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Our guest today on Wellness Force Friday is

Kathleen Trotter the compassionate fitness expert. Kathleen welcome to the show.

Oh thank you so much for having me. You know I found you online through one of our

mutual colleagues and I was so excited because what we've been exploring so much on the show lately is physical and emotional intelligence and I can't think of a better channel to explore this in and how compassion relates to fitness. So tell us really quickly

Kathleen who are you what do you do? Why do you do it? I do it because fitness and health

literally changed my life so I'm a personal trainer I'm a Pilates equipment. So I'm a personal trainer, I'm a

Pilates equipment specialist and I'm a writer, I've written a book finding your

fit because I wanted people to help themselves find their fit. I think the

problem with health and wellness is that it feels

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