introducing hart
Dear friends & clients,
I have a mixture of emotions and an important update that I wish to share with all of you.
As you may have noticed, there has been a change in both my professional and personal identity. I am excited to unveil my new name: Amanda Hart Wellness. This decision was not made lightly, and I want to take this opportunity to explain the reasons behind this transformation.
In the past, many of you knew me by the name "Body by Amanda," which served as a representation of where I began. However, as I have evolved both personally and professionally, I felt the need for a name that truly resonated with the wide array of services I provide in and out of the gym. Amanda Hart Wellness reflects the comprehensive approach I take towards fostering physical and mental health, stress management, and 🍄integrative coaching.
My decision to distance myself from my previous last name is deeply personal. I want to be candid about my experiences, as the work I do with my clients often brings up these kinds of intimate details and I want to be transparent with my own.
My relationship to my family is complicated. The environment I grew up in was often chaotic and unsafe. Some of those relationships have evolved and some have not. It was a deliberate decision to create a path for myself that was all my own.
I forged this path for myself with my own grit and fortitude, and now I want to step into this next chapter of my life with a name that is just as deliberate and my own.
This change represents for me resolve with my past and alignment with my future. The one I continue to create for myself.
I’m sharing this with you, not for sympathy, but to encourage anyone who may also have complicated family relationships, to find the courage to make any decision that feels right to move forward. We do a lot of damage with universal epithets about the importance of family. Or the “right” ways to forgive or heal. Getting my name change documents from the court felt like it restored something long missing from me. And introducing a new era for me and my work. One with only my fingerprints on it. One that celebrates how far I’ve come.
I thank you all for your continued support, understanding, and trust in my services and their evolution. This has been a transformative time in many ways, the change in name is a timely marker of it all.
With love and gratitude,
Amanda Hart