From Burnout to Brilliance: Why I Created Center U Wellness

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For 20 years, I thrived in healthcare, walking beside patients through their biggest victories and their hardest moments. But time and time again, I saw the same cycle: women burned out, exhausted, managing illness with more prescriptions instead of real solutions.

And I knew it well — because I was living it.

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When Success Hid My Struggles

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On the outside, I looked accomplished: degrees, a career I worked hard for, and the busy life of a high achiever. But behind the scenes, I was silently battling depression, anxiety, disordered eating, and burnout.

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Like so many entrepreneurial women, I smiled through the stress while running on fumes. My body mirrored my lifestyle: less strength, more fatigue, emotional eating, alcohol to cope, and restless nights. I wasn’t just losing health — I was losing myself.

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The Turning Point

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I finally reached a point where I couldn’t keep pushing. Therapy and medication gave me stability, but I knew I needed more than a pill. I wanted to reclaim my life, not just manage it.

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That’s when I turned to fitness and small, consistent lifestyle changes: quitting cigarettes, cutting back alcohol, fueling my body with real food, moving again. Each shift gave me back a little more strength, clarity, and confidence. Eventually, bodybuilding became my outlet — and for the first time in years, I felt powerful in both body and mind.

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But the real transformation didn’t start in the gym. It started in my mindset. Books, mentors, meditation, and daily habits reshaped how I thought about myself. That inner work gave me the confidence to follow through, to show up, and to bet on myself again.

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The Entrepreneurial Spark

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As I rebuilt my body and my belief in myself, I realized something bigger: women like me weren’t failing because they lacked discipline — they were failing because the system was failing them.

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We’ve been taught that health is separate from success. That a prescription can replace rest. That burnout is just the price of ambition. But I knew better. I had lived the cycles. I had broken them.

And I knew I wasn’t alone.

Ambitious women everywhere were:

• Running on coffee, deadlines, and willpower

• Battling stubborn weight and low energy while pushing through anyway

• Told everything was “normal” while feeling far from it

• Searching for natural, sustainable ways to heal

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Why I Created Center U Wellness

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Center U Wellness was born out of both my struggles and my healing. It’s where I bring everything I’ve learned — from medicine to mindset, from bodybuilding to burnout recovery — to help powerhouse women finally break free.

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Here, we treat health like a business plan:

• Root-cause medicine to heal what’s really holding you back

• Metabolic and hormonal optimization so your body works with you, not against you

• Nutrition and fitness strategies tailored to your demanding lifestyle

• Mindset coaching and systems that make execution non-negotiable

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Because when your biology, mindset, and business strategy align, you don’t just lose weight or gain energy — you sustain brilliance.

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The Invitation

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If you’re a visionary woman stuck in survival mode — leading a business or career while secretly running on empty — I see you, because I was you.

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My mission is to help you:
✨ Heal from the inside out
✨ Rebuild your energy, resilience, and confidence
✨ Create a body and business that thrive together

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You don’t have to choose between health and success. You can have both. And I’m here to give you the blueprint.

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💛 With love and resilience,
LaToya

Founder, Center U Wellness

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