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You don't need more discipline. You need
a system that works with you, not against you.
I stopped seeing myself as a problem to fix and started be on my own team.
My body transformed. And so did my life.
The Early Days
I didn’t grow up sporty. Or flexible. Or confident.
What I did grow up with?
Perfectionism. Self-doubt. A long list of “not enoughs.”
I fell in love with dance as a kid but trained obsessively to catch up. Then came fitness, not for health, but to lose weight.
Like a woman could ever train for any other reasons *irony*
But I was determined.
That determination led me down two very different paths:
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One that broke me: injuries, burnout, eating disorders
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One that rebuilt me: smart training, self-trust, freedom
Burnout, injury, and self-hate? Not a strategy.
Mobility, mindset, and skill progression? That was.
It gave me more than just a fit body. It gave me purpose.
And that’s exactly why I built Move With Purpose : a method born from my own breaking point.
The turning point wasn’t just when I shattered my knee and couldn’t use my leg for a year.
Or the endless strains, tears, and setbacks. Or the panic attacks and toxic loops I kept repeating.
It was the moment I realized this wasn’t bad luck. It was self-destruction.
I was living in extremes. Pushing through pain. Disconnecting from my body.
So I asked a better question:
What if my body wasn’t the problem?
What if I just never learned to be on my own team?
That changed everything. I started rebuilding for real. Physically. Mentally. Emotionally.
I stopped fighting my body. And started working with it.
And you can do too.
The Environments That Shaped Me
Because it’s rarely one big decision that changes everything.
It's all the choices you get to make everyday.
Click on each card to see the story behind.
Travel won’t fix your life.
But it might help you see it clearly.
Nothing truly changed for me until I changed my environment and saw what else was possible.
Now let’s be clear: You can move to the other side of the world and still wake up in the same toxic cycles.
If you don’t do the work, the patterns follow you.
But a new environment? It gives you space to be different.
New culture. New perspective. New priorities.
Leaving my comfort zone gave me the distance to finally see who I could become.
Not the version shaped by my past, but the one I chose on purpose.
Ready to meet yours?
Explore the travel guides and stories that helped shape mine.
or explore the blog...
Why I Built Move With Pauline
The Vision Behind The Brand
Because movement isn’t just something you do on a mat.
It’s how you live. How you choose. How you change.
It’s the moment you train your body with intention.
It’s the boundary you finally set.
It’s the solo trip you dare to take, the version of you that says, “Let’s go.”
People see the big leap — the career shift, the new country, the handstand — and think it’s brave.
But the bravest part?
Every quiet decision that came before it.
Move With Pauline was built to connect those decisions:
MOVEMENT, to build a body that feels powerful, capable, and fully yours.
LIFE DESIGN, to get clear on what you want, take bold action and commit.
TRAVEL, to expand your vision of what’s possible and who you can become.
This isn’t just a brand.
It’s a way of being.
One Method. Three Ways to Transform.
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