With more than 30 years of experience in the fitness industry, Nicolette Kousoulas has dedicated her career to helping women become stronger, healthier and more confident in their bodies.

An NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Menopause Coach, Nicolette holds a Bachelor's Degree from CSU, Chico in Business with an emphasis in Exercise Science. Her extensive education also includes nutrition certifications, the Russian Kettlebell Certification and Pain-Free Performance Specialist Certification.

Nicolette's relationship with fitness began as a dancer and choreographer at age 16, but strength training quickly became her passion. She began lifting weights at 17 and went on to compete in and win her first fitness competition while in college. Experiencing firsthand how dramatically building muscle could change not only a woman's body, but also her strength and confidence, ultimately inspired what would become a lifelong career.

In 2004, Nicolette and her husband, Tom, founded Living Fitness in Newport Coast, creating a boutique personal training studio centered around expert coaching, individualized programming and helping people build strong, capable bodies for life.

Today, Nicolette's greatest passion is helping women navigate the unique changes that occur during perimenopause, menopause and beyond. After decades of coaching women—and experiencing the midlife transition herself—she believes that muscle is one of the most powerful drivers of longevity and metabolic health.

Her approach has evolved beyond simply exercising more or eating less. Nicolette teaches women how to strategically build and preserve muscle, support their metabolism, improve body composition and fuel their bodies with the protein and nutrient-dense foods needed to thrive during this stage of life.

Her philosophy is simple: midlife isn't the time to become smaller and weaker. It's the time to become stronger.

Most recently, Nicolette created FOODCAMP™, a 7-Day Food Transformation program designed to help women step away from restrictive dieting and learn a practical, muscle-first approach to eating for fat loss, muscle growth and longterm health.

Whether she's coaching a woman through menopause, helping a longtime Living Fitness client become stronger in her 60s or 70s, or teaching someone to lift weights for the first time, Nicolette's mission remains the same: help women build the strength, muscle and confidence to live their strongest years yet.