Meet the Team
Our Principals
Charles Curtis (He, him)
Owner and General Manager
Charles has been a leader in personal and organizational fitness, health and wellness since 1985. Charles is responsible for business development, major account issues, team support, new program and company directions as well as co-authoring the 12 Weeks trilogy of workbooks.
Charles has brought his passion for health, wellness, personal change and high service standards through many facets of business and the community and has redefined the new age of personal and workplace health, change and wellness. Charles’ credentials include:
- Owner of Curtis Personalized Health Management Ltd, a premier personal fitness, health and organizational wellness consulting firm
- Was actively involved in developing 4 active rehabilitation clinics.
- Local, national and international Summer and Winter Disabled Games experience as a cross country ski, track and swimming guide for the BC and the Canadian disabled team (visually impaired).
- Continues to personal train select clients and has worked with some of the worlds’ best known entertainers such as Aersomith, Motley Crue, Matthew MacConnaughey, Richard Dreyfus, and many more.
Charles’ creative work, service standards and passionate team has placed 12 Weeks to Wellness as a leader in personal change and Wellness Management.
Emma Carpenter (She, her)
Manager of Operations and Workplace Wellness Strategist, BSc, Health Promotion
Emma has over 20 years of experience in the area of leadership and workplace health promotion and has worked with many private sector and public organizations in Canada and Europe helping them build a health promoting culture and design custom wellness solutions. Emma is passionate about designing workplace wellness solutions that help people reach their full potential by empowering them and giving them confidence and tools to make lasting lifestyle changes.
Bettina Mackenbach (She, Her)
Coach and dietitian team lead, BSc, Registered Dietitian Team Lead, Registered Dietitian & Certified Health and Wellness Coach
Bettina works with clients and also takes an active role in the development of new program and webinar content, as well as workshop delivery. As a Registered Dietitian and Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Bettina brings over 20 years of experience ranging from working as a clinical dietitian, in executive wellness, pre-and post-natal community nutrition, long-term care and coaching clients through all stages of life.
Bettina uses a client-centered and evidence-based approach, holding the client accountable and facilitating the process of self-discovery with focus on self-talk and self-compassion, tools that help support her clients in pursuing a happier, healthier, and more balanced life
Our Coaches & Dietitians
Bettina Mackenbach, RD
Registered Dietitian, Certified Health & Wellness Coach
Bettina is a Registered Dietitian, as well as a Certified Health & Wellness Coach with over 15 years of experience. She is passionate about working with children, adults and seniors.
As a dietitian, Bettina uses a client-centered and evidence-based approach, holding the client accountable to the action steps they commit to after each coaching session, as well as providing the client with valuable nutrition resources. Bettina’s empathetic and encouraging style focuses on the individual and their particular life situation, making the relationship with each client her priority.
As a coach, Bettina works from the premise that the client has the answers and serves to facilitate the process of self-discovery by asking the client empowering questions, focusing on the client’s core strengths and values, as well as breaking up big goals into achievable action steps to help the client gain confidence. Bettina works with her clients on self-talk and self-compassion, tools that help support the client in pursuing a happier, healthier, and more balanced life.
Specialties:
- Weight Management & Meal Planning
- Emotional Eating
- Management of Chronic Health Conditions & Food Allergies/Intolerances
- Vegetarian diet/veganism
- Optimizing Work/Life Balance
- Stress management
Aisha Delpeche
Senior Leadership Coach - Personal and Professional Development
Her expertise is guiding clients in rediscovering their why and purpose and having courageous conversations.
It starts with one conversation for change and it would be my pleasure to get your journey started.
Leah Ruppel
Wellness, Fitness and Lifestyle Balance
Leah Ruppel is an “EXPERT” in the health and fitness industry with a career spanning three decades. She uses a combination of skillsets to inspire, educate and support clients to be happy, healthy and fit…inside, outside and upside down.
Leah’s career has spanned over three decades with extensive experience in personal training, club management and ownership. Since selling her Health Club in 2013, Leah has pursued further education to better understand and service the ‘whole’ person. The majority of her work encompasses Life Coaching, Personal Training and Yoga, delving into the psychology behind lifestyle change and body transformation. She is passionate about inspiring, educating and supporting people’s journey to a healthier, happier and fitter state. Clients are sure to benefit from Leah’s expertise and energetic, positive delivery of knowledge and training principles. Success begins with the right mindset, a clear objective and consistent actionable steps, that incorporate accountability, encouragement and celebration.
