Meet Your Coach

Meet Nancy

Helper first, coach second, here to meet you exactly where you are.

Nancy Nash, ACE-certified personal trainer and founder of Starfish Strength, at a fitness event in a Strong & Proud tank

I'm an unlikely fitness coach. As a kid, I was the one who got hurt in the warm-up. Athletic movement felt like an impossible math problem to me. By my late twenties, after being laid off from what I thought was my dream job and years of emotional eating, I was at my heaviest. Marrying the love of my life was my turning point: I wanted a long, healthy life together. I started small, with ten-minute workouts, smaller portions, one choice at a time, and over several years I lost more than 150 pounds.

The biggest change wasn't the number I saw on the scale, though. It was learning to treat health as a lifelong practice, ups and downs included, and the shift in what I thought was possible as I saw what I was capable of. Developing this growth mindset was the “secret sauce” I didn't know I needed. It's what's helped me set new goals and achieve them, like running my first half marathon, starting my own business and becoming a parent.

Now in my 40s, I'm happy to say I have found my true calling, helping others find their healthiest self at every age and stage. I am still on that journey myself, and I'd be honored to be part of yours. I'm a helper first and a coach second: I meet you where you are, ask good questions, and help you find the next small step towards achieving your goals. I still feel like a starfish out of water some days, but those imperfections are what help me make the path to a healthier self feel approachable, achievable, and dare I say ‘fun’.

Warm regards, Nancy 🌟

About Nancy

Nancy Nash is an American Council on Exercise (ACE) Certified Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor, Behavior Change Specialist, Fitness Nutrition Specialist and an Oh Baby! Fitness® Pregnancy and Postpartum Exercise Instructor. She is the founder of Starfish Strength, a virtual coaching business that helps clients find long-term success managing their health and well-being. As a wellness coach, Nancy loves helping clients find a positive relationship with healthy living.

Nancy is also the co-founder and co-host of Founder's Voyage, an entrepreneurial community and podcast that highlights the journey of global changemakers. She is a graduate of MIT's Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, based on Bill Aulet's Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup.

In 2026, Nancy founded YummyYucky, a tool she developed to help track feeding, diapers, sleep and solids for her new son, Damian. She lives in Southern California with her husband Brian, son Damian, and dogs Max and Luna.