me a year ago that I'd be back to working out, feeling stronger and able to deal with all if life's ups and downs with a smile on my face, I wouldn't have believed you.

I used to be the queen of starting over.

New plan. New app. New Monday. I'd go hard for a few weeks, lose steam, and end up right back where I started. I was frustrated with myself and no closer to understanding why nothing was working. Those of you who know me, know this about me. Even some amazing local trainers and gyms can attest.

What I didn't have was data. I was guessing. Chasing what I thought was happening in my body instead of actually knowing.

Then mercury poisoning. Then perimenopause. Two things that forced me to stop guessing and start paying attention to what was really going on underneath - my hormones, my nervous system, my stress, my recovery, the way my body was actually responding (or not responding) to what I was doing.

That's when things started shifting. Not because I found the perfect workout. Because I finally had the information to make the right choices for the body I'm in now.

There's another piece to my story too. Bigger gyms and large groups didn't work for me - too much noise, too much stimulation, too much anxiety. I was in healing mode and any crowd was too much. I needed somewhere quiet. Somewhere I could be seen. I found that in a small private gym with a trainer who pays attention, she knows me deeper than some friends do and it changed everything for me. (I now have an office there, which tells you how much I believe in the space.)

So I wanted to share this - it's for the women who are tired of guessing, who want their training and their data and their coaching in one place, who do better in a small, quiet, private setting where they feel seen at a different level. For the women who are like me. If you are in Milton, this may be what you have been looking for. This is what has been created:

Two 8-week small group programs. Starting May 14 and May 16. Inside the private gym. Max 6 per group.

Three ways in:
→ Train ($280) - 8 weeks of small group training
→ Train + Track ($397) - training plus 2 wellness scans giving you insights across your major body systems (heart, digestion, hormones, stress, circulation, nutrient balance)
→ Full Experience ($597) - training, 2 scans, 3 health coaching sessions with me, plus nutrition guidance

If any part of this feels like it's speaking to you, DM me. I'd love to chat about which version makes sense for where you are.

I want to share something I've been doing a lot of honest work on lately.
I have a pattern.

When the pressure of being a single mom and running my own business gets loud enough, I look for something that feels stable. A role. A structure. Something that says "you'll be okay, this is safe."

And every single time, I walk into that safe room and find the same thing.

Women who are overworked and undervalued. Environments where we're expected to carry a lot and ask for little. Spaces where capable people are quietly made smaller.

I kept thinking I was choosing safety. I was actually choosing familiar.

There's a difference.

Real safety for me has never come from a role or a room. It's come from trusting what I've built. Trusting what I know. Trusting that the thing I kept running away from -- building Willow House fully, on my own terms - was never actually the risk.

I left on March 24th.

Three weeks later my client work has expanded, BuildHER (a group for Women in Construction) has grown, and I have a dedicated space inside CT Fitness for the health and vitality work I love.

I'm not sharing this because I have it all figured out. I'm sharing it because I know some of you are sitting in a "safe" room right now that is slowly making you smaller.

It's not safe. It just feels familiar.



You know the difference.

I don’t know if anyone else is feeling this… but something has shifted for me lately.

Not in a big dramatic way. Just enough that I notice it.

What used to work doesn’t feel the same anymore.

My energy is different.
My body feels different.
And there are moments where I catch myself thinking,
“why does this feel harder than it used to?”

And the more I’ve started paying attention to it—and actually talking about it—I’m realizing how many women are feeling this too.

Women who are capable, who normally figure things out, who take care of themselves…

and yet something just feels off.

I don’t think it’s that we’re doing anything wrong.

I think we’re just in a different stage—and no one really prepares you for what that actually feels like.

I’m going to start talking about this more openly—both personally and in my work.

If this resonates, I’d love to hear…
have you felt a shift lately?