The Green Door Life Team
Jocelyn has always been very active and this has continued to be an integral part of her adult lifestyle. She grew up playing many sports from youth through high school with a focus on gymnastics and swim team. Now at 43, a wife and mom of 2 teenagers, Jocelyn still loves being active. You can find her hiking around the hills in her neighborhood, walking her Frenchie, strength training at the gym or dancing anywhere! Being active came naturally to her although Jocelyn knew she needed to start making positive changes on the nutrition side which led her to Green Door Lifestyle.
The Green Door Lifestyle offered her an abundance of knowledge, support, positivity as well as a devoted community which instantly had her hooked. Now armed with even more knowledge of fitness, nutrition, wellness and mindset, Jocelyn is benefiting from the personal expansion in all categories resulting in her personal growth and the strong aspiration to help others see their potential too!
Jocelyn graduated with a degree in Sociology from San Diego State University in 2002. Her studies have a direct correlation to the way she responds to work and life. Jocelyn loves to focus on the "how" and "why" and she loves people! She has the constant desire to want to learn and grow and has a passion for helping other women become the best versions of themselves. She thrives on connection and the value of building others up!
At the age of 29 Jocelyn was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis. This diagnosis gave her even more of a reason to prioritize fitness, health, wellness and mindset. Jocelyn accepted this diagnosis as a challenge to better herself.
You can find Jocelyn sweating it up with the community in the live strength training sessions as well as leading private clients through their transformation journey’s.
How Nutrition Awareness Has Changed My Life
For years, I had an unhealthy relationship with food. I saw it as the enemy—just a number on a label that would make me gain weight. I didn’t understand nutrition as fuel or how real energy is created in the body.
Looking back, I wasn’t truly hungry most of the time. I was running on caffeine, appetite suppressants, and anxiety. Nutrition had never been explained to me in a way I could understand. So I followed every fad, bought into every trend, and filled my body with “foods” that honestly shouldn’t even be considered food.
The scale became my daily judge and jury. The number I saw each morning dictated my mood. One glance could send me spiraling—from restrictive eating (hello, cabbage and celery) to full-blown binge cycles that lasted for days. Every penny I threw into a fountain and every candle I blew out carried the same wish for over a decade: "I want to be skinny."
I truly believed that if I could just lose 5, 7, or 10 pounds by my birthday, by the party, by the vacation—everything in my life would magically get better. That version of me was looking for comfort in all the wrong places.
Now? I don’t see food as the enemy. I see it for what it is: fuel for my body to thrive.
I don’t obsess over the scale. I barely look at it anymore. I used to hear women say that and never believed I’d be one of them—but I am.
I feel strong. I feel grounded. I feel calm in a way I never remember feeling before.
And that’s what I want for my children—especially my teenage daughter.
If we can teach the next generation how to nourish their bodies, move daily, and build strength—not from a place of shame, but from a place of self-respect—they’ll have a real chance at a healthy, empowered future.
Because what we’ve been taught isn’t working. And it’s time we change that.
