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I’m Karen Tortel, owner of Tortel Health and Hit Club. As a fully Qualified Personal Trainer, Nutrition Coach and ex competitive Muay Thai fighter, I have always had an interest in health and fitness but after losing my health in 2021 to a skin condition called Topical Steroid Withdrawal*, I learned the true value of having good health, what it really meant and just how important it was. 

‘When you have your health you have a thousand wishes, when you don’t have your health, you have just one’

As I began to very slowly recover from TSW*, I cherished the freedom that having my health and simply ‘feeling well’ brought me.

Like many others, I spent a long time struggling with low self-esteem and body image, punishing my body in a cycle of dieting and binging and setting unrealistic goals and expectations in regards to health and fitness. I was trapped in an all or nothing cycle that left me perpetually disappointed in myself and my body. 

Over the last 10+ years I have spent countless hours listening to podcasts, reading, studying and learning about how to optimise my health in a way that fits my own lifestyle and health goals. My focus has switched from how my body looks, to what my body can do and does for me everyday. I am passionate about helping others to find balance in their lives, to appreciate their bodies and to optimise their health for a happier, longer and more joyful life. Because I believe that improving your health should always bring a net positive and should never be about punishment.

My ambition with Tortel Health is to help you to improve your health to improve your life.