My style is open, honest and direct. I'm here to gently call you on your BS because that's what my younger self needed and I know that if you're reading this then it just might be what you need too.

For some background, after spending 8 years coaching functional fitness, I decided I wanted to create an impact beyond the 4 walls of a box (AKA a gym).

To do that, I became a beginner again and went back to class! And in 2019, I graduated from Lumia Coach Training and became who I am today, an Evidence Based Life Coach that helps people just like you make sense of all the sea of self-help that so many people are flailing around in today.

Here's how I do that:

I use research backed techniques to explain WHY you do (and don't do) the things that you do, and the proven tools YOU need to discover who you are and live confidently as that person.

On Fridays, I host an Instagram live series and podcast, Shit I Wish Someone Told Me, where my guests and I talk about all of the shit we wish someone told us about life, all relating back to THE most important topic of all: You. And how to figure out who that even is, how to accept that person and how to love that person unconditionally so that you don't have to waste anymore time or tears trying to figure it all out yourself.

Say Hey over on Instagram at @HeyJohnnaRenee and lmk some sh*t you wish someone told YOU about life!

When I started with Johnna back in December 2019 - at was at the lowest point I’d ever been with my body and knew that I needed to heal my mind. I’d lost 50+ pounds over the past 2 years but had been feeling so stressed about my image, was gaining weight back and overall felt horrible about myself. I wasn’t coming into her program trying to lose weight, I just wanted to heal my mind and the negative thoughts and shame I felt around my body. Johnna made me feel safe to discuss the shame I felt and gave me tools to help heal the negative internal dialogue I had in my mind.

We worked hard on identifying where my limiting beliefs came from and I started to learn how honor my body in ways that were not destructive to my mental health. I used to binge eat a lot after restricting heavily and it was an endless cycle of defeat for me. I couldn’t control my thoughts and it was manifesting physically with me. Even after losing a lot of weight, I gained body dysmorphia and used exercise as punishment. Johnna helped me recognize these negative patterns and offered solutions on how to flip the script in my brain.

Overtime, my thoughts changed. I started to fuel my body with healthy foods not because I wanted to become smaller but because I wanted to honor my body and become strong. I also started working out because of the way it made me feel and never used it as punishment again. After the 12 weeks were up, I surprisingly had lost 15-20lbs of weight I had put back on the previous year due to negative self talk and lack of control.

I came into Johnna’s program fully anticipating to just heal my thoughts, but I ended up healing myself in my mind, spirit and body and that’s exactly what my body needed: to be loved and honored and treated kindly and I ended up becoming healthier in the process.

Hannah B.


I have said it once I’ll say it again, Johnna has completely changed my life. I have suffered from depression and body dysmorphia since high school. After working with Johnna, I now see what all my body can do vs what I hated about it. She is very consistent and I always felt like I had someone who wasn’t going to judge anything I said. She is extremely knowledgeable and was able to explain why my brain was leading me astray. Best investment of not just money, but my time. If your mindset isn’t healthy your body won’t be either. I wish I had started sooner with her.

*my profile picture is me in a bathing suit I never thought I would post something like till meeting Johnna*

Lori C.

"I was experiencing episodes of depression and anxiety and felt lost in myself.

Johnna was transparent and communicative and also a great resource whenever needed.

The most valuable thing about working with her was being able to gain new confidence and become a better version of myself.

I also learned new ways of dealing with stress, how to have a lot more confidence in certain situations, and how to figure out where my goals are and how to align with them moving forward."

- Sean F.

"Johnna was able to give me a second chance at life.

She goes beyond and above your traditional therapeutic model.

Each week I felt like I was shedding pounds of stress and anxiety away but also rediscover who I am.

Having Johnna as a valuable resource 24/7 proved to get me through the toughest times but also rediscover who I am."

- Chris D.

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