Though it seems simple that fitness and nutrition go hand in hand, more times than not, we can’t seem to get them both on point at the same time. We’re working hard in the gym to see zero results, or grocery shopping, meal planning and preparing, all to feel better for a week and then fall off the wagon.

My name is Emily MacDonnell. I created the Empower Coaching Academy as a way to merge the worlds of fitness and nutrition together. I graduated from Moravian University with a Nutritional Studies degree, have been an ACE CPT for 6 years, have my PN1 and recently received my CF-L1 certification in 2021.

In 2016, I was working for a nutrition supplement company, where my job was to provided nutrition help, advice and supplements to help my clients see results. My issues came when my clients would come back with little results. There weren’t any systems in place for me to hold my clients accountable outside of my workspace.

I began in person and group training in 2017, where I thought I’d found a solution. Unfortunately, majority of my clients were showing up to workout, but now, were not held accountable with their nutrition.

ECA began when I started coaching clients remotely through check in calls, accessing their food logs, programming their workouts and seeing if they were actually doing what they needed to do to reach their goals.

I have now coached hundreds of women and men around the world to new habits around food and exercise that are based off of their current lifestyle and goals. My goal is to change the lives of those who have been at this journey for years and are finally fed up with feeling the same way about their health, body and habits. I’m looking for clients who are ready for guidance that will change their life forever.