Meet Our Coaches
Our team of certified health coaches brings together a wide range of expertise in nutrition, fitness, behavior change, and holistic wellness.
The Team
Each coach offers a unique background—from functional health and mindful eating to stress management and hormone balance—but we all share one common goal: helping you feel your best. We work collaboratively to ensure you receive personalized, compassionate support tailored to your lifestyle, goals, and values. Whether you’re looking to boost energy, improve digestion, reduce stress, or simply feel more confident in your body, our team is here to guide and empower you every step of the way.
After receiving a life-threatening diagnosis of unknown origin, I later discovered the underlying cause was Lyme disease. As the mother of four young children, I went on a mission—a mission to reclaim my health and remain present for my family. I was determined to do everything possible to heal and not leave my children without their mother.
Guided by prayer for strength and discernment, along with significant dietary changes, exercise, and targeted nutritional supplementation, I was able to overcome what once seemed impossible. The journey was difficult and often isolating. During that time, my daily focus was simply to care for my family while steadily working toward recovery. Through this experience, I developed a deep compassion for others who suffer quietly and feel alone in their health challenges.
I made a personal promise that if I regained my health and raised my children, I would devote my life to helping others do the same. For nearly 35 years, I have fulfilled that mission through health coaching, supporting countless individuals in achieving lasting improvements in their health and quality of life. Witnessing my clients’ lives change for the better continues to guide and inspire my work.
Nydia G. Koenig, RN, B.S is a bilingual registered nurse with extensive experience in managed care, case management, utilization review and quality assurance.
Her career spans leadership roles across healthcare and education of student nurses and patients. Additionally, she has done legal nurse consulting and bilingual patient education.
Throughout her career she has held the belief that patients need to take charge of their health. Nurses are in an ideal position to assist clients to formulate a plan to improve their health.
Growing up in the Spanish culture, she is no stranger to holistic medicine and natural healing methods. I have always believed it’s wise to combine the best of modern medicine with the best of holistic, integrative approaches.
Health coaching goes beyond healing the physical body but also focuses on the mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of the client to achieve wellness.
The Wellness Lady
Sherri L. Hawkins knows what it feels like to search for answers and find only silence.
In 2001, she began facing serious health challenges, a severe Vitamin B-12 deficiency, anemia, and years of consultations that led nowhere. Then in 2007, a diagnosis of an incurable inflammatory skin condition left her standing at a crossroads between discouragement and determination. She chose determination.
That choice changed everything.
In 2008, a nutritionist offered her something the specialists had not: hope, and a different way of seeing. Sherri’s perspective on health and healing shifted. Her purpose came into focus. And the mission she carries today was quietly born in that room.
For more than 15 years, Sherri has empowered individuals to make healthier lifestyle choices and has been a Certified Health Coach for the past five years. She has also been a speaker, advocate, and educator, based in Maryland and reaching well beyond it. She is known warmly as The Wellness Lady, and the name fits. There is nothing clinical or distant about her approach. She meets people where they are and walks with them toward something better.
Her framework is whole-person wellness: food as medicine, whole-food nutrition, sustainable lifestyle habits, and thoughtful supplementation when it serves. But underneath the practical tools is a deeper conviction. Sherri believes our bodies are sacred ground. Caring for them is not vanity. It is stewardship.
Faith, prayer, persistence, discipline, and a commitment to lifelong learning have shaped her own transformation. Those same principles now shape her work with clients, communities, and audiences across the country. Her voice has carried through VitaJournal Magazine, Grace and Glory Magazine, The Inspired Podcast with Michael Ellison, and The Dr. Roni DeLuz Radio Show.
Whether she is coaching one-on-one, leading a workshop, or speaking from a stage, her mission does not waver.
Educate, Encourage and Inspire. One wellness choice at a time.
Karen has been passionate about helping people look and feel their best for over 25 years. Raised in a family that valued healthy eating, supplements, and regular exercise, she developed an early appreciation for the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
Her path into health coaching began when her friend, Sue Buscemi, helped Karen and her husband reach their weight goals through guidance, encouragement, and ongoing coaching. Inspired by that experience, Karen became a Certified Health Coach.
As a Mission Health Coach, Karen encourages clients to develop healthy habits that lead to lasting results. Mission Health Coaches do not diagnose, prescribe, or treat disease, and clients are encouraged to discuss any coaching recommendations with their physician.
Through her own coaching journey, Karen has lost over 130 pounds and understands firsthand the challenges of achieving lasting wellness. She is passionate about supporting others who want to improve their health, reach their ideal weight, and live more fulfilling lives.
