About Taryn

Hi! I’m Taryn!

I was an adventurous, joyful, highly spirited, highly creative little girl growing up outside Denver, Colorado.

I was born with an intense passion to win. I remember wanting to be a CEO or a Doctor or a Lawyer when I grew up. It didn’t actually matter which one, I just wanted to be one of those high powered women in business skirts.

This was the 80s.

I was a straight A student, creative, and highly motivated.

My family moved to a small town in Minnesota when I was 8 and it flipped my life upside down (Fresh Prince style minus BelAir).

It didn’t take long before my creative spirit was replaced by approval seeking and shyness.

I could tell what everyone thought of me— quite annoying!

I traded sketching out 2D video game board, drawing, and painting for homework. It became clear my brain was way more valued than my creativity.

In high school I quit dance because I didn’t make the best team. In 8th grade I quit the sax because I wasn’t the best (I wanted to play the drums, anyways, and they didn’t let me).

But no…… I wasn’t a perfectionist!!!

As I quit more and more of the things that made me, ME, I started to develop issues with my body. Both image and weight.

And in high school I started the dieting cycle that plagues so many of us women.

I graduated valedictorian and I couldn’t wait to escape Minnesota! I wanted to be FREE!

So I went to…… Iowa State University for Chemical Engineering.

Yada yada yada

Tried every diet under the sun in my 20s. Ran a couple marathons. Spent more time in the gym than I care to admit.

Nothing seemed to fill the pit.

At 25 I couldn’t get off the couch to go hang out with the Minnesota Twins — my favorite players to boot! I went to the doctor the next day and made them find something wrong with me! That was the last straw!

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. And if I would have accepted that I’d need to be on medicine the rest of my life, this would be the end of my story.

But I’m me and so I couldn’t accept that.

I dove in to find out the root and how to heal myself naturally. I again tried everything under the sun to heal without dieting. Yoga, cleansing, clean eating, etc.

I was in the best shape of my life and had the most energy of my life but…

I discovered kale was not the key to filling that pit! Dang!

Short story long…

I’m 5 years off hypothyroid medication living in the Bay Area California, unleashing my creativity with everything I have while teaching other women — like you — how to get your energy back naturally, work with your emotions, and…

most importantly…

Remember who you are and the creative gifts that come with it!

We shut so much of ourselves down just to survive in the world.

Get your energy BACK in order to THRIVE. Your creativity, your passion, your purpose is every bit as valuable as your brain and you are worth it to explore!

This is why I created the Vitality Lab. I want to help other smarty pants, high achieving women like you feel empowered around your body, you health, your career, your creativity,

and TAKE YOUR LIFE BACK!

Now I am driven by an intense fear of missing out on the life I was born for.

It trumps all other fears that comes with really taking back control of our lives: not being good enough, not trusting our intuition, losing people, what people think.

Let what YOU think matter more than what OTHERS think and you’re free.

I look forward to meeting you and hearing YOUR story!