Hi, I'm Layla — the founder of Soul Strength Academy.

I'm a personal trainer, and a woman of faith who believes the same discipline it takes to build something meaningful can be used to steward your body, not punish it.

For over a decade I've lived and studied the world of training and discipline — long before I ever turned it into a business. Three years ago, that experience became Soul Strength Academy: a coaching space for Christian women entrepreneurs who are used to showing up for everyone and everything except themselves.

I know what it's like to build something from nothing, to carry a full plate, and to still feel like your body is the one area where you can't get it together. My own faith reshaped how I think about that struggle — not as a lack of willpower, but as a call to stewardship. Your body isn't an obstacle to your calling. It's part of it.

Soul Strength Academy exists to help you break the "start over every Monday" cycle for good — with real training methodology, honest conversations about emotional eating, and a framework that treats rest and self-care as righteous, not selfish.

If that's you, I'd love to have you here.

— Layla