I’m Sabrina — founder of Stronger Self, and a creative-turned-certified personal trainer and yoga teacher who helps folks come home to their bodies.
Hello there
Creative.
Curious.
Coach.
Creative. Curious. Coach.
a little about me...From my early career as an award-winning designer and HGTV host, to becoming a wellness educator and coach, my journey to strength and self-connection wasn’t linear.
After years of self-neglect, an autoimmune diagnosis, and healing from an eating disorder, I finally realized that true wellness isn’t about chasing perfection — it’s about building a strong, sustainable, and supportive relationship with your body.
That realization led me first to yoga and breathwork, then through strength training and the kind of deep, unglamorous self-care that changes everything. Now, through Stronger Self, I support others on that same path — blending evidence-based movement, breath, and mindset work to help you build muscle, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect to the power of being in your body.
My musings & morecredentials & Courses-
Certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine’s CPT-7 program in 2024, specializing in stabilization, strength, and power training with a holistic approach to fitness, nutrition and wellness.
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Graduated from Frog Lotus Yoga’s 200-hour Vinyasa and Pranayama teacher training in March 2018 at Vikasa Yoga in Koh Samui, Thailand.
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Completed Functional Pattern’s 10-week Myofascial Release program focused on restoring postural dysfunction as well as 60 days of Anastasia Beauty Fascia’s GLOW self-massage program.
Fitness.
Beauty.
Wellness.
Fitness. Beauty. Wellness.
how it all started-
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2003
As a teenager, I struggled with an eating disorder tied to acne, PCOS symptoms, and chronic bloating. Searching for relief, I discovered Baron Baptiste’s yoga VHS tapes and began practicing in my parents’ basement, using movement to reconnect with my body and accompany me in the healing process.
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2012
Graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Arts (BAA) in Illustration with Honours and began my creative career in advertising. This same year, I rekindled my yoga practice and started regularly attending local group classes, rediscovering the mental and physical healing that movement brought me.
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2015
After years of overworking and overtraining, I was offered a role as an HGTV host and television personality which I dove into head-first from 2015-18. During this time I also wrote for Design*Sponge and travelled to speak at conferences nationwide. While it was an incredible experience, it led to burnout and brought me face-to-face with my autoimmune diagnosis of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
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2018
I stepped away from the hustle and bustle of TV life to pursue a solo trip to Bali, where I embraced Ayurvedic healing rituals at Escape Haven, and then to Koh Samui, Thailand, where I earned my Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) certification in Vinyasa and breathwork. After four transformative months in Southeast Asia, I returned to Canada, packed up my life and moved to the west coast, settling in British Columbia.
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2021
Inspired and surrounded by the beauty of BC’s nature, I began integrating the natural and holistic practices I had learned into everyday life and teaching yoga in Squamish. This same year, I also launched Heelr, my natural personal care product brand, and deepened my studies in vibrational healing, self-care and nutrition.
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2024
I dedicated 2024 to longevity and learning, finally putting together all the pieces of my lifelong passion for the body. I enrolled in National Academy of Sports Medicine and graduated with certifications in CPT (Certified Personal Trainer). I also took courses in REBT (Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy) and myofascial release.
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