- BCRPA Elite Personal Trainer/Trainer of Fitness Leaders
- Professional Life Coach, ICF
- NLP Master Practitioner
- Yoga Instructor (200 Hr)
- Course Facilitator at Infofit
- Published Author
Language: English
Specialties:
- General wellness
- fitness
Lynn Roodbol, CC, CWC, MRT(Ret)
Certified Wellness Coach
Lynn loves to work with people who want a healthier lifestyle and believes that anyone can improve their health and wellbeing with skills and practice – small changes add up to big benefits!
Lynn previously worked as an X-ray tech and has Bachelor degrees in both Adult Development and Psychology from the University of Guelph. She trained to be a Wellness Coach at Wellcoaches Corporation, where they teach evidence-based methods to help clients make changes that are sustainable.
Lynn learned how to live well – mentally, emotionally, and physically – after overcoming a physical disease many years ago. She will help you achieve self-compassion and confidence so you can take care of your own health as well as you take care of others. Better health and wellbeing for you means better health and wellbeing for everyone!
Language: English
Lynn’s specialties help you to:
- Manage stress
- Set priorities and boundaries
- Be your own best friend
- Develop healthy lifestyle habits
Cynthia Harvey Girard, RD
Registered Dietitian
Cynthia is a bilingual registered dietitian who is passionate to help clients improve their health and achieve their nutritional goals.
She graduated in 2014 from McGill University and received 2 bachelor’s degrees: BSc. in Physiology and BSc. in Dietetics.
Her philosophy is that healthy eating and goals are best achieved through small changes to current habits and not drastic changes. She strongly believes in breaking up large goals into smaller more manageable modifications.
Languages: English and French
Specialties:
- Weight Management
- Nutrition management of chronic health conditions such as high cholesterol, diabetes, and high blood pressure
- Healthy eating habits
Anita Eggink, RD
Registered Dietitian and Wellness Coach
With over 20 years of health care experience, specializing in nutrition education, client counseling and behavior change, Anita is an energetic and skilled communicator. Her clients describe her as a very compassionate, non-judgemental and empathetic person.
Anita has a particular interest in motivating clients to improve their overall wellness through healthy eating, active living, and stress management strategies.
Language: English
Anita’s specialties are:
- Weight management
- Nutrition management of chronic health conditions such as high cholesterol, diabetes and high blood pressure
- Meal planning
- Emotional eating
- Goal setting
Meaghan Singer, RD
Registered Dietitian
Meaghan is a Registered Dietitian who is passionate to help motivate clients to achieve their nutritional goals.
She is a qualified dietitian committed to helping people eat well and lead healthy lifestyles. As a dietitian, her desire is to increase public awareness that nutrition is an essential aspect in leading a healthy life. Her passion is to prevent and treat chronic diseases through nutrition.
She does not believe in diets, however, she believes in lifestyle modifications, where together we can adapt your nutritional needs to your everyday routine. It will be tailored to you! Meaghan develops and implements personal nutrition plans in order to attain fulfilling results.
Language: English
Meaghan’s areas of expertise are:
- Weight management (weight loss/weight gain),
- Management of chronic health conditions (obesity, oncology, cholesterol, dyslipidemia, blood pressure),
- Healthy lifestyle change,
- Food allergies/Intolerances.
Sherry Matheson CPCC or SCC CHWC CDWF ACC
Certified Health & Wellness Coach & Strategic Change Specialist Accredited Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator
Sherry Matheson has coached hundreds of individuals on health and wellness. Sherry is very passionate about coaching others who seek to live a healthy lifestyle from their strengths and to understand what gets in the way.
She also provides motivational support with enthusiasm and education based on research along with her own personal experiences. She assists clients in developing and implementing personal wellness plans in order to achieve long lasting and fulfilling results.
Language: English
Sherry’s specialties are:
- Stress and Time Management,
- Healthy Lifestyle Changes,
- Self-Compassion & Mindfulness;
- Emotional Eating; and
- Relationships