I'm Marlie - mom of 2, content creator and founder of
Bounce Forward Co. - a health + fitness app for busy moms!
I didn't always have a healthy lifestyle...
In fact, quite the opposite. I grew up keeping active in dance classes but was always reaching for the junk food. It wasn’t until I entered the corporate workforce that my weight and health started catching up to me and I realized I needed a change. You can read more about that journey here!
I started meal prepping, working out, and implementing small changes into my routine that made a huge difference in my life. People started to take notice – I looked healthier and they wanted to know what my secrets were! I loved sharing my tips and tricks for living a healthy lifestyle that, after 5 years of letting my fear get in the way, I decided to start my Instagram account.
My account started to gain a lot of traction and I knew I wanted to leave my full-time job to pursue health and fitness but I didn’t know where to start. I kept up with my corporate real estate job all while creating content on Instagram , teaching spin classes before and after work, and decided to get my certifications to become a personal trainer with CanFitPro and a certified Holistic Health Coach with the Institute of Integrative Nutrition . Eventually I gained enough courage to leave real estate to pursue fitness full-time. My full story on how I left my job is here.
Those first two years after leaving my job were spent personal training clients, teaching group classes, creating weekly vlogs on youtube and content on Instagram.
In May 2019, my husband and I welcomed our baby girl, Lily Scarlett. I continued to train clients and create content and then when Lily turned one I got pregnant with our second daughter Skye Everleigh.
After having 2 kids back to back I realized there was a missing piece of the fitness industry that spoke to what moms we’re really going through – sleepless nights, recovering bodies and zero free time!
I wanted to share how I was personally restarting my health and fitness journey postpartum in a safe and realistic way.
This is where Bounce Forward Co. was born.
Today Bounce Forward Co. is an online membership and app with hundreds of on-demand workouts taught by me, a busy mom, for busy moms.
With monthly group coaching calls, challenges and the most incredible community of moms, we support you in your journey finding health and fitness again after baby.
Our motto is, “screw the bounce back!” Everything has changed since having kids, from our bodies, to our time, to the things we value and prioritize. Instead of obsessing about going back to the way things were, let’s move forward!
I now spend my time juggling 3 different jobs – fitness business owner, content creator and mama. I feel incredibly lucky and grateful that this is what I get to do each day and I appreciate every single one of you for following along on the ride!