Geneva

About Geneva Fortson

My mission is to empower people to become the best and healthiest versions of themselves so that they can LIVE BETTER. No gimmicks, No quick fixes, and no superficial approaches are used in my coaching. My coaching is for people living Real Life in the Real World. Real World. Real Life. Live Better.

Life Stage and Not Age

What is a Life Stage  A stage of the life cycle of an organism or species, or (more generally) of the life of a person. (Lexico.com) Life Stages have changed There used to be a world where one would graduate from college in her early 20's, find a career, get married, and have children. There ... read more >

My 21 Day Health Reset: Strength Training!

The Day After Labor Day is the traditional start of The Fall Push.  My clients and I have all reflected this year about how important it is to be proactive about taking care of our health. A once in a generation pandemic will do that to you. Anyhoo, I decided many of us could use ... read more >

Life Will Go On

  As I read through a biography of early 20th-century preacher  Aimee Semple McPherson, when I reached the part about 1918, I prepared to read extensively about the devastation of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic and the impact that it had on her ministry. I was surprised to find that the author devoted a few sentences ... read more >

Oh Calamity!

This Sheltering in Place during the Covid-19 is definitely a "Coronacoaster".  One day I feel like things are all right and going to be all right. The next day it feels that everything is terrible and we're all going to Hell in a handbasket. I've come to realize this is how it's going to be.  ... read more >

The one Thing That is Certain in this Moment

I am among the first wave of millennials who were told they could do anything and be anything. That is true in many ways because I have done a lot of things that I have always wanted to do but never thought I could do and I don't have as many limitations on my life ... read more >

Focus on THESE Things at 20 Weeks of Sheltering in Place

The Last few weeks have been tough. It started for me on Sunday when I read an article in the New York Times about the United State's  response to the pandemic and I was ready to scream. That article combined with hearing about real life positive Covid19 diagnosis was discouraging. To add the economic impact ... read more >

Week 18 Sheltering in Place Reflections: I am Speechless

San Francisco closed down officially on March 17, 2020. It is now July 17, 2020. I had trouble coming up with a post this week because I don't even know what to say because we seem to be going backwards when it comes to navigating through this pandemic. San Francisco never really reopened but now ... read more >

We cannot “positivity” our way out of a pandemic

It is Week 17 of Sheltering in Place here in San Francisco.  We were looking forward to reopening but of course with the uptick in Covid19 cases that has been put off. I was at a meeting last week and our leader who is normally positive and upbeat said in a serious voice, "Guys we're ... read more >

Take Care of Yourself

There are some that believe that all of the gyms in America should be open right now because people are in a bad state mentally, emotionally, and physically. While I don't think the intent is wrong, I don't believe that we need to have gyms open in order to get active. I also think that ... read more >