Alex spent years cycling through diets while raising four young children and holding together a demanding household, never quite finding an approach that stuck. A turning point came when she joined a CrossFit gym while sidelined by a shoulder injury — within two years she had worked her way up to ring muscle-ups, a shift that changed how she thought about building strength slowly instead of chasing quick fixes.

That experience led her to specialize in nutrition, stress, and recovery, earning certifications through Precision Nutrition, ISSA, and CrossFit. She built Rise Unstuck around the idea that stress, not willpower, is usually the real reason habits do not stick, and that lasting change comes from addressing sleep, stress, movement, and nutrition together instead of one more restrictive plan.